26. They spent all their spare time __________their spare money, on their experiments.

　　A. as much as

　　B. as well as

　　C. as long as

　　D. as soon as

　　27. The story was said to have been based on the information from a reliable__________.

　　A. source

　　B. foundation

　　C. origin

　　D. basis

　　28. It seems very difficult__________.

　　A. to stop the child to cry

　　B. restraining the child to cry

　　C. to stop the child flora crying

　　D. holding the child' s crying

　　29. The purpose of this test is to measure students'__________to learn instead of their present achievements.

　　A. capacity

　　B. attitude

　　C. confidence

　　D. determination

　　30. The birth rate in a city__________ to fall as its gross domestic product (GDP) rises steadily,

　　A. estimates

　　B. anticipates

　　C. assumes

　　D. tends

　　31. He said there was nothing to be__________.

　　A. ashamed

　　B. ashamed in

　　C. ashamed of

　　D. ashamed at

　　32. Sometimes children have trouble __________fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist.

　　A. to separate

　　B. separating

　　C. for separating

　　D. of separating

　　33. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee __________to investigate the incident.

　　A. were set up

　　B. was set up

　　C. be set up

　　D. set up

　　34. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication__________.

　　A. tragedy

　　B. vacuum

　　C. question

　　D. barrier

　　35. There is noto the house from the main road.

　　A. access

　　B. avenue

　　C. exposure

　　D. edge