A) up B) to

　　C) on D) over

　　49 He always did well at school _______ having to do part-time jobs every now and then.

　　A) in spite of B) regardless of

　　C) on account of D) to case of

　　50 _______ receiving financial support from family, community or the government is allowed, it is never admired.

　　A) As B) Once

　　C) Although D) Lest

　　51 All the key words in the article are printed in _______ type so as to attract readers’ attention.

　　A) dark B) dense

　　C) black D) bold

　　52 The basic features of the communication process are identified in one question: Who says _______ through what channel to whom?

　　A) how B) when

　　C) what D) such

　　53 I didn’t _______ to take a taxi but I had to as I was late.

　　A) assume B) suppose

　　C) mean D) hope

　　54 The hours _______ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.

　　A) in which B) on which

　　C) when D) that

　　55 I’d rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _______ a room with someone else.

　　A) share B) to share

　　C) sharing D) to have shared

　　56 In Disneyland every year, some 800,000 plants are replaced because Disney refused to _______ signs asking his “guests” not to step on them.

　　A) put down B) put out

　　C) put up D) put off

　　57 _______ difficulties we may come across, we’ll help one another to overcome them.

　　A) Wherever B) Whatever

　　C) However D) Whenever

　　58 So many directors _______, the board meeting had to be put off.

　　A) were absent B) been absent

　　C) had been absent D) being absent

　　59 On New Year’s Eve, New York City holds an outdoor _______ which attracts a crowd of a million or more people.

　　A) incident B) event

　　C) case D) affair

　　60 American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through televised _______ from the United States.

　　A) transfer B) deliveries

　　C) transportation D) transmissions

　　61 He will surely finished the job on time _______ he’s left to do it in his own way.

　　A) in that B) so long as

　　C) in case D) as far as

　　62 If this kind of fish becomes _______, future generations may never taste it at all.

　　A) minimum B) short

　　C) seldom D) scarce

　　63 The bank is reported in the local newspaper _______ in broad daylight yesterday.

　　A) being robbed B) having been robbed

　　C) to have been robbed D) robbed

　　64 Agriculture was a step in human progress _______ which subsequently there was not anything comparable until our own machine age.

　　A) in B) for

　　C) to D) from

　　65 The same factors push wages and prices u together, the one _______ the other.

　　A) emphasizing B) reinforcing

　　C) multiplying D) increasing

　　66 No one had told Smith about _______ a lecture the following day.

　　A) there being B) there be

　　C) there would be D) there was

　　67 Operations which left patients _______ and in need of long periods of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.