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1.

As

a

result

of

careless

washing,

the

jacket

_

c

____

to

a

child’s size.

A. contracted

B. compressed

C. shrank

D. decreased

2. Franklin’s abil

ity to learn from observations

and experience

__

_

a

__ greatly to his success in public life.

A. contributed

B. owed

C. attributed

D. related

3

.

I’m

not

sure

whether

I

can

gain

any

profit

from

this

investment, so I can’t make a(n)

__

__

d

_

promise to help you.

A. refined

B. defined

C. confined

D. definite

4. It is ___

d

_

_ impossible to find a good

educational computer

program in this part of

the country.

A. barely

B. hardly

C. merely

D. nearly

5. Grain production in the world is

_

c

__

__ but

still millions go

hungry.

A. staggering

B. shrinking

C. soaring

D. suspending

6. The ball ___

b

__ two or three times before

rolling

down the

slope.

A. swayed

B. bounced

C. hopped

D. leapt

7.

Mobile

telecommunications

___

d

__

is

expected

to

double

in

Shanghai this year as a result of a

contract signed between the

two companies.

A. capability

B. potential

C. impact

D. capacity

8.

We

should

make

a

clear

____

c

_

between

the

two

scientific

terms for the purpose of our

discussion.

A. separation

B. discrimination

C. distinction

D. deviation

9. He didn’t have time to read the report word for word: he just

__

a

___ it.

A. skimmed

B. observed

C. overlooked

D. glanced

10.

Y

our

advice

would

be

__

a

___

valuable

to

him,

who

is

at

present at his wit’s end.

A. excessively

B. exceedingly

C. extensively

D. exclusively

11. No one had told Smith about ___

a

__ a lecture the following

day.

A. there being

B. there be

C. there would be

D. there was

12. The teacher doesn’t permit __

c

___ in class.

A. smoke

B. to smoke

C. smoking

D. to have a smoke

13.

After

__

a

___

for

the

job,

you

will

be

required

to

take

a

language test.

A. being interviewed

B. interviewed

C. interviewing

D. having interviewed

14. Y

our hair wants __

c

___. Y

ou’d better have it done tomorrow.

A. cut

B. to cut

C. cutting

D. being cut

15. I would appreciate __

b

___ it a secret.

A. you to keep

B. your keeping

C. that you keep

D. that you will keep

16. There is more land in Australia than the government knows

__

c

___.

A. what to do with

B . how to do

C. to do with it

D. to do it

17. We agreed to accept ___

d

__ they thought was the best tourist

guide.

A. whatever

B. whomever C. whichever

D. whoever

18.

The

match

was

cancelled

because

most

of

the

members

___

a

__ a match without a standard court.

A. objected to having

B. were objected to have

C. objected to have

D. were objected to having

19.

When

I

try

to

understand

___

c

__

that

prevents

so

many

Americans from

being as

happy as one might expect, it seems

to me that there are two causes.

A. why it does

B. what it does

C. what it is

D. why it is

20.

He

is

late

again

today.

I’ll

___

c

__

that

he

will

not

be

late

tomorrow.

A. be sure

B. hope for

C. see to it

D. make it so

Unit4

1.

His

doctor

prescribed some foods that can ___

c

__

needed

protein and vitamins to the diet.

a. facilitate

b. furnish

c. supply

d. equip

2. The troops

___

a

__ the area before the civilians were allowed

to return.

a. secured

b. ensured

c. stored

d. provided

3. She

__

b

__

her

family

by

working

in

a

hospital.

a. provides against

b. provides for

c. provides with

d. provides to

4. Y

ou

may

keep

the

book

a

further

week

__

a

__

no

one

else

requires it.

d. even if

a. provided that

b. if only

c. in case

5.

He

has

__

d

__

his

small

company

into

a

corporate

giant.

a. varied

b. altered c. converted

d. transformed

6.

I

want

to

__

c

__

some

Hong

Kong

dollars

into

American

dollars.

a. modify

b. turn

c. convert

d. transform

7. The river __

b

__ through beautiful country.

a. strolls

b. wanders

c. saunters

d. patrols

8. At night these busy streets during the day

become __

b

__ of

traffic.

a. vacant

b. empty

c. hollow

d. blank

9. Theirs is at best a __

c

__ form of flattery.

a. vacant

c. hollow

b. void

d. sunken

10. Don't walk on that broken glass with __

a

__ feet.

a. bare

b. barren

c. sterile

d. nude

11. On no account ___

a

_

feed the animals.

a. are the visitors allowed to

b. the visitors are allowed to

c. are allowed the visitors to

d. the visitors are to allowed

12. Scarcely __

c

__ lost his temper

.

a. never he has

b. never has he

c. ever has he

d. he has ever

13. Not until yesterday __

d

__ his mind.

a. he changed

b. he didn’t change

c. he did change

d. did he change

14. No sooner __

c

__ he was asked to leave again.

a. he had arrived than

b. he arrived when

c. had he arrived than

d. when he arrived

15. Jack

is

___

b

_

hardworking

than

his

sister

,

but

he

failed

in

the exam.

a. not less

b. no less

c. not more

d. no more

16. His

humour

was __

b

__ make everyone in the room burst

out laughing.

a. so as to

b. such as to

c. so that

d. such that

17. A pen is to a writer

, __

d

__ a gun is to a fighter

.

a. as

c. that

d. what

18. He is a good man and is known __

c

__ to everyone.

a. such as

b. as that

c. as such

d. so that

19.

____

the

spirit

is

exhausted

by

overwork,

__

d

__

it

is

destroyed by idleness.

a. So…that

b. Such…that

c. Such…as

d. As…so

20.

That

trumpet

player

was

certainly

loud.

But

I

wasn’t

bothered by his loudness _

d

__ by his lack of talent.

a. than

b. rather

c. as

d. so much as

unit5

1.

only__

a

_ those conditions can we live __ each other

.

a. under

, in peace and harmony with

b. by, in peace and harmony with

c. with,

under peace and harmony with

d. under

, in peace and harmony for

2. _

b

__ we seem to have conquered nature. But this is not true.

Many scholars actually say that we should stop __ nature before

it is too late.

a. On the surface,

tampering to

b. On the surface,

tampering with

c. On the appearance, tampering with

d. In the surface,

interfering with

3.

The

other

day

I

came

across

a

book,

which

came

out

quite recently. It argued that education should

not

be too

closely __

b

_ market needs.

a. geared with

b. geared to

c. link to

d. connect

with

4. We were _

b

__ a great dilemma. But then Wei Ming came ____

a brilliant idea.

a. facing to, up

b. faced with, up with

c. thrown into, across

d. confronted with, to

5. __

New

Y

ork

is

a

world

in

itself

because

many

different

races and ethnic groups __

d

_ each other

.

a. In a certain extent, intermingle with

b. In a certain degree, live with

c. In a certain way, are mixed up with

d. To a certain extent, intermingle with

6. The reform and opening policy has changed

our life _

a

__.

a. in every way

b. for the way

c. on every way

d. in many ways

7. We have already _

b

__ the terms, but the contract will have to

be ___ higher authorities for approval.

a. settled on, subjected for

b. settled on, subjected to

c. agreed on, taken for

d. agreed with, referred to

8.

Don’t let us put it __

b

__ until tomorrow. Let’s get it ____ the

way.

a. aside, out of

b. off, out of

c. away, off

d. off, outside

9.

One problem is the lack of strict inspection.

People actually

either know or __

c

__ those who ___ garbage.

a. know of, raise their pigs in

b. know about, feed their pigs to

c. know of, feed their pigs on

d. know, raise their pigs with

10. What happened that day had a great ___

a

_ on people’s lives.

Now

they

all

know

that

no

country

can

be

completely

____

terrorist attack.

a. effect, immune to

b. impact, immune from

c. influence, free to

d. result, free from

11. Products tend to sell well that are packed in __

a

__ catch the

consumer’s eye.

a. such ways as to

b. such way as to

c. ways so as to

d

. a way that

12. True friends do not abandon each other _

d

___of danger

.

a. at

all times

c. in no time

b. at one time

d. in times

13.

__

d

__

he

gets

an

operation,

the

boy

may

lose

his

hearing

forever

.

a. If

b. Given

c. Even though

d. Unless

14. His remarks were __

c

__ annoy everybody at the meeting.

a. so as to

b. such to

c. such as to

d. as much as to

the top of the cliff_ __

b

_ the deep valley stood a ten-foot

pine tree.

a. there

b. overlooking

c. where

d. towering

16. _

c

__ his poor health he had to retire at the ageof 50.

a. Thanks to

b. Because

c. Owing to

d. For

are

times

when

children

feel

that

they

could

manage

very well _

d

__ their parents would leave them alone.

a. only when

if

c. when only

d. if only

18.

People

who

speak

and

write

well

are

generally

__

c

__

educated and intelligent and give a good impression.

a. being seen

b. to see

c. seen

d. see

19. The

heat

in

the

summer

is

no

less___

d

_

in

this

mountain

region.

a. concentrated

b. extensive

c. intensive

d. intense

20.

Obviously,

the

chairman’s

remarks

at

the

conference

were

__

d

___ and not planned.

a. substantial

b. synthetic

c. simultaneous

d. spontaneous

unit8

1. I wish that Henry __

d

__ interested in reading good books.

a. will be

b. is

c. would

d. were

2. He _

a

__ killed but for the arrival of the police.

a. might have been

b. was

c. has been killed

d. would not be

3. Look

at

the

terrible

situation

I

am

in?

If

only

I

__

b

_

your

advice.

a. follow

b. had followed

c. would follow

d. have followed

4. The

combination

of

temperature

and

pressure

___

c

the

densities become equal is called the critical point.

a. in which

b. that

c. at which

d. on that

5. The people ___

d

_ you were talking are Swedes.

a. that

b. who

c. to who

d. to whom

6. I have

n’t the least interest ___

b

_ he is doing.

a. on what

b. in what

c. for that

d. in that

7. She read the story twice, ___

a

__.

a. and so did Mary

b. and so Mary did

c. but Mary did

d. and neither did Mary

8.

Never in my life

___

b

_

a TV program so much.

a. I have enjoyed

b. have I enjoyed

c. I enjoyed

d. do I enjoy

9. He is no more fit to be a minister __

c

__ a schoolboy would be.

a. as

b. that

c. than

d. like

10. I think it is dreadful that anyone __

a

_ be so miserable.

a. should

b. will

c. is

unit9

1. ____

b

__ at conveying her underlying message through topical

plots

and

contemporary

characters

that

by

1940

her

book

had

sold some three million copies.

a.

So successful, Grace Lee

b. So successful was Grace Lee

c. Grace Lee, so successful

d. shall

d. Because Grace Lee was so successful

2.

We

must

urge

that

delegates

___

c

___

from

the

various

factories in a district.

a.

should elect

b. will be elected

c. be elected

d. must have been elected

3. It wasn’t such a good dinner ____

b

__ she had promised.

a.

that

b. as

c. which

d. what

4. By the end of this

month,

we surely ___

b

___ a satisfactory

solution to the problem.

a.

have found

b. will have found

c. will find

d. will be finding

5. The doctor insisted that his patient ___

a

___ the medicine.

a.

take

b. takes

c. to take

d. taking

6. ___

a

___ they will not come to join us, we have to change our

plan.

a.

Seeing that

b. for

c. When

d. As soon as

7.

Since

the

family

moved

here

last

year

,

they

__

c

____

better

health.

a.

were enjoying

b. had enjoyed

c. have been enjoying

d. enjoyed

8.

Living

in

the

Central

Australian

desert

has

its

problems,

____

a

__ obtaining watering is not the least.

a.

of which

b. for what

c. as

d. whose

9. The heart is ____

d

__ intelligent than the stomach, for they are

both controlled by the brain.

a.

not so

b. not much

c. much more

d. no more

10. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by

hand, ____

b

__ all practical value by the time they were finished.

a.

could lose

b. would have lost

c. might lose

d. ought to have lost

11. __

b

____ to deliver this letter to the secretary?

a.

Would you be so kind

b. Would you be so kind as

c. Would you be as kind as

d. Would you be kind

12. Having no money but __

b

____ to know, Tom simply said he

would go without dinner

.

a.

not to want anyone

b. not wanting anyone

c. wanted no one

d. to want no one

13. It isn’t cold enough for there __

d

____ a frost night, so I can

leave Jim’s car out quite safely.

a.

would be

b. being

c. was

d. to be

14. A hundred and thirty dollars ____

a

__ for that fur coat.

a.

is a reasonable price

b. are a reasonable price

c. are not a reasonable price

d. is a too reasonable price

15. Mrs. Brown is supposed ____

a

__ for Italy last week.

a.

to have left

b. to be leaving

c. to have been left

d. to leave

16.

It

seems

absurd

to

wait

any

longer

for

those

materials.

We

____

c

__ start the project without them.

a.

as well

b. just as well

c. may as well

d. well off

17. Frankly speaking, I’d rather you __

d

____ anything about it

for the time being.

a.

do

b. don’t do

c. did

d. didn’t

do

18. The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds ____

c

__ his

argument in favor of the new theory.

a.

which to base on

b. to base on which

c. on which to base

d. which to be based on

19. Hydrogen is the fundamental element of universe ____

c

__ it

provides the building

blocks from which the other elements are