5.　 Our supply of food ________; if we don’t get some soon, we will be starving.

　　 A. is lacking　　 B. is running out　 C.　 is being short　　 D. is taking out

4.　 I think we should develop a ________ of “flexible team work”, that is, we can work together when needed and we can work individually when ______.

　　 A. means; it doesn’t　　 B. way; it is not　　 C. system; we don’t　　　 D. pattern; it isn’t

3.　 What a chain smoker says is often ______ what he does. On one hand, he says he wants to quit smoking, on the other hand he continues to smoke on and on.

A. contradictory to　　 B. contrary with　　 C. similar to　　 D. against with

1.　　　 ---Why are you ________ that particular expression?

---Because the song you are humming _______ me of a nursery rhyme that I learned twenty years ago when I stayed in the kindergarten.

A. taking on; calls back　 B. putting on; reminds　　 C. wearing; reminds　 D. having; informs

1.　 Without grammar little is _______; without vocabulary nothing is ________;　 vocabulary is the foundation of learning a foreign language

A.　　 explained; explained　 B. conveyed; conveyed　 C. transported; transported D. expressed; expressed