Vocabulary and Structure

1. I did not know what to do but then an idea suddenly ______________ my mind.

A. occurred to B. came into

C. entered into D. happened to

2. Positions as teaching assistants ___________ good writing and speaking skills.

A. stand for B. call for C. account for D. act for

3. John was very upset because he was ___________ by the police with breaking the law.

A. accused B. charged C. arrested D. sentenced

4. The civil war has ___________ the country's economic development by more than ten years.

A. set back B. set down C. set aside D. set about

5. I don't want to get _____________ the quarrel between Tom and Mary.

A. in touch with B. combined with C. involved in D. engaged in

6. He's mean and bad-tempered and snores, but she loves him ___________.

A. but for B. after all C. above all D. for all

7. Mrs. Johnson about it before me.

A. would not like speaking B. had better not speaking

C. would not like to speak D. had better not to speak

8. I prefer writing a term paper ___________ an examination.

A. to taking B. to take C. for taking D. that take

9. Most doctors recognize that medicine is _______________.

A. as art as much it is a science B. much an art as it is a science

C. as an art as much it is a science D. as much an art as it is a science

10. My father seemed to be in no ___________ to look at my school report.

A. mood B. emotion C. attitude D. feeling

11. The riot(暴乱) is said __________ by the government’s negligence of the people’s welfare.

A. to have been caused B. being caused

C. to be caused D. to cause

12. Such ________ the case, there were no grounds to justify your complaints.

A. was B. had been C. would be D. being

13. I took the medicine, but it didn’t have any ________ on me.

A. effect B. relation C. touch D. affect

14. Electricity, like other forms _________ of has greatly increased in price.

A. strength B. force C. power D. energy

15. Even after I washed the coat,__________ it still had some marks on it.

A. weak B. familiar C. faint D. regular

16. Everyone in the room remained ___________.

A. happily and friendly B. orderly and kindly

C. happily and kindly D. orderly and friendly

17. The little boy ___________ his hiding place when he coughed.

A. gave away B. gave up C. got away D. got in

18. Rapid reading means reading something fast just to ___________ the general idea.

A. master B. seize C. grasp D. imagine

19. The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to ____________ the investment plan within a week.

A. work out B. put out C. make out D. set out

20. Apples are __________ in summer and cost a lot.

A. rare B. scarce C. common D. unusual

21. Some discussion has ___________ about who should be put in charge of this project.

A. risen B. lifted C. raised D. arisen

22. This house is __________ by my grandfather, it means a lot to me.

A. handed down B. handed out C. handed over D. handed in

23. The teacher didn’t know who ___________for the broken glass.

A. is to blame B. is going to complain

C. is prepared to criticize D. is ready to teach

24. He never ___________to his customers in his business except occasionally for some special reasons. This time he cut the price by half, which really shocked me.

A. leaked B. drew C. quoted D. yielded

25. The age of the students in this class __________from eighteen to twenty.

A. changes B. alters C. ranges D. limits

26. Mankind in the last few decades has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ____________ .

A. tradition B. transportation C. transmission D. transformation

27. The agriculture production ___________is expected to double in northern part of China this year as a result of a sufficient rain fall in the spring and the new privileged policy for the farmers.

A. capacity B. potential C. possession D. impact

28. Reading between the lines, I would say that the professor was more worried than he _______in his paper.

A. addressed B. adopted C. accepted D. admitted

29. My brother is a very ___________young man, he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.

A. arbitrary B. aggressive C. ambitious D. abundant

30. After finishing the paper, he ___________ himself to have a good rest.

A. extended B. stretched C. spread D. reached

31. Some students ran back to the dormitory, magazines __________ under their arms.

A. to be held B. was held C. held D. holding

32. __________ the case, there were no grounds to justify your complaints.

A. Being such B. Such is C. It being such D. Such being

33. I like to get up early so that I can get plenty of work __________ before lunch.

A. to do B. doing C. done D. being done

34. __________ finished his work, he had to stay at home at the weekend.

A. Having not been B. Being not

C. Not having D. Having not

35. __________ experiments on the laboratory, it started to rain heavily.

A. While performing B. Performing

C. While I was performing D. To perform

36. If you want ___________ you have to get the fund somewhere.

A. the job clone B. the job to do

C. the job to have done D. the job that is done

37. The gray building is where the workers live, and the white one is where the spare parts___________.

A. are produced B. are producing

C. produced D. being produced

38. I ___________ fill in the form now, shouldn't I?

A. could B. couldn't C. should D. shouldn't

39. John's score on the test is the highest in the class; _______________.

A. he must have to study last night B. he must have studied last night

C. he should have studied last night D. he should study last night

40. According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one__________ wait instead of searching for it.

A. would rather B. had to C. cannot but D. had best