61. Columbus' decision to sail west to reach the East _____ on his belief that the earth was round.

　　A. existed

　　B. sat

　　C. relaxed

　　D. rested

　　62. Despite the wonderful acting and well-developed plot the _____ movie could not hold our attention.

　　A. three-hours

　　B. three-hour

　　C. three-hours'

　　D. three-hour's

　　63. Difficulties can _____ a person's best qualities.来源：www.examda.com

　　A. bring up

　　B. bring out

　　C. bring about

　　D. bring to

　　64. Doctors sometimes _____ old cures when modern medicine doesn't work.

　　A. fall on

　　B. fall down on

　　C. fall back on

　　D. fall in upon

　　65. Does brain power _____ as we get older  Scientists now have some surprising answers.

　　A. descend

　　B. decline

　　C. deduce

　　D. collapse

　　66. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores， and this is especially true _____ it comes to classroom tests.

　　A. when

　　B. since

　　C. before

　　D. after

　　67. Don't worry. The company will _____ all your expense.

　　A. satisfy

　　B. meet

　　C. pay

　　D. submit

　　68. Eventually， people spread throughout the continent， ______ the entire species.

　　A. wiping out

　　B. wiping away

　　C. wiping off

　　D. wiping up

　　69. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to ______ healthy.

　　A. preserve

　　B. stay

　　C. maintain

　　D. reserve

　　70. Faced with the ______ difficulties， they are determined to carry on their program.

　　A. satisfactory

　　B. attributable

　　C. innocent

　　D. intangible

　　71. Fewer and fewer of today's workers expect to spend their working lives in the same field， ______ the same company.

　　A. all else

　　B. much worse

　　C. let alone

　　D. less likely

　　72. Flying in an airplane was once thought to be an impossible ______.

　　A. task

　　B. profession

　　C. promise

　　D. contest

　　73. Fresh vegetables are straight from the ______ and raw vegetables are ______.

　　A. earth……cooked

　　B. soil……uncooked

　　C. floor……cooked

　　D. ground……uncooked

　　74. From this material we can _____ hundreds of what you may call direct products.

　　A. derive

　　B. discern

　　C. diminish

　　D. displace

　　75. Fruit is cheapest _____ season.

　　A. at

　　B. on

　　C. in

　　D. through

　　76. Fruit pickers are paid at the _____ of '4.00 an hour.

　　A. rate

　　B. scale

　　C. sum

　　D. value

　　77. Fumes from the exhaust of an automobile are ______.

　　A. notorious

　　B. anxious

　　C. noxious

　　D. delicious

　　78. George wasn't in class today， Professor Brown excused him ______.

　　A. from attending

　　B. of attending

　　C. to attend

　　D. attending

　　79. Class will _____ at a high temperature and will be in a liquid condition.

　　A. dissolve

　　B. disappear

　　C. melt

　　D. evaporate

　　80. Hamlet _____ his father's death on his uncle.

　　A. reversed

　　B. reverted

　　C. revenged

　　D. revealed