61. It pays _____ to buy goods of high quality.
A. in the long run
B. in the short run
C. at a run
D. on the run
62. It seems oil _____ from this pipe for some time. We’ll have to take the machine apart to put it right.
A. had leaked
B. is leaking
C. leaked
D. has been leaking
63. It was felt that he lacked the _____ to pursue a difficult task to the very end.
A. petition
B. engagement
C. commitment
D. qualification
64. It will be safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash; virtually all financial ______ will be conducted by computer.
A. transactions
B. transmissions
C. transitions
D. transformations
65. Jim is so _____ after injuring his leg that he has great difficulty in walking.
A. hurt
B. lame
C. wounded
D. uncomfortable
66. Jim isn’t _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.
A. gloomy
B. dull
C. awkward
D. tedious
67. John D. Rockefeller, _______, owned 90 percent of all American oil refineries.
A. as still a young man
B. while still a young man
C. a young man however
D. in spite of a young man
68. John regretted ______ to the meeting last week.
A. not going
B. not to go
C. not having been going
D. not to be going
69. John seems a nice person. ______, I don’t trust him.
A. Even though
B. Even so
C. Therefore
D. Though
70. Just as the builder skilled in the handling of his bricks, _____ the experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words.
A. as
B. thus
C. so
D. like
71. Language, culture and personality may be considered _____ of each other in though, but they are inseparable in fact.
A. indistinctly
B. separately
C. irrelevantly
D. independently
72. Last night I _____ my mother on the phone.
A. spoke
B. talked
C. said
D. called
73. Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply ______.
A. declined
B. lessened
C. descended
D. slipped
74. Life is a candle _____ to burn ever brighter.
A. being meant
B. meaning
C. to mean
D. meant
75. Liquids are like solids _____ they have a definite volume.
A. with that
B. for that
C. in that
D. at that
76. Many artists predict that this brilliant young actor _____ to be a shining star.
A. destines
B. will be destined
C. is destined
D. has been destined
77. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.
A. rate
B. pace
C. speed
D. growth
78. Many people like to watch ______ film.
A. a pleasing
B. an exciting
C. a delighted
D. an interested
79. Mary wishes that she _____ law instead of history when she was in college.
A. had studied
B. has studied
C. studies
D. studied
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