40. _____ in reading, he didn't notice me entering his bedroom.

　 A. Absorb　　 B. Absorbing　　 C. Absorbed　　 D. Having absorbed

39. They____ all the details of the plan time and again to make sure that the project went

smoothly.　 A. get through　 B. went through　 C. got over　 D. dipped into

38. The officer ____ the secret to his friends, so he got badly punished.

　 A. kept　　 B. showed　　 C. betrayed　　　 D. overlooked

37. ---What about the protection?

　 ---Let’s keep the surface ____ dirty by putting a cover over it.

　 A. far from　 B. free from　 C. apart from　 D. away from

36. To the joy of his parents, the boy was ____ to achieve his goal.

　 A. making every efforts　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. making all effort

　 C. make an effort　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. sparing no effort

35. Have you got a pen and piece of paper? I will ____ what he had told me.

A. make a note of　 B. make the note of　 C. make notes　 D. make a note

34. Ann never dreams of ____ for her to be sent abroad very soon.

　 A. there being a chance　　 　　　　　 B. there to be a chance

　 C. there be a chance　　　　　 　 D. being a chance

33. Happiness, rather than working hard, is the key to _____ , according to a research

published yesterday.

　 A. succeed　　 B. success　　　 C. successful　　　 D. successfully

32. The Tower of London is ____ the Church tower.

　 A. twice high than　　　　　　　 B. two times as high as

　 C. twice higher as　　　　　　　 D. three times the height of