1.We appreciate (work) with him, because he has a good sense of humor.
2.Jack must (go) away, we can’t find him anywhere in the factory.
3.His book was much better than those (write) so far on this subject.
4.I prefer (live) in the country rather than in a city.
5.After careful (consider) , the committee agreed on the proposal.
6.The director required that every member in his department (refer) to this report.
7.The little girl gave an (extreme) wonderful performance last night.
8.He was told that the stranger (wait) for him for 2 hours.
9.Miss Cherry is a well-known singer. She showed (music) tendencies from her early age.
10.Most students (take) sixty credits by the time they graduate.
11.Yesterday I was late getting to the railway station, but (fortunate) , the train was late,
too.
12.The cause of the accident may never (discover) in spite of the effort of the police.
13.The bank became suspicious after several large (withdraw) were made from his account in a single week.
14.It is required that every employee (come) in their uniform before 8:00 a.m.
15.The young man made several constructive suggestions about the environmental (protect)
_________in this city.
16.(Judge) from last year’s experience, the coach knows he should not expect too much of his team.
17.The local government is trying to raise money to (modern) the city’s public transport systems.
18.When he was in hospital, the nurse had his temperature (take) every four hours.
19.Jim told me he (join) the army two years before.
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20.I’m the (little) experienced of all the doctors here.
21.In some parts of this city, missing a bus means (wait) for another hour.
22.The businessman lost a (gold) chance to make a big fortune.
23.Frankly speaking, I’d rather you (say) nothing about it for the time being. [said]
24.You should be aware that this rare bird was on the list of human (protect) .
25.In the middle of the room there was a Christmas tree (decorate) with colored lights and glass balls.
unit 24
1.Did you get the (permit) from the authorities to run the business?
2.They decided not to visit the Great Wall because it was raining (heavy) .
3.When (ask) why he came to the exhibition, he said that he had been interested in oil paintings for years.
4.My sister has recently got a job as a (reception) in a hotel.
5.There is a well-known proverb：“The more haste, the (little) speed.”
6.Provided that there is no (object) , we will begin with the next item.
7.If all the people agree on the (suggest) plan, we shall hold the sports meet at the end of this month.
8.There has not been a favorable (respond) to your plan so far.
9.(Give) more instructions, the students would have done the exercises much better.
10.There’s no use (bargain) any more. It’s fixed price.
11.Buying a house in such a neighborhood can be a (cost) business.
12.The villagers told us that a new bridge (build) across the river in a year.
13.It is important that he (be) called back immediately.
14.It is (reason) for parents to pay for their children’s education.
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15.At the meeting a (propose) was put forward by John Smith.
16.As a rule, readers (not allow) to take dictionaries out of the reading room.
17.3It has been a long winter, and we’re (eager) waiting for the coming of spring.
18.They fully recognize the enormous (strong) and influence of the union.
19.By the end of last year, nearly a million cars (produce) in that auto factory.
20.(Take) the financial difficulties into consideration, we’d better put off the plan till next year.
21.Mr. Richard, together with his wife and three children, (be) to arrive in Beijing this afternoon.
22.The global average air temperature is believed (rise) in the near future.
23.The problem_________(discuss) by the workers is how to raise both quality and quantity of products.
24.By making on-the-spot observations, these young scientists obtained first-hand materials_________ (need) in their research work.
25.He was charged with illegal________ (possess) of firearms.
unit 25
1.The telephone________ (ring) for three minutes before it was answered.
2.The United Nations________(be) one of the most developed countries in the world.
3.A series of pre-recorded tapes_________ (have) been prepared for language laboratory use.
4.It_________(be) a long time since we meet last time.
5.It is high time we_________(leave).
6.The letter needs __________(sign) by the manager.
7.__________(direct) he uttered these words, these was a dead silence.
8.You really ought to have the doctor__________(examine) that eye.
9.Eighty-five percent of the beds in this hospital__________(fill).
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10.The workforce have recently been calling for their hours to be reduced. Many companies have ___________(according) switched to a five-day work.
11.We have the _________(please) to inform you that the above orders has now been dispatched today.
12.You should work tonight instead of _________(watch) television.
13.Weather___________(permit), the picnic will be held as scheduled.
14.In the course of our socialist construction and world peace, we ____________(try) hard to modernize our national defense.
15.I don’t know what I’d have done if I ___________(have) to make that decision.
16.Every man and every woman__________(be) asked to help.
17.It is said that the tips of the finger are particularly____________(sense).
18.We invited 50 people, but only a ___________(hand) of them came.
19.Parents should bring up their children to be generous, not _________(self).
20.Our success and their failure has proved beyond all __________(doubtful) that our method is far better than theirs.
21.Twenty dollars _________(seem) a reasonable price for that skirt.
22.It was not often for you to see a European_________(wear) traditional Chinese clothes.
23.I hope you don’t mind me _________(ask) you, sir, but is there much money involved in the will?
24.__________(see) from space, our earth looks like a blue blanket.
25.Nothing in the world________(move) faster than light.
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1.His last year’s trousers are now outgrow and need________(length) a little.
2.Laura opened the envelope, __________(fold) the letter and began to read it carefully.
3.After the minister of education had finished________(speak) at the press conference, they made
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him answer all sorts of questions.
4.The little girl looks so _________(confuse), I’m afraid she is uncertain of the solution to his difficult problem.
5.She is the only one, out of the entire, who__________(understand) the problem.
6.Although every young man has an equal opportunity to receive higher education, only the most intelligent_________(admit) to college.
7.Mrs. Brown is supposed_________(leave) college.
8.The manager promised to keep me __________(inform) of how our business was going on.
9.As the students gain confidence in themselves, they are less_________(like) to cheat.
10.__________(judge) by the depressed look on his face, he might have failed in the exam.
11.I consider it proper_________(leave) the matter to the committee to work out the details of the
plan.
12.The market was full of salted fish, ________(give) off the worst smell that you can imagine.
13.The honest young surgeon admitted_________(make) errors in judgment on more than one
occasion.
14.I regret _________(hurt) your feelings at the party.
15.The old part of Tokyo is said___________(destroy) twice during the Second World War.
16.There was knock at the door. It was the second time that someone__________(interrupt) me
that evening.
17.The young man__________(whomever) they said was the most brilliant in the class did prove to be the best. [who]
18.There ___________(happen) to be only one egg left in the refrigerator.
19.Do you think the building in Shenzhen are__________(similar) in appearance to the skyscrapers in Manhattan, New York?
20.Barbara tends to get very_________(patience) if you ask her more than two questions.
21.The world output of crude oil that year was 25 percent_________(high) than the previous year.
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