254. You can recognize a tree by the ______ of its _______.

A. shapes…leaves       B. shape…leaf             C. shape… leaves        D. shapes…leaf

234. He seems to have nothing to do. He always keeps his hands in his ______.

A. bags                        B. chest                        C. back                      D. Pockets

214. Our national current       is characterized by such a variety of modes as a joint venture and monopoly capital, apart from State, Collective and Individual.

A.ownership            B. owner__________            C. owing__________  D. Owning

194. The old farmer went to the_____nearby to sell his homemade basket every morning.

A.fair                      B. market                 C. monument             D. Fairy

174. The teacher asked his students to help the old lady to do some housework and they made a good _____ of it.

A.job                           B. work                        C. task                         D. Justice

154. If a man receives no _____ at home, when abroad he’ll have no hosts. (prov.)

A. customers                 B. guests                      C. callers                      D. Passengers

134. The German expert you saw just now works in a cotton textile _____ , a joint venture enterprise in China.

A.mill                          B. factory                            C. plant                        D. Works

114. One of these guards, whom I had cured of a painful _____, was always praising my skill.

A.illness                       B. sickness                    C. disease                     D. Disorder

94. One of joint defense teams seized the pickpocket by the_______and escorted him to the police.

A. hands                  B. collar                  C. hairs                   D. Sleeves

74. It’s an untamed monkey. Keep it on a       or it may attack others.

A.chair                        B. chain                    C. corner                 D. Cap