37. Mr. Li is gaining _______. He has to do some exercises to lose _______.
A. weighty…weigh B. weight…weight C. fat…weigh D. weighty…heavy
38. The clock ________ and we realized it was five o'clock.
A. hit B. beat C. struck D. run
39. Reading without stop is a ______ piece of work.
A. tire B. tired C. tiresome D. troubled
40. He was afraid there was any wild animal around him, looking round from ________.
A. time to a time B. time to time C. a time to a time D. times to times
41. It ________ that there is no way out of difficulty.
A. looks B. thinks C. believes D. seems
42. We were told that it was our _______ to read the text together.
A. action B. turn C. absence D. sign
43. ——Why doesn't he buy you a drink?
——I don't know why, but it isn't _______ he had no money.
A. even if B. as if C. that D. because
44. What way are you thinking of _______ rid of this kind of pollution?
A. to get B. get C. getting D. got
45. The angry boss ________ from the chair and went directly to him.
A. lifted B. raised C. rose D. carried