10. Many students are signing the petition against building a steelworks near the school.

　　A) names B) agreement

　　C) request D) disapproval

　　11. Your appraisal of the current situation is quite different from mine.

　　A) optimistic B) compliment

　　C) agreement D) estimate

　　12. They are boycotting the store because the workers are on strike.

　　A) looting B) banning

　　C) protecting D) destroying

　　13. In the final contest, two athletes are contending for the championship.

　　A) satisfying B) happy

　　C) competing D) quarreling

　　14. The computer's value will depreciate by half in the first year.

　　A) decrease B) increase

　　C) keep low D) fluctuate

　　15. China Telecom is about to embark on a major program of computerization.

　　A) propaganda B) finish

　　C) purchase D) undertake

　　l6. The candidate has given a pledge that he will improve the local environment and invest doubly in education.

　　A) promise B) declaration

　　C) proposal D) possibility

　　17. There has always been an epldemic or bike stealing in schools.

　　A) a theft B) a punishment

　　C) a plague D) a crime

　　18. It is in Chongqing that the next international symposium on environmental protection will be held.

　　A) debate B) conference

　　C) seminar D) negotiation

　　19. Many people suspected the existence of extraterrestrial life.

　　A) snowman B) outside the earth

　　C) spiritual D) underworld

　　20. In case your liabilities outrun your assets, you may go bankrupt.

　　A) debt B) enterprise

　　C) controversy D) bondage

　　21.After the fierce quarrel, they began to have a __________ loathing for each other.

　　A) boring B) reciprocal

　　C) friendly D) standing

　　22. On the stage many pieces of blue silk were fluctuated to ________the sea waves.

　　A) simplify B) simulate

　　C) help D) like

　　23. The government lacked money because of biting oil________.

　　A) prices B) stations

　　C) buildings D) revenues