The open-air celebration has been put off __________ the bad weather.

 A. in case of B. in spite of

C. instead of   D. because of

He got to the bus station early, _____ missing the first bus .

A. in case of   B. instead of    C. for fear of   D. in search of

John may come to see me tonight. I can’t go to the movie with you      he visits.

A. in case        B. in order that        C. because       D. as long as

 I always take something to read when I go to the doctor`s ____I have to wait.

A. in case           B so that            C in order            D  as if 

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important      : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you       money.

        This is how I      with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store     in my mind, I step in and make the     to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the     of which I think the local police could use, I     him up and tell him about it, though I am not in     here. I found a rule about this world is to give     getting something back, though the     often comes in an unexpected form.

         One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was     to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of     . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was     . I was told at the window that there were     boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long     list. As I was about to be      , the postmaster appeared in the     . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an   __  delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office      we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get     but complaints.”

1.A. difference         B. research        C. speech D. discovery

2.A. earn  B. lack       C. spend   D. steal

3.A. experienced      B. connected    C. cooperated   D. experimented

4.A. strikes        B. flashes  C. happens        D. attempts

5.A. appeal        B. request          C. suggestion     D. demand

6.A. story  B. damage          C. challenge      D. material

7.A. call     B. hold      C. cheer    D. pick

8.A. possession B. trouble C. place     D. charge

9.A. plus   B. without C. for          D. before

10.A. process    B. goal       C. return D. concern

11.A. replied     B. addressed     C. driven   D. brought

12.A. invitation B. apology          C. complaint      D. appreciation

13.A. discussing         B. providing       C. applying         D. starting

14.A. enough    B. extra     C. no          D. other

15.A. admitting B. relating C. buying  D. waiting

16.A. positive    B. shocked         C. discouraged          D. optimistic

17.A. doorway  B. window          C. home    D. yard

18.A. unfamiliar         B. unexpected  C. unknown       D. uncertain

19.A. in case     B. now that        C. even if  D. rather

20.A. nothing    B. something     C. anything       D. Everything