A) detached
B) obliged
C) generous
D) virtuous
26. The music would stop at intervals, then ______ after a while.
A) restore
B) recover
C) resume
D) assume
27. The new laws threaten to ______ many people of the most elementary freedoms.
A) deprive
B) deceive
C) snatch
D) depress
28. Machinery ______ rapidly if it is not taken care of .
A) devastates
B) destroys
C) dedicates
D) deteriorates
29. Knowledge then is the _____ condition of expansion of mind.
A) indigestible
B) indispensable
C) indissoluble
D) indisputable
30. We must try to ______ the best of our moral values for our children and grandchildren.
A) predict
B) prescribe
C) purchase
D) preserve
31. Some very important issues were ______ all his attention.
A) taking up
B) taking off
C) taking out
D) taking in
32. She has bought a pair of glasses, which she can never ______when reading books.
A) do with
B) do without
C) do up
D) do away
33. Now the problem of energy is becoming critical. It _____ an immediate solution.
A) calls on
B) calls up
C) calls at
D) calls for
34. What happened in that class probably reflects what is happening in society _______.
A) at first
B) at random
C) at large
D) at length
35. _______ the gas shortage, I'm going to buy a compact car this year.
A) In front of
B) In place of
C) In terms of
D) In view of
36. His mother always keeps a candle in the house ______ there is a power cut.
A) in case
B) in the case
C) in the event
D) in event of
37. Not only ______ resulted in vast expenses, but they have endangered human existence as well.
A) nuclear weapons have
B) have nuclear weapons
C) will nuclear weapons
D) nuclear weapons that
38. Air ______ of a combination of nitrogen and oxygen.
A) composes
B) comprises
C) forms
D) consists
39. _______ composers such as Mozart, who was treated as an employee by those who commissioned him, Beethoven enjoyed equal social status with his employers.
A) because
B) There were
C) Unlike
D) Having been