(Grammar & Vocabulary)

1. He was one of the greatest writers _____ had ever lived.
A. who
B. which
C. that
D. as

2. He would try to ingratiate himself _____ his clients in order to earn more money.
A. into
B. with
C. for
D. from

3. Her address made a great impression _____ the audience.
A. at
B. of
C. in
D. on

4. Here is one of the most interesting novels that _____ been published _____ the war.
A. has ... after
B. have ... after
C. have ... since
D. has ... since

5. His companions have threatened to _____ his crimes to the police.
A. impose
B. express
C. enclose
D. expose

6. His extravagance reduced him _____ for his living.
A. to beg
B. from begging
C. to begging
D. into begging

7. His death _____ with age.
A. deteriorated
B. determined
C. detected
D. detained

8. His long service with the company was _____ with a present.
A. admitted
B. acknowledged
C. attributed
D. accepted

9. His novel _____ some light on life in China in Ming Dynasty.
A. sends
B. provides
C. throws
D. puts

10. His tastes and habits _____ with those of his wife.
A. combine
B. compete
C. coincide
D. compromise

11. His wife is quite lazy. Her reluctance to wash her own clothes is a case _____ point.
A. in
B. on
C. to
D. for

12. His work is only _____, certainly not distinguished.
A. fair
B. remarkable
C. good
D. wonderful

13. Hot metal _____ as it grows cooler.
A. contracts
B. reduces
C. condenses
D. compresses

14. Housewiver who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full _____.
A. capacity
B. strength
C. length
D. possibility

15. How close parents are to their children _____ a strong influence on the character of the children.
A. has
B. have
C. having
D. to have

16. I _____ with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this new column.
A. express
B. confess
C. verify
D. acknowledge

17. I always _____ what I have said.
A. get to
B. see to
C. lead to
D. hold to

18. I am not used _____ to like that.
A. to being spoken
B. to speak
C. being spoken
D. to speaking

19. I am sorry that I must _____ your invitation owing to a previous appointment.
A. decline
B. reject
C. accept
D. receive

20. I appreciate _____ to your home.
A. to be invited
B. to have invited
C. being invited
D. having invited

21. I can _____ some noise while I'm studying, but I can't stand loud noises.
A. come up with
B. catch up with
C. put up with
D. keep up with

22. I cannot give you _____ for the type of car you sell because there is no demand for it in the market.
A. an expense
B. a charge
C. a purchase
D. an order

23. I didn't quite _____ to what you had said. Would you mind repeating it?
A. catch on
B. get hold
C. catch up
D. go on

24. I didn't say anything like that at all. You are purposely _____ my idea to prove your point.
A. revising
B. contradicting
C. distorting
D. distracting

25. I felt somewhat disappointed and was about to leave, _____ something occurred which attracted my attention.
A. unless
B. until
C. when
D. while

26. I have the honor of introducing to you Mr. Alan, who will _____ you on his recent tour abroad.
A. address
B. speak
C. talk
D. converse

27. I have two boys but _____ of them likes sweets.
A. both
B. neither
C. either
D. none

28. I like to go to the cinema when I am in the _____ for it.
A. more than to go
B. than going
C. rather than to go
D. more than going

29. I regret _____ so much time and money on stamps.
A. to waste
B. for wasting
C. having wasted
D. at wasting

30. I was greatly disappointed _____ that affair.
A. out
B. in
C. to
D. toward

31. I would like to have a talk with him _____ his convenience.
A. in
B. at
C. for
D. with

32. I'd rather you _____ those important documents with you.
A. don't take
B. didn't take
C. won't take
D. not take

33. If a couple are divorced and their child lives with his mother, he is said to suffer from lack of _____ love.
A. maternal
B. fraternal
C. paternal
D. parental

34. If English is not our first language you can often be puzzled by ways of expression that the native speaker of English does not even have to _____.
A. think out
B. think about
C. think over
D. think for

35. If it _____ too much trouble, I'd love a cup of tea.
A. isn't
B. wasn't
C. weren't
D. hadn't been

36. If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to _____ in the courtyard.
A. converge
B. assemble
C. crowd
D. accumulate

37. If the United States had built more homes for poor people in 1995, the housing problems now in some parts of the country _____ so serious.
A. wouldn't be
B. wouldn't have been
C. will not be
D. would have not been

38. If Tom wins tomorrow, he _____ thirty races in the past four years.
A. will win
B. has won
C. would have won
D. will have won

39. If we believe something is good and true we should _____ to it.
A. hold up
B. keep on
C. hold on
D. keep up

40. If you _____ James, ask him to phone me.
A. should see
B. must see
C. might see
D. would see

41. If you are required to do some work, it must be done _____.
A. sooner or later
B. after all others
C. at last
D. in the long run

42. If you know what the trouble is, why you don't help them to _____ the situation?
A. simplify
B. modify
C. verify
D. rectify

43. I'm sorry, but what he thinks is not of the _____ important to me.
A. worthy
B. valuable
C. valueless
D. priceless

44. I'm sure your suggestion will _____ the problem.
A. contribute to solving
B. be contributed to solve
C. contribute to solve
D. be contributed to solving

45. I'm very much obliged to you _____ the information.
A. on
B. for
C. with
D. of

46. In American universities, classes are often arranged in more flexible _____ and many jobs on campus are reserves for students.
A. scales
B. ranks
C. grades
D. patterns

47. In Beijing, the season of the year is probably _____ fall.
A. later
B. last
C. latter
D. late

48. In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or ______ for language learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills.
A. adapted
B. acknowledged
C. assembled
D. appointed

49. In that country, guests tend to feel they are not highly _____ if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date.
A. admired
B. regarded
C. expected
D. worshipped

50. In that country, students will be _____ admittance to their classroom if they are not properly dressed.
A. declined
B. deprived
C. denied
D. deserted

51. In the meantime, the question facing business is whether such research is _____ the costs.
A. worth
B. worth of
C. worthy
D. worthwhile

52. In the preface _____ the book, the old scholar attaches great importance to practicalness.
A. to
B. for
C. about
D. of

53. In this experiment, they are wakened several times during the night, and asked to report what they _____.
A. had just been dreaming
B. have just been dreaming
C. are just dreaming
D. had just dreamt

54. In this factory the machines are not regulated ______ but are jointly controlled by a central computer system.
A. independently
B. individually
C. irrespectively
D. irregularly

55. It _____ five years since the famous singer left her hometown.
A. was
B. is
C. has passed
D. had been

56. It is difficult to tell whether a man is angry or not by _____ looking at his face.
A. right
B. barely
C. just
D. hardly

57. It is pretty obvious that more than one person has _____ this affair.
A. laid a hand on
B. had a hand in
C. got the upper hand of
D. got into the hands of

58. It is reported that _____ adopted children want to know who their natural parents are.
A. the most
B. most of
C. most
D. the most of

59. It is strictly _____ that access to confidential documents is denied to all but a few.
A. secured
B. forbidden
C. regulated
D. determined

60. It makes me sick to think of his highly _____ manners.
A. artistic
B. artful
C. artless
D. artificial

61. It pays _____ to buy goods of high quality.
A. in the long run
B. in the short run
C. at a run
D. on the run

62. It seems oil _____ from this pipe for some time. We'll have to take the machine apart to put it right.
A. had leaked
B. is leaking
C. leaked
D. has been leaking

63. It was felt that he lacked the _____ to pursue a difficult task to the very end.
A. petition
B. engagement
C. commitment
D. qualification

64. It will be safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash; virtually all financial ______ will be conducted by computer.
A. transactions
B. transmissions
C. transitions
D. transformations

65. Jim is so _____ after injuring his leg that he has great difficulty in walking.
A. hurt
B. lame
C. wounded
D. uncomfortable

66. Jim isn't _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.
A. gloomy
B. dull
C. awkward
D. tedious

67. John D. Rockefeller, _______, owned 90 percent of all American oil refineries.
A. as still a young man
B. while still a young man
C. a young man however
D. in spite of a young man

68. John regretted ______ to the meeting last week.
A. not going
B. not to go
C. not having been going
D. not to be going

69. John seems a nice person. ______, I don't trust him.
A. Even though
B. Even so
C. Therefore
D. Though

70. Just as the builder skilled in the handling of his bricks, _____ the experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words.
A. as
B. thus
C. so
D. like

71. Language, culture and personality may be considered _____ of each other in though, but they are inseparable in fact.
A. indistinctly
B. separately
C. irrelevantly
D. independently

72. Last night I _____ my mother on the phone.
A. spoke
B. talked
C. said
D. called

73. Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply ______.
A. declined
B. lessened
C. descended
D. slipped

74. Life is a candle _____ to burn ever brighter.
A. being meant
B. meaning
C. to mean
D. meant

75. Liquids are like solids _____ they have a definite volume.
A. with that
B. for that
C. in that
D. at that

76. Many artists predict that this brilliant young actor _____ to be a shining star.
A. destines
B. will be destined
C. is destined
D. has been destined

77. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.
A. rate
B. pace
C. speed
D. growth

78. Many people like to watch ______ film.
A. a pleasing
B. an exciting
C. a delighted
D. an interested

79. Mary wishes that she _____ law instead of history when she was in college.
A. had    studied
B. has studied
C. studies
D. studied

80. Men's never-ceasing ______ for knowledge continues to broaden our understanding of the earth's atmosphere.
A. request
B. quest
C. investigation
D. research

81. Milk is indispensable _____ the health of a motherless baby.
A. to
B. at
C. with
D. on

82. Modern industry abounds _____ opportunities for young men with imagination.
A. for
B. on
C. in
D. of

83. More than one third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, ______ in San Francisco.
A. previously
B. predominantly
C. practically
D. permanently

84. More than two hundred years ago the United States _____ from the British Empire and became an independent country.
A. got off
B. pulled down
C. broke away
D. dropped off

85. Most good writers use every means _____ to make the reader's way smooth and easy.
A. at their disposal
B. at their request
C. at their will
D. at their convenience

86. No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country; _____ is this more true than in Europe.
A. hardly
B. little
C. seldom
D. nowhere

87. Nobody _____ that something was wrong at that time.
A. commented
B. committed
C. noticed
D. expressed

88. Of the thousands of known volcanoes in the world, the _____ majority are inactive.
A. tremendous
B. demanding
C. intensive
D. overwhelming

89. On knowing that this his novel won the Pulitzer Prize, his friends held a big party _____.
A. in his glory
B. in his honor
C. for his glory
D. for his honor

90. One study found that job applicants who make more eye contact are _____ as more alert, dependable, confident and responsible.
A. referred
B. perceived
C. recommended
D. presumed

91. Our research has focused on a drug which is so ______ as to be able to change brain chemistry.
A. powerful
B. influential
C. monstrous
D. vigorous

92. People have no trust _____ his words.
A. on
B. to
C. with
D. in

93. People who refuse to _____ with the law will be punished.
A. obey
B. consent
C. conceal
D. comply

94. People who want progress are hospitable _____ new ideas.
A. towards
B. from
C. to
D. at

95. Physics is the present-day equivalent of _____ used to be called natural philosophy, from which most of present-day science arose.
A. that
B. all
C. which
D. what

96. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case you _____ the new carpet.
A. crash
B. pollute
C. spot
D. stain

97. Please come and help me with this form because I don't know how to _____ it.
A. set about
B. set off
C. set aside
D. set up

98. Please come to the point, you are _____ the subject again.
A. straying from
B. getting off
C. dwelling in
D. giving up

99. Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking close to _____ on math and theoretical physics.
A. impose
B. center
C. overwork
D. concentrate

100. San Francisco is usually cool in summer, but Los Angeles ______.
A. is rarely
B. is scarcely
C. hardly is
D. rarely is

1.C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. C

7. A
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. A
12. A

13. A
14. A
15. A
16. D
17. D
18. A

19. A
20. C
21. C
22. D
23. A
24. C

25. C
26. A
27. B
28. D
29. C
30. B

31. B
32. B
33. C
34. B
35. A
36. A

37. A
38. D
39. C
40. A
41. A
42. D

43. B
44. A
45. B
46. D
47. D
48. A

49. B
50. C
51. A
52. A
53. B
54. B

55. B
56. C
57. B
58. C
59. C
60. D

61. A
62. D
63. C
64. A
65. C
66. B

67. B
68. A
69. B
70. C
71. D
72. D

73. A
74. D
75. C
76. C
77. B
78. B

79. A
80. B
81. A
82. C
83. B
84. C

85. A
86. D
87. C
88. D
89. B
90. B

91. A
92. D
93. D
94. C
95. D
96. D

97. A
98. A
99. D
100. D