He is _________ about his chances of winning a gold medal in the Olympics next year.

A. optimistic                         B. optional                            C. optimal                    D. obsessed

_________ by the superstars on television, the young athletes trained hard and played intensely.

A. Imitated                              B. Imposed                     C. Insured                   D. Inspired

The _________ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.

A. convention               B. confinement        C. principle                          D. discipline

The native Canadians lived in __________ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.

A. contact                       B. contrast                    C. harmony                          D. relation

They were __________ admision to the military exhibition because they were foreigners.

A. denied                             B. declined                           C. deprived                          D. rejected

During the lecture, the speaker occasionally ___________ his point by relating his own experience.

A. illustrated                        B. hinted                               C. dealt                                 D. purified

The point is that the new, the different, is almost by __________ scary.

A. definition                         B. limitation                          C. declaration                      D. origin

David paused to consult his notes, and then _______ with his speech.

A. proceeded                      B. pursed                           C. pronounced                   D. proposed

Being able to speak but not write is like living in a(n)__________ mansion and never leaving one small room.

A. vital                           B. enormous                    C. moderate                 D. visible

The opening between the rocks was very narrow, but the boys managed to _______ through.

A. press                          B. squeeze                         C. stretch                               D. leap