21. Jenny was always very _________ of her sister’s beauty.

　　A) jealous B) hated C) curious D) pleased

　　22. The two sides agreed on a _____ business venture in which both put up an equal amount of capital(资本).

　　A) joined B) double C) joint D) common

　　23. After suffering such unfair treatment, the child felt there was no _________ in this world.

　　A) fairy B) equality C) justice D) chance

　　24. You must walk slowly if you want your children to ________ you.

　　A) keep in touch B) keep up with C) hold on to D) put up with

　　25. 225. He receives so many letters every day that sometimes he ______ sufficient time to read all of them properly.

　　A) lacks B) spends C) costs D) takes

　　26. John and James are brothers. The former is a teacher; the ________ is an engineer.

　　A) later B) last C) latter D) second

　　27. The Americans and Russians have _____ many rockets into space.

　　A) landed B) launched C) initiated D) attacked

　　28. The gardens are beautifully __________.

　　A) laid aside B) laid down C) laid off D) laid out

　　29. As a result of a bomb explosion, oil has _________ out from the tanker.

　　A) lacked B) leaked C) left D) dropped

　　30. She ________ her elbows on her knees and cupped her chin in her hands.

　　A) depended B) relied C) counted D) leaned

　　31. If you do not work hard enough, you will soon be left _________ in your study.

　　A) aside B) behind C) over D) off

　　32. You can take this book away with you and read it at your _________ .

　　A) freedom B) leisure C) pleasure D) spare

　　33. He can’t speak his own native language well, ________ a foreign language.

　　A) let alone B) let down C) let on D) let off

　　34. The chief difficulty in my study _____ in understanding spoken English.

　　A) lies B) lays C) laid D) lain

　　35. He’s caught a bad cold and it’s not _______ that he will get it over before next Monday.

　　A) unlike B) likely C) possibly D) probably

　　36. He could not make us understood because his vocabulary was too __________ .

　　A) lack B) absent C) rare D) limited

　　37. His actions were not _________ his beliefs.

　　A) in relation with B) in line with C) in terms of D) in touch with

　　38. They hope he will _________ their expectations.

　　A) live up to B) keep up to C) hold on to D) be according to

　　39. I don’t like my present job; my boss has _________ too much work on me.

　　A) landed B) burdened C) loaded D) handed

　　40. Captain Johnson ordered his men to try to ________ the sunken ship.

　　A) save B) seek C) locate D) local

　　1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. B

　　11.C 12. A 13. A 14.C 15.B 16.D 17. A18.B 19.C 20.C

　　21. A 22. C 223. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. D

　　31. B 32. B 233. A 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. C