24. China Construction, an edition de luxe is not a weekly or bimonthly magazine but it comes _____ every season (quarterly).

A. over                        B. about                 C. out                         D. Of

4. When Mary finally got there, Tom had left an hour _____.

A. before                 B. ago                    C. later                           D. After

114. How ________ you to remember my birthday!

A. sweet for          B. sweet of           C. kind for            D. nice for

94. You are late again. To be________is one of the essential qualities we Moderners should possess.

 A. polite            B. punctual           C. fair               D. Honest

74. --- Have you ever read that article?

   --- Yes, But I think there is nothing _______ in it.   Which of the following is wrong?

difficulty               B. new                       C. interesting              D. Important

54. --- I have two suggestions: one is to go to the cinema, the other is to have a drink.

   --- Well, personally I prefer the _____ one. I don’t like films very much.

late                       B. latter                        C. latest                        D. Last

34. My _____ brother two years older than I is a computer illiterate (电脑盲).

A. elder                   B. older                   C. younger                D. Old

14. It was a _____ evening and I really had a good sleep.

A. calm                  B. silent              C. quiet                  D. safe and sound

89. The task is hard, ____, the workers managed to finish it in time.

A.therefore                B. otherwise           C. however           D. Yet

69. In order to keep fit, the retired women, whether rain or shine, go _____ for plenty of exercise early in the morning.

A. outdoor                  B. outdoors                 C. outing                    D. Indoors