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　　221. Professor Jordon is well known for his _____ into the habits of the common housefly.

　　A. examination B. introduction C. research D. expression

　　222. The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____.

　　A. discharge B. dismiss C. resign D. resume

　　223. It was decided to _____ the search when there was no hope of finding the missing girl alive.

　　A. call off B. take up C. keep off D. ring up

　　224. He put in a special _____ for an extra day's holiday so that he could attend his daughter's wedding.

　　A. request B. demand C. inquiry D. proposal

　　225. She _____ the temptation to buy a coat she could not afford.

　　A. challenged B. obstructed C. contradicted D. resisted

　　226. Scientists have to work hard to keep _____ with modern discoveries and developments.

　　A. company B. track C. touch D. pace

　　227. He didn't _____ what I read because his mind was on something else.

　　A. hold on B. catch on C. take in D. get over

　　228. We made plans for a visit but _____ difficulties with the car prevented it.

　　A. consequent B. subordinate C. substantial D. subsequent

　　229. Arrogance and pride are similar in meaning, but there is _____ difference between them.

　　A. a submerged B. an indecisive C. an indistinct D. a subtle

　　230. This watch is _____ to all the other watches on the market.

　　A. superior B. advantageous C. super D. beneficial

　　231. The government has lost a great deal of _____ because of the large increase in food pries.

　　A. strength B. support C. agreement D. vote

　　232. The branches could hardly _____ the weight of the fruit.

　　A. retain B. maintain C. sustain D. remain

　　233. He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____.

　　A. perfectly B. justly C. fairly D. rightly

　　234. I feel sure that _____ qualification, ability and experience, you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind.

　　A. in case of B. in terms of C. in the opinion of D. in the course of

　　235. So far as he could, John had always tried to _____ the example he saw in Lincoln.

　　A. live up to B. set forth C. call for D. cut out

　　236. It would be _____ a risk to let the child go to school by himself.

　　A. following B. passing C. running D. carrying

　　237. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____.

　　A. hurt B. spoiled C. damaged D. harmed

　　238. Paper making began in China and from there it _____ to North Africa and Europe.

　　A. sprang B. spilled C. carried D. spread

　　239. When the entire class worked together they finished the project _____.

　　A. in no way B. in no time

　　C. on no account D. in no case

　　240. The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football.

　　A. state B. condition C. occasion D. situation

　　241. Circus tigers, although they have been tamed, can _____ attack their trainer.

　　A. unexpectedly B. deliberately C. reluctantly D. subsequently

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