41.Fruit pickers are paid at the _____ of '4.00 an hour.
A.rate
B.scale
C.sum
D.value
42.Fumes from the exhaust of an automobile are ______.
A.notorious
B.anxious
C.noxious
D.delicious
43.George wasn't in class today, Professor Brown excused him ______.
A.from attending
B.of attending
C.to attend
D.attending
44.Class will _____ at a high temperature and will be in a liquid condition.
A.dissolve
B.disappear
C.melt
D.evaporate
45.Hamlet _____ his father's death on his uncle.
A.reversed
B.reverted
C.revenged
D.revealed
46.He _____ tennis every day since he ______ sixteen.
A.has played...is
B.played...has been
C.was playing...has been
D.has been playing...was
47.He appeared _____ with our team's performance.
A.satisfying
B.to be satisfying
C.to satisfy
D.satisfied
48.He believed that the greatest of his _____ was that he'd never had a college education.
A.grieves
B.misfortunes
C.disasters
D.sorrows
49.He delivered _____ orders for a Chinese restaurant for the whole summer vacation so as to earn enough money for his tuition.
A.take off
B.take over
C.take up
D.take out
50.He does not _____ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.
A.equal
B.match
C.qualify
D.fit