There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase the best completes the sentence.
1. Clothing made of plastic fibres has certain advantages over _______ made of natural fibres like
cotton, wool or silk. A. what B. the one C. that D. one 2. The government all agree that it’s time _______ about the traffic problem downtown.. A. anything will be done B. something was done C. everything is done D. nothing to be done 3. He is often advised not to drink more wine _______ is good for health. A. than B. but C. as
D. that
4. _______ the meeting yesterday, we would have gone to the concert. A. If it was not for B. Should it be not for C. Was it not for D. Had it not been for
5. Evidence came up _______specific sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old. A. whose B. which C. that D. what 6. To be sure, physics is the present-day equivalent of _______ used to be called natural philosophy, from which most of present science arose. A. all B. that C. what D. which 7. You ought to have put the fish into the refrigerator, I expect, by now, it _______ inedible A. has become B. became C. becomes D. had become 8. Our company has introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure _______. A. and more efficiency B. and more on efficiency C. than efficiency D. than more on efficiency 9. _______ before, her performance for the amateur dramatic group was a great success. A. Despite her never having acted B. Though having never acted C. As she had never acted D. As long as never acting 10. I prefer to quit the job _______ part in such dishonest business deals. A. than to take B. rather than to take C. rather than take D. than take
11. We were disappointed with the new officers elected in our club, but there was no point _______ about it. A. with us worrying B. to worry C. in worrying D. if we worry 12. The committee _______ over the problem among themselves for two hours. A. has been arguing B. has argued C. have argued D. have been arguing
13. The man and his wife _______ over the advantages and disadvantages of buying a car. A. were always argued B. were always arguing
C. had always been argued D. had always argued
14. In this area, a variety of different dialects are spoken and people _______ themselves _______
by each other.
A. have trouble making, understood B. making trouble have, understand C. trouble making, understood D. have trouble to make, understood 15. Thanks to the development of science and technology, satellite photographs can provide information on _______ rain is falling. A. where and how B. where and how much C. which where and how much D. what and how 16. Although not a professional economist, he has long been a critic of the government’s _______ policies.
A. economics B. economical C. economic D. economy 17. This semester, Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _______ in teaching us English. A. differ B. change C. alter D. alternate 18. He said he would _______ preparing our TV set one of these days. A. get round to B. get up to C. get down to
D. get over with
19. The manager found these figures were not _______ the result obtained from his secretary. A. consisted of B. constant to C. consistent with D. contrast with 20. It is known that the brains of children can not develop when they are _______ in protein. A. sufficient B. proficient C. efficient D. deficient 21. _______ the recent development, we don’t think it advisable to take measures at present. A. In regard of B. In view of C. In that D. In addition to 22. She shared the goals I advocated, but she didn’t _______ of the steps through which I proposed to attain them. A. favor B. approve C. permit D. consent 23. What is the most important in this case is whether the accused had the _______ for his crime or not. A. motive B. intention C. initiative D. desire 24. I don’t know why he always finds _______ with what I do. A. mistake B. error C. fault
D. wrong
25. The advertisements designed by him are likely to _______ the attention of readers everywhere. A. achieve B. get C. occupy D. capture 26. Nowadays people like to buy _______ Christmas trees rather than real ones. A. synthetic B. artificial C. false D. fake
27. So many people want to find an apartment near our university that there are very few _______ apartments in the area. A. vacant B. empty C. hollow D. reserved 28. The old temple had become a ruin but the local people _______ it.
A. responded B. returned C. restored D. recovered
29. The emperor was so ambitious that territorial _______ was an important consideration in his
policy decision A. enlargement B. increase C. extension D. expansion 30. It was only because the police _______ the names that they arrested the wrong man. A. puzzled B. confused C. perplexed D. bewildered
Exercise 4
CLOZE
Decide which of the choices given below, A, B, C, and D, would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
By the mid-nineteenth century, the term “icebox” [1] _______ the American language, but ice was still only 1. A. entered B. was entering C. had entered D. has entered beginning to affect the [2] _______ of ordinary citizens in the 2. A. shelter B. diet C. clothes D. vegetables United States. The ice trade grew [3] _______ the growth of 3. A. with cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and B. as C. while D. when [4] _______ some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, 4. A. in B. with C. through D. by [5] _______ fish and butter. After the Civil War (1861—1865), 5. A. ancient B. old C. fresh D. stale [6] _______ ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also 6. A. like
[7] _______ household use. Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, the Baltimore, and one-third of that
[8] _______ in Boston and Chicago, went to families for
[9] _______ own use. This had become possible because a new
[10] _______ convenience had been invented.
Making a(n) [11] _______ icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose In the early nineteenth century, the
[12] _______ of the physics of heat, which was
[13] _______ to a science of refrigeration was simple and basic.
The [14] _______ sense notion that the best icebox was one that B. as
C. as long as D. even though
7. A. came into B. became into C. came out D. went into
8. A. sold B. sell C. selling
D. having been sold
9. A. its B. their C. our D. their
10. A. inside B. outside C. house D. household
11. A. valid B. deficient C. efficient D. sufficient
12. A. education B. teaching C. application D. knowledge
13. A. essential B. reasonable C. sensitive D. compulsory
14. A. ordinary B. common C. average D. level
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