41. The police accused him of setting fire to the building but the denied ________ in the area on the night of the fire.

A) to be

B) to have been

C) having been

D) be

42. The schoolmaster ________ the girl’s bravery in his opening speech.

A) applauded

B) enhanced

C) elevated

D) clapped

43. The place did not appear to be popular, for it was completely deserted, and in any case ________ to traffic.

A) inadequate

B) inaccessible

C) incompatible

D) insignificant

44. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ________ to its burning temperature.

A) is heated

B) will be heated

C) be heated

D) would be heated

45. The secret agent concealed her mission, therefore many local people were ________ was a good person.

A) betrayed

B) driven

C) deceived

D) convinced

46. Why this otherwise excellent newspaper allows such an article to be printed ________ is me.

A) above

B) outside

C) beside

D) beyond

47. When business is ________, there is usually an obvious increase in unemployment.

A) degraded

B) depressed

C) reduced

D) lessened

48. As far as the rank of concerned an associate profess is ________ to a professor though they are almost equally knowledgeable.

A) attached

B) subsidiary

C) previous

D) inferior

49. This book will show the readers ________ can be used in other contexts.

A) how that they have observed

B) that how they have observed

C) how what they have observed

D) that they have observed

50. The plane ________, its exploding as it hit the ground.

A) smashed

B) crushed

C) plunged

D) crashed

51. He believed that the greatest of his ________ was that he’d never had a college education.

A) grieves

B) misfortunes

C) disasters

D) sorrows

52. ________ your opinions are worth considering, the committee finds it unwise to place too much importance on them.

A) As

B) Since

C) Provided

D) While

53. That local government leaders are making every effort to ________ the problem of poverty.

A) abolish

B) tackle

C) remove

D) encounter

54. Although Asian countries are generally more ________ in social customs than Western countries, there have several to notable examples of women in both China and India.

A) conservative

B) confidential

C) comprehensive

D) consistent

55. ________ the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is.

A) To give

B) Given

C) Giving

D) Having given

41. C 42. A 43. B 44. C 45. C

46. D 47. B 48. D 49. C 50. D

51. B 52. D 53. B 54. A 55. B