24. The _____ over the dinner was warm and friendly

     A. atmosphere  B. attention            C. attitude              D. altitude

25. It’s wrong to leave a hotel without paying all your _____.

     A. bills             B. bears                 C. beers         D. blood

26. This design has many other advantages _____ lower cost.

     A. beside          B. besides              C. except        D. expect

27. Green _____ to his friend his engagement to Miss White.

     A. announced   B. said                   C. told                   D. talked

28. He rented  a  three-room _____ on the 5th Avenue.

     A. apartment            B. room                 C. dormitory          D. department

29. Despite his cries no one came to his _____.

     A. assistance           B. resistance          C. persistence        D. assistant

30. The doctors_____ the medicine to the crowd.

     A. distributed    B. divided              C. dismissed          D. displayed

31. Can you _____ one of the apples for me?

     A. spend          B. spare                 C. give                  D. grow

32. The author frequently _____ Shakespeare.

     A. cited            B. quoted        C. taken                D. repeated

33. We are _____ at his rude treatment to his old friends.

     A. annoyed              B. worried             C. afforded            D. troubled

34. The only _____ to the identity of the murder was a half-smoked cigarette.

     A. clue             B. implication         C. hint                   C. truth

35. The teacher was _____ the class in the use of past tense.

     A. drifting        B. drilling        C. dripping            D. driving

36. This hotel _____ $60 for a room with bath.

     A. claims          B. demands            C. prices        D. charges

37. John has never been _____ a plane.

     A. abroad         B. above         C. absorb              D. aboard

38. _____ his nose, he is quite good -looking.

     A. Prior to        B. In addition to            C. Apart from        D. With regard to

39. The _____ of the drawer has been scatter all over the floor.

     A. contacts              B. contrasts                     C. contents          D. contracts

40. The students _____ the flag every morning on the campus.

     A. raise            B. arise                  C. arose                D. rise

41. Our house is very _____ for going shopping.

     A. near             B. suitable              C. sufficient           D. convenient

42. The custom _____ from the time when men wore swords.

     A. days            B. comes        C. exists         D. dates

43. They decided to _____ their holiday until next month.

     A. decay          B. debate        C. delay                 D. deliver

44. He works on the _____ line at the local car factory.

     A. assembly             B. assess        C. resemble           D. productive

45._____ the advances of science, the discomforts of old age will no doubt always be with us.

     A. As for         B. Besides              C. Except              D. Despite

46. Our custom required to _____ the money to the specified account within three days after the shipment.

     A. transport             B. transform          C. transfer             D. transplant

47. The advertising campaign didn’t have much _____ on sales.

     A. affect          B. affects              C. effect         D. effects

48. When you take medicine, be careful not to _____ that amount printed on the bottle.

     A. exceed         B. substitute           C. surpass             D. overcome

49. He had to _____ his living since 1980.

     A. have            B. get                    C. work                D. earn

50. I don’t understand her _____ towards life.

     A. way             B. practice             C. attitude              D. manner

51. She _____ herself in good clear English.