64. Whether or not they agreed with his idea, all of them gave it serious thought.

A. They might not all consider his idea good, but all of them thought it over carefully.

B. All of them thought hard, but couldn't decide whether or not to agree with his idea.

C. Many of them thought about the idea so seriously that they finally accepted it.

D. Only those who agreed with the idea thought about it carefully, but not those who didn't agree with it.

63. I don't think it a bad idea to deal with the two problems separately.

A. I insist on dealing with the problems one after the other.

B. It　 would be better if the two different problems could be dealt with.

C. I agree that the two problems should not be dealt with together.

D. I mean to deal with the two problems in a different way.

62. Of the hundreds of people sharing my interest, he's the first I've actually met.

A. There are hundreds of people having the same interest as I, but he is the first such person I've met.

B. I've never met a person like him who is actually interested in the things I do.

C. I've met hundreds of people who have the same interest as I, and he is one of them.

D. Actually he is the only person I know who has the same interest as I.　

61. It was a few days before Steve found time to call his mother up.

A. Steve was free to telephone his mother a few days ago.

B. Steve didn't want to telephone his mother for a few days.

C. Steve wasn't able to give his mother a phone call until now.

D. Steve did not have time to telephone his mother immediately.

60. The dinner would have been perfect if it hadn't been for the fish.

A. The dinner wasn't so successful without the fish.

B. The fish made the dinner less enjoyable.

C. The dinner was a complete failure because of the fish.

D. The dinner was perfect because the fish was especially good.

59. No two birds practise quite the same kind of flight.

A. The way birds fly is more or less different from one another.

B. There are two birds which fly in a different way.

C. There is only a slight difference between the flights of two birds.

D. It is impossible to find the two birds which practise quite the same kind of flight.

58. She taught the blind boy as if he were a seeing child.

A. She treated the boy as a child with normal eyesight.

B. She taught the boy whose eyesight would probably return to normal.

C. She felt that the boy's eyesight had returned to normal and he was looking at her.

D. She taught the blind boy in the way she taught other blind children.

57. Bill would rather do anything than cook.

A. Bill likes cooking, but enjoys doing other things more.

B. Bill would like to do something else before cooking.

C. Bill enjoys doing everything, including cooking.

D. Of all things, Bill likes cooking the least.

56. I had expected only Ann to come but her husband appeared too.

A. I had expected Ann to come but her husband came instead.

B. I was surprised to find that Ann's husband was there too.

C. As I had expected, Ann's husband came but not Ann herself.

D. Both Ann and her husband came, as I had expected.

55. A. situations　 B. states　　 C. soils　　　　 D. places