40． A．anything       B．something        C．nothing          D．everything

39． A．most           B．Few             C．All              D．None

38． A．family          B．society           C．earth            D．world

37． A．writings       B．words            C．letters           D．sayings

36． A．Before          B．Behind．         C Near               D．Beside

34．Unluckily, when I dropped in , Dr. Smith ____, so we only had time for a few words.

  A．was just leaving                                 B．has just left   

  C．had just left                                      D．just left

33．I ____ to send him a telegram to congratulate him on his marriage, but I ____ it.

  A．hoped,  hadn’t managed                 B．has hoped, didn’t manage

     C．hope, don’t manage                      D．had hoped, didn’t manage

30．You ______ her in her office last Friday; she's been out of town for two weeks.

A．needn't have seen                                B．must have seen

C．might have seen                                  D．can't have seen

31．If you want to sell your product, you must _____ it.

A．advertise             B．advertise for       C．advertise on         D．advertise to

32．The point is not who said the words, _____ they are true or not.

       A．but whether         B．and whether         C．but how              D．and how

29．Our government took urgent measures ______ the terrible weather disaster at the beginning of 2008.

      A．in terms of                                       B．in case of         

       C．in response to                                   D．in honor of