41.____ allow the vegetable to go bad, he sold them at half price. ��

　　A) More than　B) Rather than C) Other than D) Better than

　　�� 42.Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical ____. ��

　　A) facilities B) appliances C) instruments D) equipment ��

　　43.He ____ him what he asked. ��

　　A) denied B) refuted vC) ignored D) deprived

　　�� 44.The book does not ____ children. ��

　　A) submit to B) appeal to C) confess to D) consent to

　　�� 45.We have every size of shoe in ____. ��

　　A) storing B) stock C) sale D) shop

　　�� 46.I ____ this man with receiving stolen goods. ��

　　A) accuse B) charge C) scold D) blame

　　�� 47.You've made a mistake—you've ____ the word. ��

　　A) left out B) left off C) left behind D) left for

　　�� 48.Scientists first ____ the idea of the atomic bomb in the 1930s. ��

　　A) competed B) conceived C) consumed D) concealed

　　�� 49.You may take an oral or written exam ____ what you prefer. ��

　　A) according as B) according to C) accordingly ��D) in accord

　　�� 50.The desks and seats can be ____ to the height of any child. ��

　　A) adopted B) shifted C) adjusted ��D) corrected

　　�� 51.No further discussion ____ , the meeting was brought to a close.

　　�� A) arising B) raising C) arousing ��D) rising

　　�� 52. ____ , the British working class is better off today than it was a generation ago. ��

　　A) By and large B) In detail C) By no means ��D) By and by

　　�� 53.Every man has the right to live where he wants to, ____ the colour of his skin. ��

　　A) regardless of B) prior to C) in case of ��D) for the sake of

　　�� 54.The potato crop of 1946 was ____ that of 1945. ��

　　A) superior than B) superior to C) more superior to D) more superior than ��

　　55.Books are ____ to scholars. ��

　　A) indispensable B) indifferent C) bound to ��D) accustomed to

　　�� 56. ____ such a difficult task, we must redouble our efforts.

　　A) To face with B) We are facing C) Faced with D) Facing with

　　�� 57.Either of these young ladies ____ perfectly qualified to teach Greek, Latin and French. ��

　　A) were B) are C) is D) have been

　　�� 58.Your hair needed ____ I am glad you had it cut. ��

　　A) cut B) cutting C) to cutD) being cut

　　�� 59.Studying hard is more rewarding ____.

　　�� A) than to be lazy B) than being lazy C) than to be like a lazy person D) than it is to be lazy

　　�� 60.The Latin class had twenty students, ____ had had much better language training than I.

　　�� A) most of which B) which C) most of them D) most of whom

　　61.I wish that he ____ to the movies with me yesterday. ��

　　A) went B) could go C) was gone D) could have gone

　　�� 62. ____ , the more necessary it is to break it up into a number of parts which the reader can visualize.

　　�� A) The more complex a subject becomes ��

　　B) The more becomes a subject complex ��

　　C) A subject becomes the more complex ��

　　D) The more subjects become essential ��

　　63.Close the door, ____ ? ��

　　A) will you B) do you C) shall you ��D) don't you

　　�� 64. ____ at the railway station when it began to rain. ��

　　A) Hardly had he arrived B) Hardly he had arrived

　　C) No sooner did he arrive D) No sooner arrived he ��

　　65.The storm ____ , they had to live in a cave.

　　�� A) has destroyed their hut B) to destroy their hut

　　C) having destroyed their hut D) being destroyed

　　�� 66. ____ the number of paid holidays enjoyed by most employees in the company, three weeks of vacation seems generous.

　　�� A) Compared with B) Compared C) Comparing with D) Comparing

　　�� 67.It was going to be some time ____ he would see his father again. ��

　　A) since B) when C) until D) before

　　�� 68.He is younger than ____. ��

　　A) any other boy in the class �� B) any boy in the class ��

　　C) all boys in the class D) you and me as well as the class

　　�� 69.The establishment of the company shall start from the day ____the business license of the company is issued.