39. He never thought the committee would ________ his proposal. 
A. put up   B. object to  C. pass on   D. call on 

40. The company official ____ I thought would be fired received a raise. 
A. whom    B. whoever   C. who   D. of whom 

41. Mr. Green my letter, otherwise he would have replied before now.  

A. must have received  B. must have failed to receive 
C. must receive       D. must fail to receive   

42. We shall appreciate _________ from you soon. 
A. being heard   B. hearing   C. to hear   D. having been heard 

43. I fell and hurt myself while I ______tennis. 
A. was playing   B. am playing  C. play   D. played 

44. ________ you disagree with her, her idea is still worth considering. 
A. Even if       B. If only    C. Instead of      D. Despite of 

45. I’d _______ you didn’t touch that, if you don’t mind. 
A. rather   B. better  C. happier   D. further 

46. The two men were arrested for breaking into that shop have been_______ $ 10,000 
A. committed   B. driven  C. charged   D. fined 

47. The driver might have ______the accident if he had had his headlights on. 

A. missed   B. avoided  C. stopped   D. dismissed 

48.The people at the party were worried about Janet because no one was aware ________ she had gone. 
A. where that      B. of where    C. of the place     D. the place 

49. I ________ on the door for ten minutes now without an answer. 
A. was knocking   B. am knocking    C. knocking      D. have been knocking 

50. _______ tired after a hard work ,she fell into bed and went straight to sleep. 
A. Felt   B. Feeling  C. Being felt   D. To feel 

51. He was ________ enough to understand my questions from the gestures I made. 
A. intelligent  B. efficient  C. proficient   C. diligent 

52. If you ________ the speed limit, you will get into trouble with the police. 
A. exclude   B. exceed   C. excuse   D. execute 

53. He opened the door and let himself in quietly ________ not to make ~u family. 
A. because   B. so as  C. so that   D. despite 

54. I wish you ________ to me before you went and bought that car. 
A. spoke  B. will speak  C. was going to speak   D. had spoken  

55. The director, who was recently promoted, did ________ 
A. work more than anyone else    B. more than anyone else work