40. Mutual cooperation was ______ from the generals’ point of view, because it wasn’t helping them to win the war.
A. understandable B. undesirable
41. He was much more restless than last night, and, despite sleeping drugs, much more ______.
A. awake B. wakeful
42. The marketplace ______ the requirements of advertisers.
A. cares for B. caters to
43. At first I found the ______ of being unemployed very difficult to cope with.
A. stigma B. ugliness
44. Using the right hand to shake hands is a(an) ______.
A. invention B. convention
45. Let’s try and discuss this like two ______ human beings.
A. rational B. fashionable
46. Colleges and universities can no longer take ______ the learning that should be occurring on their campuses.
A. for granted B. for pride
47. I won’t pay top prices for goods of ______ quality.
A. high B. inferior
48. I took what he said ______, but afterwards it became clear that he really meant something else.
A. literally B. freely
49. John was standing in the doorway in his ______ blue suit.
A. broken B. shabby
50. About fifteen minutes later, I managed to secretly ______ the distressed woman from danger.
A. rescue B. reserve
51. Finally they realized that they must reduce their country’s ______ on imported grain.
A. development B. dependency
52. Susan looked ______, her whole body weak with exhaustion.
A. pitiful B. hopeful
53. Do you think that marriage between gay couples should be ______ in our country some day?
A. realized B. legalized
54. If you have no time for Shakespeare, for a basic look at philosophy, for continuity of the ______ arts, for history—then you have no business being in college.
A. beautiful B. fine
Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items IV, V, VI and VII.
