9. He might have been killed ____the timely arrival of the ambulance.
A. but for B. except for C. besides D. except
10. If you have never planted anything, you won’t be able to know the pleasure of watching the thing you have planted ____.
A.grow B. to grow? C. growing D. to be growing
11. He did me a ____turn by lending me ten pounds.
A. good B. nice C. fine D. pretty
12. Once our chickens started laying eggs, we had such a ____of eggs that we were giving many away to our neighbors.
A. output B. surplus C. production D. plenty
13. Following are comments about the behavior that people in Korea usually expect in various social ____.
A. occasions B. cases C.situations D. circumstances
14. They have considered their high standard of living a(n)____for practising their basic beliefs.
A. award B. reward C. result D. consequence
15. Mac’s close____to his brother made people mistake them for one another.
A. resemblance B. identity? C. appearance D. relationship
16. The thieves____the waste paper all over the room while they were searching for the diamond ring.
A. spread B. scratched C.scattered D. burned