53. Foreign mutton is _____ to home-grown in flavor.
　　A) worse
　　B) indifferent
　　C) inferior
　　D) subordinate
　　54. I _____ work last week, but I changed my mind.
　　A) were to start
　　B) was to start
　　C) was to have started
　　D) had started
　　55. The children went there to watch the iron tower _____.
　　A) to erect
　　B) be erected
　　C) erecting
　　D) being erected
　　56. After the Arab states won independence, great emphasis was laid on expanding education, with girls as well as boys _____ to go to school.
　　A) to be encouraged
　　B) been encouraged
　　C) being encouraged
　　D) be encouraged
　　57. _____ such a good chance, he planned to learn more.
　　A) To be given
　　B) Having been given
　　C) Having given
　　D) Giving
　　58. —— Has Mary finished writing his article? —— No, and it _____ two days ago.
　　A) should be finished
　　B) should finish
　　C) should have finished
　　D) ought to have been finished
　　59. I had better _____ the problem.
　　A) leave them to settle
　　B) to leave them to settle
　　C) to leave them settling
　　D) leave them settling
　　60. _____ it is necessary to study the proposals for several more months before making a decision is to be debated.
　　A) Whether
　　B) If
　　C) What
　　D) That
　　61. _____ is well-known to all, too much stress can cause disease.
　　A) Which
　　B) It
　　C) That
　　D) As
　　62. _____ to speak when the audience interrupted him.
　　A) Hardly had he begun
　　B) No sooner had he begun
　　C) Not until he begun
　　D) Scarcely did he begun
　　63. As is generally agreed, a family without love is not _____ a family as a body without soul in a man.
　　A) such
　　B) as much of
　　C) so much of
　　D) much of
　　64. _____, I couldn't understand what is meant by that.
　　A) As I try hard
　　B) Hard as I might try
　　C) I might try hard
　　D) I tried hard
　　65. "What will you be doing tomorrow evening?" "_____ the students' papers."
　　A) Correcting
　　B) Will be correcting
　　C) To correct
　　D) Will correct