模拟试题讲解（1）

Vocabulary and Structure

1.       The work is proceeding quite satisfactorily; indeed, we are ahead of _____.
A. chart    B. timetable    C. schedule    D. list

2.       The young man has _____ many miles on his bike.
A. sent    B. given    C. covered    D. contracted

3.       He is so lazy that he will never _______ anything.
A. accompany    B. accomplish   C. succeed    D. prefer

4.       He was _______ to go to the concert, for he didn’t like pop music.
A. ready    B. pleased    C. happy    D. reluctant

5.       The government is going to work out an ____ plan to solve the problem of unemployment.
A. effect      B. efficient    C. efficiency    D. effectively

6.       He was angry at being _____ with such silly questions in his speech.
A. interfered    B. disturbed    C. bothered     D. interrupted

7.       Unable to find words to _____ themselves, they silently grasped our hands.
A. put     B. describe    C. express    D. prescribe 

8.       You don’t need to ______ people of their mistakes all the time.
A. remind   B. mention     C. complain    D. reveal

9.       Many difficulties have _____ as a result of the changeover to a new type of fuel.
A. raised    B. been raised    C. experienced    D. arisen

10.   We should take into _____ the differences between the student’s mother tongue and the goal language.
A. description    B. conclusion   C. statement   D. account

11.   The only thing ______ really bothers students is whether they will have access to the resources room of the school.
A. what     B. that     C. since     D. which 

12.   My train arrives in New York at eight o’clock tonight. That plane I would like to take from there ______ by then.
A. would leave    B. will have left   C. has left    D. had left

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

14.   The children were surprised when the teacher had them ______ their books unexpectedly.
A. to close      B. closing   C. closed    D. close

15.   After twenty years abroad, William came back only ______ his hometown severely damaged in the earthquake.
A. finding     B. find     C. to find    D. to having found

16.   ______ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.
A. In spite of    B. Because of     C. But for    D. As for

17.   _____ a fine day, we decided to go out for a picnic.
A. Having been    B. Being   C. What    D. It being

18.   Wouldn’t you rather your child _____ to bed early?
A. go     B. went   C. would    D. goes

19.   _____ is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.
A. That    B. As     C. Which    D. It

20.   _____ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.
A. When compared    B. Compare    C. While comparing   D. Comparing

21.   There are some ______ between the traditional and the modern family, but there are also some very important differences.
A. traditions    B. differences    C. contradictions    D. similarities

22.   ______ exercises such swimming or playing football can make us strong.
A. Physical    B. Emotional    C. Practical    D. Theoretical

23.   Her black dress was in _____ with his white hat.
A. addition    B. contrast    C. conclusion    D. fashion

24.   Children who have not reached school age usually receive ______ education.
A. preparation    B. primary    C. preschool    D. progress

25.   We can come to the _____ that the more we practice, the more skillful we will be.
A. generation     B. tradition    C. definition    D. conclusion

26.   How can you keep the machine _____ when you are away?
A. run   B. to run     C. running   D. being run

27.   Before he came to New York, he had never heard a single English word _____.A
A. speak   B. to speak    C. spoke    D. spoken

28.   Instead of _____ for the teacher to explain, they tried to find the pattern and the rules for themselves.
A. wait    B. to wait    C. waiting   D. being waited

29.   The doctor told the patient to eat only _____ food, which was easy to digest.
A. delicious   B. mixed    C. specific   D. liquid

30.   We hadn’t met for about 15 years, but I recognized her ______ I saw her.
A. the moment    B. the moment when   C. for the moment  D. at the moment when

31.   Tom doesn’t think he could ever _____ what is called “free-style” poetry.
A. take on    B. take over   C. take to    D. take after

32.   Because of his ill health, she has been obliged to _____ her job.
A. dismiss    B. resign    C. depart    D. retire

33.   The neighbors don’t consider him quite _____ as most of evenings he awakes them with his drunken singing.
A. respectful    B. respected    C. respectable     D. respective

34.   I wish I ______ longer this morning, but I had to get up and come to the class.
A. could have slept    B. slept    C. might have slept    D. have slept

35.   William would certainly have attended the meeting, _______.
A. has he got a flat tire     B. if he hadn’t a flat tire
C. if he hasn’t had a flat tire    D. had he not had a flat tire

36.   To our disappointment, the quality of the article we bought was _____, to what we had expected.
A. familiar   B. interior   C. superior    D. inferior

37.   I can’t _____ any difference between the two paintings; they are so much alike.
A. perceive    B. penetrate    C. distinguish   D. experience

38.   If the building project _____by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.
A. being competed    B. is completed    C. to be completed   D. competed

39.   He was punished ______ he should make the same mistakes again.
A. unless    B. provided   C. if    D. lest

Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak _____ Chinese.
A. fluid    B. smooth    C. fluent    D. flowing

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