36 Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first ____________.
　　A) intention B) attempt
　　C) purpose D) desire
　　37 The ancient Egyptians are supposed _________ rockets to the moon.
　　A) to send B) to be sending
　　C) to have sent D) to have been sending
　　38 The store had to ___________ a number of clerks because sales were down.
　　A) lay out B) lay off
　　C) lay aside D) lay down
　　39 All the students in this class passed the English exam ________ the exception of Li Ming.
　　A) on  B) in
　　C) for D) with
　　40 Young adults ________ older people are more likely to prefer pop songs.
　　A) other than B) more than
　　C) less than D) rather than
　　41 Writing is a slow process, requiring ________ thought, time, and effort.
　　A) significant B) considerable
　　C) enormous D) numerous
　　42 ___________ right now, she would get there on Sunday.
　　A) Would she leave B) If she leaves
　　C) Were she to leave D) If she had left
　　43 It's already 5 o'clock now. Don't you think it's about time __________?
　　A) we are going home B) we go home
　　C) we went home D) we can go home
　　44 Lightning is a ________ of electrical current from a cloud to the ground or from one cloud to another.
　　A) rush B) rainbow
　　C) rack D) ribbon
　　45 Today, _________ major new products without conducting elaborate market research.
　　A) corporations hardly introduce ever
　　B) corporations hardly ever introduce
　　C) hardly corporations introduce ever
　　D) hardly corporations ever introduce
　　46 I've already told you that I'm going to buy it, _________.
　　A) however much it costs B) however does it costs much
　　C) how much does it cost D) no matter how it costs
　　47 New York ____ second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year.
　　A) ranked
　　B) occupied
　　C) arranged
　　D) classified

　　48 Melted iron is poured into the mixer much _________ tea is poured into a cup from a teapot.
　　A) in the same way like
　　B) in the same way which
　　C) in the same way
　　D) in the same way as

　　49 By success I don't mean ________ usually thought of when that word is used.
　　A) what is
　　B) that we
　　C) as you
　　D) all is

　　50 I caught a __________ of the taxi before it disappeared around the corner of the street.
　　A) vision
　　B) glimpse
　　C) look
　　D) scene