1. Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always ___her place.
A. missing B. losing C. forgetting D. looking
2. It was too early in the ____to expect many visitors to a seaside town.
A. term B. season C. time D. period
3. The children ___a line, and then walked quietly into the cinema.
A. gathered B. formed C. stood D. rowed
4. Because of the low ceiling, the book case was much too ___to go into the room.
A. tall B. high C. long D. big
5. The two boys started to fight and an old man tried to ___them.
A. separate B. divide C. seize D. share
6. Many kinds of ___animals are disappearing or have already disappeared from the earth.
A. tame B. unfriendly C. wild D. large
7. The rising ____of living is as hard on country families as on city families.
A. price B. cost C. increase D. food
8. He won’t ___to buy some bread unless I tell him again.
A. remind B. realize C. remember D. forget
9. In this broadcast we’ll study the _____of music.
A. sound B. rule C. language D. voice
10. He fell in love with her at first ____.
A. scene B. sight C. look D. sign
11. The seed had already taken root. It had begun to ________.
A. grow B. root C. grow up D. raise
12. A soldier ran all the _____from marathon to Athens.
A. road B. way C. path D. route
13. I ___what her name is. I’m sure I know her face.
A. remember B. guess C. suppose D. wonder
14. We couldn’t cut the string because the ____of the knife was not sharp enough.
A. side B. edge C. front D. point
15. There are no big cities in the world ___air pollution.
A. with B. without C. except D. besides
