42. _______ about the bookkeeper's honesty, the company asked him to resign.
A) There be some questions B) There are some questions
C) There have been some questions D) There being some questions
43. He _______ his sorrow beneath a cheerful appearance.
A) retained B) concealed C) conceived D) shielded
44. He finished the paintings, _______ for the exhibition.
A) for some time B) in good time
C) from time to time D) time after time
45. But for his courage, the battle _______
A) was lost B) will be lost
C) would lose D) would have been lost
46. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______
A) urgency B) danger C) emergency D) crisis
47. Such being the case, I see no _______ for your complaints.
A) foundation B) base C) grounds D) sources
48. News writers are expected to be clear and accurate, the form in which they write or speak is
_______ to that requirement.
A) superior B) secondary C) inferior D) contrary
49. The soil was so _______ that I was hardly able to force a spade into it.
A) muddy B) compact C) slack D) fertile
50. The foreign - language publications are growing in volume and _______
A) appreciation B) circumstance C) rotation D) circulation
51. The wine glasses were so_______ that I was afraid to carry them home by bus.
A) flexible B) delicate C) shaky D) tender
52. The program has been _______ by lack of funds.
A) hampered B) intervened C) hammered D) insulated
53. _______ , heat is produced.
A) Certain chemicals are mixed together
B) That certain chemicals are mixed together
C) Whenever certain chemicals are mixed together
D) The mixing together of certain chemicals
A) There be some questions B) There are some questions
C) There have been some questions D) There being some questions
43. He _______ his sorrow beneath a cheerful appearance.
A) retained B) concealed C) conceived D) shielded
44. He finished the paintings, _______ for the exhibition.
A) for some time B) in good time
C) from time to time D) time after time
45. But for his courage, the battle _______
A) was lost B) will be lost
C) would lose D) would have been lost
46. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______
A) urgency B) danger C) emergency D) crisis
47. Such being the case, I see no _______ for your complaints.
A) foundation B) base C) grounds D) sources
48. News writers are expected to be clear and accurate, the form in which they write or speak is
_______ to that requirement.
A) superior B) secondary C) inferior D) contrary
49. The soil was so _______ that I was hardly able to force a spade into it.
A) muddy B) compact C) slack D) fertile
50. The foreign - language publications are growing in volume and _______
A) appreciation B) circumstance C) rotation D) circulation
51. The wine glasses were so_______ that I was afraid to carry them home by bus.
A) flexible B) delicate C) shaky D) tender
52. The program has been _______ by lack of funds.
A) hampered B) intervened C) hammered D) insulated
53. _______ , heat is produced.
A) Certain chemicals are mixed together
B) That certain chemicals are mixed together
C) Whenever certain chemicals are mixed together
D) The mixing together of certain chemicals