11. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case you _____ the new carpet.
(A) crash (B) pollute (C) spot (D) stain
12. I‘d rather read than watch television; the programs seem _____ all the time.
(A) to get worse (B) to be getting worse (C) to have got worse (D) getting worse
13. Convenience foods which are already prepared for cooking are _____ in grocery stores.
(A) ready (B) approachable (C) probable (D) available
14. When I caught him _____ I stopped buying things there and started dealing with another shop.
(A) cheating (B) cheat (C) to cheat (D) to be cheating
15. It is important that enough money _____ to fund the project.
(A) be collected (B) must be collected (C) was collected (D) can be collected
16. Some old people don’t like pop songs because they can‘t _____ so much noise.
(A) resist (B) sustain (C) tolerate (D) undergo
17. If only the committee _____ the regulations and put them into effect as soon as possible.
(A) approve (B) will approve (C) can approve (D) would approve
18. _____ one time, Manchester was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world.
(A) On (B) By (C) At (D) Of
19. _____ it or not, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.
(A) Believe (B) To believe (C) Believing (D) Believed
20. Mr.Morgan can be very sad _____, though in public he is extremely cheerful.
(A) by himself (B) in person (C) in private (D) as individual