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英语专业四级考试辅导—词汇类试题一

1. It wasn't so much that I disliked her _________ that I just wasn't interested in the whole business.

A. rather

B. so

C. than

D. as

2. The returns in the short _______ may be small, but over a number of years the investment will be well paid.

A. interval

B. range

C. span

D. term

3. So involved with their computers _________ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games.

A. became the children

B. become the children

C. had the children become

D. do the children become

4. The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that _________ the speakers stopped for refreshments.

A. at large

B. at intervals

C. at ease

D. at random

5. He knows little of mathematics, and __________ of chemistry.

A. even more

B. still less

C. no less

D. still more

6. Mr. Smith had an unusual ________: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher.

A. profession

B. occupation

C. position

D. career

7. We were pleased to note that the early morning delivery didn't _______ to the traffic jam of the busy city.

A. aid

B. amount

C. add

D. attribute

8. Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to _______ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.

A. as

B. which

C. that

D. what

9. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat _______.

A. disapproval

B. rejection

C. refusal

D. decline

10. Dozens of scientific groups all over the world have been ________ the goal of a practical and economic way to use sunlight to split water molecules.

A. pursuing

B. chasing

C. reaching

D. winning

11. We should always keep in mind that _______ decisions often lead to bitter regrets.

A. urgent

B. hasty

C. instant

D. prompt

12. The long-awaited Hubble Space Telescope, ________ to orbit the Earth next March, will observe some of the oldest stars in the sky.

A. subject

B. owing

C. available

D. due

13. There were many people present and he appeared only for a few seconds, so I only caught a ________ of him.

A. glance

B. glimpse

C. look

D. sight

14. She had clearly no _________ of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

A. tendency

B. ambition

C. intention

D. willingness

15. Before the students set off, they spent much time setting a limit _________ the expenses of the trip.

A. to

B. about

C. in

D. for

16. It is naive to expect that any society can resolve all the social problems it is faced with _______.

A. for long

B. in and out

C. once for all

D. by nature

17. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is _________ loud continuous noise.

A. subjected to

B. filled with

C. associated with

D. attached to

18. When the committee __________ to details, the proposed plan seemed impractical.

A. got down

B. set about

C. went off

D. came up

19. As a way of _________ the mails while they were away, the Johnsons asked the cleaning lady to send printed slips asking the senders to write again later.

A. picking up

B. coping with

C. passing out

D. getting across

20. Scientists generally agree that the Earth's climate will warm up over the next 50 to 100 years _______ it has warmed in the 20,000 years since the Ice Age.

A. as long as

B. as much as

C. as soon as

D. as well as

21. Talk to anyone in the drug industry, _________ you'll soon discover that the science of genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered.

A. or

B. and

C. for

D. so

22. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true ________ it comes to classroom tests.

A. before

B. as

C. since

D. when

23. Most electronic devices of this kind, __________ manufactured for such purposes, are tightly packed.

A. that are

B. as are

C. which is

D. it is

24. I will give this dictionary to __________ wants to have it.

A. whomever

B. someone

C. whoever

D. anyone

25. I appreciated __________ the opportunity to study abroad two years ago.

A. having been given

B. having given

C. to have been given

D. to have given

26. It's easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes ________ place in our ever-changing world.

A. taking

B. to take

C. take

D. taken

27. All flights ________ because of the snowstorm, we decided to take the train.

A. were canceled

B. had been canceled

C. having canceled

D. having been canceled

28. Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, ________ to find it locked.

A. just

B. only

C. hence

D. thus

29. If I were in a movie, then it would be about time that I ______ my head in my hands for a cry.

A. bury

B. am burying

C. buried

D. would bury

30. As it turned out to be a small house party, we ________ so formally.

A. needn't dress up

B. did not need have dressed up

C. did not need dress up

D. needn't have dressed up

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英语专业四级考试辅导—词汇类试题二

1.Although there are occasional outbreaks of gunfire, we can report that the rebellion has in the

main been ________.

A. canceled

B. destroyed

C. suppressed

D. restrained

2.His ________ direction confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.

A. ambiguous

B. complicated

C. arbitrary

D. intricate

3.Many people think of deserts as ________ region, but numerous species of plants and animals

have adapted to life there.

A. virgin

B. barren

C. void

D. wretched

4.The new college ________ to have worked in several big corporations before he joined our

company.

A. confesses

B. declares

C. claims

D. confirms

5.The local police are authorized to _______ anyone’s movements as they think fit.

A. pause

B. halt

C. repel

D. keep

6.One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships ________ follow

traffic rules in busy harbors.

A. cautiously

B. dutifully

C. faithfully

D. skillfully

7.For three-quarters of its span on Earth, life evolved almost ________ as microorganism.

A. precisely

B. instantly

C. initially

D. exclusively

8.The old gentleman was a very ________ looking person, with gray hair and gold spectacles.

A. respectful

B. respected

C. respective

D. respectable

9.Having finished their morning work, the clerk stood up behind their desks, ________

themselves.

A. expanding

B. stretching

C. prolonging

D. extending

10.It took us only a few hours to ________ the paper off all four walls.

A. shear

B. scrape

C. stroke

D. chip

11.If you work under a car when repairing it, you often get very ________.

A. waxy

B. slippery

C. sticky

D. greasy

12.The 215-page manuscript, circulated to publishers last October, ________ an outburst of

interest.

A. flared

B. glittered

C. sparked

D. flashed

13.Mr. Smith had an unusual ________: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a

school teacher.

A. profession

B. occupation

C. position

D. career

14.He was ________ admittance to the concert hall for not being properly dressed.

A. rejected

B. denied

C. withheld

D. deprived

15.The discovery of new oil-fields in various parts of the country filled the government with

________ hope.

A. eternal

B. infinite

C. ceaseless

D. everlasting

16.His long service with company was ________ with a present.

A. admitted

B. acknowledged

C. attributed

D. accepted

17.There is no electricity again. Has the ________ blown then?

A. fuse

B. wire

C. plug

D. circuit

18.While walking along the icy river, we could see cracks in the ice ________ in all directions.

A. splitting

B. transmitting

C. radiating

D. transferring

19.The shop assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of ________ quality he’d

tell them so.

A. humble

B. inferior

C. minor

D. awkward

20.Several international events in early 1990s seem likely to , or at least weaken, the trends

that emerged the 1980.

A. revolt

B. revolve

C. reverse

D. revive

21.He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any on what he promises.

A. faith

B. belief

C. credit

D. reliance

22.The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her attitude toward

customers.

A. impartial

B. mild

C. hostile

D. opposing

23.People that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the

airliners of today.

A. convinced

B. anticipated

C. resolved

D. assured

24.We should always keep in mind that decisions often lead to bitter regrets.

A. urgent

B. hasty

C. instant

D. prompt

25.Obviously, the Chairman’s remarks at the conference were and not planned.

A. substantial

B. spontaneous

C. simultaneous

D. synthetic

26.The house that we used to live in is in a very .

A. neglectful

B. negligible

C. neglected

D. negligent

27.The local council has decided to take the of the hotel to court.

A. landlord

B. tenant

C. client

D. proprietor

28.Before he started work, I asked the builder to give me an of the cost of repairing the

roof.

A. assessment

B. estimate

C. announcement

D. evaluation

29.I was by their kindness and moved to tears.

A. preoccupied

B. embarrassed

C. overwhelmed

D. counseled

30.The plane , its bombs exploding as it hit the ground.

A. smashed

B. crushed

C. plunged

D. crashed

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1.His efforts to bring about reconciliation between the two parties________.

A. came off

B. came on

C. came round

D. came down

2.When I ________ my senses, I found myself wrapped up in bed in my little room, with grandma

bending over me.

A. woke up

B. took to

C. picked up

D. came to

3.The bomb will ________ the moment it is touched.

A. go on

B. go out

C. go off

D. go over

4．The manager promised to have my complaint ________.

A. looked through

B. looked into

C. looked over

D.looked after

5. The new washing machines are ________ at the rate of fifty a day.

A. turned up

B. turned down

C. turned out

D. turned in

6. Tom’s mother tried hard to persuade him to ________ from his intention to invest his savings to

stock market.

A. pull out

B. give up

C. draw in

D. back down

7. I don’t think it’s wise of you to ________ your greater knowledge in front of the director, for it

may offend him.

A. show up

B. show out

C. show in

D. show off

8. I’m very glad to know that my boss has generously agreed to ________ my debt in return for

certain services.

A. take away

B. cut out

C. write off

D. clear up

9. When Jack was eighteen he ________ going around with a strange set of people and staying out

very late.

A. took to

B. took for

C. took up

D. took on

10. David likes country life and has decided to ________ farming.

A. get along with

B. fall back on

C. get hold of

D. go in for

11. Isn’t time you ________ some serious work before the examination?

A. got down to

B. took up with

C. got off with

D. put down to

12. She refused to ________ the door key to the landlady until she got back her deposit.

A. hand in

B. hand out

C. hand down

D. hand over

13. If he ________ in that way for much longer he will find himself in the bankruptcy court.

A. carries on

B. carries off

C. carries by

D. carries away

14. The plans for the building were ________ a few months ago.

A.drawn on

B. drawn back

C. drawn out

D. drawn up

15. In the next few years, major changes will be ________ in China’s industries.

A. brought forward

B. brought about

C. brought on

D. brought up

16. The Christmas presents were all ________ in shiny paper.

A. done over

B. done with

C. done out

D. done up

17. The album might have ________ had it been less expensive.

A. worked out

B. fallen through

C. caught on

D. fitted in

18.I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were ________ .

A. hung up

B. hung back

C. cut down

D. cut off

19.Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought hard to

________ her laughter.

A. hold back

B. hold on

C. hold out

D. hold up

20.It was a bold idea to build a power station in the deep valley, but it ________ as well as we had

hoped.

A. came off

B. went off

C. brought out

D. made out

21.The mother said she would ________ her son washing the dishes if he could finishes his

assignment before supper.

A. let down

B. let alone

C. let off

D. let out

22.I can’t ________ what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly picked this

morning.

A. figure out

B. draw out

C. look out

D. work out

23.Very few scientists _______ completely new answers to the world’s problems.

A. come up with

B. come out

C. come round

D. come up to

24.Am I to understand that his new post ________ no responsibility with it at all?

A. keeps

B. supports

C. carries

D. possesses

25.For the success of the project, the company should ________ the most of the opportunities at

hand.

A. obtain

B. grasp

C. catch

D. make

26.During the famine, many people were ________ to going without food for days.

A. sunk

B. reduced

C. forced

D. declined

27.To call the music of another music-culture ―primitive‖ is ________ one’s own standards on a

group that does not recognize them.

A. putting

B. emphasizing

C. forcing

D. imposing

28.The accident ________ him of his sght and the use of his legs.

A. exclude

B. diabled

C. deprived

D. gripped

29.Prof. White, my respected tutor, frequently reminds me to ________ myself of every chance to

improve my English.

A. assure

B. inform

C. avail

D. notify

30.Please ________ yourself from smoking and spitting in public places, since the law forbids

them.

A. restrain

B. hinder

C. restrict

D. prohibit

31.Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will

________ down the economy.

A. put

B. settle

C. drag

D. knock

32.Since it is late to change my mind now, I am ________ to carrying out the plan.

A. obliged

B. committed

C. engaged

D. resolved

33.My mother can’t get ________ because she has rheumatism.

A. about

B. on

C. through

D. in

34.I was very much put by Mark’s rude behavior; it really annoyed me.

A. over

B. off

C. up

D. by

35.Because of his poor health, it took him a long time to throw his bad cold.

A. off

B. away

C. down

D. over

36.Please dispose those old newspapers while you’re cleaning up the room.

A. out

B. of

C. away

D. to

37.This question admits several answers.

A. for

B. with

C. of

D. to

38.His expenditure on holidays and luxuries is rather high in ________ to his income.

A. comparison

B. proportion

C. association

D. calculation

39.While in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded ________ the nurse Florence

Nightingale.

A. in line with

B. in favour of

C. in honour of

D. in place of

40.The animal has a brain which is nearest ________.

A. in man’s size

B. in size to man

C. in size to man’s

D. to the size in man

41.A large part of human activity, particularly in relation to the environment, is ________

conditions or events.

A. in response to

B. in favour of

C. in contrast to

D. in excess of

42.When a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people

________ and asks them questions.

A. at length

B. at random

C. in essence

D. in bulk

43.We are writing to the manager ________ the repairs recently carried out at the above address.

A. with the exception of

B. with the purpose of

C. with reference to

D. with a view to

44.The wealth of a country should be measured ________ the health and happiness of its people as

well as the material goods it can produce.

A. in line with

B. in terms with

C. in regard with

D. by means of

45.The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that _______ the speaker stopped for

refreshments.

A. at large

B. at intervals

C. at ease

D. at random

46.Christmas is a Christian holy day usually celebrated on December 25th ________ the birth of

Jesus Christ.

A. in accordance with

B. in terms of

C. in favor of

D. in honor of

47.As the director can’t come to the reception, I’m representing the company _____.

A. on his account

B. on his behalf

C. for his part

D. in his interest

48.The supervisor didn’t have time so far to go into it ________, but he gave us an idea about his

plan.

A. at hand B in turn C. in conclusion D. at length

49.________ all probability nobody would have complained if Mary hot not told the neighbors

about it.

A. To

B. In

C. For

D. At

50.A ship with a heavy load of timber is reported to have sunk ________ the coast of California.

A. off

B. on

C. at

D. in

51.The brilliance of his satires was make even his victims laugh.

A. so as to

B. such as to

C. so that

D. so that

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/d113980332.html,nguage belongs to each one of us, to the flower-seller to the professor.

A. as much as

B. as far as

C. the same as

D. as long as

53.It was as a physician that he represented himself, and he was warmly received.

A. as such

B. such as

C. as that

D. so that

54.It is not so much the language the cultural background that makes the book difficult

to understand.

A. but

B. nor

C. as

D. like

55.He was to tell the truth even to his closest friend.

A. too much of a coward

B. too much the coward

C. a coward enough

D. enough of a coward

56. He’s as a ―bellyacher‖—he’s always complaining about something.

A. who is known

B. whom is known

C. what is known

D. which is known

57. You’d better look at the difficulty .

A. the other way

B. by the other way

C. another way

D. by another way

58.She has taken great pains to conceal her emotions, and thereby made them ___ conspicuous.

A. all the more

B. all the much

C. all the more

D. all much

59. She said she would work it out herself ask me for help.

A. and not to

B. but not

C. and prefer not

D. rather than

60. your timely advice, I would never have known how to go about the work.

A. Unless

B. But for

C. Except for

D. Not for

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英语专业四级考试辅导—词汇类试题三

1.Both parties promised to _____ the contract to be signed the following day.

A. keep with

B. tangle with

C. adhere to

D. devote to

2.Attempts to persuade her to stay after she felt insulted were _____.

A. of no avail

B. on the contrary

C. at a loss

D. in no way

3.Although the colonists _____ to some extent with the native Americans, the Indians’ influence

on American culture and language was not extensive.

A. migrated

B. matched

C. mingled

D. melted

4.The purpose of the survey was to_____ the inspectors with local conditions.

A. inform

B. notify

C. instruct

D. acquaint

5.Animals that could not _____ themselves to the changed environment perished and those that

could survive.

A. change

B. adapt

C. modify

D. conform

6.The city government plans to complete its study of the local economy in five years. There is

_____ time to do a thorough and complete study

A. adequate

B. enough

C. sufficient

D. ample

7.We are interested in the weather because it _____ us so directly –what we wear, what we do,

and even how we feel.

A. affection

B. influences

C. affects

D. effects

8.The problem has _____ simply because you did not follow the instructions in the handbook.

A. assembled

B. arisen

C. risen

D. resulted

9.The _____ driver thinks accident only happen to other people.

A. average

B. common

C. usual

D. normal

10.She refused to _____ the door key to the landlady untile she got back her deposit.

A. hand in

B. hand out

C. hand down

D. hand over

11.We should always bear in mind that _____ decision often result in serious consequences.

A. urgent

B. instant

C. prompt

D. hasty

12.The _____ physicist has been challenged by others in his field.

A. respectable

B. respectful

C. respective

D. respecting

13.Though badly damaged by fire, the palace was eventually _____ to its original splendor.

A. recovered

B. renewed

C. restored

D. replaced

14.Can you run _____ 200 copes of this notice before the post goes?

A. out

B. in

C. down

D. off

15.Notebooks, textbooks and school magazines were accidentally _____ all over the floor.

A. spread

B. separated

C. splashed

D. scattered

16.Two of the children have to sleep in one bed, but the other three have _____ ones.

A. similar

B. singular

C. different

D. separate

17.In the next few years major changes will be _____ in China’s industries.

A. brought forward

B. brought about

C. brought on

D. brought up

18.From time to time, there have been _____ demands that the basic wage be increased.

A. insistent

B. persistent

C. consistent

D. resistant

19.He was so _____ on his work that he did not hear her come in.

A. intent

B. absorbed

C. engrossed

D. involved

20.Tony has not the least _____ of giving up his research work.

A. intention

B. interest

C. wish

D. desire

21.The main road through Littlebury was blocked for three hours today after an accident _____ two

lorries.

A. involving

B. including

C. combining

D. containing

22.Inside the apartment was an unpleasant smell of _____ air.

A. stale

B. smoke

C. misty

D. wet

23.Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not _____ to close examination.

A. look up

B. pay up

C. keep up

D. stand up

24.The millionaire in the story had a(n) habit of sleeping with his sack of money laid beside him in

place of his wife.

A. economic

B. miserly

C. disgusted

D. playful

25.We were filled with _____ about flying in such bad weather.

A. troubles

B. obscurity

C. ignorance

D. misgivings

26.This automobile plant has a monthly _____ of 500 cars.

A. proficience

B. capability

C. strength

D. capacity

27.If he _____ in that way for much longer he will find himself in the bankruptcy court.

A. carries on

B. carries off

C. carried by

D. carried away

28.Am I to understand that his new post _____ no responsibility with it at all?

A. keeps

B. supports

C. carries

D. possesses

29.The album might well have _____ had it been less expensive.

A. worked out

B. fallen through

C. caught on

D. fitted in

30. Very few scientists _____ with completely new answers to the world’s proble ms.

A. come to

B. come round

C. come on

D. come up

31. Every fall geese _____ over the house located directly on the bay.

A. fly

B. flies

C. have flown

D. flown

32. Measles _____ a kind of disease by which children are easy to be attacked.

A. is

B. are

C. being

D. they are

33.This is their resolution that extra-curriculum activities _____ part of their school life.

A. are made

B. were made

C. was made

D. be

34. You and I could hardly understand, _____?

A. could I

B. couldn’t you

C. co uldn’t we

D. could we

35. _____, he would not have recovered so quickly.

A. H adn’t been taken good care of

B. Had he not been taken good care of

C. Had not he been taken good care of

D. Had he been not taken good care of

36. _____, he always tries his best to complete it on time.

A. However the task is hard

B. However hard the task is

C. Though hard the task is

D. Though hard is the task

37. He resented _____ to wait. He expected the minister _____him at once.

A. to be asked, to see

B. being asked, to see

C. to be asked, seeing

D. being asked, seeing

38. _____ nobody was enthusiastic about it, they decided to cancel the trip.

A. Seen that

B. Seeing that

C. So

D. While

39. I _____ writing the paper as scheduled, but my mother’s illness i nterfered. I hope you will

excuse me.

A. am to have finished

B. was to have finished

C. was to finish

D. ought to finish

40. When you are traveling, _____, you often need to stay in a hotel.

A.if on business or for pleasure

B.whether on business or for pleasure

C.whether business or pleasure

D.on business or pleasure

41. It is not so much the language _____ the cultural background that makes the book difficult to

understand.

A. but

B. not

C. as

D. like

42. With the introduction of the electronic computer, there are no complicated problems _____ can

be solved.

A. that

B. as

C. but

D. which

43. I was to have made a speech if _____.

A. I was not called away

B. nobody would have called me away

C. I had not been called away

D. nobody called me away

44. Life is a candle _____ to burn ever brighter.

A. being meant

B. meaning

C. to mean

D. meant

45. Having no money but _____ to know, he 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

46. ______ your timely advice, I would never have known how to go about the work.

A. Whomever

B. but for

C. Who

D. Not for

47. ______ the two, Bob is _____ student.

A. Of, more diligent

B. In, more diligent

C. Of, the more diligent

D. In, the more diligent

48. She has taken great pains to conceal her emotions, and thereby made them _____ conspicuous.

A. all the more

B. all the much

C. all more

D. all much

49. But that he saw it, he _____ it.

A. could not have believed

B. could not believe

C. did not believe

D. can not believe

50. Fat can not change into muscle _____ muscle changes into fat.

A. any more than

B. no more than

C. no less than

D. much more than

51. The animal has a brain which is nearest _____.

A. i n man’s size

B. in size to man

C. in size to man’s

D. to the size in man

52. It is highly necessary that the rocket _____ until all the preparations have been made.

A. is not launched

B. were not launched

C. not be launched

D. is not to be launched

53. She must be in the dormitory now! No, she _____ be there. I saw her in the classroom a minute

ago.

A. mustn’t

B. can’t

C. couldn’t

D. wouldn’t

54. The English of this composition is too good. He _____ it himself.

A. can’t have written

B. mustn’t have written

C. won’t have written

D. shouldn’t have written

55. He _____ the 8:20 bus because he did not leave home till 8:25.

A. couldn’t have caught

B. ought to have caught

C. shouldn’t have caught

D. must not have caught

56. My Scottish friend says there is _____ monster in Loch Ness.

A. no such thing as

B. no such thing as a

C. no such a thing as

D. no such a thing as a

57. It was as a physician that he represented himself, and _____ he was warmly received.

A. as such

B. such as

C. as that

D. so that

58. Of all the four grandchildren, Bill is their _____ son.

A. more preferable

B. most favourable

C. the most favourite

D. favourite

59. _____, he is ready to accept suggestions from different success.

A.Instead of his contributions

B. For all his notable contributions

C. His making notable contributions

D.However his notable contributions

60. It is high time the doctor ______ a move on,‖ thought one of the men.

A. gets

B. got

C. getting

D. was getting

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1. ______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. Because Grace Lee was so successful

2. We must urge that delegates ______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 ______she had promised.

a. that

b. as

c. which

d. what

4. By the end of this month, we surely ______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 ______the medicine.

a. take

b. takes

c. to take

d. taking

6. ______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 ______better health.

a. were enjoying

b. had enjoyed

c. have been enjoying

d. enjoyed

8. Living in the Central Australian desert has its problems, ______obtaining watering is not the least.

a. of which

b. for what

c. as

d. whose

9. The heart is ______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, ______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. ______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 ______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 ______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 ______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 ______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 ______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 ______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 ______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 ______it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.

a. so that

b. but that

c. in that

d. provided that

20. We are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style ______in a personal one.

a. rather than

b. other than

c. better than

d. less than

21. ______is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.

a. That

b. Which

c. As

d. It

22. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I ______your advice.

a. follow

b. had followed

c. would follow

d. have followed

23. I remember ______to help us if we ever were in difficulties.

a. once offering

b. him once offering

c. him to offer

d. to offer him

24. Helen apologized for ______the party.

a. her not being able to attend

b. her being not able to attend

c. her being able not to attend

d. not her being able to attend

25. It’s a pity that we should stay at home when we have ______weather.

a. so fine

b. such fine c such a fine d. so fine a

26. His proposal is that the machine ______at once.

a. is stopped

b. would be stopped

c. be stopped

d. is being stopped

27. Without your help, we ______so much.

a. will not achieve

b. didn’t achieve

c. don’t achieve

d. would have achieved

28. The grass has grown a lot this past week. It needs ______.

a. cut

b. to be cut

c. that we cut

d. to cut

29. It was with great joy ______he received the news that his long lost son would soon return home.

a. that

b. so

c. since

d. for

30. Everybody likes to go, ______?

a. aren’t they

b. isn’t he

c. don’t they

d. doesn’t he

31. They spoke in a whisper ______they should be heard.

a. while

b. because

c. lest

d. provided

32. His health ______, Hugh went on leave from the army in 1980.

a. fails

b. failed

c. was failed

d. failing

33. No sooner ______gone home than it began to rain heavily.

a. had I

b. have I

c. I had

d. I have

34. Only when you have acquired a fairly sound knowledge of grammar ______write accurately.

a. can you

b. must you

c. you will

d. you can

35. He hurried to the station ______to be told that the train had gone.

a. even

b. only

c. just

d. not

36. Aluminum as well as most metals ______.

a. is a good conductor

b. are good conductors

c. is a good insulator

d. are good insulators

37. I am interested in ______you have told me.

a. all that

b. all which

c. that

d. which

38. ______, Carl Sandbury is also well known for his multi-volume biography of Lincoln.

a. An eminent American poet

b. He is an eminent American poet

c. An eminent American poet who is

d. Despite an eminent American poet

39. ______being elected president came ______a surprise to everyone.

a. She, as

b. Hers, like

c. She was, for

d. Her, as

40. Don’t come tomorrow, I’d rather you ______next week.

a. should come

b. came

c. would come

d. come

41. Professor Davis often spoke to his colleagues and ______with enthusiasm.

a. was always listened to

b. always listened to

c. was always listened

d. was always listening to

42. I beg to ______tomorrow’s meeting.

a. be excused

b. be excused from attending

c. be excused not to attend

d. excuse from being attended

43. ______on a clear day, the mountains give one a sense of infinite peace.

a. Walking

b. If walking

c. While walking

d. When one is walking

44. The riot ______by government’s negligence of the people’s welfare.

a. is said to cause

b. is said to be caused

c. has been said to caused

d. is said to have been caused

45. I feel extremely tired and I don’t feel ______tonight.

a. like reading

b. like to read

c. is likely to read

d. like that I am going to read

46. We all cannot understand ______to go to the meeting.

a. them to be forbidden

b. their forbidding

c. them being forbidden

d. their being forbidden

47. We advise him not to drink more wine ______is good to his health.

a. that

b. as

c. than

d. so

48. The nurse suggests ______, saying that he will have a long time to wait.

a. him to sit down

b. he sits down

c. for him to sit down

d. him sitting down

49. ______the best course of action, he talked wit his father and mother.

a. Trying to reason out

b. To try reasoning out

c. To try to reason out

d. Trying reasoning out

50. ―Why were you late?‖―I had a hard time ______up this morning.‖

a. to get

b. get

c. having getting

d. getting

51. The guests ______, we gave the room a thorough clean.

a. all left

b. had all left

c. all leaving

d. having all left

52. Accustomed to climbing trees, ______.

a.the top was not difficult for me to reach.

b.To reach the top was not a problem

c.I had no difficulty to reach the top

d.I had no difficulty reaching the top

53. It’s no use only ______the pressing problem we are facing; it’s more important to take actual actions.

a. talking about

b. to talk

c. to have talked about

d. talking

54. An investigation was made into the accident, ______fifty people were killed.

a. in which

b. where

c. when

d. for that

55. Even if I had known her address, I ______time to write to her.

a. can not have had

b. will not have had

c. might not have had

d. must not have had

56. Television was not invented by any one person, ______into being overnight.

a. Nor did it spring

b. Nor does it spring

c. Nor has it sprung

d. Nor can it spring

57. ______you are familiar with the author’s ideas, try reading all the sections as quickly as you possibly can.

a. Now that

b. Ever since

c. So that

d. As long as

58. The time is not far away ______modern communications will become widespread in China’s vast countryside.

a. as

b. when

c. until

d. before

59. Pick me up at 8 o’clock. I ______my bath by then.

a. will have had

b. will be having

c. can have had

d. may have

60. In 1948, Harry Truman was re-elected _______president of the U.S. to the surprise of all those who -_______his defeat.

a. a, predicted

b. the, had predicted

c. /, had predicted

d./, predicted

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