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题目： 1.More people visit the Air and Space Museum honoring men and women who have pioneered flight and the exploration of space than _____ any other monument or museum in the entire country.
A) visit B) to visit C) visited D) visiting
题目： 2.I work in a little room off the main entrance _____ museum, checking coats and other articles which people do not want to carry around as they tour the building. A) to B) of C) at D) for
题目： 3.What apparently had happened, three years ago, was that Kate _____ to a different building.
A) went B) has gone C) had gone D) would go
题目： 4.She had waited at another museum for days and had spent all her money _____ to find Sidney.
A) tried B) trying C) to try D) try
题目： 5.Without facts we cannot form a worthwhile opinion for we need to have factual knowledge _____ our thinking.
A) which to be based B) which to base upon C) upon which to base D) to which to be based
题目： 6.Helen believes if a man robs her of five dollars it is the same as if he _____ a hundred. A) takes B) will take C) took D) has taken
题目： 7.He had a cottage which consists _____ three rooms, a bathroom and kitchen. A) of B) with C) in D) by
题目： 8.Behind him Paul could hear the angry man _____ to break the door open. A) trying B) to try C) tried D) try
题目： 9.Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure _____.
A) than more on efficiency B) and more efficiency C) and more on efficiency D) than efficiency
题目： 10.The gardener is taking care of the place, no one _____ there at present. A) living B) lives C) lived D) to live
题目： 11.The City Bank will pa fifty pounds to _____ who helps the police to catch the man. A) someone B) nobody C) anyone D) somebody
题目： 12.When Paul Carson saw the big red American car coming towards him, he stopped his won car at the side, _____ room for it to pass.
A) to make B) made C) making D) make
题目： 13.What bothers me is _____ I paid for all this stuff that we don't want anymore. A) what B) that C) which D) who
题目： 14.A hinge joint is _____ permits forward and backward movement of a door. A) the B) whose C) what D) those
题目： 15.Garage sales in the United States serve many purposes _____ cleaning out unwanted items and making money.
A) besides B) except for C) except D) apart from
题目： 16.This is _____ the most difficult job I have ever tackled. A) by rights B) by itself C) by oneself D) by far
题目： 17.It was imperative that I _____ as close as possible. A) be B) will be C) was D) am
题目： 18.Everything was white and I remembered _____ all kinds of ladies dressed up in funny white things with all their hair covered with some sort of cloth. A) seeing B) see C) to see D) seen
题目： 19.Physics is _____ to the science which was called natural philosophy in history. A) alike B) equivalent C) likely D) uniform
题目： 20.People speak _____ him as the best known humorous writer of all times. A) to B) of C) with D) for
题目： 21.As a boy Mark Twain used to play practical jokes _____ all friends and neighbors. A) on B) of C) with D) at
题目： 22.Quite often I've gone to a man who didn't tell me _____ Adam. A) from B) with C) to D) of
题目： 23.Until then, his family _____ from him for six months. A) didn't hear B) hasn't been hearing C) hasn't heard D) hadn't heard
题目： 24.Instead of trying to imitate reality in their works, many artists of the early twentieth century _____ their feelings and ideas in abstract art. A) in the beginning to reveal B) began to reveal C) revealed the beginning D) to begin revealing
题目： 25.You can guess that there's not a man, woman or child that I don't know _____ sight. A) with B) in C) by D) through
题目： 26.The next thing _____ happened was that something hit me terribly hard on the back of the head.
A) that B) what C) which D) there
题目： 27.It took him several months to _____ the wild horse. A) tend B) cultivate C) breed D) tame
题目： 28.They prefer to repeat their success, rather than _____ failure. A) risk B) risking C) to risk D) risked
题目： 29.Richard Nixon has always been regarded _____ a man of great talent and strong will. A) as B) like C) for D) of 题目： 30.I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination. A) regard B) counting C) account D) observation 题目： 31.One way in which both Franck and Hannah did show their love was in their willingness to make sacrifices _____ their children. A) to B) with C) for D) of
题目： 32.The making of the early mind of Richard Nixon owed most _____ his mother. A) to B) by C) for D) in
题目： 33.The residents, _____ had been damaged by the flood, were given help by the Red Cross.
A) all their homes B) all whose homes C) all of whose homes D) all of their homes
题目： 34.If her marriage had not cut short her college education she _____ a teacher. A) would have been B) would be
C) had been D) was
题目： 35.Under his mother's instruction classics had a strong influence _____ Richard's childhood imagination.
A) for B) in C) on D) at
题目： 36.It was essential that the application forms _____ back before the deadline. A) must be sent B) would be sent C) be sent D) were sent 题目： 37.Under the influence of Ezra Pound, Hilda Doolittle became associated whit the Imagists and _____ into one of the most original poets of the group. A) developed B) who developed C) to be developing D) developing it
题目： 38._____ is that he was blessed with a very good memory. A) What can be said with certainty of Richard Nixon B) What of Richard Nixon with certainty can be said C) What can say with certainty of Richard Nixon D) What of Richard Nixon with certainty can say
题目： 39.The funny things is, I can never remember him ever _____. A) to get dirty B) get dirty
C) getting dirty D) being got dirty
题目： 40._____ that the trade between the two countries reached its highest point. A) During the 1960's B) It was in the 1960's C) That it was in the 1960's D) It was the 1960's
题目： 41.The old saying _____ genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration is applicable for anyone who gets successful. A) which B) of C) that D) what
题目： 42.I began the day _____ tennis with a secondary-school friend I hadn't seen for a while. A) playing B) play C) to play D) played
题目： 43.Mary's score in the test is the highest in her class; she _____ have studied very hard. A) may B) should C) must D) ought to
题目： 44.He must have had an accident, or he _____ then A) would have been here B) would be here C) should be here D) had just had
题目： 45._____ is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer. A) That B) Which C) As D) It
题目： 46.You _____ all those calculations! We have a computer to do that sort of thing. A) needn't have done B) must not have done C) shouldn't have done D) can not have done
题目： 47.A completely new situation will _____ when the examination system comes into existence.
A) arise B) rise C) raise D) arouse
题目： 48.The conference _____ a full week by the time it ends. A) must have lasted B) will have lasted C) would last D) has lasted
题目： 49.George wasn't in class today. Professor Brown excused him _____.