---- Call me at 9:00．I can’t afford to miss such a conference．

---- Don’t worry, sir．You’ll surely be ______．

       A．reminded            B．warned        C．informed     D．remembered

A large sum of money has been raised for the _____ of the poorly-educated children in the mountainous districts．

       A．profit               B．favour         C．advantage            D．benefit

To make members of a team perform better , the trainer first of all has to know their _____ weakness．

       A．strengths            B．benefits        C．techniques    D．values

---- You’re coughing badly, Martin．Why not give up smoking?

---- Give up smoking? Easier said than done, Amy．Once you _____ the habit of smoking, it is very hard for you to______．

       A．keep up; break it away                 B．take up; drop it out

       C．pick up; get rid of it                  D．build up; do away with it

The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly ________．

       A．situation       B．atmosphere          C．state      D．phenomenon

While in university, we were offered a number of afterschool activities to _____ our social skills．

       A．create         B．grow          C．develop        D．settle

On this important feast day, people eat food in the ______ of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them．

       A．form               B．shape         C．way           D．light

With so much noise of the traffic, I couldn’t ______ and do my research work．

       A．put down           B．settle down          C．break down   D．take down

The news that Shenzhou VII returned to the earth successfully _____ throughout the country．

       A．stretched           B．expanded      C．extended       D．spread

Be careful when you surf the Internet．If you download a virus into your computer ______, you will not open your files．

       A．on purpose          B．by accident   C．at random    D．on average