33．At 85，Dons，single，diabetic and living、alone，was becoming increasingly forgetful and _______.
A．acute B．frail C．significant D．offensive
34. Just because you've got your degree doesn't mean that you can rest _____ your laurels.
A. with B. at C. on D. behind
35. Professor Hill reveals the principles which ________ the political ideology and actions of the party during the 1920s.
A. expounded B. erased C. embraced D. underlay
36.In the popular Western imagination, India continues to be a country in backwardness and poverty with very little to show _______ scientific innovation or technological-achievement.
A. for want of B. in gratitude to C. by way of D. in contact with
37. _______ the quality of the runners, I think this week's 800 meters final could produce a new Olympic record.
A. Judging from B. Be judged by
C. Judged by D. To judge from
38. Failure to _______ with the regulations can result in a $20, 000 fine or a six-month prison sentence.
A. compete B. comply
C. consult D. coincide
39. We have to ________ our original plan if unfortunately this one doesn't work out.
A. fall under B. fall behind
C. fall to D. fall back on
40.It could soon be an offence to publish articles or photos which _________
personal relationships, finances or health.
A. intrude on B. tear at
C. break up D. mess with
41. You can _______ the temperature in the house by adjusting the thermostat and the radiators.
A. regulate B. enlarge
C. itch D. elude
42. Literary scholars are piecing together her last unpublished novel from ________ of a recently discovered manuscript.
A. portions B. sections
C. fragments D. sessions
43. I think you should examine their _______ in offering to lend you the money.
A. motivation B. stimulus
C. motive D. compensation
44. The assassination could do serious damage to the _______ peace agreement that was signed last month.
A. delicate ed
C. organic D. fragile
45. He has some information that I want so I'm going to try to ______ it out of him over a drink.
A. coax B. soothe
C. commend D. commence
46. Do you think you could _______ something for banging my clothes on until I can get a wardrobe?
C. revive D. evoke
47. The results of the recent research will _________ the mystery of the creation of the Universe.
C. glimpse D. illuminate
48. Any manufacturer who does not conform to the standards could be ______ under the Consumers Protection Act, 1987.
A. condemned B. prosecuted
C. executed D. jettisoned