When I arrived in this country, I had to start learning the language from _____.

A. scratch    B. scrap    C. snatch    D. scrape

The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to _____ its improved features.

A. advocate  B.demonstrate   C.exhibit   D. reveal

Don't go too far into the sea, children, or the waves will _____ you off your feet.

A. flow    B. cut    C. press    D. sweep

Be careful how you _____ that jug, it will break very easily.

A. pour   B. operate   C. handle  D. employ

Jim's close _____ to his brother made people mistake them for one another.

A. confusion  B. similarity  C. resemblance   D. imitation

There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus.

   A. sight    B. view    C. scene    D. scenery

Scientists have to work hard to keep _____ with modern discoveries and developments.

   A. company    B. track    C. touch    D. pace

The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.

A. route    B. line    C. rate    D. scale

Don't _____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead (许可，准许).

   A. release    B. discard    C. relieve    D. retain

His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.

   A. threat    B. notice    C. advice    D. caution