28.These programs are designed for those young people who want to _______ higher education but do not have enough time to go to university.

A. insure B.purse C.purchase D.pursue

29.In order to write his paper, he borrowed a lot of _______ books from the school library.

A. implication B.reference C.sample D.saucer

30.When he opened the door, he used too much force and _______ the key.

A.trailed B.varied C.twisted D.wicked

31.When heated, water changes into _______.

A.solid B.vapour C.liquid D.air

32.What she achieved in her research might _______ what she had been expecting.

A.exceed B.exclaim C.excess D.extend

33.It is _______ to anyone here that the department chairman has refused to support the new project.

A.factor B.false C.evident D.elastic

34.He _______ his father in appearance but not in height.

A.repeats B.looks C.resembles D.likes

35.Both O.J.Simpson and Jim Brown have been ______ as the greatest players in the history of football.

A.ranked B.recorded C.stocked D.stripped

36.The airplane took off soon. It was like being on an old train ______ from side to side and going faster and faster.

A.surrounding B.foregoing C.swaying D.frowning

37.This is a poem about _______ life in the American West.

A.bay B.chamber C.frank D.dozen

39.What they produced has no any _______ value. But it is very useful to their research.

A.filter B.fold C.partial D.commercial

40.When talking about Chinese culture, people often _______ its origin with the Yellow River.

A.worship B.vain C.reveal D.associate

41.As a chairman for nearly ten years, Professor Smith has never _______ to anything dishonest.