24. It is important to remember the saying that        is better than cure.
A. prevention      B. promotion       C. permission       D. proportion
答案：A习惯用法。

25. Winning or losing is temporary, but friendship          .
A. expects       B. lives       C. remains       D. lasts
答案：D动词辨析，but表转折，因此该词的意思上应与temporary相反。

26. Peter, whom everyone suspected,          to be innocent.
A. turned out       B. turned off       C. turned up       D. turned over
答案：A短语辨析，turn out结果是，证明是；turn off关，关上；turn up出现 turn over翻倒，翻转。

27. Isn’t that        they call peace and friendship? 
A. which       B. this       C. what       D. where
答案：C表语从句，引导词用what。

28. So        is the weather in England that by lunchtime there could be thunder and lightening.
A. various       B. varies       C. variable       D. variation
答案：C行近词辨析，根据题中引导词So，后面要接形容词variable变化多端的。

29. All the arrangements should have been completed prior        our departure. 
A. in       B. to       C. by       D. before
答案：B固定搭配prior to在…之前。

30. I must tell you how          a letter from you.
A. pleased I was to receive       B. pleased I was to receiving
C. was I pleased to receive       D. pleased I was receiving
答案：A本句为how引导的宾语从句，how后面紧跟它所修饰的形容词或副词，然后接一个陈述句。

31. I am considering          my job as I’m not getting on well with my boss. 
A. changing       B. to change       C. changed       D. to be changed
答案：A consider后面接动名词做宾语：consider ding sth表示考虑作某事。

32.         the advice of his friends, he would not have suffered such a heavy loss in his business.
A. If he took       B. If he should take       C. Were he to take       D. Had he taken