31. I would like to have a talk with him _____ his convenience.
A. in
B. at
C. for
D. with
32. I’d rather you _____ those important documents with you.
A. don’t take
B. didn’t take
C. won’t take
D. not take
33. If a couple are divorced and their child lives with his mother, he is said to suffer from lack of _____ love.
A. maternal
B. fraternal
C. paternal
D. parental
34. If English is not our first language you can often be puzzled by ways of expression that the native speaker of English does not even have to _____.
A. think out
B. think about
C. think over
D. think for
35. If it _____ too much trouble, I’d love a cup of tea.
A. isn’t
B. wasn’t
C. weren’t
D. hadn’t been
36. If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to _____ in the courtyard.
A. converge
B. assemble
C. crowd
D. accumulate
37. If the United States had built more homes for poor people in 1995, the housing problems now in some parts of the country _____ so serious.
A. wouldn’t be
B. wouldn’t have been
C. will not be
D. would have not been
38. If Tom wins tomorrow, he _____ thirty races in the past four years.
A. will win
B. has won
C. would have won
D. will have won
39. If we believe something is good and true we should _____ to it.
A. hold up
B. keep on
C. hold on
D. keep up
40. If you _____ James, ask him to phone me.
A. should see
B. must see
C. might see
D. would see
41. If you are required to do some work, it must be done _____.
A. sooner or later
B. after all others
C. at last
D. in the long run
42. If you know what the trouble is, why you don’t help them to _____ the situation?
A. simplify
B. modify
C. verify
D. rectify
43. I’m sorry, but what he thinks is not of the _____ important to me.
A. worthy
B. valuable
C. valueless
D. priceless
44. I’m sure your suggestion will _____ the problem.
A. contribute to solving
B. be contributed to solve
C. contribute to solve
D. be contributed to solving
45. I’m very much obliged to you _____ the information.
A. on
B. for
C. with
D. of
46. In American universities, classes are often arranged in more flexible _____ and many jobs on campus are reserves for students.
A. scales
B. ranks
C. grades
D. patterns
47. In Beijing, the season of the year is probably _____ fall.
A. later
B. last
C. latter
D. late
48. In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or ______ for language learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills.
A. adapted
B. acknowledged
C. assembled
D. appointed
49. In that country, guests tend to feel they are not highly _____ if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date.
A. admired
B. regarded
C. expected
D. worshipped
50. In that country, students will be _____ admittance to their classroom if they are not properly dressed.
A. declined
B. deprived
C. denied
D. deserted
51. In the meantime, the question facing business is whether such research is _____ the costs.
A. worth
B. worth of
C. worthy
D. worthwhile
52. In the preface _____ the book, the old scholar attaches great importance to practicalness.
A. to
B. for
C. about
D. of
53. In this experiment, they are wakened several times during the night, and asked to report what they _____.
A. had just been dreaming
B. have just been dreaming
C. are just dreaming
D. had just dreamt
54. In this factory the machines are not regulated ______ but are jointly controlled by a central computer system.
A. independently
B. individually
C. irrespectively
D. irregularly
55. It _____ five years since the famous singer left her hometown.
A. was
B. is
C. has passed
D. had been
56. It is difficult to tell whether a man is angry or not by _____ looking at his face.
A. right
B. barely
C. just
D. hardly
57. It is pretty obvious that more than one person has _____ this affair.
A. laid a hand on
B. had a hand in
C. got the upper hand of
D. got into the hands of
58. It is reported that _____ adopted children want to know who their natural parents are.
A. the most
B. most of
C. most
D. the most of
59. It is strictly _____ that access to confidential documents is denied to all but a few.
A. secured
B. forbidden
C. regulated
D. determined
60. It makes me sick to think of his highly _____ manners.
A. artistic
B. artful
C. artless
D. artificial