54. Finding a job can be ________and disappointing, and therefore it is important that you are prepared.

　　A) exploiting C) profiting

　　B) frustrating D) misleading

　　55. It British government often says that furnishing children with ________ to the information superhighway is a top priority.

　　A) procedure C)allowance

　　B) protection D) access

　　56. Louis Herman, at the University of Hawall, has ________a series of new experiments in which some animals have learned to understand sentences.

　　A) installed C) devised

　　B) equipped D) formatted

　　57. Researchers at the University of Illinois determined that the ________of a father can help improve a child’s grades.

　　A) involvement C) association

　　B) interaction D) communication

　　58.We can accept your order ________payment is made in advance.

　　A)in the belief that C) on the excuse that

　　B) in order that D) on condition that

　　59.Many in the credit industry expect that credit cards will eventually ________paper money for almost every purchase.

　　A) exchange C)replace

　　B) reduce D)trade

　　60.Any donation you can give will help us ________the suffering and isolation of the homeless this New Year.

　　A) lift C) comfort

　　B) patch D) ease

　　61. In India more than one hundred languages are spoken, ________ which only fourteen are recognized as official.

　　A) of C) with

　　B) in D) within

　　62. Techniques for ________sleep would involve learning to control both mind and body so that sleep can occur.

　　A) cultivating C) pushing

　　B) promoting D) strengthening

　　63. It is important to ________between the rules of grammar and the conventions of written language.

　　A) determine C)explore

　　B) identify D)distinguish

　　64. It is too early to say whether IBM’s competitors will be able to ________their products to the new hardware at an affordable cost.

　　A)adapt C) yield

　　B)stick D)adopt

　　65. This research has attracted wide coverage in the ________and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World.

　　A) data C)message

　　B)source D)media