11. The roles expected __________ old people in such a setting give too  few psychological satisfactions for normal happiness.
A) of
B) on
C) to
D) with

12. Talk to anyone in the drug industry, _________ you'll soon discover that the science of genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered.
A) or
B) and
C) for
D) so

13. It wasn't so much that I disliked her ________ that I just wasn't interested in the whole business.
A) rather
B) so
C) than
D) as

14. Countless divorced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divorce, let alone ________ one.
A) getting
B) to get
C) gotten
D) get

15. Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery _____ just around the corner was untrue.
A)would be
A)seven more times
B)seven times more
C)over seven times
D)seven times

16. Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills _____ people each
year than automobile accidents.
A)seven more times
B)seven times more
C)over seven times
D)seven times

17. It' s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes ______ place in our ever-changing world.
A) taking
B)to take
C)take
D)taken

18. This is an exciting area of study, and one _____ which new applications are being discovered almost daily.
A) from
B)by
C) in
D) through

19. _____ can be seen from the comparison of these figures, the principle
involves the active participation of the patient in the modification of his condition.
A) As
B) What
C) That
D) It

20. Although I had been invited to the opening ceremony, I was unable to
attend _____ such short notice.
A)to
B)in
C)with
D)on

答案：11.A 12.B 13.D 14.C15.D 16.B 17.C 18.C 19.A20.D