. It is only in the last sixty years that any evidence that Loch Ness Monster might exist.
| A．there has been | B．there was | C．it has been | D．it had |
27. We _______ connect with each other; she is _______ of an acquaintance than a friend.
| A．seldom; more | B．often; better | C．often; more | D．seldom; better |
26. Soldiers stood next to a police truck, looking at the crime scene _______ a woman was gunned down in a poor neighborhood of the border city of Iran October 18, 2009.
| A．that | B．which | C．where | D．why |
25. They suggested that the professor ______ just now ______ chairman of the meeting.
| A．referring to; was made | B．referring to; be made |
| C．referred to; be made | D．referred to; was made |
24. He is very _______ about his chance of winning a scholarship this semester.
| A．optional | B．obvious | C．optimistic | D．conventional |
23. Failure as he has been in his previous attempts, he still sticks _________ the research aimed _______ increasing production.
| A．in; to | B．out; at | C．on; in | D．with; at |