174. The teacher asked his students to help the old lady to do some housework and they made a good _____ of it.

　 　　 A. job　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. work　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. task　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. justice

173. One of my Japanese friends sent me two _____, but I didn’t accept them.

　 　　 A. jewels　　　　　　　　　　　 B. jewel　　　　　　　　　　　 C. jewelry　　　　　　　　　　 D. jewelries

172. Since the disaster of September 11, American economy has got into a jam. The underlined part probably means _____.

A. had a lot of trouble　 B. become very good　　 C. got into a stop　　　　　 D. developed rapidly

171. You should put down your jacket, otherwise both of you will have a quarrel. That will make things worse. The underlined part probably means _____.

　 　　 A. wear your jacket　　　　　　　 B. take off your jacket　 C. not be excited　　　　　 D. throw away the jacket

170. So long as you work hard enough, a(an) _____ rod can be ground into a needle. (prov.)

　 　 A. steel　　 　　　　　　　　 B. stick　　 　　　　　　　　 C. gold　　 　　　　　　　　 D. iron

169. The people performing all play different _______ and three of them sing, too.

　 　 A. tools　　 　　　　　　　　 B. musical machines　 C. instruments　 　　　　　 D. means

168. Read the ______ on the box carefully before you take the medicine.

　 　 A. instructions　 　　　　　 B. teachings　　 　　　　　 C. advices　　 　　　　　　　 D. interpretation

167. Which of the following words does not belong to the same category? _____

　 　　 A. institute　　　　　　 　　　 B. college　　　　　　　　　　 C. information desk　　　 　　　 D. institution

166. As we all know, _____ is very famous for its software industry though it is a developing country.

　 　 A. Japan　　　　　　　　　　　 B. South Korea　　　　　　 C. India　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Ireland

165. In America, the teen-age crime is on the _______. This is what the American public worry most.

　 　 A. addition　　 　　 　　　 B. increase　　 　　　　　　 C. increasing　　 　　　　　 D. independence