1. I don’t think you should ______ your father’s instructions in that he is an experienced teacher anyway.

　　A. defy

　　B. decline

　　C. designate

　　D. deduce

　　2. Most mathematicians trust their ______ in solving problems and readily admit they would not be able to function without it.

　　A. conception

　　B. observation

　　C. intuition

　　D. cognition

　　3. Having a(n) ______ attitude towards people with different ideas is an indication that one has been well educated.

　　A. grim

　　B. impartial

　　C. intuition

　　D. elastic

　　4. The manager was sorry that he had to ______ the scientist’s good ideas because there was no enough money to develop them.

　　A. break down

　　B. observation

　　C. pull down

　　D. turn down

　　5. High grades are supposed to ______ academic ability, but John’s actual performance did not confirm this.

　　A. clarify

　　B. exemplify

　　C. certify

　　D. simplify

　　6. In order to keep the line moving, customers with lengthy ______ are required to do their banking inside.

　　A. trade s

　　B. transactions

　　C. transfer s

　　D. transformations

　　7. I should have gone back and changed my jeans had I known how ______ I should be among the formally dressed people.

　　A. eminent

　　B. obvious

　　C. prudent

　　D. conventional

　　8. It is believed that we should plant and care more for trees ______ a great many benefits they give us.

　　A. according to

　　B. in honor of

　　C. in proportion to

　　D. in return for

　　9. At the physics examination yesterday, one of the questions ______ me completely and I couldn’t answer it.

　　A. baffled

　　B. mingled

　　C. provoked

　　D. diverted

　　10. Old Americans are extremely reluctant to buy on ______ and likely to save as much money as possible.

　　A. credit

　　B. debt

　　C. budget

　　D. arrears