1.

No agreement was reached in the discussion as neither side would give way to ____.

A. the other

B. any other

C. another

D. other

2.

Do you know ____? He seems to know you well.

A. the name of the man

B. the name of the man's

C. the man's the name

D. name of the man's

3.

It is reported that ____ adopted children want to know who their natural parents are.

A. the most

B. most of

C. most

D. the most of

4.

These surveys indicate that many crimes go ____ by the police, mainly because not all victims report them.

A. unrecorded

B. to be unrecorded

C. unrecording

D. to have been unrecorded

5.

I'd rather read than watch television; the programs seem ____ all the time.

A. to get worse

B. getting worse

C. to have got worse

D. to be getting worse

6.

You ____ her in her office last Friday; she's been out of town for two weeks.

A. needn't have seen

B. must have seen

C. might have seen

D. can't have seen

7.

No one would imagine that that city was just a night's journey from here. It seemed as though ____ in another world.

A. it being of

B. it were

C. it was

D. it to be

8.

The ____ from childhood to adulthood is always a critical time for everybody.

A. conversion

B. transition

C. turnover

D. transformation

9.

Europe's earlier industrial growth was ____ by availability of key resources, abundant and cheap labor, coal, iron ore, etc.

A. constrained

B. remained

C. sustained

D. detained

10.

The mayor is a woman with great ____ therefore deserves our political and financial support.

A. intention

B. instinct

C. integrity

D. intensity

11.

The old lady has developed a ____ cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time.

A. perpetual

B. permanent

C. chronic

D. sustained

12.

A good education is an ____ you can fall back on for the rest of your life.

A. asset

B. ethic

C. inventory

D. obligation

13.

He is a man who is ____ of judging works of art.

A. able

B. capable

C. likely

D. impossible

14.

I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and ____ in a quiet neighborhood.

A. all in all

B. above all

C. after all

D. over all

15.

China exploded ____ atom bomb in October 1964.

A. its first

B. its one

C. a first

D. the its first

16.

While ____ from influenza, you should keep from getting wet or over-tired.

A. recovering

B. recovered

C. recover

D. to recover

17.

A human's eyesight is not as ____ as that of an eagle.

A. eccentric

B. acute

C. sensible

D. sensitive

18.

He does not speak ____ others do.

A. like

B. after

C. before

D. as

19.

Two of the children have to sleep in one bed, but the other three have ____ ones.

A. similar

B. singular

C. different

D. separate

20.

It is ____ that women should be paid less than men for doing the same kind of work.

A. abrupt

B. absurd

C. adverse

D. addictive

21.

 ____ the temperature falling so rapidly, we couldn't go on with the experiment.

A. Since

B. For

C. As

D. With

22.

Astronauts are ____ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.

A. inclined

B. subjected to

C. prone to

D. bound to

23.

The government has promised to do ____ lies in its power to ease the hardships of the victims in the flood-stricken area.

A. however

B. whichever

C. whatever

D. wherever

24.

Susan is very hardworking, but her pay is not ____ for her work.

A. enough good

B. good enough

C. as good enough

D. good as enough

25.

 ____ at in his way, the situation does not seem so desperate.

A. Looking

B. Looked

C. Being looked

D. To look

26.

He would have finished his college education, but he ____ to quit and find a job to support his family.

A. had had

B. has

C. had

D. would have

27.

After ____ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to enter the personnel manager's office.

A. that

B. there

C. what

D. it

28.

The party, ____ I was the guest of honor, was extremely enjoyable.

A. by which

B. for which

C. to which

D. at which

29.

In order to repair barns, build fences, grow crops, and care for animals a farmer must indeed be ___.

A. restless

B. skilled

C. strong

D. versatile

30.

Things went well for her during her early life but in her middle age her ____ seemed to change.

A. affair

B. luck

C. event

D. chance

31.

Taking photos is strictly ____ here, as it may damage the precious cave paintings.

A. forbidden

B. rejected

C. excluded

D. denied

32.

Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used ____ late for his lecture.

A. to have students

B. for students' being

C. for students to be

D. to students' being

33.

The beggar always asks for a ____ of bread and a glass of beer.

A. section

B. column

C. loaf

D. part

34.

If tap water were as dangerous as some people think, ____ would be getting sick.

A. a lot of more us

B. more a lot of us

C. a lot of us more

D. a lot more of us

35.

The naughty girl said to her parents that she wanted to be a good girl and set her heart ____ a trail of her own.

A. to blazing

B. to blaze

C. blazed

D. blaze

36.

He must have had an accident, or he ____ then.

A. would have been here

B. had to be here

C. should be here

D. would be here

37.

 ____ the help of their group, we would not have succeeded in the investigation.

A. Besides

B. But for

C. Regardless of

D. Despite

38.

Through worldly loss he came to an insight into spiritual truth to which he might ____ have been a stranger.

A. no more

B. no less

C. neither

D. otherwise

39.

Some educators try to put students of similar abilities into the same class because they believe this kind of ____ grouping is advisable.

A. homogeneous

B. instantaneous

C. spontaneous

D. anonymous

40.

It was ____ that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.

A. addicted

B. alleged

C. assaulted

D. ascribed

41.

Few people knew the successful businessman was of humble ____.

A. origins

B. start

C. beginning

D. source

42.

The ____ talks between China and the United States were the base of the later agreement.

A. original

B. primary

C. initial

D. primitive

43.

Grain production in the world is ____, but still millions are hungry.

A. staggering

B. shrinking

C. soaring

D. suspending

44.

Individual sports are run by over 370 independent governing bodies whose functions usually include ____ rules, holding events, selecting national teams and promoting international links.

A. drawing on

B. drawing in

C. drawing up

D. drawing down

45.

As I was just getting familiar with this job, I had ____ to ask my boss.

A. many

B. most

C. more

D. much

46.

All the students have to ____ to the rules and regulations of the school.

A. confirm

B. confront

C. confine

D. conform

47.

The rope was catching fire. She let ____ just in time.

A. go of it

B. I go alone it

C. go it

D. alone it

48.

We'll be very careful and keep what you've told us strictly ____.

A. rigorous

B. confidential

C. private

D. mysterious

49.

The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an ____.

A. illusion

B. impression

C. image

D. illumination

50.

Giving a gift can convey a wealth of meaning about your appreciation of their ____ and the importance you place upon the relationship.

A. solidarity

B. priority

C. superiority

D. hospitality

51.

 ____ is said that she has become an actress.

A. That

B. It

C. This

D. She

52.

The house has been ____ ever since the Johnsons moved out two years ago.

A. vaccinate

B. vacate

C. versatile

D. vacant

53.

The first place ____ in the factory was the tool room.

A. we visited

B. where we visited

C. which we visited

D. we visited in

54.

The statistics ____ that living standards in the area have improved drastically in the recent times.

A. proves

B. is proving

C. are proving

D. prove

55.

All the President's Men ____ one of the important books for historians who study the Watergate Scandal.

A. remain

B. remains

C. remained

D. is remaining

56.

He ____ unwisely, but he was at least trying to do something helpful.

A. may have acted

B. must have acted

C. should act

D. would act

57.

It's absolutely essential that William ____ his study in spite of some learning difficulties.

A. will continue

B. continued

C. continue

D. continues

58.

 ____, he always tries his best to complete it on time.

A. However the task is hard

B. However hard the task is

C. Though hard the task is

D. Though hard is the task

59.

Do help yourselves to some fruit, ____ you?

A. can't

B. don't

C. wouldn't

D. won't

60.

The popularity of the film shows that the reviewer's fears were completely ____.

A. unjustified

B. unjust

C. misguided

D. unaccepted