I was speaking to Jane on the phone when suddenly we were___. A. cut off B. cut down C. cut back D. cut out
Peter complained to the owner of the book store that there were some pages ___ in the dictionary. A. losing B. missing C. dropping D. falling
The shop-assistant was straightforward with her customers. If an article was of __ quality she’d tell them so.
A. miserable B. minor C. subordinate D. inferior With all its advantages, the laptop is by no means without its__.
A. limitation B. boundaries C. restraints D. confinements Look at the photo and you will find Diana __ her father.
A. takes to B. takes after C. takes for D. takes over I want to buy a new tie to __ this brown suit.
A. go into B. go after C. go by D. go with
He __ his lessons about Italy with photographs of the people who live there. A. illustrate B. cited C. quoted D. explained
In addition to rice, we need to __ our diet with fish, meat and vegetable. A. replace B. supplement C. replenish D. mix What he has done is __ the doctor’s orders.
A. subject to B. opposite C. resistant to D. contrary to
The survival __ of some wild animals is not high because they are ruthlessly hunted for their skins.
A. ratio B. degree C. rate D. scale
Tim is good, smart and hardworking. __, I can’t speak too highly of him. A. As a result B. In a word C. By the way D. On the contrary
What he told me about the affair simply doesn’t make any . A. idea B. sense C. meaning D. significance
The lawyer’s question was a __ that cause the defendant to admit his guilty. A. plan B. trap C. tap D. plot
Why can’t you do this small __ for me? I’ve helped you often enough in the past. A. demand B. request C. favor D. requirement
I know you think I’m talking nonsense, Tom, but __ you will realize that I was right. A. at one time B. in time C. at times D. on time
____ the dog was the first anima to be domesticated is generally agreed upon by authorities in the field.
A. Until B. It was C. What D. That
My father didn’t go to New York; the doctor suggested that he __ go there. A. not B. won’t C. does not D. not to
If the work __ completed by the end of the year is delayed, the construction company will be fined.
A. being B. to be C. will be D. has been He sat there dong nothing else __.
A. but to laugh B. than laughing C. but laughed D. than laugh
Who __ has read Shakespeare’s great plays can forget their fascination. A. that B. which C. who D. ever There is no mother __ loves her own children. A. who B. that C. but D. who not I would just as soon __ rudely to the child.
A. you not speak B. you won’t speak C. you not speaking D. you didn’t speak
I admit I have made a mistake, __ I deny the serious consequence it may have. A. so will B. so C. nor will D. how can
Most parents encourage their children to take an active part in social events, __ those events do not interfere with their studies A. so that B. lest C. unless D. provided In no circumstances can more work be got out of a machine than__ A. to put into it B. be put into it
C. is put into it D. that is to be put into it
Everyone congratulated the captain, __ whom the team could not have won, A. without B. beyond C. besides D. except He often sat in small pub drinking considerately more than __. A. was good for his health B. his health was good C. was in good health D. his good health
The dressing- table was bare, __ a pair of ivory hair brushes.
A. in addition to B. except C. except for D. besides ____, if he doesn’t learn he knows nothing.
A. A man is ever so clever B. Be a man ever so clever
C. So clever as a man ever is D. No matter how a man is clever Five minutes earlier, __ they could have caught the last No.127 bus. A. but B. so C. and D. or
The discovery of new facts___ the rational thinker to reexamine the adequacy of his previous generalization.
A. compelled B. repelled C. expelled D. constrain The change in government is a(n) ________ event of our time.
A. historic B. historical C. permanent D. eternal She came to my office to ask me for advice _____ how to write an essay. A. as for B. as to C. as on D. as about
Only when capitalism has been ________will it be possible to ________poverty, unemployment and war.
A. abolish … abolish B. abandoned …abate
C. annihilated … ban D. extinguished … extinguish
To call the music of another music-culture “primitive” is ____ one’s own standards on a group that does not recognize them.
A. putting B. emphasizing C. forcing D. imposing
I could see that my life was________ having that fur coat, whether I approved of it or not. A. adequate for B. intent on C. short of D. deficient in
The government is trying to do something to ______ better understanding between the two countries.
A. raise B. promote C. heighten D. increase A desire to go to medical school ______ her to study hard everyday.
A. motivates B. inspires C. stimulates D. encourages Being somewhat short-sighted, she has the habit of _____ at people. A. staring B. glancing C. peering D. peeping
If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to______ in the courtyard. A. assemble B. converge C. accumulate D. crowd
Before the school ______ what students must wear, they just wore anything. A. managed B. authorized C. regulated D. standardized He speaks French well enough to pass ____ a French man.
A. into B. over C. through D. for His job at the hospital did not pay much, so he found another___. A. on the rise B. on the decline C. on the spot D. on the side
Astronauts are ___ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft. A. inclined to B. subjected to C. prone to D. bound to It was felt that he lacked the ____ to pursue a difficult task to the very end. A. persuasion B. commitment C. engagement D. obligation
It’s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes ____ place in our ever-changing world.
A. taking B. to take C. take D. taken
_____ can be seen from the comparison of these figures, the principle involves the active participation of the patient in the modification of his condition. A. As B. What C. That D. It
California has more light than it knows ____ to do with, but everything else is expensive. A. how B. what C. which D. where
Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery_____ just around the corner was untrue. A. would be B. to be C. was D. being
Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about _____ compliments to his political leaders.
A. paying B. having paid C. to pay D. to have paid
As I’ll be away for at least a year, I’d appreciate ____ from you now and then telling me how everyone is getting along. A. hearing B. to hear C. to be hearing D. having heard
Doctors see a connection between increased amounts of leisure time spent____ and the increased number of cases of skin cancer.
A. to sunbathe B. to have sunbathed C. having sunbathed D. sunbathing
Christie stared angrily at her boss and turned away, as though ______ out of the office. A. went B. gone C. to go D. would go
It wasn’t so much that I disliked her____ that I just wasn’t interested in the whole business. A. rather B. so C. than D. as
Countless divorced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divorce, let alone_____ one.
A. getting B. to get C. gotten D. get
This is an exciting area of study, and one_____ which new applications are being discovered almost daily.
A. from B. by C. in D. through
Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, _____ to find it locked. A. just B. only C. hence D. thus
These proposals sought to place greater restrictions on the use and copying of digital information than those that ______ in traditional media.
A. exist B. exists C. existing D. to exist
Talk to anyone in the drug industry, _____ you’ll soon discover that the science of genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered. A. or B. and C. for D. so
The solution works only for couples who are self-employed, don’t have small children and get along ____ to spend most of their time together.
A. So well B. too well C. well as D. well enough The red words ______against the white wall.
A. stand by B. stand for C. stand out D. stand back Since 1970s this small town has gradually been______into a huge modern city. A. transferred B. transplanted C. transmitted D. transformed The poorly-paid civil servants are______to bribery.
A. vulnerable B. sensitive C. subjected D. susceptible
Influenced by the financial crisis, export has dropped by a large______since last year. A. gap B. difference C. balance D. margin
When children are criticized by their teacher, parents often see it as a reflection______themselves. A. on B. to C. up D. about Hearing the news, I was______in enormous joy.
A. buried B. indulged C. bathed D. absorbed She endured the hardships without ______ a complaint.
A. as much as B. so much as C. as many as D. so many as The firm moved to its new ______ in 1997.
A. sites B. places C. premises D. locations
The discrimination against women was _________ system from the very beginning. A. built into B. built up C. built on D. built over The commander ordered his troops to ________ on the enemies.
A. close up B. close down C. close off D. close in This film ________ two of my favorite actors.
A. features B. shows C. specializes D. specifies ____ delicious food, she is determined to become a gourmet.
A. Hooked up to B. Hooked off C. Hooked on D. Hooked in
His father ________ a fence around the garden to protect the flowers inside. A. put into B. put up C. put off D. put down The students found it easy to _______ what the young professor taught.
A. take to B. take on C. take off D. take in ________ are that he will not show up at the board meeting.
A. Opportunities B. Possibilities C. Chances D. Occasions
Yesterday the salesclerk caught two boys ______ two packs of cigarettes from the convenience store.
A. steal B. to steal C. stolen D. stealing
He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in actual fact he is quite ignorant on the subject. ______he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate. A. So much B. How much C. So little D. What little
Although _________ instant critical acclaim in 1952， he never completed a second novel， publishing many short works instead.
A. first received by Ralph Ellison, the novel Invisible Man was B. Ralph Ellison's first novel, Invisible Man, received
C. Invisible Man was the first novel by Ralph Ellison received D. Ralph Ellison's first novel, Invisible Man, was received
Most doctors of the Colonial period believed ______ was caused by an imbalcance of humors in the body.
A. that disease B. of disease C. about disease D. in disease My father closed all the doors before he left the house ________ that it might rain. A. so that B. lest C. for fear D. unless A few species of mushrooms cause death or serious illness _________.
A. having eaten B. are eaten C. when eaten D. being eaten Although a teenager, Johnny could resist ________ what to do and what not to do.
A. being told B. having been told C. to be told D. to have been told _________ places on the Earth where plant and animal life has not been affected by the activities of humans.
A. Few B. There are few C. Being few D. The few It is necessary that he _________ the project by the end of next week.
A. finish B. finishes C. finished D. will finish It is good _________ for what has already happened.
A. regretted B. to regret C. regret D. regretting Navigators on ships and aircraft use a compass to determine _______ they are heading. A. to where the direction B. that direction of which C. where the direction D. the direction in which
The city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, derives its name from a native American word _________ \
A. meant B. that is meant C. meaning D. whose meaning Many English ________ were opposed to the American Revolution of 1776 moved to Canada, where they were known as United Empire Loyalists.
A. settling there B. settlers who C. they settled D. who were settles