6. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ____.
A) gapsB) lengthsC) distancesD) intervals
7. Only when one is______ of one’s gettingbehind is one more likely to catch up.
A) criticalB) awareC) visualD) effective
8. He had a ____ look in his eyes. He must have been shocked.
A) emptyB) bareC) blankD) hollow
9. As an ideal _____ to the spread of SARS,this medicine is now in great demand.
A) barrierB) commitmentC) challengeD) access
10. When her business goes wrong, she tendsto _____ for advice.
A) get access toB) come acrossC) reach outD) speak up
11. The most important for us now is to _____what is to be done next.
A) allow ofB) reflect onC) feel likeD) remind of
12. American women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
A) ignoredB) refusedC) neglectedD) denied
13. Good habits of living have proved to be ofmuch _____ to our health.
A) barrierB) benefitC) immunityD) commitment
14. The medicine the doctor gave me ____ my headache.
A) reducedB) improvedC) releasedD) relieved
15. As a(n) _____ job, it requires much timeand commitment and persistence.
A) unwillingB) demandingC) embarrassingD) frustrating
16. The _____ to be better than others drives him to work harder than before.