58 My brother’s plans are very ________; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.

　　A) arbitrary B) aggressive

　　C) ambitious D) abundant

　　59 Things might have been much worse if the mother ______ on her right to keep the baby.

　　A) has been insisting B) had insisted

　　C) would insist D) insisted

　　60 The statistical figures in that report are not ________. You should not refer to them.

　　A) accurate B) fixed

　　C) delicate D) rigid

　　61 Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ________ alone.

　　A) seen B) is seen

　　C) to be seen D) having been seen

　　62 The football game comes to you ________ from New York.

　　A) lively B) alive

　　C) live D) living

　　63 None of us expected the chairman to ________ at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.

　　A) turn in B) turn over

　　C) turn up D) turn down

　　64 The mother didn’t know who ________ for the broken glass.

　　A) blamed B) be blamed

　　C) to blame D) would blame

　　65 He ________ to his customers and halved the price.

　　A) leaked B) drew

　　C) quoted D) yielded

　　66 Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ________ storming into the boss’s office.

　　A) prevent B) prohibit

　　C) turn D) avoid

　　67 All flights ________ because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.

　　A) having been canceled B) had been canceled

　　C) having canceled D) were canceled

　　68 The author of the report is well ________ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

　　A) informed B) acquainted

　　C) enlightened D) acknowledged

　　69 The boy spent as much time watching TV as he ________ studying.

　　A) does B) had

　　C) was D) did