正确答案： C
54. Following him through the door were three frightening men wearing those horrible stocking masks, one of whom in front was carrying a(n) ______.
A) instrument B) pistol C) sled D) machinery
正确答案： B
55. In fact, with its earpiece and speakerphone, the color-screen ______ functions for most people as the principal mobile phone as well as data organizer.
A) bonnet B) symbol C) device D) utensil
正确答案： C
56. Teachers are on strike in protest at the pay settlement _______ by the government this year.
A) added B) stressed C) forced D) imposed
正确答案： D
57. We shall not yield to any outside pressure or enter into _______ with any big power or group of countries, nor shall we establish any military bloc, join in the arms race or seek military expansion.
A) arrangement B) terror C) discussion D) alliance
正确答案： D
58. Every year at this time, the peasants began their long religious pilgrimage to Geed-leh. They walked or rode in _______; they crowded the roads leading to the holy town, for Geed-leh was famous in Poland as a place where God did miracles.
A) rockets B) wagons C) cultivators D) canoes
正确答案： B
59. I want to buy a new tie to __________ this brown suit.
A) go into B) go after C) go by D) go with
正确答案： D
60.
Tim is good, smart and hardworking. __________, I can't speak too highly of him.
A) As a result B) In a word C) By the way D) On the contrary
正确答案： B