Based on the passage, what is implied about tea harvesting?
A.The method has remained nearly the same for a long time.
B.It is totally done with the assistance of modern agricultural machinery.
C.It is no longer done in China   
D.The method involves trimming the uppermost branches of the plant.

________(42)
A.of
B.out
C.in
D.over

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
                the noise and pollution in the city, the Browns move to the countryside.
A.Be tired of  
B.Being tired of 
C.Tired of   
D.Were tired of

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My old friend and colleague, John,                     married.    
A.have just got
B.has just got
C.just have got
D.just has got

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The only people she looks         to are her parents.
A. after                       
B.for                         
C.at                           
D.up

Today,            major new products without conducting elaborate market research.
A.hardly ever corporations introduce       
B.corporations hardly introduce ever
C.corporations hardly ever introduce
D.hardly ever introduce corporations

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of  the sentence in the following questions from 49 to 50.
Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.
A.She studied very well because of her difficult living conditions.
B.She studied very well, so she lived in difficult conditions. 
C.Because her living conditions were difficult, she studied very well. 
D.Although she lived in difficult living conditions, she studied very well.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

A.great           
B.cheap                   
C.clean  
D.mean

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If he didn't have to work today, he ______ his children to the zoo.
A.will take                 
B.takes                      
C.would take        
D.has taken

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It is advisable that the apprentice should be ______ to learn the ins and outs of the new job.
A.permissive       
B.noticeable        
C.acceptable     
D.observant