56. The tower on the top of the hill _______ the beauty of the lake.

A, adds up to B. adds to C. adds up D. adds

解析:adds up to 总计 adds to 增加，增添 adds补充说

57. --- Did yoenjoy yourself at the party? --- Sorry to say I didn't. It was _____ a meeting than a party.

A. more of B. more or less C. less of D. rather like

解析more A than B与其说是A到不如说是B

58. Without proper lessons, yocould ____ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.

A. give up B. catch up C. keep up D. pick up

解析:pick up无意中学会

59. He is _______ a good teacher. He is also his students' good friend.

A. no more than B. not more than C. no less than D. more than

解析: no more than = only

not more than 不超过 no less than = as much as more than = not only

60. My money ___. I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I've none in hand.

A. has run out B. is running out C. has been run out D. is being running out

解析：我的钱日渐减少了但没用光. Our food supplies are running out.

61. The latest data put forward by the states suggested that the business ___ improving.

A. was B. be C. being D. should

解析：此句主要结构为The latest data suggested that …且suggested为“暗示，表明”从句不用虚拟。

62. It was dark. We decided to ______for the night at a farmhouse.

A. put away B. put down C. put up D. put on

解析：put away收好，保存好(2)把…放在一边 put down 写下，记下;镇压

put up留sb过夜;举起 put on 穿上

63. Her sister has become a lawyer, she wanted to be.

A.who B.that C.what D.which

解析：which引导定语从句，修饰先行词a lawyer

64. The driver was at ___ loss when ____ word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding.

A. a; / B. a; the C. the; the D. /; /

解析：at a loss茫然，不知所措 word 表“消息，信息”为无冠词名词 Word came that… 消息传来说……

65. Europe has achieved more in controlling the AIDS virus than Asia in the past ten years, _________ the number of people infected with the virus is going up sharply.

A. when B. that C. so that D. where

解析：where= in which引导定语从句，修饰先行词Asia ，即“在亚洲被病毒感染的人数一直在急剧上升。”

66. The government has taken some measures to solve the shortage of electricity, but it may be some time

___________ the situation improves.

A. since B. when C. unless D. before

解析：It may/ will(not)be …before…

It was(not)…before… It is(has been)…since…

67. ----How do yofind our company?

----A little worried. We _________ ground as a leader in the field of IT with the others speeding up development.

A .have lost B. are losing C. lost D. were losing