1. He ____have been nervous because he didn’t go straight in. ?

A. ought to B. must C. should D. had to?

2. I am quite sure that I can ____ Michael into letting us use his car tomorrow. ?

A. speak B. talk C. tell D. say?

3. Jean could be a very attractive girl but she____to her clothes. ?

A. pays no attention B. was paying no attention

C. paid no attention D. had paid no attention?

4. When questioned by the interviewer, my mind went____, and I could

hardly remember my own date of birth. ?

A. blank B. dim C. faint D. vain?

5. The textbook question as well as other issues is going to be discussed when the congress is in____again next spring. ?

A. assembly B. convention C. conference D. session?

6. To drive a car safely, it is____good brakes. ?

A. essential with B. essential having

C. essential to have D. essential have?

7. As I regard it, you can widen the ____ of these improvements through your active participation. ?

A. volume B. dimension C. magnitude D. scope?

8. “Can you ride a horse?” ?

“No, I never had the chance ____.”?

A. for learning

B. for learning how

C. how to learn it

D. to learn how?

9. As electric lines were destroyed by the storm, they were forced to[CD#] light for several days. ?

A. go over B. go in for C. go without D. go out

10. To survive in the intense market competition, we must____the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world-market demand. ?

A. improve B. guarantee

C. gear D. enhance?

11. “Maria has blisters in her boots.” ?

“She____walking such a long distance.” ?

A. was used not to B. used to

C. is not used to D. did not used to ?

12. In ancient times people who were thought to have the ability to ____dreams were likely to be highly respected. ?

A. impart B. inherit

C. interpret D. intervene?

13. It was ____that we felt tired when we arrived. ?

A. a so long travel B. such a long travel

C. such a long journey D. such a so long journey?

14.____his poor record in school, the board thinks that he sh

ould study hard. ?

A. In spite of B. In charge of

C. In view of D. In case of ?

15. “What authors do you like?” ?

“Shakespeare is____.” ?

A. favorite for me B. my favorite

C. for me the favorite D. the favorite of mine?

16. We hadn’t expected a power cut so we were astonished when the whole house was ____into darkness. ?

A. dived B. plunged

C. drowned D. dropped?

17. Without a (an)____passport a tourist is forbidden to enter a country. ?A. operative B. effective

C. valid D. efficient?

18. Although the town had been attacked by the storm several times,

____was done. ?

A. a few damages B. few damages

C. little damage D. a little damage?

19. Before the tourists set off, they spent much time setting a limit

____the expenses of the trip. ?

A. for B. in

C. to D. about?

20. “Tina looks especially pretty tonight.” ?

“Yes, she always looks her best in ____of that color.” ?

A. dress B. a dress

C. that dress D. the dress

21. Despite the wide range of reading material specially written or____forlanguage learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills. ?

A. appointed B. assembled

C. acknowledged D. adapted?

22. Internet, a____of millions of computers linked world wide, is the largest system serving e-mail messengers. ?

A. unity B. connection

C. network D. combination?

23. “ How dark your brother’s hair is!” ?

“It’s ____mine when I was at his age.” ?

A. no darker than B. no more darker as

C. not dark more than D. not darker as?

24. It was surprising that the hotel looked rather shabby outside was luxuriously and____ furnished inside. ?

A. artificially B. arrogantly

C. arbitrarily D. artistically?

25.____he daydreamed, Peter saw figures in the sky. ?

A. Until B. Since

C. While D. During?