[单项选择]When we ______ one aspect of a problem, we tend to ignore the other aspects.
A. are absorbed on
B. are absorbed in
C. are absorbed to
D. are absorbed for

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Passage One
We have no idea about when men first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout the history.
For example, it is recorded in many history books the people who lived over three thousand years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead.
In some periods of history, a person who stole salt was thought to have broken the law. Take the eighteenth century for an example, if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into prison. History also records that only in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century for stealing salt! About one hundred and fifty years ago, in the year 1553, if a man took more than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be seriously punished. The offender’ s ear was cut off.
Salt was an important item on the dinner table of a king. It was always
A. to punish people who had broken the law
B. to keep dead bodies from decay
C. to keep fish alive
D. to make chemicals

[单项选择]When these occur, we tend to {{U}}resort{{/U}} to background tendencies and habits to justify our behavior.
A. fall back on
B. come up with
C. live up to
D. give way to

[单项选择]We had to _____a lot of noise when the children were at home.
A. go in for
B. hold on to
C. put up with
D. keep pace with

[单项选择]—When can we discuss the problem
—（）when we can, we must prepare for it right now.
A. No matter
B. Even though
C. As soon as
D. So that

[单项选择]My friends and I ______ one another when we're apart, and we shall continue to care about each other until we are permanently parted by death.
A. pine for
B. yearn for
C. lust for
D. languish for

[单项选择]We expect Mr. White will ______ Class One when Miss Jane retires.
A. take over
B. take up
C. take off
D. take to

[单项选择] We feel we are happiest when we __ and exchange ideas with one another.
A. chart
B. chatter
C. chase
D. chat