Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure (30%)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choice marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
16. Please give Jim the schedule for tomorrow‘s conference when he ______ back. He is to chair the conference.
A. will come B. come C. comes D. came
17.______five minutes earlier, you would not have missed the last train for Shanghai, but you were late.
A. Had you come B. Do you come
C. Did you come D. Should you come
18. After he worked out the solution, _____ appeared a smile on his face.
A. it B. here C. what D. there
19. _____ the former president‘s supporters went out in streets to express their anger and dissatisfaction
A. A small amount of B. A large number of
C. A little bit of D. A great deal of
20. To be honest, today‘s dinner was just so-so. It wasn’t such a good one____ promised by the boss.
A. that B. which C. as D. what
21. So many people _____, the meeting had to be put off.
A. being absent B. to be absent
C. were absent D. had been absent
22. We often advise him not to drink more _____ is good for his health
A. as B. that C. than D. but
23.——Did Charles vote in the last election?
-----No, he wasn’t_____
A. enough old then B. then enough old
C. ole then enough D. old enough then
24. By no means_____ look down on those who are less lucky in life than we are/
A. we should B. should we
C. we should not D. should we not
25. He didn‘t feel like ____that day so he stayed indoors reading.
A. working B. works C. to work D. worked
26. No sooner had we started on the road _____it began to rain.
A. when B. than C. then D. whenever
27. He decide to go for a sailing holiday ______ the fact that he was usually Seasick (晕船)
A. because of B. in spite of C.in case of D. as a result of
28. What you do in your spare time is your own _____. However it should not be harmful to others
A. business B. purchase C. bargain D.sale
29. As a gardener, Jim has to water the flowers and ______the grass in the garden every morning
A. trim B. improve C. refine D. repair
30. The firemen are still ____the small fires started by the plane crash.
A. taking off B. setting aside C. getting along with D. putting out
31. He didn‘t live up to _____had been expected of him .
A. that B. what C. which D. all
32. The old couple decided to ___a boy and a girl though they had three of their own.
A. adapt B. bring C. receive D. adopt
33. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied____.
A, originally B. extremely C. violently D. intensively
34. The car _____ halfway for no reason
A. broke off B. broke down C. broke up D. broke out
35. The police ____ that he committed a series of crimes in the north of the city
A. swelled B. submitted C. surveyed D. suspected
36. The manger lost his _____just because his secretary was ten minutes late
A. mood B. temper C. mind D. passion
37. We gave out a cheer when the red roof of the cottage came_____ view
A. from B. in C. before D. into
38. I have kept that portrait _____ I can see it every day , as it always reminds me of my university days in London
A. which B. where C. whether D. into
39. The room is in a terrible mess; it _____ cleaned.
A. Can‘t have been B. mustn’t have been
C. shouldn‘t have been D. wouldn’t have been
40. You see the lightning ____ it happens, BUT you hear the thunder later.
A. the instant B. for an instant
C. on the instant D. in an instant
41._____ it or not , his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.
A. Believe B. To believe
C. Believing D. Believed
42. The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ______ chemist‘s
A. other B. some C. certain D. any
43. Your hair wants____. You‘d better have it done tomorrow
A. cut B. to cut C. cutting D. being cut
44. I don‘t think it advisable that Tom _____ to the job since he has no experience
A. be assigned B. will be assigned
C. is assigned D. has been assigned
45. The goals ____he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him
A. after which B. with which C. for which D. at which