1. We’d better go home soon. Look， the black clouds are gathering， that a big storm is on its way here.
　　A. explaining B. indicating
　　C. expressing D. grasping
　　2. The exposure of footballers’ cheating shows that the in the sport’s popularity calls for much stricter competition and more law regulations.
　　A. existence B. hardship
　　C. progress D. boom
　　3. The Premier paid a visit to our village， chatted with us and later joined us in a folk dance， without any of rank.
　　A. distance B. justice
　　C. prejudice D. distinction
　　4. People have views on the policy published recently， because not everybody is in favor of it in the survey.
　　A. excited B. surprised
　　C. frightened D. mixed
　　5. He can hardly his wife’s bad-temper， so he decided to seek divorce with her.
　　A. teamed up with B. caught up with
　　C. put up with D. kept up with
　　6. Most of the same crew had worked on Almost Famous. We made the two movies and they couldn’t have been more beautiful dissimilar.
　　A. shoulder by shoulder B. back to back
　　C. hand in hand D. face to face
　　7. He used dark ink to the shadowed part and to set off the bright part， forming the strong back lit effect of Western paintings.
　　A. explain B. predict
　　C. indicate D. inform
　　8. He’s two other jobs as an insurance against not passing the interview for this one.
　　A. applying in B. applying to
　　C. applying at D. applying for
　　9. Once they are out on the street， the cars will air and replace it with poison gases.
　　A. take in B. take up
　　C. take down D. take off
　　10. You may have to change a word， add a word or delete a word. the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided.
　　A. Speak out B. Take out
　　C. Make out D. Mark out
　　11. This amount of business can be done only because the money involved is transferred ， checks.
　　A. by this means B. by all means
　　C. by no means D. by means of
　　12. He also needs food several times a day to his strength and a shelter in which he can be safe from attack while he is sleeping.
　　A. keep up B. keep away
　　C. keep off D. keep out
　　13. I tried to search for a Harlan Newspaper online but failed. So I made the that the newspaper was not online.
　　A. decision B. assumption
　　C. preparation D. correction
　　14. I tell young people to read books instead of watching TV when they are free， because what they read their thinking. 　　A. strikes B. influences
　　C. obtains D. decorates
　　15. One kind of vacation is camping， from which many Americans derive pleasure and .
　　A. shortcoming B. favor
　　C. benefit D. interest
　　16. The thirty-storey building is one of the most challenging engineering projects they have ever .
　　A. undergone B. overtaken
　　C. understood D. undertaken
　　17. We worked for ten years without finding anything， but we decided to stick with it. Now our patience has .
　　A. paid off B. paid back
　　C. given away D. given up
　　18. I think we should fully make use of computer to learn knowledge rather than too much time to games.
　　A. devote B. spend
　　C. offer D. provide
　　19. If we can people to eat more fruit and vegetables， then there will be fewer people killed by heart disease.
　　A. persuade B. remember
　　C. remind D. assure
　　20. This concert is loved by lots of my classmates， but it is not in everyone’s .
　　A. smell B. favor
　　C. sound D. taste
　　21. Most businessmen take full of the present favorable policy to expand their business.
　　A. use B. advantage
　　C. notice D. best
　　22. At present， the international situation has undergone a tremendous change the people of all countries.
　　A. in short of B. in favor of
　　C. in charge of D. in case of
　　23. It was that the old lady asked her if she was aware she was speaking to Miss Pinkerton.
　　A. in vain B. in addition
　　C. in case D. in order
　　24. At last they are beginning to make money， and they hope in a few years to all their loans.
　　A. pay back B. pay out
　　C. pay off D. pay for
　　25. The police suspected him of carrying drugs so they his bag but found nothing.
　　A. looked up B. turned in
　　C. searched for D. went through
　　26. Color-blind people often find it difficult to between blue and green.
　　A. distinguish B. compare
　　C. contrast D. distribute
　　27. It is time to rethink about our whole to language learning， to start facing reality and addressing the right issue.
　　A. way B. method
　　C. means D. approach
　　28. Our new house is very for me as I can get to the office in five minutes.
　　A. adaptable B. comfortable
　　C. convenient D. available
　　29. It would be rare for even an accomplished pianist to such a difficult piece without striking a single false note. 　　A. got down B. got away
　　C. got off D. got through
　　30. You’d better not swim in the river， because you may be swept by the rapid .
　　A. position B. pressure
　　C. stream D. current
　　31. He claimed that he had not acted illegally， and also stated that he believed his girlfriend Jane to be of the charges against her.
　　A. innocent B. ashamed
　　C. proud D. tired
　　32. In spite of his serious and illness， he still stuck to his post until he was forced to leave.
　　A. stable B. stubborn
　　C. firm D. solid
　　33. After such a discussion， the author attempts to their death with the theme of the “American Dream”.
　　A. relate B. associate
　　C. cooperate D. combine
　　34. This chart is matters relating to the applicant personally and the firm within which the applicant works.
　　A. dived into B. turned into
　　C. divided into D. slid into
　　35. Where did this radiation come from and what was it like？ Here was a secret of nature which Marie Curie to discover.
　　A. set about B. set down
　　C. set out D. set for
　　36. The radio station had an open line on which listeners could to discuss various issues.
　　A. call on B. call for
　　C. call off D. call up
　　37. If you want to know something more， please do not to contact me， or you can search internet for some more information.
　　A. hesitate B. wander
　　C. apply D. delay
　　38. But the author of the paper has some doubts about it and thinks it more proper to
　　chess and cards as a competitive game.
　　A. satisfy B. clarify
　　C. classify D. simplify
　　39. As we sat down on the sofa， she that she and her husband had recently returned from a trip to Africa.
　　A. remarked B. excused
　　C. talked D. stated
　　40. While we are today better prepared to prevent and fight off infectious diseases， we are still to coexist with them.
　　A. concluded B. condemned
　　C. confused D. consumed
　　41. A flood of associations， visions of various ways he had made the of women， rushed into his mind and threatened to swamp it.
　　A. decision B. function
　　C. acquaintance D. use
　　42. I feel sure that qualification， ability and experience， you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind.
　　A. in case of B. in terms of
　　C. in the opinion of D. in the course of
　　43. The employers and the trade union leaders are still far from reaching an agreement or a . 　　A. confidence B. comfort
　　C. comment D. compromise
　　44. I advise you to polish up your article ， before you send it to the editor.
　　A. all at once B. once in a while
　　C. once or twice D. once more
　　45. Greece is desperately financial and economic assistance to enable it to resume purchases of food， clothing， fuel and seeds.
　　A. in time of B. in need of
　　C. in charge of D. in place of
　　46. We reached the Moon and came back， but we find it to cross our own street and meet our neighbors.
　　A. tiresome B. quarrelsome
　　C. lonesome D. troublesome
　　47. The idea that he wanted to set up a nightclub seemed to and the nightclub was never formed.
　　A. die out B. fade out
　　C. block out D. leave out
　　48. Even though he went through the papers carefully again and again， he regretted finding that he had still one important detail.
　　A. dropped B. overlooked
　　C. ignored D. showed
　　49. A number of specific items that should be built into the web pages， the actual information that is to be held.
　　A. apart from B. because of
　　C. regardless of D. due to
　　50. It was that liquid water had once flowed on Mars and an ancient atmosphere might have supported living organisms.
　　A. arranged B. assumed
　　C. questioned D. declared
　　51. Every week， buy a watermelon at the grocery store and it after you put away your groceries.
　　A. cut； down B. cut； up
　　C. cut； in D. cut； off
　　52. The soldiers moving through the area had to struggle against the bad weather， which could make the roads unable to pass.
　　A. sensitive B. primitive
　　C. negative D. alternative
　　53. I am sorry to your meeting， but there is an urgent long-distance call for Mr Chow.
　　A. answer B. bother
　　C. disturb D. interrupt
　　54. I went downstairs to look for the dog， and fell into unconsciousness . When I woke up， I was lying on the ground.
　　A. somehow B. anyhow
　　C. somewhat D. anyway
　　55. The between the various classes of society are not so sharply marked as they used to be.
　　A. conclusions B. decisions
　　C. divisions D. descriptions
　　56. There were twenty books on a shelf by his desk， and I imagine this makes his entire library.
　　A. at most B. at least
　　C. at present D. at ease
　　57. Many of its traditions to a time before agriculture， before the first humans settled Australia， and even before history as we know it.
　　A. date back B. bring back
　　C. ring back D. take back
　　58. I’m those back-seat drivers telling me how to run things without doing any real work themselves.
　　A. put up with B. caught up with
　　C. ended up with D. fed up with
　　59. I can assure that we will continue to
　　ways to improve our international appeal by upgrading our information infrastructure in Hong Kong.
　　A. look forward to B. look up to
　　C. look ahead for D. look down on
　　60. Before you me， you must tell me exactly how I happen to have broken the law！
　　A. attack B. arrive
　　C. arrest D. arrange