42. –--What should I do with this passage?　　　

---____ the main idea of each paragraph.

　 A. Finding out　　 B. Found out　　 C. Find out　　　 D. To find out

41. __________ his learning method, his cousin was sure that he would achieve a good mark in the examination .

A. Being improved　　　　　　 　　　　　 B. Improved

C. To be improved　　　　　　 　　　　　 D. Having improved

40. Most students in our class prefer taking pains in our studies to______ with a better education.

　　 A. equip　 B. equipping　 C. be equipped　 D. being equipped

39. The performance of the host, _______ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.

　　 A. had intended　 B. intended　 C. intending　 D. to intend

38. Yesterday Jane walked away from the discussion. Otherwise, she_______ something she would regret later.

　 A. had said　 B. said　 C. might say　 D. might have said

37. We don’t keep winning games _______ we keep playing well.

　 A. because　　　　　　　　　 B. unless　　　　　　　　　　 C. when　　　　　　　　　　 D. while

36. Though_________ , he treated his_______ parents very well.

　 A. adapted; adopted　 B. adopted; adopted　

C. adopted; adoptive　 D. being adopted; adoptive

35. Don’t try to persuade her. She didn’t have the_________ of taking a holiday at all.

　 A. attempt　 B. intention　 C. attraction　 D. sense

34.---I heard that as many as 100 people were killed in that coal mine accident

　 ---Yes, ______news came as ______ shock to us.

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

33. The poster was revised ____the suggestions of other group members.

A. based on　　 B. to base on　　 C. basing on　　 D. which based on