1.The judge announced a ________ of the baseball game because of the heavy rain.
    A) survival
    B) surroundings
    C) symbol
    D) suspension
    2. It is believed that dragon is an important ________ of the Chinese people.
    A) survival
    B) surroundings
    C) symbol
    D) suspension
    3. Red roses are often considered a ________ of love.
    A) refusal
    B) symbol
    C) request
    D) report
    4. The changing color of the leaves on the tree is a ________ that it will soon be fall.
    A) refusal
    B) symbol
    C) request
    D) report
    5. He gave her a huge bunch of red roses as a ________ of his devotion to her.
    A) refusal
    B) symbol
    C) request
    D) report
    126.Her _______ to have a date with him made him very disappointed.
    A) refusal
    B) symbol
    C) request
    D) report
    7.According to the weather_______, there is a typhoon approaching Taiwan.
    A) refusal
    B) symbol
    C) request
    D) report
    128.The students couldn't hear the teacher's _______ because they were making too much noise.
    A) refusal
    B) symbol
    C) request
    D) report
    9.The relief workers made a _______ to the headquarters for more aid.
    A) rock
    B) research
    C) request
    D) Rumor
    10.Those scientists are now carrying out some _______ on the language of dolphins. They want to find out how dolphins communicate with each other.
    A) rock
    B) research
    C) schedule
    D) Rumor
    11.According to some_______ by some scholars, lung cancer is caused mainly by smoking.
    A) rock
    B) research
    C) schedule
    D) Rumor
    12.A large _______ fell and blocked the road.
    A) rock
    B) research
    C) schedule
    D) Rumor
    13. _______ has it that the movie star committed suicide yesterday.
    A) rock
    B) research
    C) schedule
    D) Rumor
    14. On the airline ________, I saw that there was a flight to Tokyo at seven o'clock.
    A) rock
    B) research
    C) schedule
    D) Rumor
    15. The meeting will be held on ________. There will be no delay.
    A) rock
    B) research
    C) schedule
    D) Rumor
    16. I am always lost. I really have no ________ of direction.
    A) shift
    B) sense
    C) speed
    D) soul
    17. When president Mar won the election, people said that it was a political ________ from different parties.
    A) shift
    B) sense
    C) speed
    D) soul
    18. The eye is the window of the ________ .
    A) shift
    B) sense
    C) speed
    D) soul
    19. It is dangerous for them to drive on the road at full ________ .
    A) shift
    B) sense
    C) speed
    D) soul
    20.The newly-built bullet train runs at the ________ of 300 kilometers an hour.
    A) shift
    B) sense
    C) speed
    D) soul