【正文】 ctory for profit. A) expose C) exhibit B) exhaust D) exploit 47. The manager urged his staff not to _____ the splendid opportunity. A) drop C) escape B) miss D) slide 48. _____ I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man. A) Much as C) If only B) Only if D) As much 49. Because of a _____ engagement, Lora couldn39。ll _____. A) e round C) e on B) e along D) e out 55. All their attempts to _____ the child from the burning building were in vain. A) regain C) rescue B) recover D) reserve 56. Computer technology will _____ a revolution in business administration. A) bring around C) bring out B) bring about D) bring up 57. The university has launched a research center to develop new ways of _____ bacteria which have bee resistant to drug treatments. A) regulating C) interrupting B) halting D) bating 58. The _____ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly the gap between researchers and teachers. A) joint C) overall B) intensive D) decisive 59. The rapid development of munications technology is transforming the _____ in which people municate across time and space. A) route C) vision B) transmission D) manner 15 60. When I go out in the evening I use the bike _____ the car if I can. A) rather than C) in spite of B) regardless of D) other than 61. There is no _____ evidence that people can control their dreams, at least in experimental situations in a lab. A) rigid C) smooth B) solid D) harsh 62. Every culture has developed _____ for certain kinds of food and drink, and equally strong negative attitudes toward others. A) preferences C) fantasies B) expectations D) fashions 63. It is reported that Uruguay understands and _____ China on human rights issues. A) grants C) abandons B) changes D) backs 64. Only a few people have _____ to the full facts of the incident. A) access C) contact B) resort D) path 65. His trousers _____ when he tried to jump over the fence. A) cracked C) broke B) split D) burst 66. So far, _____ winds and currents have kept the thick patch of oil southeast of the Atlantic coast. A) governing C) prevailing B) blowing D) ruling 67. The author was required to submit an _____ of about 200 words together with his research paper. 16 A) edition C) article B) editorial D) abstract 68. As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to _____ at an increasing rate. A) bring up C) spring up B) build up D) strike up 69. Many patients insist on having watches with them in hospital, _____ they have no schedules to keep. A) even though C) as if B) for D) since 70. Some plants are very _____ to light。s a wellmeaning parent to do? As hard as 75 may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you39。t want them to feel it has to be 83 , she says. 17 That39。t advise a parent to check every 79 assignment, says psychologist John Rosemond, author Of Ending the Tough Homework. There39。s an annual backtoschool routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that 71 evening you39。s very _____ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep. A) concerned C) considerable 14 B) careful D) considerate 53. Many a player who had been highly thought of has _____ from the tennis scene. A) disposed C) discouraged B) disappeared D) discarded 54. She39。t look like it39。s Island should be able to 11 withstand a Category 3 hurricane with peak winds of 179 to 209 kilometers per hour. At first sight, the house on Sullivan39。s Island off the coast of South Carolina, the awardwinning cubeshaped beach house was built to replace one smashed to pieces by Hurricane ( 颶風(fēng) ) Hugo 10 years ago. In September 1989, Hugo struck South Carolina, killing 18 people and damaging or destroying 36,000 homes in the state. Before Hugo, many new houses built along South Carolina39。 Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone casual. In a time of long work hours and demanding family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that it39。ll probably have to ask for it. Performance is your best bargaining chip ( 籌碼 ) when you are seeking a raise. You must be able to demonstrate that you deserve a raise. Timing is also a good bargaining chip. If you can give your boss something he or she needs (a new client or a sizable contract, for example) just before merit pay decisions are being made, you are more likely to get the raise yo