36. The lawcourt proved _______ in a newspaper was a rumour by publishing a letter from an eye witness.
A) which was said
B) hat it said
C) as it said
D) what it said

37. Mary has been studying business management at Harvard for 2 years with money she got from a scholarship _____ the top student in her department.
A) by
B) for
C) as
D)of

38. It’s true that the old road is less direct and a bit longer. We won’t take the new one, ______, because we don’t feel as safe on it .
A) somehow
B) though
C) therefore
D) otherwise

39. If we continue to argue over minor point, we won’t get _______ near a solution.
A) anywhere
B) somewhere
C) nowhere
D) elsewhere

40. Recent research, it is said, indicates that healthy people can maintain
good health on _____ amounts of some vitamins and minerals essential to
life than experts had previously thought.
A) much smaller
B) so small
C) smaller much
D) much small

36.D 37.C 38.B 39.A 40.A