12. She often dreamed of ghosts, so she went to a psychologist. She wanted to _______ herself of these terrible fears.

A. remove

B. move

C. rid

D. throw

11. The medicine _______ as soon as you take it．But it _______ the blood．

A. brings into effect；effects

B. takes effect；has a bad effect on

C. come into effect；has little effect on

D. is carried into effect；has much effect on

10. I have no time to finish the task _______ me, and I don’t want to do it, either.

A. aren’t related to

B. don’t relate

C. not related

D. not related to

9. She is _______ our teacher. We can say she is just like our friend and mother.

A. no more than

B. not more than

C. more than

D. less than

8. Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and _______ his notes.

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A. turning up

B. putting up

C. making up

D. showing up

7. He loves her so much that he can tolerate _______ anything she’s willing to.

A. her to do

B. she does

C. her doing

D. to do

6. The field research will take Jack and Tom about ten years; it will be a long time _______ we meet them again.

A. before

B. since

C. when

D. after

5. He appeared _______ , but inside his heart was beating wildly with fear.

A. still　　 B. calm C. quiet　　 D. nervous

4. The company in our city _______ those big investors from West.

A. has a link with

B. has a hand in

C. is in line with

D. is in charge of

3. In order to expand business, more companies hope to _______ their ties with overseas markets.

A. maintain

B. cut

C. strengthen

D. power