66. –Why are you staring?
–I’ve never seen ______tree before.

67. There are still many problem ahead of us, but by his time next year we can see light at the end of the _________.
A. battle B. day C. road D. tunnel

68. We realized that he was under great _________, so we took no notice of his bad temper.
A. excitement B. stress C. crisis D. nervousness

69. The director tried to get the actors to _________ to the next scene by hand signals.
A. move on B. move off C. move out D. move along

70. His ideas are invariably condemned as ________ by his colleagues.
A. imaginative B. ingenious C. impractical D. theoretical

71. Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _________ against the local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.
A. contradict B. reform C. counter D. protest

72. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a _________.
A. minority B. scarcity C. rarity D. minimum

73. Professor Johnson’s retirement ________ from next January.
A. carries into effect B. takes effect
C. has effect D. puts into effect

74. The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to ________ government spending.
A. finance B. expand C. enlarge D. budget

75. The heat in summer is no less _________ here in this mountain region.
A. concentrated B. extensive C. intense D. intensive

76. Taking photographs is strictly ________ here, as it may damage the precious
cave paintings.
A. forbidden B. rejected C. excluded D. denied

77. Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will _________.
A. pull back B. pull up C. pull through D. pull out

78. Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer’s
_________ rather than the company’s.
A. benefit B. availability C. suitability D. convenience

79. The priest made the ________ of the cross when he entered the church.
A. mark B. signal C. sign D. gesture

80. This spacious room is ________ furnished with just a few articles in it.
A. lightly B. sparsely C. hardly D. rarely

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