30. They continued to suggest that I was lying. (PERSISTED)

29. She passed the world around that she was looking for a flat. (KNOWN)

The more                                        and positive you look, the better you will feel.

A. confidence                B. confident                   C. confide                      D. confidently

28. We missed the bus because we had overslept. (CONSEQUENCE)

27. What really depresses me is this continual wet weather. (GETS)

26. Since the company‟s methods were exposed in a newspaper, people have lost their good opinion of it. (DISREPUTE)

Housework is less tiring and boring thanks to the invention of                                devices.

A. labor-saving                                                     B. environment-friendly

C. pollution-free                                                   D. time-consuming

25. The senior students believe that they are old enough to choose which classes to attend. (REGARD)

24. Everyone‟s saying the government is about to resign. (RU MOURED)

23. Don‟t ask him about the accident, he‟s upset already. (STATE)