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Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure ( 20% 25 minutes)
Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
21. After the robbery, the shop installed a sophisticated alarm system as an insurance ______ further losses.
A) for B) from C) against D) towards
22. ______the earth to be flat, many feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the earth.
A) Having believed C) Believed
B) Believing D) Being believed
23. A healthy life is frequently thought to be ______ with the open countryside and homegrown food.
A) tied B) bound C) involved D) associated
24. Sir Denis. who is 78, has made it known that much of his collection ______ to the nation.
A) has left B) is to leave C) leaves D) is to be left
25. Before the first non-stop flight made in 1949, it ______ necessary for all planes to land for refueling.
A) would be B) has been C) had been D) would have been
26. In Britain today women ______ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.
A) build up B) stand for C) make up D) conform to
27. ______ might be expected, the response to the question was very mixed.
A) As B) That C) It D) What
28. If I correct someone, I will do it with as much good humor and self-restraint as if I were the one _______.
A) to correct B) correcting C) having corrected D) being corrected
29. Features such as height, weight, and skin color ______ from individual to individual and from face to face.
A) change B) vary C) alter D) convert
30. I make notes in the back of my diary ______ things to be mended or replaced.
A) by B) in C) with D) of
31. The room is in a terrible mess; it ______ cleaned.
A) can’t have been C) mustn’t have been
B) shouldn’t have been D) wouldn’t have been
32. A well-written composition ______ good choice of words and clear organization among other things.
A) calls on B) calls for C) calls up D) calls off
33. The traditional approach ______ with complex problems is to break them down into smaller, more easily managed problems.
A) to dealing B) in dealing C) dealing D) to deal
34. It has been revealed that some government leaders ______ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.
A) employ B) take C) abuse D) overlook
35. We were struck by the extent ______ which teacher’s decisions served the interests of the school rather than those of the students.
A) to B) for C) in D) with
36. Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first _______.
A) intention B) attempt C) purpose D) desire
37. The ancient Egyptians are supposed _______ rockets to the moon.
A) to send B) to be sending C) to have sent D) to have been sending
38. The store had to _____ a number of clerks because sales were down.
A) lay out B) lay off C) lay aside D) lay down
39. All the students in this class passed the English exam ______ the exception of Li Ming.
A) on B) in C) for D) with
40. Young adults ______ older people are more likely to prefer pop songs.
A) other than B) more than C) less than D) rather than
41. Writing is a slow process, requiring ______ thought, time and effort.
A) significant B) considerable C) enormous D) numerous
42. ______ right now, she would get there on Sunday.
A) Would she leave C) Were she to leave
B) If she leaves D) If she had left
43. It’s already 5 o’clock now. Don’t you think it’s about time ______?
A) we are going home C) we went home
B) we go home D) we can go home
44. Lightning is a ______ of electrical current from a cloud to the ground or from one cloud to another.
A) rush B) rainbow C) rack D) ribbon
45. Today, ______ major new products without conducting elaborate market research.
A) corporations hardly introduce ever
B) corporations hardly ever introduce
C) hardly corporations introduce ever
D) hardly corporations ever introduce
46. I’ve already told you that I’m going to buy it, _______.
A) however much it costs
B) however does it cost much
C) how much does it cost
D) no matter how it costs
47. New York ______ second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year.
A) ranked B) occupied C) arranged D) classified
48. Melted iron is poured into the mixer much ______ tea is poured into a cup from a teapot.
A) in the same way like C) in the same way
B) in the same way which D) in the same way as
49. By success I don’t mean _______ usually thought of when that word is used.
A) what is B) that we C) as you D) all is
50. I caught a ______ of the taxi before it disappeared around the corner of the street.
A) vision B) glimpse C) look D) scene
51.Not until many years later _____ known.
A. was the whole truth become B. did the whole truth become
C. the whole truth became D. the whole truth had became
52. We didn't know his telephone number, otherwise we ____him.
A. would telephone B. would have telephoned
C. had telephoned D. must have telephoned
53. There is no point _____with him, since he has already made up his mind.
A. argue B. to argue C. in arguing D. of arguing
54. I appreciate ____ that letter for me.
A. you to write B. your writing C. you write D. that you writing
55. I'd like to ____ a special seat for the concert of May 5.
A. serve B. reserve C. preserve D. conserve
56. ____ that your son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about.
A. Since B. Now C. When D. After
57. Generally speaking, all kinds of materials will expand when heated but will ____ when cooled.
A. contrast B. contract C. survive D. return
58. You won't know if it fits you until you ____ it on.
A. will try B. are trying C. are to try D. have tried
59. After all efforts in vain, he had to accept the result _____ ,
A. regularly B. shallowly C. physically D. painfully
60. The rest of his life is _____ to the cause of international exchange of visiting scholars.
A. added B. put C. saved D. committed |
