She was so _______on the job that she didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door.
| A．attracted |
| B．absorbed |
| C．drawn |
| D．concentrated |
After Tom had finished some paper work, he ______ interviewing the applicants.
| A．starts | B．had started | C．started | D．has started |
It takes ______ to talk to others on the team when that might expose some of your own weaknesses or ignorance.
| A．energy | B．patience | C．wisdom | D．courage |
______her ambition of becoming a professional singer, she has been training very hard since an early age.
| A．Realizing | B．To realize | C．Having realized | D．To have realized |
According to Darwin's Survival of the Fittest, only those species that were able to ______ the sudden great changes of their living conditions survived.
| A．appeal to | B．relate to | C．adapt to | D．contribute to |
The poet ______described the peaceful Rocky Mountain and the beautiful Mississippi River in his newly-published poetry.
| A．aggressively | B．vividly | C．desperately | D．controversially |