77. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.
A. rate
B. pace
C. speed
D. growth
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78. Many people like to watch ______ film.
A. a pleasing
B. an exciting
C. a delighted
D. an interested
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79. Mary wishes that she _____ law instead of history when she was in college.
A. had studied
B. has studied
C. studies
D. studied
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80. Men’s never-ceasing ______ for knowledge continues to broaden our understanding of the earth’s atmosphere.
A. request
B. quest
C. investigation
D. research
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81. Milk is indispensable _____ the health of a motherless baby.
A. to
B. at
C. with
D. on
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82. Modern industry abounds _____ opportunities for young men with imagination.
A. for
B. on
C. in
D. of
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83. More than one third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, ______ in San Francisco.
A. previously
B. predominantly
C. practically
D. permanently
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84. More than two hundred years ago the United States _____ from the British Empire and became an independent country.
A. got off
B. pulled down
C. broke away
D. dropped off
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85. Most good writers use every means _____ to make the reader’s way smooth and easy.
A. at their disposal
B. at their request
C. at their will
D. at their convenience
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86. No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country; _____ is this more true than in Europe.
A. hardly
B. little
C. seldom
D. nowhere
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87. Nobody _____ that something was wrong at that time.
A. commented
B. committed
C. noticed
D. expressed
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88. Of the thousands of known volcanoes in the world, the _____ majority are inactive.
A. tremendous
B. demanding
C. intensive
D. overwhelming
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89. On knowing that this his novel won the Pulitzer Prize, his friends held a big party _____.
A. in his glory
B. in his honor
C. for his glory
D. for his honor
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90. One study found that job applicants who make more eye contact are _____ as more alert, dependable, confident and responsible.
A. referred
B. perceived
C. recommended
D. presumed
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91. Our research has focused on a drug which is so ______ as to be able to change brain chemistry.
A. powerful
B. influential
C. monstrous
D. vigorous
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92. People have no trust _____ his words.
A. on
B. to
C. with
D. in
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93. People who refuse to _____ with the law will be punished.
A. obey
B. consent
C. conceal
D. comply
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94. People who want progress are hospitable _____ new ideas.
A. towards
B. from
C. to
D. at
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95. Physics is the present-day equivalent of _____ used to be called natural philosophy, from which most of present-day science arose.
A. that
B. all
C. which
D. what
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96. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case you _____ the new carpet.
A. crash
B. pollute
C. spot
D. stain
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97. Please come and help me with this form because I don’t know how to _____ it.
A. set about
B. set off
C. set aside
D. set up
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98. Please come to the point, you are _____ the subject again.
A. straying from
B. getting off
C. dwelling in
D. giving up
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99. Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking close to _____ on math and theoretical physics.
A. impose
B. center
C. overwork
D. concentrate
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100. San Francisco is usually cool in summer, but Los Angeles ______.
A. is rarely
B. is scarcely
C. hardly is
D. rarely is
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