Unit_12

Unit Twelve
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1. More people visit the Air and Space Museum honoring men and women who have pioneered flight and the exploration of space than __ any other monument or museum in the en- tire country.
A) visit
B) to visit
C) visited
D) visiting

2. I work in a little room off the main entrance __ the museum, checking coats and other articles which people do not want to carry around as they tour the building.
A) to
B) of
C) at
D) for

3. What apparently had happened, three years ago, was that Kate __ to a different building.
A) went
B) has gone
C) had gone
D) would go

4. She had waited at another museum for days and had spent all her money __ to find Sidney.
A) tried
B) trying
C) to try
D) try

5. Without facts we cannot form a worthwhile opinion for we need to have factual knowledge __ our thinking.
A) which to be based
B) which to base upon
C) upon which to base
D) to which to be based

6. Helen believes if a man robs her of five dollars it is the same as if he__ a hundred.
A) takes
B) will take
C) took
D) has taken

7. He had a cottage, which consists __ three rooms, a bath room and a kitchen.
A) of
B) with
C) in
D) by

8. Behind him Paul could hear the angry man __ to break the door open.
A) trying
B) to try
C) tried
D) try

9. Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure __
A) than more on efficiency
B) and more efficiency
C) and more on efficiency
D) than efficiency

10. The gardener is taking care of the place, no one __ there at present.
A) living
B) lives
C) lived
D) to live

11. The City Bank will pay fifty pounds to __ who helps the police to catch the man.
A) someone
B) nobody
C) anyone
D) somebody

12. When Paul Carson saw the big red American car coming towards him, he stopped his own car at the side, __ room for it to pass.
A) to make
B) made
C) making
D) make

13. What bother me is __ I paid for all this stuff that we don't want anymore.
A) what
B) that
C) which
D) who

14. A hinge joint is __ permits forward and backward move mend of a door.
A) the
B) whose
C) what
D) those

15. Garage sales in the United States serve many purposes __ cleaning out unwanted items and making money.
A) besides
B) except for
C) except
D) apart from

16. This is __the most difficult job I have ever tackled.
A) by rights
B) by itse

lf
C) by oneself
D) by far

17. It was imperative that I __ as close as possible.
A) be
B) will be
C) was
D) am

18. Everything was white and I remembered __ all kinds of ladies dressed up in funny white things with all their hair covered with some sort of cloth.
A) seeing
B) see
C) to see
D) seen

19. Physics is __to the science which was called natural philosophy in history,
A) alike
B) equivalent
C) likely
D) uniform

20. People speak __ him as the best-known humorous writer of all times.
A) to
B) of
C) with
D) for

21. As a boy Mark Twain used to play practical jokes __ all friends and neighbors.
A) on
B) of
C) with
D) at

22. Quite often I've gone to a man who didn't tell me __Adam.
A) from
B) with
C) to
D) of

23. Until then, his family __ from him for six months.
A) didn't hear
B) hasn't been hearing
C) hasn't heard
D) hadn't heard

24. Instead of trying to imitate reality in their works, many artists of the early twentieth century __ their feelings and ideas in abstract art.
A) in the beginning to reveal
B) began to reveal
C) revealed the beginning
D) to begin revealing

25. You can guess that there's not a man, woman or child that I don't know __sight.
A) with
B) in
C) by
D) through

26. The next thing __ happened was that something hit me terribly hard on the back the head.
A) that
B) what
C) which
D) there

27. It took him several months to __ the wild horse,
A) tend
B) cultivate
C) breed
D) tame

28. They prefer to repeat their success, rather than __ failure.
A) risk
B) risking
C) to risk
D) risked

29. Richard Nixon has always been regarded __ a msn of great talent and strong will.
A) as
B) like
C) for
D) of

30. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into __ when judging my examination.
A) regard
B) counting
C) account
D) observation

31. One way in which both Frank and Hannah did show their love was in their willingness to make sacrifices __their children.
A) to
B) with
C) tour
D) of

32. The making of the early mind of Richard Nikon owed most__ his mother.
A) to
B) by
C) for
D) in

33. The residents, __ had been damaged by the flood, were given help by the Red Cross.
A) all their homes
B) all whose homes
C) all of whose homes
D) all of their homes

34. If

her marriage had not cut short her college education she __ a teacher.
A) would have been
B) would be
C) had been
D) was

35. Under his mother's instruction classics had a strong influence __Richard's childhood imagination.
A) for
B) in
C) on
D) at

36. It was essential that the application forms __ back before the deadline.
A) must be sent
B) would be sent
C) be sent
D) were sent

37. Under the influence of Ezra Pound. Hilda Dolomite became associated with the Imagists and __ into one of the most original poets of the group.
A) developed
B) who developed
C) to be developing
D) developing it

38. __ is that he was blessed with a very good memory.
A) What can be said with certainty of Richard Nixon
B) What of Richard Nixon with certainty can be said
C) What can say with certainty of Richard Nixon
D) What of Richard Nixon with certainty can say

39. The funny thing is, I can never remember him ever __
A) to get dirty
B) get dirty
C) getting dirty
D) being got dirty

40. __ that the trade between the two countries reached its highest point.
A) During the 1960's
B) It was in the 1960's
C) That it was in the 1960's
D) It was the 1960's

41. The old saying __ genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration is applicable for anyone who gets successful.
A) which
B) of
C) that
D) what

42. I began the day __ tennis with a secondary*school friend I hadn't seen for a while.
A) playing
B) play
C) to play
D) played

43. Mary's score in the test is the highest in her class! She __ have studied very hard.
A) may
B) should
C) must
D) ought to

44. He must have had an accident, or he __ then
A) would have been here
B) would be here
C) should ha here
D) had just had

45. __ is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.
A) That
B) Which
C) As
D) It

46. You __ all those calculations I We have a computer to do that sort of thing.
A) needn't have done
B) must not have done
C) shouldn't have done
D) can not have done

47. A completely new situation will __ when the examination system comes into existence.
A) arise
B) rise
C) raise
D) arouse

48.The conference __ a full week by the time it ends.
A) must have lasted
B) will have lasted
C) would last
D) has lasted

49.George wasn't in class today. Professor Brown excused him__
A) from attending
B) of attending
C) to attend
D) attending

50. __ that they eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construc

tion sites by 90 percent.
A) So clever are the construction robots
B) Such construction robots are clever
C) So clever the construction robots are
D) Such clever construction robots are

答案
1. A
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. D
17. A
18. A
19. B
20. B
21. A
22. A
23. D
24. B
25. C
26. A
27. D
28. A
29. A
30. C
31. C
32. A
33. C
34. A
35. C
36. C
37. A
38. A
39. C
40. B
41. C
42. D
43. C
44. A
45. C
46. A
47. A
48. B
49. A
50. A