三、词汇和语法

　　31.He never arrives on time and my _____ is that he feels the meetings are useless.

　　A.preference

　　B.conference

　　C.inference

　　D.reference

　　答案：C

　　32.Mrs. Smith was so _____ about everything that no servants could please her.

　　A.specific

　　B.special

　　C.precise

　　D.particular

　　答案：D

　　33.—"May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o' clock tonight?"

　　—"I'm sorry. Mr. Williams to a conference long before then".

　　A.had gone

　　B.would have gone

　　C.has gone

　　D.will have gone

　　答案：D.

　　34.The little girl was so frightened that she just wouldn't _____ her grip on my arm.

　　A.loosen

　　B.remove

　　C.relieve

　　D.dismiss

　　答案：A

　　35.The ship's generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated _____ instead of mechanically.

　　A.artificially

　　B.automatically

　　C.manually

　　D.synthetically

　　答案：C

　　36.This is what you should bear in mind: Don't _____ a salary increase before you actually get it.

　　A.hang on

　　B.draw on

　　C.wait on

　　D.count on

　　答案：D

　　37._____ as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention.

　　A.Being published B.Published C.Publishing D.To be published

　　答案：B

　　38.It is politely requested by the hotel management that radios _____ after 11 o'clock at night.

　　A.were not played B.not to play C.not be played D.did not play

　　答案：C

　　39.Although I like the appearance of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful _____ through the window.

　　A.vision B.look C.picture D.view

　　答案：D

　　40.Cancer is second only _____ heart disease as a cause of death.

　　A.of B.to C.with D.into

　　答案：B