28. We have to set a definite date for the concert. The underlined word means _____.

A. fixed                   B. clear                    C. sure                    D. Certain

8. --- How is your friend now?

  --- I am sorry to tell you he is going from ____ to worse in the hospital.

better                        B. worse                     C. bad                   D. Well

83. Our cousin who is attending college in New York phones us every Sunday at six, _________ as clockwork.

A. regular                  B. irregular             C. regularly              D. Irregularly

63. All the passengers were        wounded in the road accident.

A. more and more            B. by and by            C. more or less           D. little and little

43. How are you getting ____ with each other?

A. on                           B. back                        C. in                                   D. Through

23. Once you make a promise, you should carry it _____.

A. off                       B. away                     C. out                          D. At

3. --- Could I speak to Mary?

  --- Well, she’s on holiday, _____ .

actually                      B. indeed                  C. truly                   D. Certainly

78. Eric’s father, a skilled worker has repaired a lot of bikes of this kind, so he will _______ succeed in repairing your bike, I suppose.

A. probably                B. may be                   C. maybe                    D. Perhaps

58. Don’t worry about him. He is _____ a child and he is able to look after himself.

A. no longer                 B. any longer                C. no more                   D. any more

38. If you ask how____ away a place is, you are asking how great a distance away it is.

A. wide                   B. far                       C. remote                         D. Long