51.     She is the first woman to take over the __________of this company .

A. order              B. process       C. outlook        D. management

52.     The law _________the number of hours a person can work .

A. states                 B. limits     C. competent     D. possible

53.     High interest rates __________people from borrowing money .

A. discourage              B. encourage  C. disgust       D. disturb

54.     Mary __________all foolish comments and kept on working .

A. excluded               B. ignored       C. denied    D. discharged

55.     It now becomes necessary to develop the United Nations into an agency with adequate authority to _________world problems .

A. get  rid of         B. knock out      C. cope  with     D. run  into

56.     No one  was sure exactly what happened ,_________how it happened .

A. let alone    B. in any case     C. in the way      D. now that

57.      You can __________your close friend to help you when you are in trouble .

A. keep on         B. hold up         C. call off       D. count on

58.     I asked my professor to __________my essay before I handed it in

A.. look through          B. look into         C. see through     D. see to

59.      The apartment buildings along the street had been knocked down to __________for a new road .

A. make away            B. make up        C. make  out    D. make way 

60.      Now that all her three children have gone _______to work, Mrs . Wang lives in Hongkong alone.

A. aboard               B. abroad        C. board             D. broad

61.      __Tom , why were you __________from school yesterday ?

__I got a bad cold and my mother took me to the doctor’s .

A. absent       B. present           C. left               D. lost

62.     He found his uncle _________in the reading of the Sunday newspaper .

A. interesting           B. focused        C. absorbed    D. involve in

63.     Mary invited me to her birthday party last night , but since I had to look after my younger brother ,I didn’t __________her invitation .

A. accept               B. receive      C. answer      D. reply

64.     Last time I ran across Jack , my roommate in high school , by _________.

A. action               B. accident       C. incident          D. luck

65.     The ability to use a language can be _________only by the act of using the language .

A. acquired            B. required       C. accompanied       D. realized

66.     . __________language , maths and history ,the children are also taught music and art ,

A. Beside            B. Except      C. In spite              D. In addition to

67.     The thief _________to taking the gold watch without paying for it .

A. suggested         B. managed  C. tried                 D. admitted

68.     The factory has __________new methods of producing high quality washing machines .

A. adopted           B. adapted      C. raised          D. increased.

69.     The farmers took __________of the fine weather to gather in the crops last week .

A. chance           B. hold    C. advantage           D. adventure

70.     I don’t think the snow will __________our plans for a picnic .

A. affect            B. effect           C. infer               D. differ

71.     I do like this new car , but I can’t _________it . I’ve spent almost all my savings on the decoration of my house .

A. obtain           B. apply         C. afford               D. buy

72.     The twins are so much ________that I can’t tell which is which .

A. likely           B. unlike          C. alike               D. like

73.     While they were on holiday their house was broken ____and some valuable paintings were stolen .

A. down               B. into         C. about             D. away

74.     Children need many things, but _________they need love .

A. above  all       B. after  all      C. all  over           D. at  all

75.     Scientific discoveries are often __________to industrial production methods .

A. provided         B prepared        C. applied             D. appointed

76.     I’ve made an ____________to see Dr . Lewis at 3 o’clock this afternoon .

A. appointment      B. application     C. attention            D. apartment

77.     He would much ___________it if you could do him that favor .

A. please           B. satisfy          C. thank              D. appreciate

78.     We should consider other __________of the problem as well as its seriousness .

A. sides            B. areas             C. aspects         D. respects

79.     . We naturally _________Einstein with the Theory of  Relativity .

A. accomplish       B. appreciate        C. accompany       D. associate

80.     There was a large __________at the pop concert last night.

A. viewers           B. listeners       C. audience       D. incidence

81.     __I’d like to have a table for four at 6 o’clock .

__I’m sorry .There are no tables __________this evening .

A. available           B. favorable     C. ready         D. curious

82.     It was several minutes before I was __________of what was happening .

A. realized           B. aware   C. awake             D. curious 

83.     We should maintain a(n)_________between work and play .

A. peace    B. agreement    C .relation              D. balance 

84.     Tom , if you don’t _________ yourself, you will be kept out of this classroom !

A .behave            B. believe     C. perform           D. benefits

85.     During the election period , a big strike ___________in all major cities of the country .

A. broke down        B. broke up     C. broke out                D. broke off

86.     The President’s speech was an hour long ,but what he declared ,___________,was that we were ready to fight against any invading enemies .

A. in detail           B. in common      C. in brief             D. in part

87.     I was born in New York and __________in Texas .

A. brought down       B. brought forth      C. brought about      D. brought up

88.     During the famous comedian’s performance ,the audience __________out laughing several times .

A. broke            B. burst           C. brought        D. burned

89.     I hope to _________you at your office at three o’clock today .

A. call at           B. call on        C. call off         D. call out

90.     Neither Tom nor Jane _______this kind of films , so they left the cinema half an hour before it finished.

A. cared of           B. cared for    C. took care        D. took care of

91.     I had some difficulty in ___________the plan .

. A. carrying off     B. carrying  on    C. carrying out   D. carrying  away

92.     . __________he arrives before I get back , please ask him to wait .

A. In the case            B. In any case    C. In  case          D. In case of

93.     I walked as fast as I could , but I couldn’t_ _________him .

A. catch on      B. catch hold of         C. catch in           D. catch up with

94.     Mr. Smith will be __________the office next week when the manger is away .

A. in response of      B. in charge of     C. charged with    D. responsible of

95.     . When an element is caused to _________with oxygen it is oxidized .

A. compare     B. compete         C. combine           D. compose

96.     I ___________the book in an old bookstore on Fourth Avenue .

A. came on      B. came across   C. came up           D. came over

97.     The professor seemed to be able to put __________thoughts into simple words .

A. complicated            B. combined     C. convenient        D. immense

98.     You may borrow the book , on ____________that you do not lend it to anyone else .

A. terms                  B. condition     C. situation          D. account

99.     Jim was very popular with those who could vote, and he was _____that he could win the election .

A. confident          B. believable     C. trusted            D. confined

100.  The students have ________generously to the Red Cross, which is raising money for the homeless.

A. attributed           B. distributed     C. contributed       D. determined