61. The studies show that the driver who has consumed an amount of alcohol within the limit is likely to have an automobile accident than the driver who does not take any alcohol.

　　A. not so B. not much C. no less D. no more

　　62. If someone is dying of cancer and begging to be put out of his or her misery, and someone gives that person a deadly dose of morphine, that seems merciful criminal.

　　A. nevertheless B. otherwise

　　C. or else D. rather than

　　63. When we arrived, he found the aged and the sick at home.

　　A. none but B. none other than

　　C. nothing but D. no other than

　　64. I hope all the precautions against air pollution, are suggested by the local government, will be seriously considered here.

　　A. as B. while C. after D. since

　　65. Most of is on American television are programs designed to appeal to people who go into the supermarkets and buy the products that are advertised on TV.

　　A. which B. that C. whatever D. what

　　66. Suppose there were a flood or an earthquake and the people could not be reached by trains or trucks. packages of food could be dropped from planes, the people might starve.

　　A. Until B. Before C. Unless D. If only

　　67. Mary has long had the desire a famous writer even though the study of writing would require years of sacrifice on her part.

　　A. for becoming B. to become

　　C. of becoming D. becoming

　　68. This is so difficult a problem that the scientist is known to on it for about ten years, but hasn’t found a solution yet.

　　A.have worked B. have been working

　　C.be working D. work on

　　69. A majority collectively may be regarded as a being whose opinions and, most frequently, whose interests are opposed to those of another being, which is styled a minority.

　　A. taking B. takes C. take D. taken

　　70. I would have passed the college entrance examinations I missed some of the questions and gave the wrong answers.

　　A. but B. because C. as D. in that

　　71. You such a long essay; our teacher only asked for 200 words, and you have written 300!

　　A. mustn’t have written B. couldn’t have written

　　C. needn’t have written D. might not as well have written

　　72. for aches, pains and fever, aspirin is now the subject of multiple investigations of its role in treating many more serious complaints.

　　A. Long used B. Being used long

　　C. Having been long used D. It has long been used

　　73. In no country Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.

　　A. better than B. more than

　　C. other than D. rather than

　　74. We hope the measures to control prices, are taken by the government, will succeed.

　　A. when B. as C. since D. after

　　75. “What do you suggest I write about, then, to stand a chance next year?” “It isn’t so much you write as the way you write it.”

　　A. what…that B. what…which

　　C. what…h(huán)ow D. which…that

　　76. After people have learned that magnets attract things, centuries passed they took note of the fact that magnets sometimes also repel things.

　　A. before B. until C. after D. since

　　77. He is off to Paris again tomorrow. He tells me that, with this journey, he there and back twenty times.

　　A.will be B. will have been

　　C.will go D. will have gone

　　78. Many ways have been found small and simple machine to process large and complicated machine parts.

　　A. by using B. to use C. using D. used

　　79. I walked down the corridor, my footsteps frighteningly through the empty deserted building.

　　A. echoing B. echoed C. to echo D. having echoed

　　80. Apart from personal preferences, social context also affects—both directly and indirectly—the media and the media content to which you become exposed. For example, other members of the family often select media content that you , and you become exposed to it.

　　A. would not have selected B. should not have selected

　　C. must not select D. cannot have selected