1.Their ___ grew longer as the afternoon went on.

　　A) shadows

　　B) shades

　　C) shapes

　　D) shallows

　　2.Before he left for his vacation he went to the bank to ___ some money.

　　A) pull

　　B) pick

　　C) gain

　　D) draw

　　3.He ___ his childhood memories for the material of most of his stories.

　　A) turns on

　　B) works on

　　C) draws on

　　D) tries on

　　4.He saw the plane crash into the sea when its engines ___.

　　A) failed

　　B) faded

　　C) fainted

　　D) fired

　　5.It is hot in the day-time but the temperature ___ sharply at night.

　　A) decreases

　　B) drops

　　C) descends

　　D) reduces

　　6.Young as he was, he was in ___ of a large number of men.

　　A) management

　　B) leadership

　　C) charge

　　D) direction

　　7.They ___ on us as they were passing through town.

　　A) dropped off

　　B) dropped by

　　C) dropped down

　　D) dropped in

　　8.Give me his ___ words.

　　A) precise

　　B) correct

　　C) exact

　　D) accurate

　　9.Let’s ___ some of these old newspaper. It takes too much room here.

　　A) dispose

　　B) dismiss

　　C) discharge

　　D) discard

　　10.I don’t like to ask people for help as a rule but I wonder if you could ___ me a favour.

　　A) make

　　B) do

　　C) find

　　D) get