20.Can you tell me ()about this city that makes people love it so much?( )

40. She could hardly () laughing .( )

A. retain

B. refuse

C. resist

D. insist

3.We () people for doing what they know is wrong.

A. dissatisfy

B. refuse

C. blame

D. hate

1、We all believe that modern technology can make life better because it makes everything faster. But by _11() everything up， we suffer losses we have not yet learnt to know. Our day begins with speedy urges: the alarm rings and you jump _12()bed. You take a quick shower. Then you wake the kids and <13()them through breakfast so they won＇t miss the bus. At the dining table， you swallow some slices of bread with a cup of tea. When everything()14()，you hurry to the car， thinking of the things you would buy from the supermarket on the way15(). Driving 20 minutes in the busy traffic，you reach your workplace， rushing into the building and _16() up the stairs three at a time， arriving at your desk with seconds to spare. You take_17()deep breaths. Then， you instantly remember that the ()18()you didn＇t finish last night must be faxed to Beijing by l0＇clock in the morning. Yet it seems that the _19() we go， the further we fall behind. Not only in the literal sense of not getting done what we set out to do， _20() at a deeper level. It has come to the point where my days feel like an Olympic marathon.20.( )

A. but also

B. as well

C. too

D. either

39.We must ()that the telegram arrives in time.

A. secure

B. ensure

C. assure

D. certify

10.All his evenings were () with study.( )

A. taken in

B. taken up

C. taken for

D. taken down

23.It would be better to make a decision now， _leave it until next week.( )

A. other than

B. rather than

C. less than

D. more than

24.Riding on a bus without paying the fare_ cheating the bus company.( )

A. leads to

B. amounts to

C. contribute to

D. bring to

22.Water encourages the () of iron and oxygen to form rust.( )

A. reaction

B. decomposition

C. response

D. answer

42.It is highly desirable that a new president ()( )for this college.

A. appointed

B. be appointed

C. was appointed

D. is appointed

1、We all believe that modern technology can make life better because it makes everything faster. But by _11() everything up， we suffer losses we have not yet learnt to know. Our day begins with speedy urges: the alarm rings and you jump _12()bed. You take a quick shower. Then you wake the kids and <13()them through breakfast so they won＇t miss the bus. At the dining table， you swallow some slices of bread with a cup of tea. When everything()14()，you hurry to the car， thinking of the things you would buy from the supermarket on the way15(). Driving 20 minutes in the busy traffic，you reach your workplace， rushing into the building and _16() up the stairs three at a time， arriving at your desk with seconds to spare. You take_17()deep breaths. Then， you instantly remember that the ()18()you didn＇t finish last night must be faxed to Beijing by l0＇clock in the morning. Yet it seems that the _19() we go， the further we fall behind. Not only in the literal sense of not getting done what we set out to do， _20() at a deeper level. It has come to the point where my days feel like an Olympic marathon.11.( )

A. speeding

B. setting

C. waking

D. looking