1. 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
2. As I’ll be away for at least one year, I’d appreciate _______ from you now and then.
A. hearing B. to hear C. to be hearing D. having heard
3. Greatly agitated, I rushed back to the apartment and tried to door, ________ to find it locked.
A. just B. only C. hence D. thus
4. Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills ______ people each year than traffic accidents.
A. seven more times B. seven times more C. over seven times D. seven times
5. The city is an important railroad ______ and industrial and convention center.
A. conjunction B. network C. junction D. link
6. The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was ______ to the issue at hand.
A. irrational B. unreasonable C. invalid D. irrelevant
7. Doing homework is certainly a way to improve your test scores, especially ______ it comes to examinations.
A. before B. when C. as D. since
8. _______ from his voice, he is a kind and considerate person.
A. Judged B. Being judged C. Having been judged D. Judging
9. Language, culture and personality may be considered ______ of each other in thought, they are inseparable in fact.
A. indistinctively B. separately C. irrelevantly D. independently
10. - Why did you pull me ______? I don't think I broke any laws, officer.
- My radar says your speed was 237 km/hr. Are you practicing for Indiana 500?
A. up B. down C. over D. in
11. In his first year at the university, Tom _______ the board and won all the scholarships offered by his department.
A. pulled B. swept C. covered D. took
12. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds ______ his argument in favor of the new theory.
A. on which to base B. to base on which C. which to base on D. which to be based on
13. By the time you arrive in London, we ______ in Britain for two weeks.
A. shall stay B. have been staying C. will have stayed D. have stayed
14. _______ several years for bamboo seeds to grow into plants that can be used for commercial purposes.
A. to be taken B. Although taking C. This takes D. It takes
15. Experiments in photography of moving objects ______ in both the United States and Europe well before 1900.
A. had been conducted B. had been conducting C. were conducted D. were conducting
16. John did best in the final examination in his class, ________.
A. he should have studied hard
B. he should study hard
C. he must have studied hard
D. he must had to study hard
17. - Bob wants to sell you his old radio.
- I know. He’s already suggested ________.
A. me that B. me C. to me that D. that me
18. Mercury differs from other industrial metals _____ it is a liquid.
A. while B. in that C. because of D. consequently
19. Conversation becomes weaker in 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
20. The future of the company is ______; many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.
A. at loss B. in vain C. in trouble D. at stake
21. The way ______ political campaigns are conducted varies widely from country to country.
A. which for B. in that C. in which D. when
22. The computer has dramatically influenced ______ photographic lenses are constructed.
A. is the way B. the way C. the way that D. which way
23. The crime was discovered 48 hours later, ______ gave the criminals plenty of time to get away.
A. which B. so C. that D. what
24. When a bacterium becomes too large, it splits in half and forms two new bacteria, ____ its own cell walls and protoplasm.
A. each have B. each with C. with each D. each has
25. _____, the fish is prized for its taste.
A. Ugly-looking as it is B. It is ugly-looking C. Ugly-looking it is D. Ugly-looking is it
26. The comet had first been seen and recorded in books in China. ______ it has been seen from the Earth 29 times.
A. after B. because C. that is D. since then
27. – What is he?
- He is ______.
A. a poet and a novelist B. the poet and novelist C. poet and novelist D. the poet and the novelist
28. Donald contributed one hundred dollars, and he wishes to contribute _____.
A. one other fifty dollars B. the same amount also C. another fifty D. more fifty dollars
29. It was _____ that we had gone for a walk.
A. so beautiful day B. such beautiful a day C. so beautiful day D. such a beautiful day
30. I’m so tired. I really think I should stop ______ and go to bed.
A. to work B. working C. of working D. from studying
31. Last night, I seemed ______ someone knock at the door.
A. hear B. to hear C. to have heard D. having heard
32. It seems to me that he is a man with no sense of humor _____.
A. nevertheless B. whatsoever C. no matter what D. whatever
33. I don’t think that your watch is _____.
A. worthy the price B. worth the price C. worth of the price D. worthy to buy
34. – It took me only twenty minutes to reach the city from here.
- Did you drive _____?
A. that fast B. as fast C. with such fastness D. like that fast
35. Despite all his talent, he is not _____ a writer.
A. adequate B. quite to C. somewhat D. much of
36. She is older than _______.
A. any girl in the group B. any other girl in the group
C. any other girls in the group D. all girls in the group
37. Gorillas are quiet animals, _____ they are capable of making about 20 different sounds.
A. whether B. which C. even though D. as well as
38. The reason that I didn’t go to France was ______ a new job.
A. because I got B. because of getting C. due to D. that I got
39. I will try to finish this book ______.
A. up until you come B. before you come
C. up to the time you come D. until you come
40. If the United States had not entered the Second World War, probably the 1940 unemployment rate of 14% ______ still further.
A. would rise B. would have risen C rose D. had risen
41. The lawyer advised him to drop the _______, since he stands little chance to win.
A. event B. incident C. case D. affair
42. In my opinion he's ____ the most imaginative of all the contemporary poets.
A. in all B. at best C. for all D. by far
43. This research has attracted wide ____ coverage and has featured on BBC television's Tomorrow's World.
A. message B. information C. media D. data
44. The energy ____ by the chain reaction is transformed into heat.
A. transferred B. released C. delivered D. conveyed
45. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play ________ roles in raising children.
A. incapable B. indispensable C. insensible D. infinite
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