46. The car ______ halfway for no reason.
A) broke off
B) broke down
C) broke up
D) broke out
47. The newcomers found it impossible to ______ themselves to the climate sufficiently
to make permanent homes in the new country.
A) suit
B) adapt
C) regulate
D) coordinate
48. A ______ to this problem is expected to be found before long.
A) result
B) response
C) settlement
D) solution
49. You have nothing to ______ by refusing to listen to our advice.
A) gain
B) grasp
C) seize
D) earn
50. As a result of careless washing the jacket ______ to a child's size.
A) compressed
B) shrank
C) dropped
D) decreased
51. He hoped the firm would ______ him to the Paris branch.
A) exchange
B) transmit
C) transfer
D) remove
52. Having decided to rent a flat, we ______ contacting all the accommodation agencies
in the city.
A) set about
B) set down
C) set out
D) set up
53. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied ______.
A) originally
B) extremely
C) violently
D) intensively
54. ______their differences. The couple were developing an obvious and genuine
affection for each other.
A) But for
B) For all
C) Above all
D) Except for
55. One day I ______ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor
at a nearby state college.
A) came across
B) came about
C) came after
D) came at
56. She was complaining that the doctor was ______ too much for the treatment he was
giving her.
A) expending
B) offering
C) costing
D) charging
57. The manager spoke highly of such ______ as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown
by his employees.
A) virtue
B) features
C) properties
D) characteristics
58. Since the matter was extremely ______ , we dealt with it immediately.
A) tough
B) tense
C) urgent
D) instant
59. You don't have to be in such a hurry, I would rather you ______ on business first.
A) would go
B) will go
C) went
D) have gone
60. When I try to understand ______that prevents so many Americans from being as happy
as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.
A) why it does
B) what it does
C) what it is
D) why it is
A) broke off
B) broke down
C) broke up
D) broke out
47. The newcomers found it impossible to ______ themselves to the climate sufficiently
to make permanent homes in the new country.
A) suit
B) adapt
C) regulate
D) coordinate
48. A ______ to this problem is expected to be found before long.
A) result
B) response
C) settlement
D) solution
49. You have nothing to ______ by refusing to listen to our advice.
A) gain
B) grasp
C) seize
D) earn
50. As a result of careless washing the jacket ______ to a child's size.
A) compressed
B) shrank
C) dropped
D) decreased
51. He hoped the firm would ______ him to the Paris branch.
A) exchange
B) transmit
C) transfer
D) remove
52. Having decided to rent a flat, we ______ contacting all the accommodation agencies
in the city.
A) set about
B) set down
C) set out
D) set up
53. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied ______.
A) originally
B) extremely
C) violently
D) intensively
54. ______their differences. The couple were developing an obvious and genuine
affection for each other.
A) But for
B) For all
C) Above all
D) Except for
55. One day I ______ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor
at a nearby state college.
A) came across
B) came about
C) came after
D) came at
56. She was complaining that the doctor was ______ too much for the treatment he was
giving her.
A) expending
B) offering
C) costing
D) charging
57. The manager spoke highly of such ______ as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown
by his employees.
A) virtue
B) features
C) properties
D) characteristics
58. Since the matter was extremely ______ , we dealt with it immediately.
A) tough
B) tense
C) urgent
D) instant
59. You don't have to be in such a hurry, I would rather you ______ on business first.
A) would go
B) will go
C) went
D) have gone
60. When I try to understand ______that prevents so many Americans from being as happy
as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.
A) why it does
B) what it does
C) what it is
D) why it is