55. The harder the shrub is to grow, ____.
A. the higher price it is B. the higher price it would have C. the higher the price is D. the higher is the price
56. Peter’s father asked him to spend his time on something____ researching into instead of playing all the time.
A. worthy B. valuable C. worth D. precious
57. It is often more difficult____than to get financial support for scientific research.
A. obtaining trained men B. to find trained men C. in getting men trained D. recruiting experienced men
58. The new government’s tax raise policy actually led to the result that the incomes from taxation actually ____.
A. shrink B. delay C. disperse D. sink
59. “The critics thought the acting was generally poor.”
“I didn’t find ____.”
A. it B. it so C. it to be too D. it was too