258. I'd like to take _____ of this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.

　A. profit B. benefit C. advantage D. interests

257. I could tell he was surprised from the _____ on his face.

　A. appearance B. view C. sight D. expression

256. We had a marvelous holiday: only the last two days were slightly _____ by the weather.

　A. damaged B. hurt C. ruined D. spoiled

255. The book seems to have been _____ from various books and articles.

　A. pieced together B. taken off C. broken away D. pulled out

254. As more and more cars are produced and used, so the _____ from their exhaust-pipes contains an even larger volume of poisonous gas.

　A. exposure B. distribution C. expansion D. emission

253. He left in such a hurry that I _____ had time to thank him.

　A. almost B. even C. nearly D. scarcely

252. There are usually at least two _____ of looking at every question.

　A. ways B. directions C. views D. opinions

251. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the population is widely _____.

　A. scattered B. dismissed C. separated D. spread

250. He _____ the place where he had been bitten by an insect.

　A. snatched B. scratched C. squeezed D. stretched

249. Trains stop here in order to _____ passengers only.

　A. get off B. pick up C. pull up D. pull in