54. John is the tallest boy in the class, _______ according to himself. (05安徽卷)

A. five foot eight as tall as　　　 B. as tall as five foot eight

C. as five foot eight tall as　　　 D. as tall five foot eight as

53. If it is quite _______ to you, I will visit you next Tuesday. (05天津卷)

A. convenient　　　 B. fair　　　　　　 C. easy　　　　　　 D. comfortable

52. Bob ran the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds, and I have not seen _________ this year. (05浙江卷)

　　　 A．the best　　　　　　　 B．better　　　　　　　　　 C．the most　　　　　 D．more

51. My mother always gets a bit _________ if we don’t arrive when we say we will. (05浙江卷)

　　　 A．anxious　　　　　　　 B．ashamed 　　　　　　 C．weak　　　　　　　 D．patient

50. At times, worrying is a normal, ________ response to a difficult event or situation --- a loved one being injured in an accident, for example. (05上海卷)

A. effective　 　　　 B. individual　　 C. inevitable　　 D. unfavorable

49. There was such long queue for coffee at the interval that we ________ gave up. (05上海卷)

A. eventually　 　　　　　　 B. unfortunately　　　　 C. generously　　　　　　 D. purposefully

48. — Must I turn off the gas after cooking ?

　 — Of course . You can never be　 　　　　　careful with that . (05江西卷)

　　　 A．enough 　　　　　　　 B．too 　　　　　　　　　　 C．so 　　　　　　　　　　 D．very

47. －Is your headache getting_____________?　　　　 － No, it’s worse. (05全国卷3)

　　　 A．better　　　　　　　　　 B．bad　　　　　　　　　　 C．less　　　　　　　　　　 D．well

46. David has won the first prize in singing; he is still very excited now and feels________ desire to go to bed. (05江苏卷)

A. the most　　　　 B. more　　　　　　 C. worse　　　　　　 D. the least

45. --- How is everything going on with you in Europe?

　 --- Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped, _________.　 (05江苏卷)

　　 A. though　　　　　 B. instead　　　　　 C. either　　 D. too