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

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

　　正确答案是：A 您的答案是：

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

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

　　正确答案是：C 您的答案是：

　　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

　　正确答案是：A 您的答案是：

　　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

　　正确答案是：B 您的答案是：

　　32. More ______， less speed.

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

　　正确答案是：D 您的答案是：

　　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

　　正确答案是：A 您的答案是：

　　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

　　正确答案是：C 您的答案是：

　　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

　　正确答案是：B 您的答案是：

　　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

　　正确答案是：C 您的答案是：

　　37. Neither of your proposals ________.

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

　　正确答案是：C 您的答案是：

　　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

　　正确答案是：B 您的答案是：

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

　　A. custom B. habit C. way D. style

　　正确答案是：B 您的答案是：

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

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

　　正确答案是：C 您的答案是：

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

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

　　正确答案是：C 您的答案是：

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

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

　　正确答案是：D 您的答案是：

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

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

　　正确答案是：D 您的答案是：

　　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

　　正确答案是：B 您的答案是：

　　45. You are worthy _______ the honour.

　　A. to B. at C. for D. of

　　正确答案是：D 您的答案是：

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

　　A. as B. since C. that D. whereas

　　正确答案是：C 您的答案是：

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

　　A. sight B. view C. look D. form

　　正确答案是：A 您的答案是：

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

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

　　正确答案是：B 您的答案是：

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

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

　　正确答案是：A 您的答案是：

　　50. He couldn‘t explain the _______ of ten years in his job history.

　　A. gap B. interrupting C. opening D. margin

　　正确答案是：A 您的答案是：

　　Ⅲ。 Cloze （20 points）

　　Directions：

　　For each blank in the following passage， there are four choices given below and marked A， B， C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　Investors can _51_ money simply by loaning it. The money they loan is called capital. Security （担保） is an expensive item which the borrower mortgages （抵押） to the investor to show that he intends to _52_ the debt. The way investors make money on loans is to charge interest. Interest is money that _53_ pay to investors for the use of their money. Interest is usually a certain percentage of the capital. Investors sometimes _54 ten percent or more interest per year. The interest may be calculated daily， monthly， or yearly. The interest must be _55_ before the capital can be repaid. If the interest is not _56_ the agreed rate， the interest is added _57_ the capital. Then the borrower has _58_ pay interest on the unpaid interest _59_ on the capital. A debt can grow quickly this way. If the total of the capital and accumulated interest gets too high， the investor will take _60_ of the item used as security and sell it to get his money back.