73. -- ________________.

?? -- I asked if you are from the United States.

A. Where are you from?? B. Excuse me??? C. Pardon???? D. Sorry.

74. He just wanted to tell us___________________.

A. how we go there??????? B. where did we go???

C. when we went there???? D. when did we go there

75. The excellent student’s parents make a living ______ selling vegetables.

? A. in???? B. by???? C. for???? D. with

76. ________ in 1986, the young man went to Tsinghua University when he was 18 years old.

? A. Bearing???? B. Be born???? C. Was born??? D. Born

77. Ives listened to the workers’ ______ for more money.

? A. to demand?? B. demand??? C. demanding??? D. demanded

78. The boy, suffering from burns, was _________ to hospital.

? A. admitted??? B. accepted???? C. received?? D. made

79. He was about to tell me the secret _______ someone patted him on the shoulder.

? A. as?? B. until??? C. while??? D. when

80. In order to improve English, _________________.

? A. Jenny’s father bought her a lot of tapes?

? B. Jenny bought a lot of tapes for herself

? C. a lot of tapes were bought by Jenny’s father

? D. a lot of tapes was bought by Jenny’s father

81. My brother ______ the army in 2002.

? A. joined??? B. joined in??? C. attended???? D. joined with

82. Things will _______ well if you will just be patient.

? A. work out??? B. work at???? C. work through??? D. work to

83. _____ is a difficult habit to break.

? A. Smoke?? B. Smoked??? C. Smoking???? D. To smoke

84. ________ the news, he couldn’t help laughing.

? A. On hearing?? B. At hearing?? C. With hearing?? D. As hearing

85. It is no good _____________. You should give it up.

? A. talking with him?? B. talk with him?? C. to talk with him? D. to talk him

86. The bird was lucky that it just missed_______.

? A. catching??? B. to be caught?? C. being caught??? D. to catch

87. It is reported that China’s women volleyball team has _____ Russia’s and ____ the first place.

? A. beat; won??? B. beaten; won???? C. won; won???? D. won; received

88. – Many things have been stolen recently.

?? -- We should ___________ the matter as soon as possible.

? A. look at??? B. look for???? C. look through??? D. look into

89. _______________, I don’t like the way that the girl speaks.

? A. Telling you the truth?? B. tell you the truth???

C. To tell you the truth??? D. To tell you truth