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B. engagement C. mitment D. qualification 64. It will be safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash。 virtually all financial ______ will be conducted by puter. A. transactions B. transmissions C. transitions D. transformations 65. Jim is so _____ after injuring his leg that he has great difficulty in walking. A. hurt B. lame C. wounded D. unfortable 66. Jim isn39。t _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester. A. gloomy B. dull C. awkward D. tedious 67. John D. Rockefeller, _______, owned 90 percent of all American oil refineries. A. as still a young man B. while still a young man C. a young man however D. in spite of a young man 68. John regretted ______ to the meeting last week. A. not going B. not to go C. not having been going D. not to be going 69. John seems a nice person. ______, I don39。t trust him. A. Even though B. Even so C. Therefore D. Though 70. Just as the builder skilled in the handling of his bricks, _____ the experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words. A. as B. thus C. so D. like 71. Language, culture and personality may be considered _____ of each other in though, but they are inseparable in fact. A. indistinctly B. separately C. irrelevantly D. independently 72. Last night I _____ my mother on the phone. A. spoke B. talked C. said D. called 73. Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply ______. A. declined B. lessened C. descended D. slipped 74. Life is a candle _____ to burn ever brighter. A. being meant B. meaning C. to mean D. meant 75. Liquids are like solids _____ they have a definite volume. A. with that B. for that C. in that D. at that 76. Many artists predict that this brilliant young actor _____ to be a shining star. A. destines B. will be destined C. is destined D. has been destined 77. Many people plain of the rapid _____ of modern life. A. rate B. pace C. speed D. growth 78. Many people like to watch ______ film. A. a pleasing B. an exciting C. a delighted D. an interested 79. Mary wishes that she _____