(3) To complete each item, choose the best word among the each five choices.

1. This tool (  serves   ) many purposes.
2. I (  squeezed   ) 10 pages out of a small subject.
3. It sometimes necessary to (  stretch   ) the truth.
4. That country (  sustained   ) heavy casualties.
5. You must (  swallow   ) your pride.
6. Eisenhower left the White House and (  retired   ) to his farm in Gettysburg.
7. You'd better consider this and (  factor   ) this into your decision making.
8. The silence lengthened as Thorne unnecessarily ( shuffled   ) some papers.
9. Others consider the move premature and have (  sounded   ) a note of caution.
10. Red wines should be allowed to ‘ (  breathe   ) ’ if possible before drinking.

     1〜5  serve, squeeze, stretch, sustain, swallow
    6〜10  breathe, factor, retire, shuffle, sound
10問×2点=20点 

(4) To complete each item, choose the best phrases among the five choices.

1. He ought to know that such an excellent offer is nothing to ( sneeze  ) (  at  ) .
2. I overheard them mentioning my name and (  pricked  ) (  up  ) my ears.
3. The incident (  touched  ) (  off  ) a diplomatic spat between the two countries.
4. The printer has (  left  )(  out  ) two lines from this paragraph.
5. That actor is so busy lately. He must be (  raking  ) (  in  ) the dough.
   
 
   leave out, prick up, rake in, sneeze at, touch off
5問×4点=20点