[单项选择]The performance was staged by a group of ______ who have been studying dramatics as a hobby.
A. professionals
B. amateurs
C. playwrights
D. novices

[单项选择]The investigation group tried in （　）to discover what caused the failure of the engine.
A. diligence
B. vain
C. vigor
D. zeal

[单项选择]The group of technicians are engaged in a study which ______. all aspects of urban planning.
A. inserts
B. grips
C. performs
D. embraces

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Text 4
My church recently staged a Sensitivity Sunday to make our congregation aware of the problems faced by people with physical handicaps. We are asked to "adopt a handicap" for several hours on Sunday morning. Some members chose to be confined to wheelchairs, others stuffed cotton in their ears, hobbled around on crutches, or wore blindfolds.
Wheelchairs had never seemed like scary objects to me before I had to sit in one. A tight knot grabbed hold in my stomach when I first took a close look at what was to be my only means of getting around for several hours. I was stuck by the irrational thought, "once I am in this wheelchair, the handicap might become real, and I might never walk again." This thought, as ridiculous as it was, frightened me so much that I needed a large dose of courage just to sit down.
After I overcame my fear of the wheelchair, I had to learn how to cope with it. I wiggled around to find a comfortable pos
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five

[单项选择]The campaign staged by both BMW and Renault are to market
A. cars based on the old ones.
B. cars modeled on DNA technology.
C. cars produced with most advanced technology.
D. cars face-lifted only but little genuinely changed.

[单项选择]A. benefit performance is a performance for which a charitable organization has bought out at a discounted price and ______ funds by selling tickets at a full price.
A. raises
B. accumulates
C. donates
D. contributes

[单项选择]A benefit performance is a performance for which a charitable organization has bought out at a discounted price and ______ funds by selling tickets at a full price.
A. furnish
B. raise
C. accumulate
D. contribute