31.By patient questioning the lawyer managed to _____ enough information from the witnesses.

　　A) evacuate

　　B) withdraw

　　C) impart

　　D) elicit

　　32.George enjoys talking about people's private affairs.He is a _____.

　　A) solicitor

　　B) coward

　　C) gossip

　　D) rebel

　　33.The new secretary has written a remarkably ________report within a few hundred words but with all the important details included.

　　A) concise

　　B) brisk

　　C) precise

　　D) elaborate

　　34.His face ________as he came in after running all the way from school.

　　A) flared

　　B) fluctuated

　　C) fluttered

　　D) flushed

　　35.Steel is not as ________ as cast iron; it does not break as easily.

　　A) elastic

　　B) brittle

　　C) adaptable

　　D) flexible

　　36.A big problem in lemming English as a foreign language is lack of opportunities for ________interaction with proficient speakers of English.

　　A) instantaneous

　　B) provocative

　　C) verbal

　　D) dual

　　37.Within ten years they have tamed the ________hill into green woods.

　　A) vacant

　　B) barren

　　C) weird

　　D) wasteful

　　38.The ________of our trip to London was the visit to Buckingham Palace.

　　A) summit

　　B) height

　　C) peak

　　D) highlight

　　39.Harold claimed that he was a serious and well-known artist, but in fact he was a(n) ________.

　　A) alien

　　B) client.

　　C) counterpart

　　D) fraud

　　40.We don't ________any difficulties in completing the project so long as we keep within our budget.

　　A) foresee

　　B) fabricate

　　C) infer

　　D) inhibit