38. The officer ____ the secret to his friends, so he got badly punished.

　 A. kept　　 B. showed　　 C. betrayed　　　 D. overlooked

37. ---What about the protection?

　 ---Let’s keep the surface ____ dirty by putting a cover over it.

　 A. far from　 B. free from　 C. apart from　 D. away from

36. To the joy of his parents, the boy was ____ to achieve his goal.

　 A. making every efforts　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. making all effort

　 C. make an effort　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. sparing no effort

35. Have you got a pen and piece of paper? I will ____ what he had told me.

A. make a note of　 B. make the note of　 C. make notes　 D. make a note

34. Ann never dreams of ____ for her to be sent abroad very soon.

　 A. there being a chance　　 　　　　　 B. there to be a chance

　 C. there be a chance　　　　　 　 D. being a chance

33. Happiness, rather than working hard, is the key to _____ , according to a research

published yesterday.

　 A. succeed　　 B. success　　　 C. successful　　　 D. successfully

32. The Tower of London is ____ the Church tower.

　 A. twice high than　　　　　　　 B. two times as high as

　 C. twice higher as　　　　　　　 D. three times the height of

31. John plays football ____ , if not better than, David.

　 A. as well　　　　 B. as well as　　　 C. so well　　　　　 D. so well as

29. Examinations are not the only means of _____ someone’s ability.

　 A. guessing　　 B. praising　 C. valuing　　 D. assessing

30 The lady said she would buy a gift for her daughter with the ____.

　 A. remaining $20　　 B. $20 remaining　　 C. remained $20　 D. $20 to remain

28. You must get there within an hour. There should be no ____ in sending this information

to him.　　 A. question　　 B. delay　　 C. quarrel　　　　 D. problem