A) credit
B) borrow
C) loan
D) lease
50. The more a nation’s companies ________ factories abroad, the smaller that country’s recorded exports will be.
A) lie
B) spot
C) stand
D) locate
51. Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an ________ for breaking the law.
A) excuse
B) intention
C) option
D) approval
52. Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military ________ in the coastal city.
A) goals
B) aims
C) targets
D) destinations
53. It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital ________ of milk.
A) storage
B) source
C) reserve
D) resource
54. “This light is too ________ for me to read by. Don’t we have a brighter bulb some where”; said the elderly man.
A) mild
B) dim
C) minute
D) slight
55. We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be ________ and go another day.
A) reliable
B) probable
C) feasible
D) flexible
56. We are quite sure that we can ________ our present difficulties and finish the task according to schedule.
A) get across
B) get over
C) get away
D) get off
57. ________ recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical.
A) In view of
B) In favor of
C) In case of
D) In memory of
58. Jessica was ________ from the warehouse to the accounting office, which was considered a promotion.
A) delivered
B) exchanged
C) transferred
D) transformed
59. Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ________ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.
A) inject
B) install
C) invade
D) insert
60. There’s the living room still to be ________, so that’s my next project.
A) abandoned
B) decorated
C) dissolved
D) assessed
61. The old paper mill has been ________ to make way for a new shopping centre.
A) held down
B) kept down
C) cut down
D) turn down
62. It may be necessary to stop ________ in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.
A) at a distance
B) at intervals
C) at case
D) at length
63. You can hire a bicycle in many places. Usually you’ll have to pay a ________.
A) deposit
B) deal
C) fare
D) fond
64. My grandfather had always taken a ________ interest in my work, and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time.
A) splendid
B) weighty
C) vague
D) keen
65. ________ quantities of water are being used nowadays with the rapid development of industry and agriculture.
A) Excessive
B) Extensive
C) Extreme
D) Exclusive
66. John cannot afford to go to university, ________ going abroad.
A) nothing but
B) anything but
C) not to speak of
D) nothing to speak of
67. Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ________ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.
A) involve
B) compose
C) enclose
D) attach
68. If you don’t like to swim, you ________ as well stay at home.
A) should
B) may
C) can
D) would
69. Dr. Smith was always ________ the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care.
A) reminded of
B) absorbed in
C) tended by
D) concerned about
70. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth ________ of American Independence.
A) ceremony
B) occasion |
