31. The reason _____ he failed the exam was _____ he had not worked hard.

　　A. why……if B. why……that

　　C. that……why D. why……what

　　32. When you called me this morning， I _____ the newspaper.

　　A. read B. was reading

　　C. reads D. have read

　　33. _____ to get there on time， we walked as fast as we could.

　　A. hoping B. to hope

　　C. hoped D. being hoped

　　34. Walking along the river， he heard someone _____ for help.

　　A. shouting B. shout

　　C. shouted D. having shouted

　　35. _____ into many languages， the book is well known to all.

　　A. Being translated B. Having been translated

　　C. to be translated D. Having been translated

　　36. Most of the people _____ to her party were her old friends.

　　A. Invited B. to invited

　　C. being invited D. inviting

　　37. _____ from the moon， the earth with water _____ seventy percent of its surface.

　　A. See/covered B. Seeing/covering

　　C. Seen/covering D. To see/to cover

　　38. _____ I saw was two men crossing the street.

　　A. What B. Whom

　　C. Who D. That

　　39. The time will come _____ man can fly to outer space freely.

　　A. that B. when

　　C. in that D. what 40. Before her marriage， she spent a considerable time in that very part of Shanghai，_____ she belonged.

　　A. which B. to where

　　C. to which D. at which

　　41. The United States is composed of fifty states， two of _____ are separated from the others by land or water.

　　A. them B. that

　　C. which D. those

　　42. They did not discover until later _____ the car had been destroyed.

　　A. as B. than

　　C. which D. that

　　43. They overcame all the difficulties and fulfilled the plan ten days ahead of schedule， _____ was something we had not expected.

　　A. that B. this

　　C. it D. which

　　44. That‘s the reason _____ Ann could not do her part of the job.

　　A. that B. of

　　C. because D. why

　　45. The company official _____ I thought would be fired received a raise.

　　A. whom B. whoever

　　C. who D. of whom

　　46. In 1990 he caught a serious illness from _____ effects he still suffers.

　　A. that B. which

　　C. what D. whose

　　47. His brother had become a teacher， _____ he wanted to be.

　　A. who B. what

　　C. which D. that

　　48. My vacation begins next Tuesday， _____ I will leave for Flofida.

　　A. which B. that

　　C. while D. when

　　49. He has made another wonderful discovery， _____ of great importance to science.

　　A. which I think it is B. of which I think is

　　C. I think which is D. which I think is

　　50. I decided to buy a car because we had sold _____ we had in England before leaving.

　　A. that B. the other

　　C.which D. the one

　　51. The investigation， _____ will soon be published， was made by John.

　　A. at which the results B. the results on which

　　C. whose results D. at whose results

　　52. Crude oil is refined in a refinery， _____ makes it possible to get many grades of oils for different uses.

　　A. as B. that

　　C. this D. which

　　53. I am sure that _____ you said is wrong.

　　A. which B. all

　　C. this D. how

　　54. He arrived late for the tea party， _____ made us all very disappointed.

　　A. which B. this

　　C. it D. that

　　55. The people at the party were worried about John because no one was aware _____ he had gone.

　　A. where that B. where

　　C. of the place where D. the place

　　56. Is there anyone you can think of _____ may know her address?

　　A. which B. that

　　C. who D. what

　　57. Perhaps the day will come _____ people will live 150 years.

　　A. which B. that

　　C. who D. what

　　58. It was raining， _____ was a pity.

　　A. what B. that

　　C. as D. which

　　59. This is the reason _____ an aeroplane can‘t fly in space.

　　A. which B. why

　　C. where D. for that

　　60. We‘ve tested three hundred types of boot， _____ completely waterproof.

　　A. no of which B. none of which

　　C. some of that D. neither of which