英文指考

Due to a budget cut, our company’s annual year-end party, which is usually quite a treat, has to be held at a ______ cost.
(A) hostile
(B) barren
(C) minimal
(D) systematic

A plot to rob the bank was ______ to the police, and all the people involved in the plan were caught.
(A) revealed
(B) cancelled
(C) declared
(D) explored

One good way to ______ questions you don’t want to answer in a conversation is to change the topic.
(A) whip
(B) split
(C) litter
(D) dodge

To apply for a job, you need to have ______ such as skills, education, and experience required by the job.
(A) regulations
(B) qualifications
(C) preventions
(D) conventions

For years, Lily has been ______ all incoming calls on both her mobile phone and home phone because she hates to be bothered by unknown callers.
(A) glittering
(B) purifying
(C) mimicking
(D) filtering

Many people felt extremely sad and angry over the ______ news of a stray dog found abused and killed in the park.
(A) flexible
(B) sorrowful
(C) eventual
(D) optional

Chris never shows up at meetings on time. His excuse for being ______ late is that he wants to avoid small talk at the beginning of the meetings.
(A) consistently
(B) respectfully
(C) indifferently
(D) enormously

Steve will quit his job next week. His ______ is completely unexpected, especially after his promotion and pay raise two months ago.
(A) approval
(B) enforcement
(C) resignation
(D) signature

People with an ______ illness should avoid going to public places to keep the diseases from spreading.
(A) outrageous
(B) infectious
(C) ultimate
(D) explicit

Although electronic devices are very popular nowadays, paper ______ are still most common in major elections around the world.
(A) tokens
(B) fragments
(C) ballots
(D) warranties