1. Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ______a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.
     A. inject
     B. install
     C. invade
     D. insert
     2. There’s the living room still to be _____, so that’s my next project.
     A. abandoned
     B. decorated
     C. dissolved
     D. assessed
     3. The old paper mill has been ______to make way for a new shopping center.
     A. held down
     B. kept down
     C. turned down
     D. cut down
     解析：
     1. D。史密斯先生要求他的秘書在正打字輸入的年度報告中插入新的一段。inject 注射；install 安裝；invade 侵入；insert 插入，鑲入。
     2. B。我接下來要做的項目就是把起居室給裝修一下。abandon 拋棄；decorate 裝修；dissolve 溶解，解散； assess 評估。
     3. C。這個舊的造紙廠拒絕為新建購物中心讓路。hold down 壓制，抑制；keep down 臥下，鎮(zhèn)壓，保留；turn down 拒絕；cut down 砍倒，勝過，削減，刪節(jié)。