In the CONTEXTUAL VOCABULARY below, first read EACH sentence to understand the meaning of the underlined word and then choose the correct answer to match it.

(1) Someone broke the gate. Who was the culprit in this matter?

　　A. thief　B. bully　C. eyewitness　D. offender

(2) In this country, seditious actions, speeches and writings are strictly discouraged.

　　A. immature　B. childish　C. rebellious
　　D. intentional

(3) One has to check carefully before downloading a programme onto a personal computer.

　　A. scrambling　B. erasing　C. copying
　　D. robbing

(4) Have you heard anything about tourists being shanghaied into buying expensive fakes?

　　A. well persuaded　B. beaten　C. encouraged
　　D. forced illegally

(5) That novelist's books are suitable for children because of their platonic nature.

　　A. sexless　B. restless　C. poisonless
　　D. loveless

(6) Only an expert knows whether a piece of artistic work is genuine or a forgery.

　　A. disgrace 　B. fake 　C. treasure　D. design

(7) With the aid of computer, a writer's long manuscript can be compressed on a single disc.

　　A. imitated　B. shrunk　C. expressed
　　D. obtained

(8) Hungry rabbits devoured almost all the vegetables in the rich man's garden.

　　A. destroyed　B. plucked　C. trampled
　　D. ate up

(9) I object to Tom's quixotic pursuit of a few objectives at the same time.

　　A. odd　B. imaginary　C. impractical
　　D. expectant

(10) Children differ. Some do things nimbly, while others do not.

　　A. carelessly　B. quickly　C. sincerely
　　D. unwillingly

(11) It is reported that hunters tend to intrude on public parks to hunt animals for various purposes.

　　A. attack　B. control　C. enter without permission　D. get admission to freely

(12) The policeman went near an old house and warily stepped into the dark hall.

　　A. watchfully　B. tiredly　C. hurriedly
　　D. harshly

(13) I am so sorry to see that man not realising his brazen rudeness in public.

　　A. shameless　B. brave　C. typical
　　D. intentional

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(1) D　(2) C　(3) C　(4) D　(5) A

(6) B　(7) B　(8) D　(9) C　(10) B

(11) C　(12) A　(13) A