1. He proved himself a ________ successor to the former Prime Minister.
A. worthwhile B. worthiness C. worthy D. worth
2. Your radio is too loud, turn the ________ down.
A. volume B. voice C. sound D. tone
3. The Channel Tunnel is one of the biggest engineering projects ever ________.
A. understated B. undertaken C. undergone D. underneath
4. He comes from a poor country village in the mountains, so it’s very hard for him to pay the whole school year’s ________ at one time.
A. money B. fare C. fees D. tuition
5. Anthony is a very ________ person and never wastes anything.
A. miserly B. thrifty C. economic D. conservative
6. He is seriously ill because his girlfriend has just deserted him. Why don’t you try some occupational ________ to remove his mind from distress?
A. operation B. therapy C. injection D. medicine
7. The government used their emergency powers to ________ the truth about the accident.
A. suppress B. manipulate C. control D. manage
8. The ________ of the member countries is supposed to be held recently at Geneva.
A. summit B. summary C. suffering D. summon
9. The ghostly presence was just a (n)_________ sensation of some people.
A. objective B. subjunctive C. subjective D. objected
10. The company is on the verge of bankruptcy, and thousands of jobs are at ________.
A. danger B. loss C. threat D. stake