No. 1 Please ------- Ms. Underwood that no one has received their paychecks yet. (A) accept (B) notify (C) deliver (D) perceive No. 2 Mr. Walsh has been keeping ------- a visit to a doctor for three months because he is too busy. (A) postponed (B) postponing (C) postpone (D) to postpone No. 3 ------- the economy improves, more people become interested in buying stocks. (A) So (B) As (C) But (D) For No. 4 The shop clerk refused to ------- the customer's 100-dollar bill. (A) changing (B) changed (C) change (D) changes No. 5 The tragic tsunami had left hundreds of people -------. (A) homeless (B) out (C) empty (D) vacant No. 6 Megan ------- the rumor about the company's restructuring last Monday. (A) overlooked (B) overviewed (C) overheard (D) overcame No. 7 Most of the students who ------- a degree in computer science in this college want to work in Silicon Valley. (A) earn (B) earns (C) yield (D) yields No. 8 A group of ------- played an important role on the experiment. (A) professional (B) professionals (C) professionally (D) professor No. 9 Kylie doesn't like her current job because she often has to work -------. (A) overall (B) overtime (C) longtime (D) sometime No. 10 Ms. Washington's computer spread a virus ------- shut down the network the whole day. (A) when (B) that (C) so (D) for