Choose the best answer to the following sentences.

1.I was worried as to whether you were going to be a mental _______ for life or not.
A.cripple B.disabled C.inability D.incapability
本题答案：A.cripple
be a cripple for life 成终生残疾
2.Petitions(请愿书) bearing nearly a half million _______ went to the White House.
A.signs B.markings C.signatures D.markers
本题答案：C.signatures
3.She smiled with an upward _______ of her head.
A.tilt B.inclination C.tendency D.slope
本题答案：A.tilt （头等的身体部位）倾斜
4.The leaflet explains how the system will apply _______ you.
A.for B.against C.to D.with
本题答案：C.to 适用于
apply for 申请
5.You will have to drive faster ---- they’re gaining _______ us.
A.on B.off C.to D.against
本题答案：A.on -- gain on 接近或赶上 XXX
6.Workers are being _______ off at the rate of 100 a week.
A.slacked B.dismissed C.laid D.removed
本题答案：C.laid --- lay off 解雇
7.We are ready to defend the sacred _______ of our motherland.
A.boundary B.limitation C.territory D.area
本题答案：C.territory 表示领土、领地
8.When I am told to be wanted _______ the phone,I would grow tense.
A.upon B.in C.at D.on
本题答案：D.on -- be wanted on the phone 电话里有人找
9.These national parks are very important for preserving many animals,who would _______ run the risk of becoming extinct.
A.instead B.therefore C.nevertheless D.otherwise
本题答案：D.otherwise 表示有可能
10.Human beings are superior to animals _______ they can use language as a tool to communicate.
A.for which B.for that C.in which D.in that
本题答案：B.for that 相当于 because