56. The road being built was scheduled to____traffic on May Day.

　　A.be close to B.be closed to

　　C.be open to D.be opened to

　　57. It was more than fifteen years ago____I entered the laboratory of Professor Agassiz.

　　A.when B.that

　　C.in which D.since

　　58. ____than it began raining.

　　A.Hardly had he reached home B.Hardly did he reach home

　　C.No sooner did he reach home D.No sooner had he reached home

　　59. The man's life____if he had been sent to a better hospital.

　　A.might have been saved B.may have been saved

　　C.was to be saved D.should be saved

　　60. Everybody looked____the direction of the explosion.

　　A.to B.from

　　C.in D.into

　　61. This is a____young writer.He has published quite a few good stories in

　　recent years.

　　A.promised B.looking forward

　　C.promising D.clever

　　62. The doctor insists that the patient____.

　　A.must be operated B.should be operated

　　C.be operated on D.needs operating on

　　63. It sounds as if the telephone____.

　　A.were ringing B.was ringing.

　　C.has being ringing D.is ringing

　　64. The family looked on helplessly as their house____.

　　A.burning down B.was burned down

　　C.was burning down D.burned down

　　65. What is the____language in India?

　　A.office B.official

　　C.officially D.officer

　　66. He____twenty times,striking a match each time to look at his old watch.

　　A.had waked B.was awake

　　C.must have waked D.was waken

　　67. There he bought____chocolate for his daughter,and then he had____bee

　　rs in the bar not far from the school.

　　A.a bar of...a couple of B.a piece of...a bottle of

　　C.a dozen of...a couple of D.a cubic of...a tin of

　　68. With his big fleshy nose he____his grandpa.

　　A.looks like B.takes after

　　C.looks after D.resembles

　　69. The ____majority were in support of this bill so it was passed without

　　much difficulty.

　　A.overflowing B.overtaking

　　C.overloading D.overwhelming

　　70. The actress____the terms of her contract and was sued by the producer.

　　A.isolated B.signed

　　C.implemented D.violated