No. 1 There is great business potential in Internet start-ups these days, so ------- attracted many talented young people. (A) it could (B) they can (C) they have (D) it will No. 2 All orders are processed and ------- on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. (A) shipment (B) shipped (C) shipping (D) ship No. 3 Please fill out this application form and ------- it down to the administration office as soon as possible. (A) bring (B) brought (C) bringing (D) brings No. 4 Finding qualified members for this project could be ------- difficult. (A) extreme (B) extremer (C) extremely (D) extremity No. 5 The professor at the business school often tells his son that there is no such thing as a 100% ------- profitable business. (A) guarantee (B) guaranteeing (C) guaranteed (D) to guarantee No. 6 News reports must confirm if the source is ------- before reporting the news. (A) changeable (B) portable (C) unable (D) reliable No. 7 Payment at the store can be made by cash or check, ------- a credit card cannot be accepted. (A) both (B) but (C) or (D) either No. 8 The package arrived the day before -------, which was much earlier than Mary expected. (A) yesterday (B) today (C) tomorrow (D) now No. 9 It required a lot of ------- to open new shops in those major cities at the same time. (A) orders (B) effort (C) purposes (D) hesitation No. 10 Northwest Department is planning a special one-day event only for its most ------- customers this fall. (A) value (B) valuable (C) valuation (D) validated