PartⅡ Vocabulary and Structure (30%)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentences. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
16. Mr Smith is coming to visit us soon. We'd better get everything ready before he _______.
A. arrives B. arrive C. will arrive D. arrived
17._______yesterday, you would have met Professor Jones. But now he has left for London.
A. Did you come B. Had you come
C. Should you come D. Were you to come
18. The man denied_____ into the neighbor's garden and ______his cow.
A. going……stealing B. going…stole
C. went…stealing D. went…stole
19. Ted worked like a horse in his youth, ______contributed to his great success later as a businessman.
A. that B. who C. what D. which
20. A few hours ago, a small suitcase with some important papers _______ stolen from the general manager's office.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
21.______ on the New World, he felt like crying.
A .land B. Landed
C. To land D. Having landed
22. Visit our store. Nowhere else ______ such good bargains.
A. you find B. find you
C. do you find D. you do find
23. After______ seemed an endless wait, it was his turn to go into the doctor's office.
A, this B. that C. which D. what
24. Ever since the Smiths moved to the lake area a year ago, they ______ better health.
A. could have enjoyed B. had enjoyed
C. have been enjoying D. are enjoying
25. The boss doesn't want to talk about the accident; now he is in no ______ to do so.
A. feeling B. attitude C. emotion D. Mood
26. I can't understand why you regard it as music. It ______ me mad!
A. puts B. sets C. drivers D. changes
27. Yesterday Mr Blake was caught in the rain and got wet through.______ he caught a bad cold.
A. Consequently B. Finally C. Lately D. Strangely
28. William likes to eat out, but he is not ______ about what he eats.
A. peculiar B. unusual C. particular D. special
29. Their house stands at a hilltop, _____ the Hudson River down below.
A. seeing B. viewing C. looking at D. overlooking
30. I can't understand why my boss is always _____fault with my work.
A. finding B. seeking C. looking D. making
31. This is the same knife _____ I lost yesterday.
A. which B. what C. like D. as
32. —— When will you be back?
—— I'll be back _____a couple of days.
A. after B. for C. about D. in
33. We hear that they will _____ a new school here.
A. set down B. set up C. set off D. set out
34. He will never forget the days _____ he spent in Japan.
A. when B. after C. that D. how
35. Interestingly enough, the two brothers have noting in_______.
A. ordinary B. common C. general D .particular
36. The scientists are trying to find out the facts to _______ their theory.
A. support B. carry C. design D. raise
37. The performance of the English team was ________. They played much worse than expected.
A. disappoint B. disappointing C. disappointed D. to disappoint
38. You are welcome to order the goods now. But payment should be made________.
A. for advance B. from advance C. in advance D. to advance
39. Speak louder so that you can make yourself _______.
A. heard B. to hear
C. hearing D. have been heard
40. Now it won't be long before we meet again, ________?
A. will it B. do we C. won't we D. does it
41. Americans eat______ vegetables per person today as they did in the 1960s.
A. more than twice B. as twice many
C. twice as many D. more than twice as many
42. I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice ______ I picked up the phone.
A. the moment B. since C. before D. while
43. The education of ________ young is always ______ hot and serious topic.
A. /, / B. the, a C. /, the D. the, the
44. Dad wondered where I'd been, and I ________ a story about being at Grandma's
A. made out B. made up C. looked out D. looked up
45. Your sister doesn't study as _______ as you do.
A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardestPartⅢ Identification (10%)
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
46. No sooner had they entered the room when the telephone rang.
A B C D
47. As a graduate from high school, Tom is faced with three choices: attending college,
A B C
finding a job or the army.
D
48. Those freshmen hope to offer some part-time jobs to support themselves financially.
A B C D
49. It was his nervousness in the interview what probably caused him to lose the job.
A B C D
50. Lucy's parents give her everything she asks; what else does she need?
A B C D
51. I must work hard, however I'll fail in the exam.
A B C D
52. I am used to read the paper after lunch. That's one of the things I really enjoy.
A B C D
53. He told us that John, as well as his brother, were coming to the party.
A B C D
54. Ted has sat at the table and drank more beer than is good for his health.
A B C D
55. With no one to turn over for help in such a frightening situation, she was in despair.
A B C D