No. 1 The rumor about the company has spread rapidly ------- thousands of employees. (A) among (B) along (C) aside (D) astride No. 2 The parliamentary candidate is always featured in the media for his ------- statements. (A) bold (B) light (C) small (D) dense No. 3 Kyoto is famous ------- old temples and shrines and is attracting more foreigners recently. (A) to (B) from (C) for (D) at No. 4 A group of students from different universities meets once a month to discuss ------- to various social problem. (A) emotions (B) meditations (C) solutions (D) resolutions No. 5 A group of ------- played an important role on the experiment. (A) professional (B) professionals (C) professionally (D) professor No. 6 ABC Communications has just opened a new ------- in India that is expected to be very successful. (A) branch (B) trail (C) destination (D) entry No. 7 While people tend to become more ------- when they get older, this 80-year-old woman started travelling the world by herself. (A) conservation (B) conserve (C) conservative (D) conservatives No. 8 Mr. Christian Lee, ------- an executive at USS Bank, became the CEO of LGS Insurance. (A) once (B) often (C) soon (D) now No. 9 Northwest Department is planning a special one-day event only for its most ------- customers this fall. (A) value (B) valuable (C) valuation (D) validated No. 10 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