56. Professor Wheelock is always very __________ to the reaction of the audience when he gives lectures.
A) sentimental B) sensitive
C) sensible D) positive
57. When we sold our ranch and moved to town, mother had decided __________ opening a day nursery.
A) to B) at
C) for D) on
58. I feel quite confident in __________ Mr. Smith to you for the vacant post of research assistant.
A) submitting B) proclaiming
C) recalling D) recommending
59. What you say now is not __________ with what you said last week.
A. permanent B) persistent
C) consistent D) insistent
60. Mr. Russell is a good teacher, but he often gives __________ lectures.
A) excellent B) extensive
C) sound D) tedious
61. After criminals were caught, they were accused and put on __________.
A) death B) torture
C) trial D) sentence
62. I bought this seventeenth-century necklace at a quite __________ price.
A) cheap B) dear
C) expensive D) reasonable
63. In his speech the Minister of Industry said that industrial exports went up for five __________ years.
A) successful B) continual
C) successive D) continuous
64. Many of us tend to __________ our success to external causes such as luck and opportunity.
A) attribute B) subject
C) restrict D) prescribe
65. Cardinal Newman holds the view that knowledge is the __________ condition of expansion of mind.
A) appropriate B) indispensable
C) inevitable D) unavoidable
66. Mr. Smith had an unusual __________: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher.
A) profession B) occupation
C) position D) career
67. I believe they are the most __________ people we have in China.
A) hopeful B) likely
C) prospective D) promising
68. I have a number of __________ to make about the management of the hotel.
A) claims B) complaints
C) accusations D) grumbles
69. He played very badly and I think your criticisms were completely __________.
A) entitled B) justified
C) hopeless D) disappointed
70. Over the years my father had gradually __________ a collection of precious stamps.
A) absorbed B) gathered
C) accumulated D) collected
A) sentimental B) sensitive
C) sensible D) positive
57. When we sold our ranch and moved to town, mother had decided __________ opening a day nursery.
A) to B) at
C) for D) on
58. I feel quite confident in __________ Mr. Smith to you for the vacant post of research assistant.
A) submitting B) proclaiming
C) recalling D) recommending
59. What you say now is not __________ with what you said last week.
A. permanent B) persistent
C) consistent D) insistent
60. Mr. Russell is a good teacher, but he often gives __________ lectures.
A) excellent B) extensive
C) sound D) tedious
61. After criminals were caught, they were accused and put on __________.
A) death B) torture
C) trial D) sentence
62. I bought this seventeenth-century necklace at a quite __________ price.
A) cheap B) dear
C) expensive D) reasonable
63. In his speech the Minister of Industry said that industrial exports went up for five __________ years.
A) successful B) continual
C) successive D) continuous
64. Many of us tend to __________ our success to external causes such as luck and opportunity.
A) attribute B) subject
C) restrict D) prescribe
65. Cardinal Newman holds the view that knowledge is the __________ condition of expansion of mind.
A) appropriate B) indispensable
C) inevitable D) unavoidable
66. Mr. Smith had an unusual __________: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher.
A) profession B) occupation
C) position D) career
67. I believe they are the most __________ people we have in China.
A) hopeful B) likely
C) prospective D) promising
68. I have a number of __________ to make about the management of the hotel.
A) claims B) complaints
C) accusations D) grumbles
69. He played very badly and I think your criticisms were completely __________.
A) entitled B) justified
C) hopeless D) disappointed
70. Over the years my father had gradually __________ a collection of precious stamps.
A) absorbed B) gathered
C) accumulated D) collected