Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
　　41. I don’t know whether what she said is true, but I’ll try to ________ it.
　　A) conform
　　B) confirm
　　C) confess
　　D) confine（A）
　　42. Last year Mike earned ________ his brother, though his brother has a better position.
　　A) twice as much as
　　B) twice as many as
　　C) twice than
　　D) twice as more as（C）
　　43. If you suspect that the illness might be serious, you should not ________ going to the doctor.
　　A) pick out
　　B) make out
　　C) put off考试大论坛
　　D) give off（D）
　　44. My only purpose was to get shelter ________ the snow, to get myself covered and warm.
　　A) for
　　B) form
　　C) off
　　D) over（D）
　　45. Maggie ran back to the kitchen, eggs ________ carefully in her hands.
　　A) were held
　　B) to be held
　　C) held
　　D) holding（B）
　　46. I have two boys but ________ of them likes sweets.
　　A) both
　　B) none
　　C) either
　　D) neither（A）
　　47. The man to whom we handed the forms pointed out that they had not been ________ filled in.
　　A) properly
　　B) regularly
　　C) thoroughly
　　D) consequently（C）
　　48. None of the servants were ________ when Mr. Smith wanted to send a message.
　　A) allowable
　　B) approachable
　　C) available
　　D) applicable（A）
　　49. My sister’s professor had her ________ her paper many times before allowing her to present it to the committee.
　　A) rewrite
　　B) to rewrite
　　C) rewritten
　　D) rewriting（D）
　　50. After a long and exhausting journey they arrived ________.
　　A) till the last
　　B) by the end
　　C) at the end
　　D) at last（B）
　　51. His understanding made a deep impression ________ the young girl.
　　A) in
　　B) on
　　C) for
　　D) to（D）
　　52. Silver is the best conductor of electricity, copper ________ it closely.
　　A) followed
　　B) to follow
　　C) following
　　D) being following（A）
　　53. There is hardly an environment on earth ________ some species of animal or other has not adapted successfully.
　　A) as to
　　B) wherever
　　C) so that
　　D) to which（C）
　　54. It is highly desirable that a new president ________ to this college.
　　A) appointed
　　B) be appointed
　　C) was appointed
　　D) has been appointed（B）
　　55. After searching for half an hour she realized that her glasses ________ on the table all the time.
　　A) were lain
　　B) had been lain
　　C) had been lying
　　D) would have been lying（C）