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1. I will hold your note until Christmas Day, _______ you certainly will have received your allowance.

A. by that time

B. at that time

C. by which time

D. at which time

2. The Prime Minister commanded that farmers ________ loans from the government.

A. would receive

B. received

C. ought to receive

D. should receive

3. They packed the instruments carefully ____ they would be broken during transportation.

A. so that

B. on condition that

C. for fear that

D. provided that

4. Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim ________.

A. may be hardly doubted

B. may be seriously doubted

C. may be hard doubting

D. may be doubted serious

5. ______ hostels (客栈) may not offer the most comfortable quarters, they are convenient, inexpensive, and attractive to traveling students and young people.

A. When

B. While

C. Now that

D. If

6. When he hurried to the airport, he found, to his great disappointment, his ticket and passport ________ at home.

A. were left

B. had left

C. have been left

D. had been left

7. Were the wire of a smaller diameter (直径), its resistance ________.

A. had been increased

B. was increased

C. might have been increased

D. would be increased

8. He went to work on foot yesterday, though he ________ by bus.

A. must have gone

B. might have gone

C. would have gone

D. could have gone

9. He always prefers to start early rather than ________ everything to the last minute.

A. leave

B. leaving

C. leaves

D. left

10. Frank was advised to give the assignment to ________ he believed had a strong sense of responsibility.

A. whom

B. whoever

C. whomever

D. that

11. Almost all the countries in the world hoped that the warring sides would ________ a compromise.

A. affect

B. effect

C. come

D. lead

12. She was arrested for ______ state secrets to a foreign reporter in return for her son going abroad.

A. getting away

B. giving away

C. breaking away

D. putting away

13. Can you ______ furnishing your house luxuriously at a time when the company is losing so much money?

A. verify

B. identify

C. justify

D. clarify

14. Our talk was completely ________out by the roar of the machines. As a result, we had to communicate with gestures.

A. decreased

B. reduced

C. smashed

D. drowned

15. There _______ new problems in respect of the relationship between the two countries in recent years.

A. rose

B. raised

C. lifted

D. arose

16. The professor kept speaking about his new discovery in the field, only ____ occasionally to have a mouthful of tea.

A. dropping off

B. breaking off

C. putting off

D. setting off

17. His health ________ as he ate too little and worked too hard for months on end.

A. broke up

B. broke through

C. broke down

D. broke off

18. After the meeting the workers went back to their ________ workshops.

A. respectable

B. respective

C. respectful

D. respected

19. The theory of class currently prevailing in the West is _____ based on what Max Weber, a German sociologist, proposed.

A. fairly

B. kindly

C. greatly

D. largely

20. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ________ of it at all.

A. interpretation

B. meaning

C. reason

D. sense

21. No one in the class could ________ the right answer to the question.

A. describe

B. furnish

C. install

D. assess

22. The dentist could ________ no signs of decay in my teeth.

A. determine

B. define

C. assign

D. detect

23. To his great joy he discovered that his ears became ________.

A. sensitive

B. aware

C. efficient

D. sensible

24. He made no ________ to his illness till after the lesson.

A. remark

B. comment

C. reference

D. opinion

25. The pilot of the plane is ________ for the passengers' safety.

A. conscious

B. responsible

C. necessary

D. regulated

26. We need to make sure that we ________ our resources as fully as possible.

A. achieve

B. operate

C. exploit

D. expel

27. The economy looks set to ________ its growth into next year.

A. endure

B. persist

C. remain

D. sustain

28. It was the only thing that I could do—I don't have to ________ myself to anyone.

A. account

B. justify

C. discount

D. clarify

29. The shop assistant says if I leave $10 as a ________, they'll keep the dress for me.

A. deposit

B. loan

C. guarantee

D. fee

30. It was such a(n) ________ to hear that Marta was found safe and well.

A. concern

B. anxiety

C. expectation

D. relief

31. If consumers realize that they are likely to be ____ by foodstuffs, they will not buy them.

A. fined

B. sued

C. contaminated

D. charged

32. I think you should question their ________ in offering to lend you the money.

A. motives

B. reasons

C. ideals

D. initiatives

33. The government is trying to _____ public confidence in its management of the economy.

A. recover

B. relieve

C. preserve

D. restore

34. She was using all her powers of persuasion to ______ the Griffins to remain in the town.

A. make

B. induce

C. expel

D. tempt

35. Unless you have a heated greenhouse we feel you will have difficulty in keeping the plant for very long indoors because they like a really warm and _______ atmosphere.

A. vivid

B. amused

C. moist

D. contaminated

36. I don't think his remarks are relevant ________ our discussion.

A. t o

B. at

C. for

D. with

37. He won't succeed any way, ________ hard he tries.

A. whatever

B. no matter

C. as

D. however

38. You must speak slowly, so that you can make yourself ________.

A. to be understood

B. understood

C. understanding

D. being understood

39. It was ________ that he didn't go to the party.

A. because he was ill

B. he was ill

C. his illness

D. because his illness

40. We haven't got the right answer yet, because the problem ________ is quite complicated.

A. solved

B. is solved

C. being solved

D. having solved

41. By the time he arrives in Beijing, we ________ here for two days.

A. will have stayed

B. shall stay

C. have been staying

D. have stayed

42. According to the American federal government, residents of Hawaii have the longest life ________: 77.2 years.

A. rank

B. scale

C. span

D. scope

43. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, ________ all practical value by the time they were finished.

A. had lost

B. would lose

C. would have lost

D. should have lost

44. As a public relations officer, he is said ________ some very influential people.

A. to know

B. to be knowing

C. to have been knowing

D. to have known

45. Our hopes ________ and fell in the same instant.

A. arose

B. raised

C. rose

D. aroused

46. With the development in science and technology man can make various flowers ________ before their time.

A. be bloomed

B. bloom

C. bloomed

D. blooming

47. A season ticket _______the holder to make as many journeys as he wishes within the stated period of time.

A. entitles

B. grants

C. presents

D. promises

48. _______ in the office made a mistake and the firm regretted causing the customer any inconvenience.

A. Someone

B. Some

C. Anyone

D. One

49. In recent years much more emphasis has been put ________ developing the students' productive skills.

A. onto

B. in

C. over

D. on

50. Only a selected number of landladies in the neighborhood have been allowed by the university to take in ________.

A. residents

B. lodgers

C. settlers

D. inhabitants

51. The fire was finally brought under control, but not ________ extensive damage had been done.

A. before

B. since

C. after

D. as

52. Purchasing the new production line will be

a ________ deal for the company.

A. forceful

B. tremendous

C. favorite

D. profitable

53. Rod is determined to get a seat for the concert ________ it means standing in a queue all night.

A. as if

B. even if

C. provided

D. whatever

54. We hadn't met for 20 years, but I recognized her ________ I saw her.

A. the moment

B. for the moment

C. the moment when

D. at the moment when

55. Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak ________ Chinese.

A. fluid

B. smooth

C. fluent

D. flowing

56. Government reports, examinations, compositions, legal documents, and most business letters are the main situations ________ formal language is used.

A. in which

B. at what

C. on which

D. in that

57. Fifty years ago, wealthy people liked hunting wild animals for fun ________ sightseeing.

A. rather than to go

B. more than going

C. other than going

D. than to go

58. If the building project ________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.

A. being completed

B. is completed

C. to be completed

D. completed

59. He wrote an article criticizing the Greek poet and won ________ and a scholarship.

A. faith

B. status

C. fame

D. courage

60. Jack wishes that he ________ business instead of history when he was in university.

A. studied

B. study

C. had been studying

D. had studied