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I. Multiple choices:

1. _____ you have bought!

A. What a fine piece of furniture B. How fine furniture

C. what a fine furniture D. How beautiful a furniture

2. --- Why don’t you give up smoking, Mr. Wang?

--- Oh, well, smoking is to me _____ working is to you.

A. what B. that C. as D. like

3. We have waited so long. We can’t stand_________________.

A. kept waiting B. being kept waiting C. being kept to wait D. to be waiting

4. --- Why don’t you build a new road that goes round the town?

--- Since the streets of Birmington were never _____ for heavy traffic.

A. decided B. designed C. passed D. considered

5. The set of stamps, once_____, will be very popular with stamp-collectors.

A. to be printed B. printing C. to print D. printed

6. The Suez Canal would soon _____________ mud if not regularly cleared.

A. die out B. use up C. fill up with D. die away

7. He has never liked meat，and has always had a(n) ____ for vegetables and fruit.

A. perspiration B. feeling C. idea D. preference

8. Your letter _____ the days when we worked together on the farm 20 years ago.

A. called on B. called up C. called in D. called for

9. Kate ______ as a top student in painting.

A. looks out B. stands out C. works out D. finds out

10. In the _______ of the editor, Xiao Li will be ______.

A. absence, in charge B. absence, in the charge C. absent, in charge D. absent, in the charge

11. The key ______ the problem is to meet the demand ________ by the customers.

A. to solving, which made B. to solving, which was made

C. to solve, which made D. to solve, which was made

12. He _______ the aim of injuring others only _____ by ruining himself.

A. started with, ending up B. started with, to end up

C. began with, ending up D. began, to end in

13. He _____ half of his savings to the poor.

A. adapted B. referred C. contributed D. led

14. We are short of teachers. The teacher in hospital ______, we have only 32.

A. including B. included C. includes D. include

15. He had a great idea that one should _________whatever one had begun.

A. insist on B. stick to C. stick out D. stick with

16. Pop music is liked by many people, but it is not _____ everyone’s taste.

A. with B. in C. on D. to

17. Come over and have a chat with me whenever_______.

A. you will be convenient B. it will be convenient to you

C. you are convenient D. it is convenient to you

18. The two men stood ____ angrily at each other, while the crowd looked on with amusement.

A. glaring B. staring C. dancing D. seeing

19. It is time for supper now. Please ______ your books aside so that we can use the table for supper.

A. take B. bring C. set D. carry

20. Did they live _____ European style when they were in Japan?

A. in B. on C. with D. to

21. The house has been standing _____ without use for months.

A. empty B. still C. quietly D. 1onely

22. When he came to，he found himself ____ on a chair with his hands ______ back.

A. to sit, tied B. sitting, tying C. sat, tied D. sitting, tied

23. Every great Culture in the past had its own ideas of beauty ________ in art and literature.

A. expressed B. to express C. being expressed D. to be expressed

24. After half a year's training, they were made entirely used _____underwater again.

A. to stay B. to staying C. staying D. stay

25. I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than______ a room with someone else.

A. share B. to share C. sharing D. to have shared

26. He always did well at school __________ having to do part-time jobs every now and then.

A. in spite of B. instead C. in case of D. in favor of

27. ________ in the heavy rain, they didn’t get to the railway station on time .

A. Catching B. To catch C. Caught D. Having caught

28. —I was surprised to see wild flowers in Alaska.

—Many people think there is nothing there___________ ice and snow.

A. rather than B. else than C. other than D. except than

29.“Who ______the expensive new car ______?”She wondered.

A. does; belong to B. is; belonged to C. is; belonging to D. does; belong

30. We saw the houses in the street ______________ in order to make room for a large square.

A. pulled off B. pulled up C. pulled down D. pulled in