19、Measures must be taken now because time ________．

A．has been run out         B．runs out          C．is run out          D．is running out

17、Last Saturday a large concert which was ________ by Colin Davis was held in the Poly Opera House.

A. controlled                 B. managed                   C. participated               D. conducted

16、Creative thinkers try to make ________ that may seem strange at first.

A. demands                  B. distinctions                 C. connections                 D. collisions

15、She hoped to get a job on a newspaper and ________ she worked for The Times.

A. hopefully                  B. possibly                    C. willingly                   D. eventually

14、A few students in our class can’t concentrate on study sometimes and are ________ to listen carefully.

A. suggested                 B. expected                 C. reminded                  D. forbidden

13、Jack works hard and carefully, and he is thought to be a _______ young manager in our company by all of us.

A. creative                    B. sensible                    C. promising               D. talented

12、We have to wait until the engineer comes because the machine is ______ and we don’t know what is wrong with it.

A. out of date              B. out of control              C. out of work               D. out of order

11、They sold their house in the downtown for only 20, 000 pounds, so the buyer got a wonderful ________.

A. cost　　　　　       B. bargain　　　　 C. amount　　　　    D. value

10、The police took fingerprints at the crime scene and quickly _______ the murderer.

A. undertook                 B. grasped             C. gathered             D. identified