[单项选择]All his teachers ______ his success to his diligence and perseverance.
A. owe
B. refer
C. subject
D. attribute

[单项选择]We attribute his success to his intelligence, but he holds that it is hard work that _______him.
A. entitled
B. enlightened
C. entailed
D. endowed

[单项选择]Teachers should do all they can to ______ on their students to do better rather than criticize them all the time.
A. inspire
B. stimulate
C. encourage
D. spur

[单项选择]Teachers should do all they can to __________ on their students to do better rather than criticize them all the time.
A. inspire
B. stimulate
C. encourage
D. spur

[单项选择]We are all （） at his （） success.
A. surprised ; surprised
B. surprising ; surprised
C. surprised ; surprising
D. surprised ; surprise

[单项选择]All his uniforms are stained with paint, so his job must have ______ to do with coat.
A. nothing
B. something
C. anything
D. everything

[单项选择]Herman's success is due to his hard work and his ability to _______ plans which will get work done efficiently.
A. undertake
B. conduct
C. formulate
D. approve

[单项选择]All his plan for starting his own business fell ______
A. in
B. through
C. down
D. away

[单项选择]We ______ his great success to his intelligence and persistence.
A. distribute
B. attribute
C. contribute
D. subject

[单项选择]He ______ all his unfinished manuscripts to his colleagues in the laboratory before he went to France.
A. transferred
B. translated
C. transmitted
D. transacted

[单项选择]He ______all his unfinished manuscripts to his colleagues in the laboratory before he went to France.
A. transferred
B. translated
C. transmitted
D. transacted

[单项选择]Sam assured his boss that he would______ all his energies in doing this new job.
A. call forth
B. call at
C. call on
D. call off

[单项选择]Bob assured his boss that he would ______all his energies in doing this new job.
A. call for
B. call off
C. call forth
D. call on

[单项选择]All his attempts to argue about the rightness were ______.
A. futile
B. not important
C. effective in use
D. without reason

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For all his vaunted talents, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has never had much of a reputation as an economic forecaster. In fact, he shies away from making the precise-to-the-decimal-point predictions that many other economists thrive on. Instead, he owes his success as a monetary policymaker to his ability to sniff out threats to the economy and manipulate interest rates to dampen the dangers he perceives. Now, those instincts are being put to the test. Many Fed watchers-and some policymakers inside the central bank itself are beginning to wonder whether Greenspan has lost his touch. Despite rising risks to the economy from a swooning stock market and soaring oil prices that could hamper growth, the Greenspan-led Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) opted to leave interest rates unchanged on Sept. 24. But in a rare dissent, two of the Fed’s 12 policymakers broke ranks and voted for a cut in rotes—Dallas Fed President Robert D. McTeer Jr. and central bank Go
A. instincts most often misguide the monetary policies.
B. Greenspan has lost his control of the central bank.
C. consensus is often the case among Fed's policymakers.
D. Greenspan wouldn't tolerate such a dissent.

[单项选择]In all his novels, Theodore Dreiser set himself to project the ______ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.
A. puritan
B. materialistic
C. psychological
D. religious