1、The engineers are planning to ______________ oil with some kind of material for the engine.
A.substitute
B.place
C.replace
D.instead
本题答案：
C
2、Truth will ____________ over falsehood, right over wrong.
A.prevail
B.advantage
C.win
D.earn
本题答案：
A
3、_______ useful book it is!
A.What an
B.How a
C.What a
D.What
本题答案：
C
4、That was _______ matter that I had no choice but to talk it over with my parents.
A.a such serious
B.a so serious
C.such serious a
D.so serious a
本题答案：
D
5、I asked the saleswoman to __________ the price, but she firmly refused to. Faced with this I decided to turn to the manager.
A.bring down
B.lay down
C.put down
D.draw down
本题答案：
C
6、I’ve been a student there for nearly two and _______ half years.
A.a
B.an
C.the
D./
本题答案：
A
7、-When did you arrive in Beijing? -__________.
A.nobody informs me.
B.I will see you later.
C.2 hours later
D.No, I don’t think I can get soon.
本题答案：
C
8、-What were you doing at nine last night? -__________.
A.I was watching TV at that time.
B.Yes, but I can’t afford the time
C.I did my homework.
D.I am going to leave my aunt’s home.
本题答案：
A
9、The boys spent the whole morning _______ possible answers to the question.
A.discuss
B.and discussing
C.discussing
D.and discussed
本题答案：
C
10、Only after a year _____________ to see the results of my experiment.
A.I began
B.I had begun
C.have I begun
D.did I begin
本题答案：
D
11、It is useful to be able to predict the extent ______ which a price change will affect supply and demand.
A.from
B.to
C.for
D.with
本题答案：
B
12、She was scared to __________ death when she heard the news.
A.as much as
B.as well as
C.as good as
D.as many as
本题答案：
C
13、—I really don’t know how to thank you enough. —______.
A.No problem
B.Think nothing of it
C.With pleasure
D.Glad to hear that
本题答案：
B
14、My brother changed his major at college several times and he never ________ any one very long.
A.stuck to
B.kept back
C.let alone
D.made way
本题答案：
A
15、_________, Edison began experimenting with something which he had made himself.
A.On August 12, 1877
B.In August 12, 1877
C.At 12 August, 1877
D.In 1877, August, 12
本题答案：
A
16、He cut the cake __.
A.in halves
B.in half
C.into halves
D.into half
17、——Did your classmate accept your invitation? ——No, he ____ refused.
A.as far as
B.as well as
C.as soon as
D.as good as
18、_____________, we started looking for work.
A.Having been spent all the money
B.All the money having been spent
C.We spent all the money
D.All the money was spent
19、While he was investigating ways t improve the telescope Newton made _______ discovery which completely changed ____ man’s understanding of color.
A.a,/
B.a,the
C./,the
D.the,a
20、When he applied for a _____________ in the office of the local newspaper, he was told to see the manager.
A.location
B.profession
C.career
D.position
