67. ----How do you find our company?

　 ----A little worried. We _________ ground as a leader in the field of IT with the others speeding up development.

A .have lost　　　　 B. are losing　　　　　 C. lost　　 D. were losing

解析：根据答句“A little worried. ”可知我们还未失去领先地位，正逐步失去。

66. The government has taken some measures to solve the shortage of electricity, but it may be some time

___________ the situation improves.

A. since　　　　　　 B. when　　　　 C. unless　　　　　 D. before

解析：It may/ will(not)be …before…

　　 It was(not)…before…　　 It is(has been)…since…

65. Europe has achieved more in controlling the AIDS virus than Asia in the past ten years, _________ the number of people infected with the virus is going up sharply.

A. when　　　　 B. that　　　　 C. so that　　　　　 D. where

解析：where= in which引导定语从句，修饰先行词Asia ，即“在亚洲被病毒感染的人数一直在急剧上升。”

64. The driver was at ___ loss when ____ word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding.

A. a; /　　　　 B. a; the　　　　　 C. the; the 　　　　 D. /; /

解析：at a loss茫然，不知所措　　 word 表“消息，信息”为无冠词名词 Word came that… 消息传来说……

63. Her sister has become a lawyer,　　　 she wanted to be.

　　 A．who　　　　　 　 B．that 　　　　 C．what　　 　　　　　 D．which

　 解析：which引导定语从句，修饰先行词a lawyer

62. It was dark. We decided to ______for the night at a farmhouse.

A. put away　　 　　 B. put down　　 C. put up　　 　 D. put on

解析：put away收好，保存好(2)把…放在一边　 put down 写下，记下；镇压

put up留sb过夜；举起　　　　　 put on 穿上

61. The latest data put forward by the states suggested that the business ___ improving.

A. was　　 　　　　　 B. be　　 　　　 C. being　　 　　　 D. should

解析：此句主要结构为The latest data suggested that …且suggested为“暗示，表明”从句不用虚拟。

60. My money ___. I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I've none in hand.

A. has run out　 B. is running out　 C. has been run out　 D. is being running out

解析：我的钱日渐减少了但没用光. Our food supplies are running out.

59. He is _______ a good teacher. He is also his students' good friend.

A. no more than　 　 B. not more than　 C. no less than　 　 D. more than

解析: no more than　 = only　

not more than 不超过　　　 no less than = as much as　 more than = not only

58. Without proper lessons, you could ____ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.

A. give up　　 　　　 B. catch up　　 　　 C. keep up　　 　　　 D. pick up

解析:pick up无意中学会