1、It is because English is very useful ________ we study it hard.
A.why
B.that
C.what
D.which
本题答案:
B
2、________ finished your work so early?
A.How come you
B.How do you come
C.How can you come
D.How you come
本题答案:
A
3、The young man made a _________ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.
A.prediction
B.promise
C.plan
D.contribution
本题答案:
B
4、He spends most of his spare time ________ English.
A.to study
B.on study
C.on studying
D.studying
本题答案:
D
5、I'll come, ____ I don't expect to enjoy myself.
A.if
B.since
C.as
D.though
本题答案:
D
6、--Can you show me Mr. Jaffer's office, please?
A.--_____. But I don't know if he is in at the moment.
B.Thanks
C.Go on
D.Sure
E.You are welcome
本题答案:
C
7、It was _______ a hundred people looked lost in it.
A.so large a room that
B.so a large room that
C.such large room that
D.such large a room that
本题答案:
A
8、To her disappointment, her best friend did not ____ at her birthday party.
A.turn over
B.turn around
C.turn up
D.turn in
本题答案:
C
9、As time went on, the theory she had stuck ____ correct.
A.proved
B.to proving
C.to proved
D.to prove
本题答案:
C
10、I used a computer, _________ it would have taken me much longer to finish the work.
A.otherwise
B.and
C.however
D.so
本题答案:
A
11、The Foreign Minister made an excellent ____ on the current international situation.
A.committee
B.command
C.comment
D.commission
本题答案:
C
12、We are in a difficult position in ________ we have nobody properly qualified for this work.
A.which
B.that
C.what
D.where
本题答案:
B
13、What we need to learn is how to put theory into ____ when we begin our fieldwork here.
A.appearance
B.application
C.accomplish
D.achievement
本题答案:
B
14、Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I _______ your advice.
A.follow
B.had followed
C.would follow
D.have followed
本题答案:
B
15、Is it the watch you want ____?
A.to have it repaired
B.to repair it
C.to have repaired
D.to have repaired it
本题答案:
C
16、We needn't __________. Everything turned _________ all right in the end.
A.worry ... up
B.worry ... down
C.have worried ... out
D.have worried ... on
本题答案:
C
17、The secretary and headmaster of the school ________ present at the meeting.
A.was
B.were
C.are
D.be
本题答案:
A
18、As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to _________ the problem.
A.handle
B.raise
C.face
D.present
本题答案:
A
19、This river forms a natural ____ between China and Korea.
A.boundary
B.string
C.spot
D.zone
本题答案:
A
20、____ is one of the five working language at U.N., which ____ are very proud of.
A.The Chinese, the Chinese
B.Chinese language, Chinese
C.Chinese, the Chinese
D.Chinese language, the Chinese
本题答案:
C
21、The bad weather is responsible ________ the small attendance.
A.of
B.to
C.with
D.for
本题答案:
D
22、I'm sorry I'm late. I got _________ by a friend on the way here.
A.put up
B.hung up
C.slowed down
D.held on
本题答案:
B
23、It was Allen who ____ with the bright idea to have a barbecue near the lake.
A.went up
B.came along
C.went along
D.came up
本题答案:
D
24、I had taken it for _______ that Sally would tell whenever she got the useful information.
A.interested
B.sure
C.certain
D.granted
本题答案:
D
25、A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ___.
A.or more
B.instead
C.at most
D.only
本题答案:
A
26、You ____ in such a hurry just now. Look, there is plenty of time left.
A.don't have to do it
B.needn't have done it
C.wouldn't do it
D.mustn't have done it
27、We are ____ at the rapid progress Mark has made in this semester.
A.distinguished
B.annoyed
C.astonished
D.scored
28、____ you choose, make sure that it is a good one.
A.What
B.Wherever
C.Whichever
D.Which
29、The door burst open and ____, shouting with anger.
A.in rushed the crowd
B.rushed in the crowd
C.the crowd tin rushed
D.in the crowd rushed
30、The president is believed __________ ill.
A.that he has fallen
B.to have fallen
C.to fall
D.that he is
31、In his composition there are ________ errors _______ a few misspellings.
A.no other ... than
B.some other ... than
C.more ... than
D.other ... than
32、The ____ between the two playing periods of a football game is only a few minutes.
A.internal
B.reserve
C.interval
D.radium
33、Most of us require an environment ________ outside distraction.
A.free of
B.free from
C.free away
D.free without
34、In fact, there is no ____ liberty in any country.
A.adequate
B.absolute
C.private
D.practical
35、They said he was _________ holding public office, so they decided to deprive him of his post.
A.irrelevant to
B.unaware of
C.inconsiderate of
D.incapable of
36、"Do you really want to study philosophy?" the professor asked, slowly and ________ emphasis _________ each word.
A.placed ... in
B.placing ... on
C.being placed ... at
D.to place ... by
37、The modern camera lens may be coated with more than ten ____ for each piece of its glass.
A.levels
B.stories
C.layers
D.formations
38、A telephone call ____ him hurrying to his home town.
A.made
B.force
C.sent
D.let
39、Very seldom in my life ________ such a thing.
A.I have heard
B.I heard
C.have I heard
D.did I hear
40、He made a plea _______ more time so that he could get the job well done.
A.with
B.for
C.to
D.of
41、People and animals are different in their ________ to drugs.
A.acts
B.actions
C.activities
D.reactions
42、These networks are _______ for warning signs that show the weakening of rock layers that can precede an earthquake.
A.in alert
B.for the alert
C.with the alert
D.on the alert
43、His wife had only her husband's interests _________.
A.on her heart
B.on heart
C.at her heart
D.at heart
44、________ our expectation, the experiment turned out to be a complete failure.
A.Contrary to
B.Contrary with
C.Contrary against
D.Contrary for
45、He works in our university as a visiting ____, not as a formal faculty member.
A.traditional
B.scholar
C.nurse
D.pilot
46、In fact, Mary would rather have left for San Francisco _________ in Los Angeles.
A.by staying
B.than stay
C.than have stayed
D.to stay
47、John ____ to be a polite man. But in fact he is very rude.
A.pretends
B.assures
C.affords
D.melts
48、The teacher stressed again that the students should not _________ any important detail while retelling the story.
A.bring out
B.let out
C.leave out
D.make out
49、Not until the year of 1954 _______ made the capital of that province.
A.the city was
B.when the city was
C.was the city
D.that the city was
50、A Philippine maid was executed in Singapore after being _________ murder.
A.convicted of
B.convicted in
C.convicted on
D.convicted at