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 We shall consider it lucky to have _______ the accident
A:survived
B:lasted
C:lived after
D:endured
He was talking about the ______ setting up a special committee for the case
A:reliability
B:feasibility
C:suitability
D:availability
After everyone was seated the chairman _______ to announce the plans.
A:preceded
B:produced
C:processed
D:proceeded
All the passengers were killed in the air _____ except the airhostess, who survived it only to die of hunger and thirst in the desert.
A:crash
B:smash
C:clash
D:crisis
Cigarette smoking is a major __________ to people's health and may contribute to lung cancer.
A:disease
B:illness
C:hazard
D:disadvantage
_______ you have finally answered the question, perhaps we'd better ask someone else
A:In that
B:Now that
C:Since that
D:Even though
I want to talk over the report with you _______ sending it to Mr. Smith.
A:before
B:after
C:then
D:later
The originally clean river is now seriously polluted and unfit _______.
A:to swim
B:for swimming
C:to swim in
D:for swimming in
Would you please be ________ to do me a favor and post the letter for me?
A:so kind enough
B:so kind enough as
C:so kind as
D:kind enough as
Gold, more than any other rare metal, ______ in price recently
A:have risen
B:has risen
C:was rising
D:is rising
Who _______ will come to the press conference to be held this afternoon?
A:will you suppose
B:do you suppose
C:you suppose
D:you are suppose
The old woman drew a deep _______ at the sad news.
A:signal
B:sign
C:symbol
D:sigh
If we _______ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful
A:decide
B:elect
C:adopt
D:vote
Reading stories is one of his favorite ______.
A:occupations
B:hobbies
C:habits
D:exercises
They have all got up, and _______.
A:so has Tom
B:Tom has too
C:Tom hasn't
D:also has Tom
The reason ______ we should study English is very clear.
A:why
B:which
C:when
D:who
Every boy and girl ______ to come to class at once.
A:have been told
B:has been told
C:have told
D:has told
He never told us why he was late for last meeting, ______?
A:wasn't he
B:didn't he
C:did he
D:had he
Who is going to ______ the telephone?
A:reply
B:take
C:respond
D:answer
Would you mind ______ down and wait for a few more minutes?
A:sitting
B:to sit
C:to have sat
D:sit
He turned his pockets _______ out in search of his tickets.
A:inside
B:outside
C:in
D:in and
The fact that he has been quite frank in admitting his mistakes _______ to his credit.
A:looks
B:comes
C:counts
D:objects
They were evidently trying to _______ the public into obedience.
A:frighten
B:dwell
C:attract
D:make
I was so angry that I felt like ________ something at him.
A:to throw
B:throw
C:thrown
D:throwing
At first _____ I thought it was Mary, but when I looked again I saw it was Jane.
A:sight
B:look
C:watch
D:stare
It was then that I noted a change ______ the stranger's face.
A:come to
B:come over
C:come on
D:come through
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so it seems as if the sun ______ round the earth
A:circles
B:is circling
C:be circling
D:were circling
She is unconscious now, but may ______ at intervals
A:come out
B:come to
C:come on
D:come over
His parents ______, the orphan is now taken care of by the government
A:have died
B:having died
C:dying
D:dead
You go first and I 'll ______
A:chase
B:hunt
C:follow
D:track
Let's ______ the votes.
A:count
B:estimate
C:number
D:calculate
The man who came to help is a friend of ______
A:me
B:I
C:my
D:mine
The number of the students who can come ______ fifty
A:have
B:has
C:are
D:is
She is proud of herself and hates _______
A:laugh at
B:laughing at
C:being laughed at
D:being laughed
Is this the village ______ you visited last year?
A:in which
B:where
C:which
D:at which
She is going to call you, _____?
A:won't she
B:isn't she
C:hasn't she
D:doesn't she
Never _____ such a nice chair
A:has he seen
B:he has seen
C:saw he
D:he saw
Your coat will lose color ______ it is washed
A:after
B:though
C:until
D:even if
The story took place during ______
A:First World War
B:World War the One
C:the First World War
D:the World War One
While he was in his office he preferred _____
A:doing something than doing nothing
B:to do something rather than to do nothing
C:doing something to do nothing
D:doing something to doing nothing
Some rulers have _____ no lasting memorial.
A:left behind
B:left for
C:left out
D:left alone
His knowledge of French literature is _____ mine
A:far superior than
B:far superior to
C:more superior to
D:more superior than
She preferred that he _____ it in the kitchen
A:did
B:does
C:should do
D:had done
I resent ______ to wash face when visitors are present.
A:to tell
B:telling
C:being told
D:having been told
After _____ for the job, you will be required to take a language test
A:being interviewed
B:interviewing
C:interviewed
D:having interviewed
______ not for gravity, there would be lots of things we could not do
A:If it is
B:Were it
C:If it being
D:It were
It is here ______ I first met her.
A:where
B:which
C:when
D:that
She soon ______ to do this regularly
A:found it possible
B:found possibility
C:found it being possible
D:found possible
That evening it was George ______ left first.
A:whom
B:who
C:which
D:he
He _______ his success to luck more than _______ capacity.
A:applied…to
B:brought…to
C:owed…to
D:due…to
He ______ to amuse the children.
A:was on his way
B:lost his way
C:was out of his way
D:went out of his way
Not until late afternoon ______ to tackle the major problem
A:when they begin
B:did they begin
C:that they begin
D:they began
She drew up a chair close _______ the be
A:beside
B:besides
C:except
D:except for
Better an open enemy than a _______ frien
A:FALSE
B:artificial
C:unreal
D:unnatural
What he needs is nothing _____ a few day's rest.
A:than
B:but
C:except
D:besides
How _____ my debts?
A:I am to pay
B:I will pay
C:am I to pay
D:I am going to pay
The swimmer failed _____ the shore.
A:reaching
B:having reached
C:to reach
D:to be reached
The room is five times ______ that one
A:larger than
B:like
C:the same as
D:as large as
He doubted ______ it was true
A:if
B:that
C:as though
D:as if
The new report will be ______ long
A:six pages
B:six page
C:six-pages
D:six-paged
He could not guess how they managed ______.
A:doing this
B:to doing this
C:to do this
D:to doing this
You _____ altogether too much significance to be the Prime Minister's words.
A:apply
B:judge
C:consider
D:attach
I thought that, ______ the response of the audience, I had made an effective speech
A:judging by
B:judging at
C:judged by
D:judged from
The article has ______ most useful
A:provided
B:proved
C:protected
D:prevented
The atmosphere _______ certain gases mixed together in definite proportions.
A:is consisted of
B:composes of
C:consists of
D:makes up
The newspapers are full of ______ news nowadays.
A:depressing
B:expressing
C:depressed
D:expressed
And _____ she could speak again I began to talk.
A:since
B:before
C:when
D:until
I had stuttered since my boyhood and _______ talked very little
A:as a result
B:in result
C:with a result
D:for a result
Many married women manage to go out to work and ______ a home as well
A:move
B:start
C:run
D:keep
The country is _______ known deposits of coal and iron
A:short of
B:missing
C:lack in
D:charging
It would be months _________ he was fit for work.
A:although
B:unless
C:before
D:until
He _____ his Marxist knowledge ______ the events around him
A:replied…with
B:applied…with
C:applied…to
D:replied…to
Your clothes ______ tobacco smoke
A:smell out
B:give out
C:give in
D:smell of
You had better have more ______ of catching the train if you got a bus to the station instead of walking.
A:chance
B:lift
C:offer
D:luck
I grew _____ and red-eared, and a little ______
A:exciting, frightened
B:excited, frightening
C:exciting, frightening
D:excited, frightened
This morning some port wine came, for ______ I know I have to thank you
A:this
B:it
C:which
D:that
If they would come, he ______ Martin buy this equipment
A:shall help
B:would help
C:must help
D:may help
The suggestion met with ______ approval.
A:ordinary
B:common
C:general
D:usual
The completely new method was _______ by Jack
A:discovered
B:invented
C:created
D:produced
We must consider the problem in all its ______
A:prospects
B:respects
C:aspects
D:expects
When payments are made every week the usual word is ______
A:salary
B:pay
C:wage
D:income
He is _____ to visit us if he knows where we live
A:likely
B:possible
C:probable
D:necessary
Anne _____ the news to everyone.
A:told
B:said
C:talked
D:spoke
I am very much ______ your coming next week
A:seeing
B:looking forward to
C:waiting for
D:hoping for
The car was smashed up, but the driver got away without serious ______
A:damage
B:wound
C:pain
D:injury
This morning the traffic was ______ by an accident.
A:held off
B:held up
C:held out
D:held down
On ______ Shanghai they went to see the director at once.
A:coming
B:getting
C:reaching
D:arriving
_______ is constantly complaining.
A:That wife of Mr. Brown
B:That wife of Mr. Brown's
C:The brown's wife
D:Wife of Mr. Brown's
The great bulk of wealth has passed into the hands of ______ few
A:relative
B:relatively
C:exclusively
D:contrarily
The Mermaid Company will _______ "Hamlet" next week
A:offer
B:give
C:be on show
D:present
Nick had _______ the fuel gauge _______ and spread through his inexperience
A:aken…aside
B:set…aside
C:scatter…around
D:taken…apart
He knew himself to be raw, quite ______ mistakes through his inexperience
A:able to make
B:capable of making
C:apt to making
D:capable to make
His expenses do not _____ his income
A:correspond to
B:connect with
C:link
D:similar to
She looked at me closely, eyes open wide and full of _____
A:curious
B:strange
C:curiosity
D:puzzled
It is ______ that John should be prepared for emergency
A:likely
B:believed
C:possible
D:essential
He's stopped taking drugs now, but he may ______ them again
A:revert to take
B:revert to taking
C:return back
D:repeat
It was a large diamond, but it had a ______
A:mistake
B:flaw
C:shortcoming
D:fault
When the mistake was ______ to him he hastened to correct it
A:pointed out
B:talked
C:pointed at
D:felt
It was decided at that time the search _______
A:was terminated
B:had to be terminated
C:be terminating
D:be terminated
_____ is taught by Professor Smith
A:Physician
B:Physicist
C:Physic
D:Physics
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