76. I am ______ of money at the moment. Could you lend me some?

A. short

B. need

C. wanting

D. hoped

77. I am sure such information will be ______ to them.

A. great useful

B. of great use

C. uselessness

D. of very useful

78. He doesn’t care much about evening ______.

A. dress

B. suit

C. cloth

D. dressing

79. The job is not well paid, but at least you can ______ experience in it.

A. gain

B. earn

C. learn

D. win

80. I’ve got two or three telephone calls to ______.

A. make

B. do

C. making

D. doing

81. They have two teams, and ______ have a good chance of winning.

A. all

B. either

C. both

D. each

82. I used to smoke ______, but I gave it up three years ago.

A. severely

B. heavily

C. strongly

D. seriously

83. I ______ my former school teacher when I was shopping yesterday.

A. ran away

B. ran down

C. ran into

D. ran over

84. She’s very pretty, but she’s not ______ clever.

A. at all

B. at least

C. entirely

D. completely

85. No sooner had he entered Harvard ______ his sister entered Yale.

A. since

B. after

C. than

D. before

86. I like black coffee very much. The stronger it is, ______.

A. I like it better

B. the more I like

C. the better I like it

D. I like it more

87. After the mine accident, the government sent a group of experts to _____ the matter.

A. look into

B. look down upon

C. look through

D. look forward to

88. With the help of the foreign experts, the factory produced____ cars in 2001 as the year before.

A. as twice many

B. as many as twice

C. as twice as many

D. twice as many

89. He came to the party, _________ he hadn’t been invited.

A. in case

B. in spite of

C. even

D. although

90. That was the second time I ______ China that year.

A. have visited

B. had visited

C. would visit

D. was visiting

91. “Shall I help you with the washing-up?” “ Don’t _______. I’ll do it later.”

A. trouble

B. bother

C. worry

D. disturb

92. When a fire ______ at the National Exhibition in London, at least ten priceless paintings were completely destroyed. A. broke off

B. broke out

C. broke down

D. broke up

93. The patient is ______ quickly.

A. recover

B. repairing

C. mending

D. made

94. You may borrow this dictionary ______ you keep it clean.

A. as long as

B. as far as

C. in case

D. even if

95. When Mr. Kentucky fell ill, his son took ______ the business from him.

A. to

B. in

C. after

D. over

96. It was no use ringing me at the office, because I was ______ in Qingdao then.

A. in holidays

B. during holidays

C. for a holiday

D. on holiday

97. Scientific development makes ______ possible for doctors to do operations on computers.

A. that

B. it

C. this

D. him

98. The little boy won’t go to sleep _____ his mother tells him a story.

A. since

B. when

C. lest

D. unless

99. The swimming pool was ______ because of the water supply.

A. out of use

B. out of the way

C. out of fashion

D. out of place

100. It is known to the world _____ Mark Twain is a great American writer.

A. this

B. which

C. that

D. it