11. The manager allocate duties to the clerks.

A. assign

B. persuade

C. ask

D. order

12. The once barren hillsides are now good farmland.

A. hairless

B. bare

C. empty

D. bald

13. It is postulated that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2000.

A. challenged

B. assumed

C. deducted

D. decreed

14. We must abide by the rules.

A. stick to

B. persist in

C. safeguard

D. applywww.examｗ.com

15. From my standpoint，you know，this thing is just funny.

A. position

B. point of view

C. knowledge

D. opinion