A. grateful B. agreeable C. pleased D. thanks

　　42. You _______ go now. It’s very late.

　　A. had rather B. prefer to C. had better D. would rather

　　43. If I were you, I would take it easy, _______ is no need to be nervous.

　　A. it B. this C. there D. which

　　44. Why not _______ me earlier?

　　A. to tell B. tell C. telling D. told

　　45. Joe’s handwriting is ________ Mary’s.

　　A. more better B. as well as C. much better than D. more better than

　　46. The experiment _______ the discovery of a cure for cancer.

　　A. happened to B. led up C. resulted in D. set up

　　47. To produce one pound of honey, a colony of bees must fly a distance _______ to twice around the world.

　　A. similar B. equal C. compared D. corresponding

　　48. I did not mean ____ anything, but those apples looked so good I couldn’t resist ___one.

　　A. to eat…trying B. to eat…to trying C. eating…to try D. eating…to trying

　　49. I had hardly sat down _______ he stepped in.

　　A. when B. that C. until D. after

　　50. In his time he enjoyed a reputation _______.

　　A. as great as Mozart, if not greater than B. as great as, if not greater than, Mozart

　　C. as great, if not greater, as Mozart D. greater, if not as great as Mozart