Vocabulary and Structure

1. The fire must have _____________ after the staff had gone home.

A. broken out B. broken down

C. broken in D. broken through

2. She had ____________ idea what I meant.

A. few B. not C. no D. a little

3. The trade union decided to ________ to take the strike when the boss promised to satisfy the workers' demands.

A. call out B. call on C. call off D. call to

4. Care should be taken to decrease the length of the time that one is ________ loud continuous noise.

A. associated with B. subjected to

C. filled with D. attached to

5. If he refuses to pay I shall take ___________ against him.

A. process B. punishment C. approaches D. measures

6. She had not as yet __________ to any special work.

A. been trained B. learned C. been practiced D. studied

7. __________ to wait for hours, she brought along a book to read.

A. Expected B. To expect C. Expects D. Expecting

8. When the little girl awoke, she found herself ___________ by an old woman.

A. look after B. be looked after

C. being looked after D. being looking after

9. Professor Wang, ____________ for his splendid lectures, is warmly received by his students.

A. being known B. known C. having known D. knowing

10. ____________ she forgot to do her homework, but that she was busy nursing a sick classmate.

A. Considering that B. Seeing that C. So that D. Not that

11. He declined the invitation partly because he was busy and ____________.

A. for lack of money B. partly because his lack of money

C. partly because he lacked money D. partly his lack of money

12. He enjoyed not only the movie ____________.

A. but also enjoyed the play B. but enjoyed also the play

C. but also the enjoy of play D. but also the play

13. There has not been al great response to the sale, _______?

A. does there B. hasn't it C. hasn't there D. has there

14. When Jane fell off the bike, the other children ___________.

A. were not able to help laughing B. could not help but laughing

C. could not help laughing D. could not help laugh

15. To ___________their new shampoo, they are selling it at half price for a month.

A. progress B. proceed C. promote D. propose

16. There are several characteristics of the textbook _________attention.

A. worthwhile B. worth of C. worthy D. worthy of

17. The _________driver thinks that accidents only happen to other people.

A. most B. usual C. average D. general

18. We will find a lot of time and ways to go over your reading in class before the _______ time.

A. due B. precise C. exact D. correct

19. He didn’t _________his mother that he was telling the truth.

A. admit B. insure C. convince D. believe

20. The effect of the shock will soon ___________.

A. wear down B. wear away C. wear off D. wear out

21. Owning an automobile _________greater expense than he had expected.

A. entailed B. rendered C. thrust D. contributed

22. You may get good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will only succeed _________by studying hard every day.

A. in particular B. in the long run C. in season D. in the end

23. She ___________that difficult book with no trouble at all.

A. thought through B. brought out C. caught up with D. breezed through

24. I have _________much time and thought on the problem, but I am no nearer to finding a solution.

A. exposed B. expended C. exhausted D. exerted

25. The new building __________all the other buildings in the town.

A. dwarfs B. distorts C. deserts D. depresses

26. There are two __________mistakes in this sentence. Can you point them out?

A. arranged B. deliberate C. planned D. calculated

27. However, if you want to know his real meaning, you have to pay ________attention to what is being said.

A. constant B. temporary C. regular D. continual

28. If the tailor comes today, please have him ________my shirts.

A. shortened B. shortening C. to shorten D. shorten

29. The current, which is very __________, makes the river dangerous.

A. rapid B. fast C. quick D. hurry

30. According to Chinese traditions, unmarried couples are _________to stay together at night.

A. banned B. prohibited C. objected D. forbidden

A. damaged B. spoiled C. crashed D. crushed

31. I passed the test. I ______________ it without your help.

A. would not pass B. wouldn't have passed

C. didn't pass D. had not passed

32. If _________ by now, we should have a terrible time tomorrow.

A. we shouldn't get everything ready B. we didn't get everything ready

C. we hadn't got everything ready D. we were to get everything ready

33. If only the letter ___________ there in time!

A. arrive B. is arriving C. had arrived D. has arrived

34. Susan would have gone to visit the Great Wall, but she __________ fully occupied the whole of last week.

A. was B. were C. had been D. has been

35. The father writes in his will that every son and daughter __________a share of his property.

A. has B. to have C. having D. have

36. Neither his father nor his mother was willing to give __ consent to the marriage.

A. their B. her C. one's D. his

37. I couldn't find , and so I took this one.

A. a large enough coat B. an enough lager coat

C. a large coat enough D. a coat enough large

38. Jack knows how to repair a car, __________ how to drive it.

A. much less B. much more C. no more than D. still less

39. The population of many Chinese cities has ____________ doubled in the past thirty years.

A. as great as B. larger than C. quite a bit D. more than

40. His honesty is _________ : nobody can doubt it.

A. without question B. Out of question

C. beside the question D. Out of the question