模拟试题2
1. He smokes 20 cigarettes a day on an _____.
A. irregular B. abnormal C. ordinary D. average
2. They were bored looking for _____.
A. hazard B. adventure C. experience D. action
3. The young man has ______ twenty miles on his bike in an hour.
A. given B. covered C. contracted D. sent
4. My teacher _____ me to major in chemistry but I like economics.
A. dissuades B. insists C. persuades D. attempts
5. They’ve _____ he to be operated on at once.
A. to arrange B. arranged C. arranging for D. arranged for
6. I don’t mind how hot it is, gut I can’t ______ the cold.
A. beat B. fight C. endure D. prevent
7. The lady was so angry that she ______ the letter to pieces.
A. separated B. tore C. folded D. parted
8. The government is going to work out an _______ plan to solve the problem of water pollution.
A. efficiency B. effective C. efficient D. effect
9. I could easily _____ her handwriting although the light was dim.
A. relieve B. recognize C. record D. make up
10. She should _____ those present at the meeting for help.
A. count up B. count against C. count on D. count out
11. The Americans _____ George Washington as the father of their country.
A. look up to B. think C. worship D. look forward to
12. There were no tickets _____ for Saturday’s performance.
A. considerable B. available C. possible D. preferable
13. Don’t _____ this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.
A. relate B. retain C. relieve D. release
14. Many new _____ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.
A. necessities B. opportunities C. realities D. probabilities
15. When Mr. John gets old, he will _____ over his business to his son.
A. think B. take C. hand D. get
16. His wife felt it would be silly to ____ the color of the curtains before they had painted the room.
A. find B. choose C. change D. lose
17. There are a lot of mistakes in this exercise. I’ll have to ____ it again with you.
A. replay B. instruct C. come through D. go over
18. There are some _____ flowers on the table.
A. unnatural B. false C. unreal D. artificial
19. We are interested in the weather because it ______ us so directly what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.
A. affects B. effects C. benefits D. guides
20. It was difficult to guess what her _____ to the news would be.
A. comment B. reaction C. impression D. opinion
21. That boss has some farms _____ the outskirts of Beijing.
A. in B. over C. under D. on
22. Will all those ____ the proposal raise their hands?
A. in relation to B. in favor of C. in contrast to D. in excess of
23. I wish you would be more _____ to your father.
A. respectful B. respective C. respectable D. respected
24. This theory _____ from the work of certain early 20th century scientists.
A. returns B. results C. resists D. raises
25. The children, who were impatient to swim in the sea, ______ down the beach towards the water.
A. traveled B. crashed C. rushed D. waved
26. Old _____ he was, he did the same work as others.
A. although B. though C. even if D but
27. No sooner had we got home ______ it began to rain.
A. when B. after C. then D. than
28. I wish I ______ to the concert last night.
A. went B. would go C. had gone D. would have gone
29. They had scarcely finished their experiment _____ the power was cut off.
A. then b. than C. when D. the moment
30. _____, the house was a good buy.
A. All things to be considered B. All things considering
C. Considering all things D. All things considered
31. George ______ with his uncle ever since he came to Yale two years ago.
A. lived B. lives C. has been living D. is living
32. Doctor Smith, along with a group of nurses, ______ to perform the hear operation this afternoon.
A. are going B. go C. goes D. is going
33. In an accident when two cars ran into each other, they ________.
A. hit B. collided C. knocked D. stroke
34. Americans themselves are often not certain what is slang and what is not, ______ foreigners.
A. leave alone B. let alone C. left alone D. letting alone
35. Please join us in proposing a toast to the health of our distinguished guests, ______?
A. shall you B. will you C. should you D. can you
36. How I wish I ______ with you when you were here last week.
A. can be B. were C. could be D. could have been
37. The reason _____ he was highly praised was beyond our imagination.
A. that B. which C. could be D. could have been
38. The coach regretted that he would rather Tom _____ to the speech contest last month as soon as he was informed of the results.
A. doesn’t go B. didn’t go C. hasn’t gone D. hadn’t gone
39. You ______ repaired the machine. We have a mechanic to do that sort of things.
A. mustn’t have B. shouldn’t have C. couldn’t have D. needn’t have It’s high time that they _____ to do the experiment.
A. begin B. had begun C. began D. were begun
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