41.Language has always been—as the phrase goes—the mirror to

41.Language has always been—as the phrase goes—the mirror to society.English is no ________.
A) explanation
B) excuse
C) exception
D) expectation
42.An investigation was made into the accident,________ fifty people were killed.
A) for that
B) where
C) when
D) in which
43.Some confusion has ________ about who can join the association.
A) arisen
B) lifted
C) raised
D) retained
44.It was unwise of him to ________ the unreliable data in his speech.
A) add to
B) refer to
C) keep to
D) point to
45.The money will be used to keep a space vehicle on the moon busy ________ back to the earth photographs and other information about the surface of the moon.
A) to send
B) being sent
C) to be sent
D) sending
46.The ceremony was not for the ________ of the dead,but for the comfort of the living.
A) purpose
B) sake
C) respect
D) impression
47.Even if I had known her address,I ________ time to write to her.
A) can not have had
B) will not have had
C) must not have had
D) might not have had
48.It suddenly occurred to Anne that money couldn’t ________ all that Bob had suffered in the past five years.
A) make up for
B) make out
C) live up to
D) live through
49.I think the Red Team will win the final game; it’s ________ that they will.
A) almost surely
B) rather possibly
C) very likely
D) quite certainly
50.Television was not invented by any one person.________ into being overnight.
A) Nor has it sprung
B) Nor does it spring
C) Nor did it spring
D) Nor can it spring
51.She accused the man ________ breaking into her house.
A) of
B) for
C) at
D) with
52.He often stopped at the sound of his own steps and was afraid to look ________ shoulder.
A) over
B) back
C) round
D) beyond
53.Go straight into the cave and find out what’s in there,________?
A) don’t you
B) do you
C) will you
D) can you
54.The persons that have the greatest influence ________ children are their teachers.
A) in
B) on
C) for
D) to
55.Cambridge has announced plans to establish a business school ________ the master’s degree in business administration.
A) representing
B) presenting
C) offering
D) supplying
56.Many Europeans ________ the continent of Africa in the 19th century.
A) exploded
B) explored
C) exposed
D) expanded

41.C
42.D
43.C
44.B
45.D
46.B
47.B
48.A
49.C
50.C
51.A
52.B
53.C
54.B
55.C
56.B