25、My father ______ have a large farm and he liked it very much.

      A. would                       B. used to                      C. could                  D. ought to

24、I feel it is you as well as your wife that ______ for your son’s bad performance at school.

      A. are to blame                                                  B. is going to be blamed

      C. are to be blamed                                            D. is to blame

23、All the people on earth should ______ the right to live in a peaceful environment.

      A. support                     B. defend                      C. overcome            D. upset

22、―Why was he unhappy yesterday?

―A letter from home ______ an attack of homesickness.

      A. set off                       B. set out                       C. set about             D. set up

21、 ―Professor Li is kind but strict about everything.

―__________. He is a respected professor.

A. Extremely              B. Exactly            C. Generally                 D. Certainly   

20、So ________ was he about the insects that he kept watching for hours.

  A. addicted        B. interested         C. fond              D. curious

19、Eating too much fat can ___________ to heart disease and high blood pressure.

 A. contribute        B. devote       C. attend               D. turn

18、With the _________ of making a fortune, many Chinese went to Australia in the 19^th century to wash sand for gold.

 A. pleasure          B. intention          C. approach                  D. pattern

17、To know the situation of marketing, the manager telephoned the salesgirl, telling her to ________ the latest sales figures.

A. send off                   B. send out           C. send up                    D. send for

16、If you _________ yourself to doing research, you will find the solution to the problem immediately.

 A. absorb                    B. bury                 C. apply                      D. engage