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第二单元 1. Jack’s shirt was burned by C from the fire. A) spots B) spills C) sparks D) sprays 2. The wood was so rotten that, when we pulled, it C into fragments. A) broke off B) broke away C) broke up D) broke through 3. We shall have to __A__ the meeting until next week, I’m afraid. A) postpone B) conduct C) replace D) last 4. To our _C___, Geoffrey’s illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared. A) entertainment B) judgment C) relief D) relaxation 5. The working of the machine __D__ that of the human brain. A) compromises with B) competes with C) communicates to D) corresponds to 6. The attack was the latest in a series of border __B__ in that area. A) accidents B) incidents C) events D) occurrences 7. The children will not be allowed to come with us if they don’t __D__ themselves better. A) direct B) accustom C) adjust D) behave 8. The oppressed peasants rose up in armed __A__. A) revolt B) rebel C) chaos D) challenge 9. I had to shake him several times to __A__ him from his sleep. A) rouse B) stimulate C) motivate D) prompt 10. Three days after the trial the prisoner was __C__ secretly, and the body was buried under a tree inside the prison. A) murdered B) convicted C) executed D) punished 11. His skin was __C__ from years of working outdoors. A) elastic B) clumsy C) coarse D) delicious 12. Three people were killed in a head-on __C__ between a bus and a car. A) collapse B) conflict C) collision D) crush 13. Ruth has gone back to California __D__. She will not return to the East. A) for long B) before long C) ever since D) for good 14. When the singer appeared, the audience started to __C__ loudly. A) claim B) crack C) clap D) crash 15. I don’t kn