42. Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first ________.

A. intention　　 B. attempt　　　　 C. purpose　　　　 D. desire

41. Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up wonderful ______ in the market.

A. bargains　　　　 B. batteries　　　 C. baskets　　　　 D. barrels

40. Has all _________ taught _______ learned by heart?

A. were; been　　　　 B. that was; been　　　 C. had; been　　　 D. he ; /

Ⅲ Vocabulary

39. Mr. Brown ___________ the truth.

A. dared not telling　 B. didn’t need tell　　 C. needed not telling　　 D. dare not tell

38. My goodness, how lucky we are! If there ________ places for us on that airplane, we _____ dead now.

A. is ; will be　 B. had; would have been　 C. had been; would be　 D. was; had been

37. --- Is he all right now?

---Yes. Who ________ that such a serious illness could be cured?

A. has thought　　 B. had thought　　　 C. was thinking　　 D. would have thought

36. I agree with most of what you said, but I don’t agree with ____________.

A. everything　　　 B. anything　　　 C. something　　　　 D. nothing

35. Cancer is second only _______ heart disease as a cause of death.

A. of　　　　　 B. to　　　　 C. with　　　 D. from

34. I need some blue ink badly, but there is ___________ at hand.

A. not　　 B. little　　　　 C. none　　　　 D. nothing

33.So ________that no people can swim in it.

A. the river is deep　　　 B. deep the river is

　C. deep is the river　　 D. is the river deep