51. This reference book ______ again.

A. is worth to read

B. is worthy reading

C. is worth being read

D. is worth reading

52. However wealthy you are it can not ______ a healthy body.

A. compare

B. suit

C. defeat

D. match

53. You have just missed your ______ and you will have to wait for the next round.

A. turn

B. chance

C. time

D. part

54. He came up to my class every week, but his attitude _______he was not really interested in the subject. A. expressed

B. described

C. explained

D. suggested

55. Hard ______he tried, he was unable to make much progress.

A. as

B. although

C. since

D. yet

56. He did greatly in the long jump and _______the record set by his classmate, which was unbelievable. A. kept

B. made

C. set

D. broke

57. The majority of the students complained about the ______ of the examination paper.

A. long

B. length

C. hard

D. hardness

58. Her mother can’t afford to ______ the boys on meat and fish every day.

A. feed

B. live

C. depend

D. spend

59. ______ you are not ready, we’ll go without you.

A. Even if

B. As if

C. Now that

D. So that

60. Nothing is _______ than a map when you travel in a strange place.

A. of better useful

B. helpful

C. great price

D. of greater value

61. No matter how many times you are _____, you shouldn’t lose heart.

A. turned down

B. turned over

C. turned up

D. turned out

62. Who was ______ for the accident, the lady or the driver?

A. blamed

B. to blame

C. to be blamed

D. blaming

63. I can’t find my wallet. I am afraid I got it ______ on the bus.

A. steal

B. stealing

C. to steal

D. stolen

64. Scientific discoveries are often ______ industrial production.

A. applied to

B. applied for

C. used to

D. used for

65. It’s ______ me why she failed the test. You see, she is one of the top students in our class.

A. over

B. above

C. beyond

D. under

66. Don’t take them all at once. Take two______.

A. at no time

B. at one time

C. at all time

D. at a time

67. The teacher is not only strict ______her work but also ______ her students.

A. with; in

B. to; at

C. in; with

D. for; to

68. _______ is mentioned above, the number of the students in senior high school is increasing.

A. As

B. It

C. That

D. What

69. Some plants can take in carbon dioxide we breathe out and give ______ oxygen to us.

A. in case

B. in turn

C. in return

D. in addition

70. The two brothers look so much alike that it is difficult to tell them ______.

A. from

B. over

C. apart

D. away

71. Leaves of this tree will ______ red in autumn.

A. get

B. become

C. turn

D. stay

72. I had to do a lot of housework because my mother ______ ill.

A. had

B. took

C. felt

D. fell

73. The company offers good ______ after sale.

A. service

B. serving

C. selling

D. science

74. The cost of this trip is not so _______.

A. expensive

B. high

C. tall

D. heavy

75. To keep ______, he runs around the lake for half an hour every morning.

A. strong

B. fit

C. health

D. healthy