Difficulties and hardships have ________ the best character of the young geologist.

   A. brought in　　    B. brought up C. brought out       D. brought about

—Could we stay here for the night?

—Sorry. I have ____ to hold you all.

   A. too small a room   B. very small a room   C. a too small room   D. such small a room

—George is a wise person .

—But in my opinion , he is         than wise .

   A. cleverer      B．braver      C. more brave       D．less brave

A landing on Mars is within the _____ of current physical theory.

　　A. scheme    B. scope    C. scrap    D. scale

Many university courses are not really _____ to the needs of students or their future employers.

　　A.associated  B. relative   C. geared  D. sufficient

During World War II Malta managed to _____ most of Italian and German bombers by throwing up an effective anti-aircraft screen.

　　A. put out  B. shut out  C. come across D. get across

They decided to leave the waiter a big _____ because the food and service had been excellent.

　　A. note    B. reward    C. tip    D. gift

The artist was born poor,      poor he remained all his life.

  A. and     B. or     C. but    D. so

—Excuse me, could you tell me where the post office is?

—__________, but I’m a stranger here．

      A．I’m not sure         B．I’m sorry           C．That’s right   D．I’m afraid not

I'm the captain of our school team so with my            76. _________

fellow players we've won several games. There            77. _________

will an important game next month. But one of the        78. _________

best players in our team told me just then that he       79. _________

wouldn't play basketball once more. His parents          80. _________

asked him to spend in more time preparing for the        81. _________

college entrance examination. I feel sorry to him.       82. _________

But his parents think go to college is more important    83. _________

than playing sports and college was the only place       84. _________

for a smart boy like his son. So my friend had no        85. _________

choice. He wanted to make his parents happy.