279. Features such as height, weight, and skin color _____ from individual to individual and from face to face.

A.      change  B. vary   C. alter  D. convert

280. He likes to listen to music with the radio turned on at full ____.

A.      voice   B. sound   C. volume  D. span

281. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ____.

A.      transition  B. transportation  C. transmission  D. transformation

282. The ______ manager will have an interview with some job applicants next week.

A.      personal    B. personnel     C. personality    D. personify

283. The clothes a person wears may express his _____ or social position.

A.      curiosity     B. status    C. determination  D. significance

284. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages; several fishing boats were ____ and many houses collapsed.

A.      wrecked    B. spoiled    C. torn   D. injured

285. I said I wouldn’t do it, but ____ I think I will.

A.      in the course of  B. on the whole

 C. on the contrary  D. on second thoughts

286. Too many sweets and not enough exercise will make you ______ weight.

A.      bring about       B. lead to       C. put on      D. take on

287. This university has earned a good ____ for the successful reform in education.

A.      resolution      B. solution      C. reputation  D. responsibility

288. Feeling tired all the time is a _____ that you may be sick.

A.      mark          B. sight           C. sign          D. trace

289. Large passenger planes often carry weather instruments with which to _____ storm.

A.      broadcast      B. predict       C. inform      D. investigate

290. Important people don’t often have much free time as their work ____ almost all their time.

A.      takes away     B. takes over    C. takes up      D. takes in

291. Having a fever means that your _____ is too high.

A.      heat       B. temper          C. temperature  D. temptation

292. My aunt is rich and owns a lot of _____ in the middle of our town.

A.      preparation     B. prospect     C. property     D. prosperity

293. Barbara’s wedding was a big _____ . There were more than two hundred guests.

A.      action          B. exchange     C. occasion     D. opportunity

294. The explorers returned because they had ____ food.

A.      run away with    B. run out for  C. run out of      D. run up to

295. There is no ______ in going to the cinema now as the film has already started.

A.      reason        B. cause         C. point         D. motive

296. It was difficult to guess what her ____ to the news would be.

A.      impression  B. reaction         C. comment       D. opinion

297. To the students’ _____ , the difficult examination was postponed.

A.      disgust     B. relief           C. relation        D. concern

298. He is ____ to arrive on the five o’clock train.

A.      proposed    B. opposed        C. composed     D. supposed

299. She ____ the wet clothes on the grass to dry them in the sun.

A.      spread      B. hung          C. extended      D. settled

300. If you ______ Mary, could you tell her I’d like to see her?

A.  go into    B. run into        C. came about    D. look into