Vocabulary and Structure

1. With such poor ___________ he really needs glasses.

A. vision B. view C. sense D. scene

2. No one has yet succeeded in explaining the _____________ of how life began.

A. cause B. confusion C. reason D. puzzle

3. Fie suddenly had a great __________ of relief.

A. instinct B. doubt C. thought D. feeling

4. The newly __________ method has brought great economic benefits.

A. adopted B. accepted C. received D. treated

5. A completely new situation will ________ when the new examination system comes into existence.

A. rise B. raise C. arouse D. arise

6. Which door does this key ___________ to?

A. set B. become C. fit D. belong

7. When he was in prison he was not allowed to __________ with his family.

A. commit B. communicate C. commission D. command

8. That field _________ a good crop of potatoes last year.

A. planted B. grew C. raised D. yielded

9. The Olympic Games can __________ its history back to the sixth century B. C.

A. dash B. chase C. trace D. follow

10. John a great deal about examinations.

A. worries B. wonders C. amuses D. annoys

11.— “How are you planning to Hangzhou?”

—“I haven’t decided, but I’m considering ________a train.”

A. to travel; take B. travel; of taking

C. to travel; taking D. travelling; to take

12.— “Your English has certainly improved.”

—“Yes, but I wish I know _________fluently.”

A. to speak B. how speak C. how speaking D. how to speak

13. Running in the rain, ____________.

A. I fell on a stone B. a stone blocked me

C. a stone caused me to fall D. I was fallen on a stone

14. It was essential that the application forms ____________back before the deadline.

A. be sent B. must be sent C. were sent D. would be sent

15. They failed to pass the exam last time, I regretted _______________.

A. to be not able to help B. being unable to help

C. being not able to helping D. not be able to help

16. He ordered the work _______________.

A. started at once B. to be started at once

C. to start at once D. at once starting

17. In order to be a good scientist, ______________.

A. mathematics is urgent B. one should have the mathematics

C. one must understand mathematics D. mathematics is important to understand

18. You all _______________those calculations! We have a computer to do that sort of thing.

A. must not have done B. needn’t have done

C. can not have done D. shouldn’t have done

19. Most people don’t mind ____________complete strangers the way, but for my part, I am too shy to do so.

A. to ask B. asking C. ask to D. being asked

20. She worked up her courage to ask them to stop ____________over such a small matter.

A. to quarrel B. quarrelling C. quarrel D. from quarrelling

21. The old man preferred to stay at home ____________to the concert.

A. than to go B. to go C. rather than going D. rather than go

22. Who is ____________for starting the fire?

A. to blame B. blaming C. to be blamed D. blame

23. I think ____________him to expect anyone to support his idea.

A. it is childish for B. it childish of

C. childish of D. it childish for

24. _____________help me, I had to do it all alone.

A. There is no one to B. There being no one to

C. Being no one D. With no one

25. By this time tomorrow, perhaps I _____________reading the book.

A. will finish B. will have been finished

C. will have finished D. have been finished

26. 1. It was years __________ I had visited my hometown and was determined to enjoy my stay. A. after B. that C. since D. when

27. I am __________ of the same old breakfast every morning.

A. worn out B. tired C. ill D. exhausted

28. We had to ___________ a lot of noise when the children were at home.

A. go in for B. hold on to

C. put up with D. keep pace with

29. It is no use ____________ me not to worry about his injury.

A. for you to tell me B. your telling

C. you tell D. having told

30. No sooner had Mrs. Tyler entered the kitchen ___________ a knock at the gate door.

A. did she hear B. then she heard

C. when she heard D. than she heard

31. The large vase in which he kept his umbrella for many years ________ to be a valuable piece of Chinese pottery.

A. came round B. turned up C. turned out D. figured out

32. We _________ to get what we want, anyway.

A. operated B. managed C. controlled D. handled

33. Don't waste time; let's ___________ hands in the business.

A. join B. connect C. combine D. join in

34. Because of the recent accidents, my parents _________ my sister and me to swim in the river.

A. disapprove B. disagree C. forbid D. prohibit

35. We were ____________ for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.

A. kept off B. held up C. put back D. broken down

36. You must walk slowly if you want the children to ____ you.

A. put up with B. come up with

C. keep up with D. go on with

37. If you suspect that the illness might be serious you should not ___ going to the doctor.

A. hold back B. put off C. put aside D. hold up

38. The foreign visitors said that they wouldn't mind ____________.

A. having a hard bed for the night

B. have a hard bed for the night

C. to have a hard bed for the night

D. they had a hard bed for the night

39. I remember my father ___________ me to the beach when I was a very small child. We forgot ____________ a towel and I felt very cold.

A. taking; to take B. to take; taking

C. taking; taking D. to take; to take

40. __________ a reply, he decided to write again.

A. Not receiving B. Not having received

C. Having not received D. Not received