在英语越来越重要的21世纪，学好英语成了大学生最重要的目标。为帮助大学生更好地掌握英语知识，特提供以下资料：
1.How do you ____ for coming late for the meeting?
A)explain
B)excuse
C)describe
D)account
2.The mother was so ____ at the news that she didn't know what to do.
A)admired
B)amazed
C)amused
D)curious
3.He likes to listen to music with the radio turned on at full ____.
A)power
B)voice
C)volume
D)sound
4.The coach must take a large ____ of the blame for the failure of the football match.
A)quantity
B)number
C)share
D)amount
5.Although alone in the house, he was so busy with his research that he felt____ lonely.
A)all but
B)nothing but
C)something but
D)anything but
6.The introduction of modern technique from abroad makes it necessary for skilled workers to ____ unskilled workers.
A)take place
B)take over
C)take down
D)take the place of
7.____ so few people in the street was unusual.
A)For there to be
B)As there to be
C)For there being
D)As there being
8.There are signs ____ Internet are becoming more and more popular with teenagers.
A)that
B)whose
C)what
D)which
9.Bob had been ____ on a meadow sprinkled with dandelion for a long time before he sat up.
A)laid
B)lying
C)lain
D)laying
10.Jill would rather that his girl friend ____ in the same department as he does.
A)studied
B)should study
C)study
D)had studied