【正文】 g C) lengthening D) stretching 62. Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ________ with one another. A) associate B) connect C) municate D) correspond 63. As a small boy, he was slow ________ learning to read and write. A) on B) with C) in D) about 64. Tony was ________ a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol. A) within B) inside C) about D) off 65. It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it will prove to be worth the money ________. A) in the long run B) in conclusion C) at long last D) at the end 66. I don?t know why he ________ in the middle of a sentence. A) broke off B) broke out C) broke through D) broke away 67. I?m sorry Andy didn?t want to go to the conference. ________ willing to go we would have paid all his expenses. A) Being B) Was he C) He had been D) Had he been 68. The minister was the person ________. A) whom the state dinner was given in honour B) for whom the state dinner was given honour C) whose honour the state dinner was given D) in whose honour the state dinner was given 69. The young driver looked over the engine carefully lest it ________ on the way. A) goes wrong B) would go wrong C) went wrong D) should go wrong 70. John had been working hard and ________. A) so his brother had B) so had his brother C) so was his brother D) so his brother did 41. C 42. B 43. B 44. B 45. A 46. C 47. A 48. C 49. B 50. B 51. D 52. C 53. A 54. D 55. D 56. B 57. A 58. B 59. D 60. C 61. D 62. C 63. C 64. D 65. A 66. A 67. D 68. D 69. D 70. B 41. We had a party last month, and it was a lot of fun, so let?s have ________ one this month. A) another B) more C) the other D) other 42. It was difficult to guess what her ________ to the news would be. A) impression B) reaction C) ment D) opinion 43. I decided to go to the library as soon as I ________. A) finish what I did B) finished what I did C) would finish what I was doing D) finished what I was doing 44. There were some ________ flowers on the table. A) artificial B) unnatural C) false D) unreal 45. We are interested in the weather because it ________ us so directlywhat we wear, what we do, and even how we feel. A) benefits B) affects C) guides D) effects 46. Will all those ________ the proposal raise their hands? A) in relation to B) in contrast to C) in excess of D) in favor of 47. Children are very curious ________. A) at heart B) in person C) on purpose D) by nature 48. The match was cancelled because most of the members ________ a match without a standard court. A) objected to having B) were objected to have C) objected to have D) were objected to having 49. The teacher doesn?t permit ________ in class. A) smoke B) to smoke C) smoking D) to have a smoke 50. I like watching TV ________ to the cinema. A) more than to go B) than going C) more than going D) rather than to go 51. I appreciate ________ to your home. A) to be invited B) to have invited C) having invited D) being invited 52. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into ________ when judging my examination. A) regard B) counting C) account D) observation 53. You ________ all those calculations! We have a puter to do that sort of thing. A) needn?t have done B) must not have done C) shouldn?t have done D) can not have clone 54. Important people don?t often have much free time as their work ________ all their time. A) takes away B) takes over C) takes up D) takes in 55. When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon ________ it. A) got off B) got across C) got away D) got over 56. Many people plain of the rapid ________ of modern life. A) rate B) speed C) pace D) growth 57. San Francisco is usually cool in the summer, but Los Angeles ________. A) is rarely B) rarely is C) hardly is D) is scarcely 58. The speaker, ________ for her splendid speeches, was warmly received by the audience. A) having known B) being known C) knowing D) known 59. American women were ________ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle. A) ignored B) neglected C) refused D) denied 60. I couldn?t find ________, and so I took this one. A) a large enough coat B) an enough large coat C) a large coat enough D) a coat enough large 61. I always ________ what I have said. A) g