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　　141. All foreign visitors are requested to _____ with the regulations in this area.

　　A. agree B. comply C. consent D. conform

　　142. Thomas Edison considered genius to be _____ one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

　　A. composed of B. constituted in C. consisted of D. comprised in

　　143. Although Lucy was slimming, she found cream cakes quite _____.

　　A. irregular B. inevitable C. incredible D. irresistible

　　144. In order to _____ the rising production costs, the subscription rates have been increased.

　　A. add up to B. look up to C. cut short D. keep up with

　　145. Your essay is quite good: just _____ it _____ with a few illustrations and quotations.

　　A. put .. up B. touch .. up C. cut .. out D. write .. off

　　146. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.

　　A. regard B. account C. thought D. observation

　　147. There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these.

　　A. committing B. attaching C. comparing D. relating

　　148. Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

　　A. ordinary B. common C. usual D. general

　　149. American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

　　A. ignored B. refused C. neglected D. denied

　　150. On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.

　　A. departing B. decreasing C. descending D. depressing

　　151. We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.

　　A. hope B. wait C. expect D. imagine

　　152. It was necessary to _____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business.

　　A. extend B. increase C. lengthen D. magnify

　　153. I asked the tailor to make a small _____ to my trousers because they were too long.

　　A. change B. variation C. revision D. alteration

　　154. Because of the strong sun Mrs. William's new dining room curtains _____ from dark blue to gray within a year.

　　A. faded B. fainted C. paled D. diminished

　　155. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

　　A. As a result B. By the way C. On the whole D. In a word

　　156. Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to _____ a scientific theory.

　　A. confirm B. confine C. conform D. conceive

　　157. Political parties often differ in their views on various _____ concerning their own countries.

　　A. ways B. measures C. issues D. patterns

　　158. _____ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide.

　　A. In spite of B. On account of C. Regardless of D. Instead of

　　159. The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents.

　　A. come up with B. put up with C. look up to D. keep up with

　　160. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.

　　A. occasionally B. simultaneously C. eventually D. directly

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