. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.
| A．sum | B．quantity | C．deal | D．amount |
The rainbow _____ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
| A．dissolved | B．removed | C．resigned | D．disappeared |
All too _____ it was time to go back to school after the glorious summer holidays.
| A．often | B．fast | C．soon | D．late |
Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface.
| A．surprisingly | B．eventually | C．permanently | D．virtually |
Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could.
| A．take up | B．pick up | C．make up | D．look up |
Children are likely to get _____ if no one cares about their upbringing.
| A．out of hand | B．out of order | C．out of place | D．out of work |