1. With good treatment and care, Professor Smith unbelievably_______ from heart attack in a week.
A. remained B. returned
C. retired D. recovered
2. — You look unhappy. Why?
— I’m always_______ when I don’t get any mail.
A. confused B. fearful
C. upset D. doubtful
3. Smoking can_______ you_______ from upset, stress, frustration and anger.
A. calm; down B. put; down
C. calm; up D. put; up
4. It was in this very lab_______ was in the charge of Professor Smith_______ they did the experiment.
A. where; that B. which; that
C. which; where D. that; where
5. The woods and the newly-dug river through the campus_______ the beauty of this world-known university.
A. add up B. add to
C. are added up D. are added to
6. One may never know the_______ of knowledge without being educated.
A. power B. force C. energy D. strength
7. In warmer areas, the local people have their houses made almost_______ of stones: the walls, the roofs and the floors.
A. finally B. possibly C. entirely D. exactly
8. He never lies and has a strong_______ for liars because of his honesty.
A. dislike B. situation C. trouble D. doubt
9. The waiter is pleased that he has got more_______
from the customers than he expected.
A. items B. tips C. suitcases D. bases
10. There was_______ time_______ Iraq was one of the strongest countries in the world.
A. a; when B. a; that
C. the; that D. the; when
11. — Do you need any help, Lucy?
— Yes. The job is_______ I could do myself.
A. less thanB. more than
C. no more thanD. not more than
12. It is the fourth time that she_______ you in a week.
A. ringsB. has rung
C. has been ringingD. is ringing
13. His_______ was so strong that I couldn’t understand a word he was saying.
A. noise B. voice C. accent D. sound
14. I didn’t_______ my primary school classmate Jane until I listened to her self-introduction.
A. know B. recognize C. find D. realize
15. It turned out that one of the children I thought a girl was_______ a boy.
A. specially B. usually C. especially D. actually
16. Ellen is_______ in both English and French, which gives her an advantage over others.
A. practical B. grateful C. exact D. fluent
17. Mr Green_______ goes to the park for a walk with some friends after supper.
A. frequentlyB. immediately
C. completely D. finally
18. Of these two basketball teams, the former comes from the US; the_______ comes from England.
A. late B. later C. latter D. lately
19. — What is the_______ language of India?
— English.
A. entire B. native C. official D. normal
20. I’ve asked several people what happened, but no one will give me a_______ answer.
A. loose B. native C. latter D. straight
21. Even on holidays rather than_______ nothing, Pro. Li preferred to read newspapers.
A. to do B. doing C. do D. done
22. She was so_______ that she wouldn’t give in until she received a full apology.
A. simple B. lucky C. stubborn D. proper
23. — Time_______. It’s likely that we’ll miss the deadline.
— Don’t worry. We have already got through 80% of the job.
A. is running outB. has run out
C. is being running outD. has been run out
24. The old worker insisted that he old, and_______ back to the working post again.
A. wasn’t; be sentB. wasn’t; was sent
C. be not; sendD. isn’t; sent
25. Age and experience will be_______ factors in our choice of candidates.
A. determineB. determining
C. determinedD. being determined
26. Doctors_______ the old man not to smoke so much, but he just couldn’t give it up.
A. persuadedB. promised
C. acceptedD. advised
27. Jane tried to keep up a calm appearance, but her trembling voice_______.
A. gave her awayB. gave her out
C. gave her inD. gave her up
28. With the help of the whole world, the people of the earthquake-hit areas_______ overcame the difficulty they met with.
A. happily B. finally C. nearly D. hardly
29. I’m willing to go to work in a faraway village after I_______ from university.
A. hear B. learn C. remove D. graduate
30. The star has got a busy_______ since she won the first place in the games so we can’t have a talk with her.
A. accentB. identity
C. scheduleD. expression
31. — Many people are suffering from the earthquake.
— I see. Food and clothes should be sent to them_______.
A. on purposeB. at present
C. right awayD. ever since
32. After World War Ⅱ, many of the cities across western European countries_______.
A. lied in ruinB. lay in ruins
C. lay in ruinD. lying in ruins
33. In a sudden_______ of anger, the man tore up everything within reach.
A. crack B. burst C. move D. change
34. The lifeboat was sent out to_______ the sailors from the sinking ship.
A. shelter B. rescue C. escape D. trap
35. It_______ everyone to hear all of the villagers behind the mountain were killed in the earthquake.
A. suffered B. shocked C. persuaded D. destroyed
36. They’re rich now, but they still live they were poor.
A. as ifB. even though
C. so thatD. ever since
37. It was reported that_______ the houses were destroyed in the earthquake.
A. a great deal of B. a great number of
C. a large quantity of D. a great many of
38. Mary_______ her great sadness when she learned that the earthquake left her hometown in ruins.
A. expressed B. judged C. suggested D. told
39._______ , the headmaster rose to indicate that the conversation was_______.
A. At an end; in an end
B. In the end; at an end
C. In an end; at the end
D. At an end; in the end
40._______from what he did, he isn’t a person to depend on.
A. Speaking B. Judging C. Judged D. Telling
41. If you are willing to support Mr Lee, you can_______ for him at the meeting tomorrow.
A. vote B. go C. wait D. care
42. All the people should be kept_______, though they are from different countries and aren’t in the same colours.
A. straight B. equal C. loose D. reliable
43. Though he killed a boy, he was_______ to 20 years’ imprisonment instead of death because of his good attitude and active help in breaking the case.
A. sentencedB. reported
C. givenD. attacked
44. Rick’s father was a_______ old man who wasn’t willing to spend a penny on his sons.
A. generous B. kind C. selfless D. mean
45. Only_______ people can have a good understanding of the lecture given by the scientist.
A. devotedB. generous
C. educatedD. reliable
46. I visited the university last week_______ I studied.
A. then B. which C. where D. that
47. The robber, who had come home last month after his release, robbed again, but couldn’t_______
being caught by the policemen half an hour later.
A. choose B. protect C. escape D. consider
48. We all agree that the products of this factory are of better_______.
A. quantityB. principal
C. identityD. quality
49. The time he has devoted in the past ten years_______ the disabled is now considered_______
of great value.
A. to help; beingB. to helping; to be
C. to help; to beD. helping; being
50. As a(n)_______ his contribution to botany, Joseph Banks had a flower named after him.
A. reward forB. reward with
C. award forD. award with
51. He_______ quickly after his operation, which made his wife feel happy.
A. recoveredB. uncovered
C. discoveredD. covered
52._______the snow disaster in the early year 2008, many people couldn’t return to their home to stay with their families.
A. BecauseB. Because of
C. AsD. Since
53. Most people here don’t really understand what is_______ happening here.
A. actually B. clearly C. rarely D. lately
54. Both Chinese and European applicants(應聘者) must have a good_______ of the English language when they want to find a good job.
A. identityB. direction
C. commandD. order
55. People are different in their attitudes towards failure. Some are faced with it bravely, but others lose heart and_______.
A. give offB. give in
C. give awayD. give out
56. The reason we_______ Jane so much is because she lost his parents recently.
A. bring aboutB. care about
C. come aboutD. talk about
57. Then the tears_______ out of my eyes, and I could say no more for a good while.
A. took B. burst C. bought D. broke
58. This does not mean that the earthquake is, and the worse one will_______ follow.
A. at an endB. at the end
C. by the endD. in the end
59. In the world, there are always people who are not_______ national development, but try to destroy social order.
A. devoting inB. devoted in
C. devoting toD. devoted to
60. There were foreign students in the school, most_______ were from Japan.
A. whom B. of them C. of them D. of whom