11.Lincoln, who many regard as one of our great presidents, was often ______ despite his reputation of telling good jokes.
A. bright
B. optimistic
C. gloomy
D. cheerful
12.Outside people were cheering and awaiting the arrival of the new year while inside Harry was lying severely ill in bed feeling thoroughly ______.
A. overflowed
B. wretched
C. compacted
D. compiled
13.Problems caused by ______ nationality have to be properly coped with.
A. mutual
B. bilateral
C. binary
D. dual
14.In some countries, ______ is called "equality" does not really mean equal rights for all people.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. one
15.He was fined $ 5,000 by city regulators for giving money to an inspector, an incident he later described as ______.
A. extent
B. extinction
C. extortion
D. extravagance
16.He said there was a great gap between the views expressed in the media and what ______ people were thinking.
A. usual
B. general
C. normal
D. ordinary
17.The American basketball team announced that they would not ______ first place to any team.
A. yoke
B. yell
C. yield
D. yearn
18.The last half of the 19th century ______ the steady improvement in the means of travel.
A. witnessed
B. has witnessed
C. is witnessed
D. was witnessed
19.The expert says ______ in performance can be applied successfully to a political career.
A. training
B. trained
C. to be trained
D. being trained
20.The house was very quiet, ______ as it was on the side of a mountain.
A. isolated
B. isolating
C. being isolated
D. having been isolated
