单选题 1. ______ your heart ______ love and you will have a broad mind. A.Shower ... with B.Come up ... with C.Excuse ... with D.Conform ... with 2. It was no surprise that they were perceived as rude and ______ because they always boasted about the glory of their past achievements. A.addicted B.absorbed C.absolute D.arrogant 3. She decided to buy that car because it used less gasoline and had the two ______ she couldn't live without: a GPS and a CD player. A.alternatives B.accessories C.artifacts D.attributes 4. What one ______ to in life often refracts one’s values and tastes for life. A.sticks B.adheres C.confines D.rehearses 5. When I was young, I ______ maps, and I sometimes spent the whole day charting land routes from one point to another. A.was obsessing with B.was obsessed with C.was in hope of D.was in the hope of 6. To make immigrants comfortable ______ police for help, more than 70 cities now bar police from asking them to prove their legal status. A.reaching out to B.reaching to C.reached out to D.reached to 7. Her good looks, ______ her elegance, is devoted to her popularity among the boys. A.complete with B.compare with C.complement with D.compliment with 8. At the end of his term in office, the governor was criticized for failure to ______ his campaign promise. A.live down to B.live to C.live up to D.live it up to 9. To play sports is ______ winning and losing a game. More importantly, it is ______ doing your best and building your character. A.not on ... on B.about ... not about C.on ... not on D.not about ... about 10. Mrs. McBride, my neighbor, was a fanatic ( 狂热的 ) gardener, planting lots of flowers and vegetables on the ______ at the back of her house. A.installment B.segment C.allotment D.fragment 11. No amount of money with her life will ________ her desire for comfort. A.appreciate B.appeal C.appease D.applause 12. The two teams each have their strengths and their weaknesses, and thus they can ______ each other when working on the project together. A.conceive B.confront C.complement D.compliment 13. Her job at the clothing factory was just standing on the assembly line and ______ labels to clothes in precisely the same place. A.affix B.accord C.acquire D.approach 14. She spends almost an hour ______ herself before going out every day, which is why she is often late for class. A.granting B.groaning C.gossiping D.grooming 15. He is ______ the truth that, as a worker wants to get his work done, so will he get his tool sharpened first. A.convinced of B.convinced with C.convincing D.convincing with 16. I laughed with amusement. She'd learned her lessons well, far ______ my expectations. A.surpassing B.surpass C.surpassed D.surpast 17. A few more false steps would be my doom. I decided to change tactics and try ______ instead. A.expressway B.pedal C.distort D.flattery 18. I leaped to my feet, my temper ______. "Will you or will you not go out with me? A.appealing to B.flaring up C.blowing up D.calling for 19. ______ under the oak the next evening I said, "Our first fallacy tonight is called Ad Misericordiam." A.Sit B.Seated C.Seating D.Sat 20. The brick walls of the ______ buildings were dripping with green mold and moisture, and she shivered involuntarily, looking down to avoid the sight. A.ruined B.ruining C.shrewd D.shrewing