21.His extravagance reduced him _____ for his living.
A.to beg
B.from begging
C.to begging
D.into begging
22.His death _____ with age.
A.deteriorated
B.determined
C.detected
D.detained
23.His long service with the company was _____ with a present.
A.admitted
B.acknowledged
C.attributed
D.accepted
24.His novel _____ some light on life in China in Ming Dynasty.
A.sends
B.provides
C.throws
D.puts
25.His tastes and habits _____ with those of his wife.
A.combine
B.compete
C.coincide
D.compromise
26.His wife is quite lazy.Her reluctance to wash her own clothes is a case _____ point.
A.in
B.on
C.to
D.for
27.His work is only _____, certainly not distinguished.
A.fair
B.remarkable
C.good
D.wonderful
28.Hot metal _____ as it grows cooler.
A.contracts
B.reduces
C.condenses
D.compresses
29.Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full _____.
A.capacity
B.strength
C.length
D.possibility
30.How close parents are to their children _____ a strong influence on the character of the children.
A.has
B.have
C.having
D.to have