39. The police ____ looking into the matter now.       

A. be                           B. is        C. are                           D. are going to

38. ____ of this novel is excellent, quite to my surprise.

       A. Translation B. Translate    C. The translation          D. A translation

37. ____ is always difficult for me.            

A. Translation B. Translate    C. The translation          D. A translation

36. My friend will return in ____.

       A. one day or two         B. a day or two             C. one day or two   D. a or two days

35. We visited him ____ when he was in hospital.

       A. every other days                                   B. each other day         

C. every other day                                     D. every two day

34. There are several ____ in this novel who are different in ____.

       A. character, character   B. characters, characters C. character, characters  D. characters, character

33. He was an ____ in the government ____.

       A. office, official                        B. official, office

       C. officer, office                         D. official, officer

32. ____ has been told not to throw waste things anywhere.

       A. The public                B. People                            C. Women                    D. Man

31. The room was so quiet that she could hear the ____ of her heart.

       A. beating                    B. ways                        C. knocking                  D. striking

30. The ____ caused by carelessness ____ yesterday. Many workers were killed.

       A. incident, was happened                                 B. matter, happened             

C. event, was taken place                                  D. accident, took place