[单项选择]You should avoid ______ when you join them for the first rehearsal.
A. from being mocked at
B. being mocked at
C. to be mocked at
D. mocking at

[单项选择]You should avoid ______ when you join them for the first rehearsal.
A. from being mocked at
B. being mocked at
C. to be mocked at
D. mocking at

[单项选择]Which should one avoid doing when traveling
A. Keeping vigilant all the time.
B. Walking on the streets late at night.
C. Withdrawing cash on ATM machines.
D. Thinking about the occasional volcano.

[单项选择]When you look at them, you imagine your eyes aching in the intense ______ of the desert in heat.
A. flare
B. glitter
C. glare
D. spark

[单项选择]Swimmers should avoid ______ ocean areas that are dangerous.
A. enter
B. to enter
C. entering
D. be entered

[单项选择]The writer has the opinion that when you paint your house, you will most likely choose______.
A. the characteristic local colors
B. your favorite colors
C. the colors to your artistic taste
D. the colors that fit in well with furniture

[单项选择]

Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise.
Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here‘s on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you‘re able to rise to the occasion can be good for you.  In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands but coped with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health than those who felt they stress that you can manage also boost immune function. In a study at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam, researchers put volunteers through two stressful experiences. In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a list followed by a short test, subjects through a gory video on surgical procedures. Those who did well on the memory test had an increase in levels of immunoglobulin A, an antibody that&lsquo
A. the benefits of manageable stress
B. how to avoid stressful situations
C. how to cope with stress effectively
D. the effects of stress hormones on memory

[单项选择]When travelling, you are advised to take travellers' checks, which provide a secure ______ to carrying your money in cash.
A. substitute
B. selection
C. preference
D. alternative

[单项选择]You startled me when you shouted.
A. threatened
B. frightened
C. interrupted
D. troubled

[单项选择]When you stop dieting you will regain the weight you lost because ______.
A. the fat cells in your body have become enlarged
B. your appetite had become greater than before
C. your body can now consume only part of the calories you get from food
D. you have developed additional fat cells

[单项选择]You should take books with you when you go out with your child.

[单项选择]When you are considering colleges, you usually have already studied for
A. 8 years.
B. 10 years.
C. 9 years.
D. 12 years.