1. New legislation still does not offer ______ protection for many endangered species. (B)
A) deserved
B) adequate
C) exceed
D) equate
解析：adequate 足够的，新立法仍然没有为许多濒危物种提供足够的保护。
2. Advertising companys are always having to think up new ways to ______ products. (C)
A) prospect
B) provide
C) promote
D) process
解析：prospect 前景，promote 推广，根据句意选择C项，广告公司应该是推广产品。
3. She has lodged an ______ against the severity of the fine. (C)
A) decision
B) quest
C) appeal
D) case
解析：appeal （尤指为了改变法律或官方裁决而提出的）诉请、申诉，她认为罚金太高，已提起申诉。
4. While he was trying to get through the crowd, the passenger was taken away because security members found an explosive ______ in his bag. (B)
A) margin
B) substance
C) assembly
D) currency
解析：explosive substance 爆炸品。
5. Early in the eleventh century, the whole of England was again ______ by the Vikings. (D)
A) concealed
B) contacted
C) conceded
D) conquered
解析：conquer 征服。英格兰被维京人征服。
6.I wouldn't say he was brilliant but he is ______ at his job. (B)
A) suit
B) competent 
C) spectacular
D) superficial
解析：competent 有能力的，我虽然不会说他是才华横溢，可他还是能胜任工作的。
7. When the airline saw how the strike was hurting its business, it became much eager to ______ the workers on strike to work out a solution. (B)
A) separate from
B) negotiate with
C) recall of
D) expand to
解析：negotiate 谈判，航空公司很想与罢工工人谈判。
8. She would not even ______ argue about the rights and wrongs of what had occurred since she knew that it would be useless for her to do so. (D)
A) available to
B) expected to
C) compelled to
D) bother to
解析：compelled 被迫，bother 打扰，既然她知道这样做对她来说毫无用处，她甚至不必为所发生的事情的是非曲直争论。
9. In my opinion, students who ______ cheat are going to cheat regardless of the technology. It's just a question of honesty. We're here to learn, so we've got to make the most of it ourselves. (B)
A) are going
B) are inclined to
C) likely to
D) bound to
解析：inclined 倾向于…的，相当于 tend，想要作弊的学生。
10. Some of us are too often ______  losing an hour or a day by wasting time, forgetting that our life is the sum total of the days and of the hours we live. (A)
A) indifferent to
B) thrilling
C) frowning at
D) forged
解析：indifferent to 对……不关心，我们中的一些人常常对浪费一个小时或者一天的时间而无动于衷，忘记了我们的生活是我们生活的时间和日子的总和。
11. More than that, Mr bin Laden's desire to murder his way to salvation has at last aroused widespread ______ among Muslims. (C)
A) surprise
B) agreeable
C) disgust
D) satisfaction
解析：disgust 反感，本拉登通过谋杀走向拯救的愿望在穆斯林世界也引发了反感。
12. He was ______ immunity from prosecution because he confessed the names of the other spies. (A)
A) granted
B) delighted
C) thrusted
D) obliged
解析：grant 指政府为特殊目的给予个人或组织的补助等，他获得了起诉豁免权，因为他指认了其他间谍的名字。
13. They ______ him to join the company by offering him a huge salary and a company car. (C)
A) exposed
B) rejected
C) tempted
D) charmed
解析：tempt 吸引，吸引他加入该公司。
14. When the generality of the electorate is doing badly, the mood will grow ______. (B)
A) optimistic
B) pessimistic
C) objective
D) subjective
解析：pessimistic 悲观的，当选民的普遍不佳时，情绪就会变得悲观。
15. Newton ______ that heavenly and teresrial motion could be unified with the idea of gravity. (D)
A) confessed
B) commenced
C) preceded
D) proposed
解析：propose 提出，牛顿提出天体和地球的运动可以用万有引力来解释。
16. Most people who've had chickenpox once are ______ to it for the rest of their lives. (D)
A) allergic
B) addicted
C) affected
D) immune
解析：immune 免疫，大多数出过水痘的人终生都对此病具有免疫力。
17. The US ______ a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters.  (C)
A) agreed
B) posed
C) lodged
D) raised
解析：lodge 提出索赔、投诉、抗议等，美国就外国记者被捕一事提出正式抗议。
18. When you are used to physical labor, you feel uncomfortable if you're ______. (A)
A) idle
B) stale
C) mental
D) abnormal
解析：idle 闲置， 没有工作的，习惯体力劳动会在没事做的时候感到不适。
19. This sensitive book tackles the ______ issue of adoption with care and simplicity. (A)
A) delicate
B) definate
C) decent
D) dedicate
解析：delicate 微妙，这本敏感的书谨慎、简洁地讨论了收养这一微妙问题。
20. The sucessful branding and marketing of the new beer has already ______ sales and increased profits. (B)
A) adjusted
B) boosted
C) adapted
D) boasted
解析：boost 使增长，新啤酒成功的品牌与营销已经促进了销量和利润的增长。
21. Jack's got two ______ tickets for the Cup Final, so guess where we're going next Saturday! (D)
A) compulsory
B) complementary
C) contemporary
D) complimentary
解析：compulsory 必修课，complementary 互补，contemporary 当代，complimentary 多余的，根据句意选择D项，赠券。
22. All of her ______ plays have been translated into English. (A)
A) major
B) insight
C) mystery
D) speculate
解析：major 表示最重要的。
23. In order to turn the deserts into ______ and productive land, engineers built an 800-mile canal. (D)
A) destructive
B) dominant
C) elegant
D) fertile
解析：fertile 肥沃，把沙漠变成肥沃富饶的土地。
24. She has a ______ for open-mindedness and original thinking. (B)
A) respective
B) reputation
C) establishment
D) exclamation
解析：reputation 声誉，她以开放思想和原创思维而闻名。
25. It was an interesting book, full of fascinating ______  into human relationships. (A)
A) insights 
B) beliefs
C) feelings
D) confidences
解析：insights 见解，insight into，view about/on，这是一本有趣的书，充满了对人际关系独到的见解。