My daughter was so ______ in the TV programme that she forgot to turn the microwave oven off. A. distracted B. attracted C. enchanted D. engrossed 2. Tourists are ______ to beware of pickpockets in the bus. A. commanded B. notified C. informed D. advised 3. Before you start a business, you have to raise the necessary______ A. asset B. investment C. capital D. income 4. Susan is a devoted daughter, always very _____ to the needs of her old parents A. attentive B. observant C. recurrent D. earnest 5. These mountaineers will have to _______ severe cold and terrible winds. A. survive B. endure C. attain D. go through 6. Josh found that the evening was beginning to _______ after his mother made efforts to forbid him to watch television. A. extend B. prolong C. drag D. delay 7. Jim was completely ________ by most of the essay questions, so he must have failed. A. baffled B. enchanted C. stunned D. stultified 8. The dreadful scenes of the major skirmish _____ the children off their dinner. A. took B. put C. sent D. set 9. We were asked to _____ from smoking until the plane was airborne. A. resist B. restrain C.-restrict D. refrain 10. As a rule, Dad is generous but as a businessman, he usually drives a hard_____ A . negotiation B deal c bargain D agreement 11 His argument _____that people still regard television as a favorable, beneficial , wondrous influence upon the family but this is no longer the case , A , presents B offers c concerns D presupposes 12 . The purpose of the Survey was to _____the parents with the changes television has made in family life . A . acquaint B . inform c . tell D. notify 13 . We are of the opinion that standards of craftsmanship have been____over the past ten years . A. lifted B. heightened C. raised D. uplifted 14 . The zoo attendant opened the cage and tried hard to_____ the tigers back in , A . pacify B . reassure C induce D. coax 15 , The unfair criticism left Norman quite_____with anger . A . spellbound B . speechless c . silent D , mute 16 . In a television-oriented family , children cannot expect to have much time to____games , familiar songs and shared activities . A . devote B . concentrate c . spare D. spend 17 . We are not sure why she didn’t ’ t go into the advanced class , but we_____she failed the English Proficiency Test . A . predict B . deduce c induce D suspect 18 . By the end of the month our only hopes of success_____in recruiting more extra help . A . lay B . consist C. stood D . arose 19 . I remember seeing the film but the name of the protagonist just __ me . A . fails B . misses C . escapes D. deludes 20 . As Susan made no_____of the full-scale war at dinner , I assume she had forgotten the TV programme that night 。 A . mention B. comment C. reference D. statement