40. When a number of people __ together in a conversational knot, each individual expresses his

　　position in the group by where he stands.

　　[ A ] pad                   [ B ] pack

　　[ C ] squeeze               [ D ] cluster

　　41. Nicoll made a few __ with his pen on the page he had just read.

　　[ A ] signals               [ B ] marks

　　[ C ] signs                 [ D ] codes

　　42. During the summer holiday season there are no __ moms in this seaside hotel.

　　[ A ] empty                    [ B ] blank

　　[ C ] deserted                  [ D ] vacant

　　43. Does brain power           as we get older.'? Scientists now have some surprising answers.

　　[ A ] desceod               [ B ] decline

　　[ C ] deduce                [ D ] collapse

　　44. To be an inventor, one needs profound knowledge as well as a very __ imagination.

　　[ A ] vivid                 [ B ] bright

　　[ C ] living                [ D ] colorful

　　45. He gave a brief           of the history of the university before the opening of the conference.

　　[ A ] reference             [ B ] statement

　　[ C ] account                [ D ] comment

　　46. The insurance company paid him $10,000 in           after his accident.

　　[ A ] installment            [ B ] compensation

　　[ C ] substitution           [ D ] commission

　　47. People who refuse to           with the law will be punished.

　　[ A ] obey                   [ B ] consent

　　[ C ] conceal                [ D ] comply

　　48. Why does a vegetarian restaurant make its dishes resemble meat in every way except __

　　[ A ] ingredients            [ B ] elements

　　[ C ] components             [ D ] compounds

　　49. Hot metal as it grows cooler.

　　[ A ] contracts              [ B ] reduces

　　[ C ] condenses              [ D ] compresses

　　50. His tastes and habits           with those of his wife.

　　[ A ] combine                [ B ] compete

　　[ C ] coincide               [ D ] compromise

　　51. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' __

　　[ A ] command                 [ B ] conviction

　　[ C ] consent                 [ D ] compromise

　　52. In Scotland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, __ schooling begins at age 5 and ends at

　　age 16.

　　[ A ] compelling              [ B ] forced

　　[ C ] obliged                 [ D ] compulsory

　　53. The Wright brothers __ the design of the first successful motor-powered plane.

　　[ A ] confronted              [ B ] concealed

　　[ C ] converted               [ D ] conceived

　　54. Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking chose to __ on math

　　and theoretical physics.

　　[ A ] impose                  [ B ] center

　　[ C ] overwork                [ D ] concentrate

　　55. Among the many subjects in school, mathematics is probably the most           , depending least on

　　a student's background and culture.

　　[ A ] universal               [ B ] 'abstract

　　[ C ] arbitrary               [ D ] concrete

　　56. A good teacher must know how to           his ideas.

　　[ A ] convey                  [ B ] display

　　[ C ] consult                 [ D ] confront

　　57. China Daily never loses sight of the fact that each day all of us __ a tough, challenging world.

　　[ A ] encounter               [ B ] acquaint

　　[ C ] preside                 [ D ] confront

　　58. The largest system serving e-mail messengers is the Intemet, a I of millions of computers

　　linked worldwide.

　　[ A ] unity                   [ B ] combination

　　[ C ] network                 [ D] connection

　　59. Every camera we sell comes with a two-year

　　[ A ] guarantee               [ B ] safety

　　[ C ] confirmation            [ D ] conservation

　　60. Sometimes they __ their students' poor comprehension to a lack of intelligence.

　　[ A ] distribute              [ B ] attribute

　　[ C] contribute               [ D ] consider

　　61. This kind of material can           heat and moisture.

　　[ A ] delete                  [ B ] compel

　　[ C ] repel                   [ D ] constrain

　　62. For the past two years, Audi cars have __ Germany's Touring Car Championship.

　　[ a ] dominated               [ B ] conquered

　　[ C ] determined              [ D ] contested

　　63. The pollution question as well as other issues is going to be discussed when the Congress is in

　　again next spring.

　　[ A ] assembly               [ B ] session

　　[ C ] conference             [ D ] convention

　　64. The prisoner has been           of many privileges that average citizens enjoy.

　　[ a ] ensured                [ B ] informed

　　[ C ] deprived               [ D ] convinced

　　65. In order to strengthen his arguments, Toffler __ respectable social scientists who agree with

　　him.

　　[ A ] recites                [ B ] confirms

　　[ C ] quotes                 [ D ] convinces

　　66. Nowadays advertising costs are no longer in reasonable __ to the total cost of the product.

　　[ A ] proportion             [ B ] correlation

　　[ C ] connection             [ D ] correspondence

　　67. I was I by their kindness and moved to tears.

　　[ A ] preoccupied            [ B ] embarrassed

　　[ C ] overwhelmed            [ D ] counseled

　　68. It's usually the case that people seldom behave in a __ way when in a furious state.

　　[ a ] stable                 [ B ] rational

　　[ C ] legal                  [ D ] credible

　　69. A friendship may be __ , casual, situational or deep and lasting.

　　[ A ] identical                [ B ] original

　　[ C ] superficial              [ D ] critical

　　70. Our readers are comfortable with our clear,            words that inform and entertain them.

　　[ A ] conventional             [ B ] concise

　　[ C ] creative                 [ D ] crucial

　　71. By            computation, he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost him a thousand dollars.

　　[ A ] coarse                    [ B ] rude

　　[ C ] rough                     [ D ] crude

　　72. Children and old people (lo not like having their daily __ upset.

　　[ A ] habit                     [ B ] routine

　　[ C ] practice                  [ D ] custom

　　73. I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were __

　　[ A ] hung                      [ B ] hung back

　　[ C ] cat down                  [ D ] cat off

　　74. I tried very. hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat __

　　[ A ] disapproval               [ B ] rejection

　　[ C ] refusal                   [ D ] decline

　　75. Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply _--

　　[ A ] slipped                   [ B ] lessened

　　[ C ] descended                 [ D ] declined

　　76. I could see that my wife was  __ having that fur coat, whether I approved of it or not.

　　[ A ] intent on                 [ B ] adequate for

　　[ C ] short of                  [ D ] deficient in

　　77. The human voice often sounds           on the telephone.

　　[ A ] twisted                   [ B ] irregular

　　[ C ] distorted                 [ D ] deformed

　　78. Some people either __   avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

　　[ A ] violently                 [ B ] enthusiastically

　　[ C ] sincerely                 [ D ] deliberately

　　79. We are __-- faced with the necessity to recognize that having more people implies a lower stand-ard of living.

　　[ A ] readily                   [ B ] smoothly

　　[ C ]inevitahly                 [ D ] deliberately

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