____16. The little girl ____ her love to her mother by sending her a beautiful card.
(A)tended (B) doubted (C) conveyed (D) reacted
____17. Kevin is a very ____ person. In other words, he always looks on the bright side of life.
(A)pity (B) wild (C) pessimistic (D) optimistic
____18. A survey has ____ that most elderly people have trouble understanding what the
younger generation is thinking.
(A)existed (B) divided (C) indicated (D) decided
____19. As the country’s economic situation gets worse, there is growing public ____ about
unemployment.
(A)separation (B) anxiety (C) personality (D) generation
____20. The pink shirt didn’t ____ your shoes. Maybe the black one would be better.
(A)match (B) split (C) link (D) crack
____21. Allen’s face ____ after he had some seafood in the farewell party.
(A)tended (B) swelled (C) explored (D) requested
____22. Several residents ____ the street fight and made reports to the police.
(A)reacted (B) scolded (C) separated (D) witnessed
____23. It’s a ____that Angel cannot come out with us tonight. It would be more fun to have her
here. (A) pity (B) match (C) fury (D) trait
____24. The bag Mark bought yesterday is____, and I have never seen any bag like that before.
(A) carefree (B) unique (C) just (D) tense
____25. Jack was not allowed to play with his smartphone for one week as a ____ for hitting his
brother.
(A) department (B) government (C) punishment (D) entertainment
____26. My father is a ____ driver. He is very careful and calm when driving on the road.
(A)obvious (B) anxious (C) cautious (D) nervous
____27. Many people ____ Nina about her new haircut because it looked funny.
(A)teased (B) indicated (C) expressed (D) linked
____28. Grace’s immediate ____ to the news was shock because she couldn’t believe what she
had just heard.
(A) decision (B) tension (C) reaction (D) caution
____29. He ____ closed the door for not waking up the sleeping baby.
(A)gently (B) lonely (C) honestly (D) particularly
____30. In order to protect privacy, the ____ of the witness would not be revealed.
(A)optimism (B) identity (C) confidence (D) impact
____31. We should stop hunting endangered ____, or they may no longer exist.
(A)traits (B) species (C) crews (D) festivals
____32. Scientists are carrying out more and more space ____ in order to know more about the
universe. (A) explored (B) explorations (C) explores (D) exploring
____33. To find out who was lying, the police questioned the suspects ____.
(A) separating (B) separation (C) separated (D) separately
____34. Joyce said that she had been to the shop several times, but _____, she had never been
there before. (A) in truth (B) in case (C) in addition (D) in other words