从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. the students who are not _____ with the progress they have made in the study will have greater success.
a. proud b. afraid c. popular d. content
2. my new house is very _____ for me, as i can get to the supermarket to buy some everyday goods in five minutes.
a. adaptable b. available c. comfortable d. convenient
3. there has been a _____ increase in the teacher’s salary in recent years.
a. temporary b. key c. significant d. wide
4. my grandfather is as _____ as a young man and he hates sitting around doing nothing all day.
a. energetic b. enthusiastic c. talkative d. sensitive
5. he is very _____ about his chance of winning a scholarship this year.
a. optimistic b. optional c. outstanding d. obvious
6. the secretary asked _____ to write their questions on a piece of paper and send it to the front.
a. the present members b. the members presently
c. the members present d. the presently members
7. when she got her first month salary, alice bought _____ dress for her mother.
a. a cotton blue expensive
b. an expensive blue cotton
c. a blue expensive cotton
d. a cotton expensive blue
8. _____ to take the course must be the top students in the grade.
a. brave enough those b. enough brave those
c. those enough brave d. those brave enough
9. the dongfeng company has produced _____ it did last year.
a. twice more trucks as
b. twice as many trucks as
c. twice as much trucks as
d. as twice many trucks as
10. when you drive in the busy street, you can’t be _____ careful.
a. very b. too c. so d. much
11. —why did she spend too much time searching shop after shop only for a skirt?
—oh, BECause she was very _____ about her clothes.
a. anxious b. curious c. particular d. worried
12. the education ministry suggests teachers should receive _____ education to catch up with the _____ development.
a. farther; late b. farther; later
c. further; lately d. further; latest
13. —how was your final exam?
—oh, i couldn’t feel _____. i easily found proper answers to most of the questions on it.
a. better b. easier c. worse d. harder
14. —the pretty girl seemed a _____ waitress.
—of course, each of us in the restaurant always felt _____ with her good service and smiles.
a. pleased; pleased b. pleasant; pleasant
c. pleasant; pleased d. pleased; pleasant
15. of the two, i would prefer _____ camera, which is very easy for me to carry.
a. the small b. the smaller
c. a small d. a smaller
16. the letter also pointed out that chinese people, though keen on foreign festivals, _____ know anything about the culture behind them.
a. few b. hardly c. little d. not
17. there is _____ cooking oil left in the house. would you go to the corner store and get _____?
a. little; some b. little; any
c. a little; some d. a little; any
18. nowhere have i seen _____ beautiful valley. there are small rivers, flowers and trees everywhere.
a. a more b. the more c. the most d. a most
19. —are you feeling _____ now?
—yes. much happier than ever and i have become thinner and thinner since i joined the health club.
a. rather well b. more better
c. quite good d. any better
20. i know this is not quite a suitable word, but i can’t be bothered to think of _____ one.
a. a better b. a best c. the better d. the good
21. we can’t get the machine to run. there must be _____ with it.
a. something wrong serious
b. something seriously wrong
c. something serious wrong
d. something wrong seriously
22. he spent several hours in the wind and snow, _____.
a. coldly and hungrily b. being cold and hungry
c. in cold and hunger d. cold and hungry
23. there was silence. “poor henry,” he said at last, _____ to himself than to anyone else.
a. better b. louder c. more d. clearer
24. most members of the drama club, though shy in real life, are quite _____ once they get on stage.
a. delighted b. dynamic c. nervous d. calm
25. —how is everything going on with you in europe?
—quite well. not so smoothly as i hoped, _____.
a. though b. instead c. either d. too
26. i’m finally _____ to sit down and do some stuff on the computer today.
a. so well b. well enough c. so good d. enough good
27. i tried hard to get some information about the new technology out of his mouth, but he remained _____.
a. quiet b. secret c. silent d. calm
28. because of the heavy snow, many parts of the countryside are only _____ by helicopter.
a. available b. appropriate c. accessible d. achievable
29. what you said was true. it was, _____, a little unkind.
a. moreover b. therefore c. but d. nevertheless
30. john picked us up in his car, _____ his dad’s car which he’d borrowed.
a. wherever b. or rather c. namely d. that is
