1. Your appointment will take ____ from 1st July. A. action B. hold C. effect D. place 2. His irresponsible behavior put the lives of all the workers in____. A. risk B. alarm C. hazard D. jeopardy 3. We were asked to ____ from smoking until the plane was airborne. A. resist B. restrain C. restrict D.refrain 4. By the end of the month our only hopes of success ____ in recruiting more extra help. A. lay B. consist C. stood D. arose 5. Educators agree that sport provides an ____ for an adolescent’s feelings of aggression or frustration. A. overflow B. outlet C. exhaust D. exit 6. It was felt that these intellectual snobs lacked the __to pursue a difficult task to the end. A. commitment B. engagement C. obligation D. persuasion 7. The tap is ____ because it needs a new washer. A. dribbling B. ripping C. running D. dripping 8. The doorway of the Eskimo igloo was so low that we had to ____ down to enter. A. incline B. bend C. drop D. bow 9. The artifacts displayed in the museum will ____ the imagination of succeeding generations of artists. A. fire B. heat C. burn D. raise 10. The case of the brutal killing of the black people was____ by the judge for lack of evidence. A. discarded B. disallowed C. abandoned D. dismissed