A. takes away B. takes in C. takes over D. takes up

28. He is ______ to speak the truth.

A. too much of a coward B. too much a coward

C. so much a coward D. so much of a coward

29. It’s strange that you ______ like that at the meeting.

A. should speak B. spoke C. should have spoken D. speak

30. He ______ when the bus came to a sudden stop.

A. was almost hurt B. was to hurt himself

C. was hurt himself D. was hurting himself

31. Mary likes _______ very much， but she didn’t go _______ last Sunday.

A. to swim…swimming B. swimming…to swim

C. to swim…to swim D. swimming…swimming

32. More ______， less speed.

A. hurry B. rush C. quickness D. haste

33. ______ with the size of the whole earth， the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all.

A. When compared B. Compare C. While comparing D. Comparing

34. The fact ______ money orders can usually be easily cashed has made them a popular form of payment.

A. of B. is that C. that D. which is

35. He is working very hard to ______ the lost time in the past 10 years.

A. make for B. make up for C. make up D. make out

36. If a child is absent ______ school for long periods， he should be given extra work.

A. at B. in C. from D. out of

37. Neither of your proposals ________.

A. make sense B. are practical C. makes sense D. make senses

38. It is obvious that there are at least two vitamins. ______ is soluble in fat; _____ is soluble in water.

A. The one…the other B. One…the other

C. One…another D. One…the another

39. It’s a good _______ to eat with the mouth closed.

A. custom B. habit C. way D. style

40. You ought not to _______ him the news that day.

A. tell B. be telling C. have told D. be told

41. He attempted _______ to set up a company of his own.

A. with vain B. on vain C. in vain D. of vain

42. —“I slipped on the stairs. I think my arm is broken”.

—“Oh! I _______.”

A. don’t hope B. hope not so C. do not hope D. hope not

43. The last man ______ the sinking ship was the captain.

A. left B. leaves C. to be leaving D. to leave

44. One of his many faults is that that he never ______ any thing very long.

A. decides on B. sticks to C. goes over D. makes up

45. You are worthy _______ the honour.

A. to B. at C. for D. of

46. Billing pitched so well ______ everyone cheered him at the end of the game.

A. as B. since C. that D. whereas

47. The _______ of blood always makes him feel sick.

A. sight B. view C. look D. form

48. A child learns to read by seeing the words _______.

A. properly B. repeatedly C. repeatly D. obviously

49. Our friendship is ______ and we will never again be separated.

A. restored B. reserved C. restrained D. repeated

50. He couldn’t explain the _______ of ten years in his job history.

A. gap B. interrupting C. opening D. marginⅢ. Cloze (20 points) /liuxuepaper.com