在英语越来越重要的21世纪，学好英语成了大学生的首要目标。为帮助大学生更好地掌握英语知识，特提供以下文章：
1. To obtain a satisfactory result, one must apply two____of paint on a clean surface.
A. coats
B.levels
C.times
D.courses
2. The small mountain village was____by the snow for more than one month.
A. cut back
B.cut out
C.cut off
D.cut away
3. Miss Green was____$100 for driving after drinking.
A. fined
B.charged
C.punished
D.posed
4. Modern____perhaps causes more problems than it solves.
A. technique
B.technology
C.tactics
D.tendency
5. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear it____when she was trying to go to sleep.
A. sounding
B.ringing
C.ticking
D.humming