12：The book you recommended me was indeed
worth ___________.
1.to read 2.reads 3.reading 4.being read
13： Why didn’t you ask for help, ______
trying to do it on your own?
1.other than 2.rather than 3.more than 4.less than
14：John was going to ______ Mary by telling
his friends how much weight she had gained.
1. embarrass 2.intimidate 3.excite 4.reward
15：Scientists have recently turned their
attention to natural ______ of energy: the sun, the sea, the wind and hot
springs.
1.image 2.appearance 3.sources 4.cause
16：The solution _____ the questions are at
the back of the book.
1.to 2.for 3.from 4.of
17：Actors have a higher ______ than they
used to.
1.statue 2.statute 3.status 4.stature
18：I don’t think I’m ______ of your success
at your present job.
1. envious 2. obvious 3.happy 4.awful
19：Most often, procrastination is often
defined _____ an unreasonable delay of an activity.
1.to 2.as 3.in 4.of
20：It seems to me that many of her
difficulties are _____.
1.economy 2.economic 3.economical 4.economics
21：He translated not only from the English,
but also, on ______, from the French.
1.time 2.occasion 3.moment 4.case
22：The old lady had a firm ______________
that her husband would come back someday.
1.conviction 2.statement 3.punishment 4.imagination