C) favorable D) favorite
57. The situation described in the report ______ terrible, but it may not happen
A) inclines B) maintains
C) sounds D) remains
58. The company is trying every means to ______ the wholesale price of its products
A) pull down B) put down
C) set down D) bring down
59. The mayor ______ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims
A) rewarded B) awarded
C) credited D) prized
60. The native Canadians lived in _______ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life
A) coordination B) acquaintance
C) contact D) harmony
61. Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future _______.
A) at all B) so far
C) in all D) on end
62. I was impressed _______ the efficiency of the work done in the company
A) in B) about
C) with D) for
63. Now in Britain , wines take up four times as much ______ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits
A) block B) land
C) patch D) space
64. His hand shook a little as he _______ the key in the lock
A) squeezed B) inserted
C) stuffed D) pierced
65. For professional athletes , _______ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books
A) access B) attachment
C) appeal D) approach
66 In the long _________ , the new information technologies may fundamentally alter out way of
A) view B) distance
C) jump D) run
67. All the arrangements should be completed _______ your departure .
A) prior to B) superior to
C) contrary to D) parallel to
68. We need to create education standards that prepare our next generation who will be _______ with an even more competitive market
A) tackled B) encountered
C) dealt D) confronted
69. In the late seventies , the amount of fixed assets required to produce one vehicle in Japan was ______ equivalent to that in the United States
A) rudely B) roughly
C) readily D) coarsely
70. Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster ______ we radically change way we live
A) but B) although
C) unless D) lest
57. The situation described in the report ______ terrible, but it may not happen
A) inclines B) maintains
C) sounds D) remains
58. The company is trying every means to ______ the wholesale price of its products
A) pull down B) put down
C) set down D) bring down
59. The mayor ______ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims
A) rewarded B) awarded
C) credited D) prized
60. The native Canadians lived in _______ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life
A) coordination B) acquaintance
C) contact D) harmony
61. Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future _______.
A) at all B) so far
C) in all D) on end
62. I was impressed _______ the efficiency of the work done in the company
A) in B) about
C) with D) for
63. Now in Britain , wines take up four times as much ______ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits
A) block B) land
C) patch D) space
64. His hand shook a little as he _______ the key in the lock
A) squeezed B) inserted
C) stuffed D) pierced
65. For professional athletes , _______ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books
A) access B) attachment
C) appeal D) approach
66 In the long _________ , the new information technologies may fundamentally alter out way of
A) view B) distance
C) jump D) run
67. All the arrangements should be completed _______ your departure .
A) prior to B) superior to
C) contrary to D) parallel to
68. We need to create education standards that prepare our next generation who will be _______ with an even more competitive market
A) tackled B) encountered
C) dealt D) confronted
69. In the late seventies , the amount of fixed assets required to produce one vehicle in Japan was ______ equivalent to that in the United States
A) rudely B) roughly
C) readily D) coarsely
70. Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster ______ we radically change way we live
A) but B) although
C) unless D) lest