2002年1月

1. There was such a long line at the exhibition         we had to wait for about half an hour.

A)so                         B)as              C)that                D)hence

2. Reading      the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried than they will   admit.      

A)among                  B)behind           C)along                D)between

3. All flights           because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.

A)were canceled                B)having canceled  

 C)had been canceled              D)having been canceled

4. He wasn’t appointed chairman of the committee,         not very popular with all its members.

A)considering           B)being considered   C)to be considered   D)having considered

5. The         stuck on the envelope says “By Air”.

A)label                      B)signal                        C)mark             D)diagram

6. There was a big hole in the road which        the traffic.

A)kept down           B)stood back                C)held up                            D)set back

7. My brother’s plans are very      ; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.

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

8. None of us expected the chairman to       at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.                  A)turn in             B)turn up                    C)turn over          D)turn down

9. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to         storming into the boss’s office.         

   A)avoid         B)prohibit                        C)turn                       D)prevent

10.By the time you get to New York, I        for London.

 A) am leaving     B)shall have left                C)have already left        D)would be leaving

11.The football game comes to you          from New York.

A) live                     B)lively             C)alive              D)living

12. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when        alone.

A)is seen                B)having been seen    C)seen                          D)to be seen

13. Sometimes children have trouble      fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist.

A)of separating              B)for separating            C)separating                 D)to separate

14.The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural          .       

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

15. He is quite sure that it’s        impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.

A) roughly                B)exclusively                C)fully              D)absolutely

16.Mobile telecommunications       is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies.

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

17. The article suggests that when a person      under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet.

A)be                            B)was              C)is                  D)were

18. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee      to investigate the incident.               

    A)was set up         B)were set up       C)set up                D)be set up

19. Things might have been much worse if the mother         on her right to keep the baby.

 A)had insisted          B)has been insisting  C)insisted                         D)would insist

20. The statistical figures in that report are not        .You should not refer to them.

A)rigid                  B)delicate          C)fixed                            D)accurate

21.        energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake.        

     A)Gathered   B)Accumulated             C)Collected                      D)Assembled

22. There is no        to the house from the main road.

 A)edge        B)avenue                       C)exposure               D)access

23. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play      roles in raising children.           

    A)insensible  B)indispensable              C)incapable              D)infinite

24. The mother didn’t know who         for the broken glass.

A)blamed         B)would blame             C)to blame               D)be blamed

25. He       to his customers and halved the price.

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

26. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication         .

A)barrier         B)tragedy            C)vacuum                D)question

27.The lawyer advised him to drop the        , since he stands little chance to win.

A)case             B)event                        C)affair                  D)incident

28.The author of the report is well       with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

A)informed        B)enlightened                C)acquainted              D)acknowledged

29.The boy spent as much time watching TV as he         studying.

A)did               B)was              C)does                    D)had

30. The ship’s generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated     instead of mechanically. 

   A)artificially  B)automatically        C)manually                     D)synthetically