41. He attempted _______ to set up a company of his own.

　　A. with vain B. on vain C. in vain D. of vain

　　42. —“I slipped on the stairs. I think my arm is broken”.

　　—“Oh! I _______.”

　　A. don’t hope B. hope not so C. do not hope D. hope not

　　43. The last man ______ the sinking ship was the captain.

　　A. left B. leaves C. to be leaving D. to leave

　　44. One of his many faults is that that he never ______ any thing very long.

　　A. decides on B. sticks to C. goes over D. makes up

　　45. You are worthy _______ the honour.

　　A. to B. at C. for D. of

　　46. Billing pitched so well ______ everyone cheered him at the end of the game.

　　A. as B. since C. that D. whereas

　　47. The _______ of blood always makes him feel sick.

　　A. sight B. view C. look D. form

　　48. A child learns to read by seeing the words _______.

　　A. properly B. repeatedly C. repeatly D. obviously

　　49. Our friendship is ______ and we will never again be separated.

　　A. restored B. reserved C. restrained D. repeated

　　50. He couldn’t explain the _______ of ten years in his job history.

　　A. gap B. interrupting C. opening D. margin

　　Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points)

　　Directions:

　　For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　Investors can _51_ money simply by loaning it. The money they loan is called capital. Security (擔(dān)保) is an expensive item which the borrower mortgages (抵押) to the investor to show that he intends to _52_ the debt. The way investors make money on loans is to charge interest. Interest is money that _53_ pay to investors for the use of their money. Interest is usually a certain percentage of the capital. Investors sometimes _54 ten percent or more interest per year. The interest may be calculated daily, monthly, or yearly. The interest must be _55_ before the capital can be repaid. If the interest is not _56_ the agreed rate, the interest is added _57_ the capital. Then the borrower has _58_ pay interest on the unpaid interest _59_ on the capital. A debt can grow quickly this way. If the total of the capital and accumulated interest gets too high, the investor will take _60_ of the item used as security and sell it to get his money back.

　　51.A. get B. make C. have D. carry

　　52.A. repay B. leave C. get D. give

　　53.A. borrowers B. lenders C. peoples D. others

　　54.A. cost B. ask C. charge D. change

　　55.A. by day B. by the day C. every day D. daily

　　56.A. paid B. to be paid C. pay D. paying

　　57.A. on B. to C. for D. with

　　58.A. to B. on C. into D onto

　　59.A. or B. also C. but also D. as well as

　　60.A. the place B. possession C. turn D. care