1. It wasn’t such a good dinner ?____? she had promised us.?

A. thatB. whichC. asD.what?

2. ?____? can we yield to the pressure.?

A. By and largeB. By means of ?

C. By no meansD. In return?

3. By the time we reach an agreement, the approvals ?____?.?

A. will be got B. have been got?

C. shall have been got D. are got?

4. The World Trade Center, the top ?____? is 410 meters high, is the tallest building in theworld.?

A. of whichB. whichC. of whoseD. that?

5. Doctor Godwin says that ?____? what forceful arguments against smoking there are, manypeople persist in smoking.?

A. thoughB. howeverC. no matterD. but?

6. ?____? many times, this radio receiver is found very sensitive.?

A. Being testedB. Having been tested?

C. Having testedD. Testing?

7. If traffic problems are not solved soon, driving in cities ?____? impossible.?

A. becomesB. will have become?

C. will become D. become?

8. On this busy road drivers ought to be especially careful, ?____???

A. ought itB. oughtn’t they?

C. oughtn’t it D. don’t they?

9. Only when the war was over in 1945 ?____? to his hometown.?

A. did he returnB. he did return ?

C. he returnedD. had he returned?

10. ?____? his eyes when she told him that it was time for them to leave.?

A. Hardly had he openedB. Scarcely did he open?

C. No sooner did he openD. He had no sooner opened?

11. She has?____? as a singer; she’s worth training.?

A. abilitiesB. capabilities?

C. talentsD. capacities?

12. The atomic clock is ?____? to within 3 seconds in a century.?

A. exactB. clearC. accurateD. explicit?

13. That consciousness is being transformed into ?____?.?

A. actionB. actC. deedD. activity?

14. To stress the importance of a rich vocabulary, the teacher used a(n) ?____?.“Writing with aseverely limited vocabulary”, she said, “is like trying to paint a circus with only a few colors.”?

A. exampleB. comparisonC. contrastD. analogy?

15. When my father listens to classical music on the radio, he often swings his arms as if he’s ?____? the orchestra.?

A. leadingB. controlling?

C. conductingD. practising?

16. The disappearance of that money from my wallet is quite ?____?. I’m sure the wallet was inmy pocket all day.?

A. dramaticB. doubtfulC. mysteriousD. dangerous?

17. A completely new situation is likely to ?____? whe

n the school leaving age is raised to 16.?

A. riseB. raiseC. ariseD. arouse?

18. The campers ?____? their tent in a sheltered valley.?

A. establishedB. placedC. fixedD. built?

19. An almost ?____? line of traffic was moving at a snail’s pace through the center city.?

A. continuousB. constantC. longD. continual?

20. On entering another country, a tourist will have to ?____? the customs.?

A. pass throughB. pass byC.pass overD. pass away?

21. Experiments enable young scientists to judge what must be accepted and what must beviewed with ?____?.

A. beliefB. curiosityC. suspicionD. doubt?

22. The city has decided to ?____? overhead wires.?

A. do off B. do with?

C. do away withD. do away?

23. George ?____? tears when he heard the sad news.?

A. broke throughB. broke up ?

C. broke intoD. broke out?

24. As the airliner began to take off, Jane , together with her boyfriend ?____?, took a last look attheir parents who had come to see them off.?

A. on board B. at most C. on schedule D. at random?

25. She’s ?____? as a very promising young singer.?

A. looked onB. looked forC. looked overD. looked up