A. hit 　B. knocked 　C. beat 　D. broke
（　 ）13. He often tells us that he doesn't ____ in his room.
　A. promise drinking 　B. permit drinking
　C. allow to drink 　　D. let drinking
（　 ）14. Would you be kind enough to ____ me a few minutes?
　A. save 　B. share 　C. spend 　D. spare
（　 ）15. I found them ____ at a desk writing.
　A. seat 　B. sat 　C. seated 　D. seating
（　 ）16. The newly-built cinema ____ the beauty of the town.
　A. adds to 　B. adds up 　C. adds up to 　D. are added up to
（　 ）17. They have eaten all the oranges on the table and ____ was left for me.
　A. none 　B. nothing 　C. no one 　C. not anything
（　 ）18. Only when all the facts have been ____, can we draw a conclusion.
　A. made 　B. found out 　C. discovered 　D. invented
（　 ）19. If you like, ____ at any time.
　A. call on 　B. drop in 　C. visit 　D. pay a visit to
（　 ）20. When they arrived at the crossroads, they went in the wrong ____.
　A. direction 　B. ways 　C. road 　D. path
（　 ）21. I ____ live in the countryside than in the city.
　A. like to 　B. had better 　C. would rather 　D. prefer
（　 ）22. The clock ____ twelve and I realized it was late.
　A. hit 　B. rang 　C. struck 　D. beat
（　 ）23. This science book ____ me a great amount of money.
　A. took 　B. cost 　C. used 　D. spent
（　 ）24. I ____ you the best luck in the exam.
　A. wish 　B. hope 　C. expect 　D. want
（　 ）25. He was too excited to ____.
　A. go to bed 　B. sleep 　C. be asleep 　D. fall asleep
（　 ）26. We are ____ making a plan for the meeting.
　A. planning 　B. considering 　C. thinking 　D. supposing
（　 ）27. What a nice ____ his coat is!
　A. clothes 　B. suit 　C. fit 　D. dress
（　 ）28. My trousers are too long. You'd better buy me a shorter ____.
　A. one 　B. trouser 　C. set 　D. pair
（　 ）29. He's so well-educated that he will certainly be offered a good ____.
　A. service 　B. position 　C. business 　D. work
（　 ）30. Green vegetables are ____ in winter and cost a lot.
　A. scarce 　B. rare 　C. few 　D. little
（　 ）31. You can't judge him by his ____. He might be a good boy.
　A. face 　B. looks 　C. beauty 　D. expression
（　 ）32. What's your ____ sport, swimming or skating?
　A. fit 　B. best 　C. popular 　D. favorite
（　 ）33. I really have no ____ when they will arrive.
　A. mind 　B. thought 　C. knowledge 　D. idea
（　 ）34. The price of foreign oil is much ____ than ever.
　A. cheaper 　B. expensive 　C. higher 　D. more
（　 ）35. The furniture takes up a lot of ____.
　A. places 　B. room 　C. spots 　D. spaces
（　 ）36. The racers are ____ old people in their sixties.
　A. most 　B. mostly 　C. almost 　D. at the most
（　 ）37. The piece of ____ music made me forget my worries.
　A. merry 　B. glad 　C. fond 　D. pleased
（　 ）38. In which year did the Labor Party come into ____ in that country?
　A. change 　B. power 　C. force 　D. control
（　 ）39. The enemy soldiers were beaten. They had no ____ but to give in.
　A. possibility 　B. way 　C. selection 　D. choice
（　 ）40. Lying in bed, he was ____ awake with his eyes fixed on the ceiling.
　A. wide 　B. open 　C. deep 　D. clearly
（　 ）41. From the same fact we drew different ____.
　A. ideas 　B. theories 　C. results 　D. conclusions
（　 ）42. Do you know how many basic ____ of blood there are in all?
　A. kinds 　B. sorts 　C. types 　D. forms
（　 ）43. He was so tired that as soon as he lay down he fell ____ asleep.
　A. fast 　B. very 　C. much 　D. deep
（　 ）44. The ____ of oil under the land made the people richer.
　A. founding 　B. invention 　C. discovery 　D. existence
（　 ）45. I had hoped that Henry would answer my question, but he remained
　____.
　A. quiet 　B. still 　C. ready 　D. silent
（　 ）46. Father often turns to the doctor for ____ about his heart trouble.
　A. help 　B. advice 　C. money 　D. support
（　 ）47. He has such a poorly-paid job that twenty dollars a week was the ____ of
his income.
　A. all 　B. whole 　C. totals 　D. entire
（　 ）48. It makes no ____ whether you go today or tomorrow.
　A. means 　B. suggestion 　C. difference 　D. ideahxw.red