【正文】 iends arrived. A. when B. while C. until D. whether ( )75. Digital cameras are being more and more popular, but some still _ _ too much. A. pay B. spend C. take D. cost ( )76. Modest men are never ______ of the progress they have made. A. proud B. afraid C. certain D. thinking ( )77. He has been ill for several weeks, so he has ______ in learning Maths. A. many difficulties B. some difficulty C. a lot of troubles D. a trouble ( )78. The pictures I took in Dalian ______ me of the time when I stayed there. A. remembers B. tells C. says D. reminds ( )79. A: Why did you go back to the shop? B: I left my friends ______ here. A. to wait B. waiting C. wait D. waited ( )80. Your homework is all right, _____, you can do it better, in my opinion. A. but B. besides C. while D. however ( )81. A: I’m sorry I stepped out for a smoke, I was tired. B: There is no______ for this while you are on duty. A. reason B. cause C. time D. excuse ( )82. The price of the coat is so ______that I can’t buy it. A. expensive B. valuable C. low D. high ( )83. You’d better ______ too much time _____ football. A. not spend, on B. not spend, play C. not to spend, on D. don’t spend, for ( )84. The whole street is full of rubbish and it smells ______. A. badly B. strange C. terrible D. wonderful ( )85. Work is hard. ___ trying and you’ll be successful in the end. A. Give up B. Keep on C. Give in D. Turn on ( )86. _____ what way did you work out the Maths _____? A. In, problem B. By, problem C. In, question D. By, question ( )87. No one has yet succeeded in explaining the _____ of how life began. A. puzzle B. problem C. cause D. reason ( )88. What make you ______ it’s going to rain tomorrow? A. to think B. thought C. thinking D. think ( )89. He _____ to us that we go to Shanghai by plane. A. told B. suggested C. wished D. wanted ( )90. Mr. Wang offered _____ me some books. A. give B. to give C. giving D. given ( )91. I shall give up ______ to go. A. offer B. offered C. to offer D. offering ( )92. Last summer, I took a course on _______. A. how to make dresses B. how dresses be made C. how to be made dresses D. how dresses to be made ( )93. I have never been to Shanghai. ________. A. So has he B. Neither is he C. So he has D. Neither has he ( )94. I don’t think you are right, ______? A. do you B. do I C. are you D. aren’t you ( )95. The missing boys were last seen ______ near the river. A. playing B. to be playing C. play D. played ( ) 96. My brother _____ for half