Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.
| A．As a result | B．By the way |
| C．On the whole | D．In a word |
86. Joe and my father are getting __________.
| A．along splendid | B．along splendidly | C．over splendid | D．out splendidly |
85. David arrived back from Paris __________ than I expected.
| A．soon | B．fast | C．sooner | D．Quickly |
84. They’d like to see her daughter ____________, get married and have kids.
| A．settle on | B．settle up | C．settle for | D．settle down |
83. Our cousin who is attending college in New York phones us every Sunday at six, _________ as clockwork.
| A．regular | B．irregular | C．regularly | D．Irregularly |
81. This gentleman is very interested in singing. He often goes to the Karaoke hall with his friends and sometimes comes home very late, _____, very early in the morning.
| A．rather than | B．rather late | C．or rather | D．would rather |