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 His proposal is _______ to all of us and you do not need to tell us more about it.
A:apparent
B:appearing
C:approaching
D:apart
________our expectation, the experiment turned out to be a complete failure.
A:Contrary to
B:Contrary with
C:Contrary against
D:Contrary for
Under no _______ will I go there again.
A:circumstances
B:situation
C:giant
D:happen
You have your choice of three _______ of ice cream.
A:varieties
B:tops
C:respects
D:decks
The thieves fled with the local police close on their ________.
A:backs
B:necks
C:toes
D:heels
His wife had only her husband's interests_________.
A:on her heart
B:on heart
C:at her heart
D:at heart
The president is believed __________ill.
A:that he has fallen
B:to have fallen
C:to fall
D:that he is
The more we looked at the abstract painting,__________.
A:the less we liked it
B:better we liked it
C:we liked it less
D:it looked better
The reason for his being late is _______his bicycle went wrong on the way.
A:because
B:that
C:why
D:for which
_______nobody at home, the visitor decided to leave a note by the door.
A:When
B:Seeing
C:See
D:To see
I am surprised _______ this city is a dull place to live in.
A:that you should think
B:by what you are thinking
C:that you would think
D:with what you were thinking
Those people ________ a general understanding of the present situation.
A: lack of
B:are lacking of
C:lack
D:are in lack
Grace ________ tears when she heard the sad news.
A: broke in
B: broke into
C: broke off
D: broke through
Land belongs to the city; there is ________ thing as private ownership of land.
A:no such a
B:not such
C:a
D:no such
The tone of the article ________ the writer’s mood at the time.
A:reproduced
B:reflected
C:imagined
D:imitated
He gave us a good _______ of his experience.
A:demonstration
B:frequency
C:descripton
D:instruction
"Mr. Green is likely ______about this meeting. Why hasn't he come?"
A:to notify
B:to be notified
C:to have been notified
D:to be notifying
He is fond of jazz, rock_________.
A:and so like
B:and the like
C:and like
D:such likes
The party, ________ I was the guest of honour, was extremely enjoyable.
A:by which
B:for which
C:to which
D:at which
Either my father or my brothers_______to the party.
A:are going to come
B:are coming
C:is coming
D:is going to come
The young man was all_____when he began his new job.
A:at the sea
B:at sea
C:in the sea
D:in sea
We needn't__________. Everything turned _________all right in the end.
A:worry ... up
B:worry ... down
C:have worried ... out
D:have worried ... on
Would he have seen you if you hadn’t _______ to him?
A:intended
B:waved
C:expressed
D:debt
The slogan _________to remind the candidate and the staff ________the campaign focused on the nation's slow-moving economy.
A:meant ... of keeping
B:was meaning ... to keep
C:was meant ... to keep
D:had meant ... with keeping
_________English, he has to study a second foreign language.
A:In addition to
B:Beside
C:Except
D:Except for
The residents, __________had been damaged by the flood, were given help by the Red Cross.
A:all their homes
B:all of whose homes
C:all whose homes
D:all of their homes
The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is ________ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.
A:everything except
B: anything but
C: no less than
D:nothing more than
In the constitutional history of more than two hundred years the party ________has been overturned by the party out of power 18 times at the level of presidential elections.
A:in power
B:in the power
C:in a power
D:in his power
Lots of dependent babies are _______a liability than numbers of the inactive aged.
A:more as
B:more to
C:more of
D:better of
Peter had his piano _______ yesterday and the result is excellent.
A:tuned
B:turned
C:tied
D:wound
A Philippine maid was executed in Singapore after being _________murder.
A:convicted of
B:convicted in
C:convicted on
D:convicted at
Nowadays advertising costs are no longer in reasonable ________ to the total cost of the product.
A: proportion
B:correlation
C:connection
D: correspondence
Evidence _________indicates that you attend to one idea at a time.
A:of date
B:to date
C:of the date
D:to the date
_________he had told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone so wrong.
A:If only
B:Given
C:On condition that
D:Even if
This is not an economical way to get more water , _____it is very expensive.
A:or else
B:on the contrary
C:in short
D:on the other hand
Culturally, this country is divided into two _______.
A:tides
B:sections
C:verses
D:yards
I certainly didn’t intend to _______ your plans.
A:upset
B:shake
C:shave
D:drag
Many people nowadays save money to _______ for their old age.
A:cater
B:supply
C:provide
D:equip
She felt suitably humble just as she ________ when he had first taken a good look at her city self, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed.
A:had
B:had had
C: would have and
D: has had
Attempts to ______this old system have been made in every presidential election in the past one hundred years, but the system has survived all assaults.
A:break down
B:break in
C:break up
D:break through
He is determined to give__________.
A:up smoking
B:up to smoke
C:in to smoke
D:away smoking
So involved with their computers ________ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games.
A:became the children
B:become the children
C:had the children become
D:do the children become
If I were in movie, then it would be about time that I ________ my head in my hands for a cry.
A: bury
B: am burying
C: buried
D: would bury
A general _______ is held in the United States every four years.
A:selection
B:choice
C:election
D:choose
That is a _______ point of view. I don’t agree with you.
A:crystal
B:protein
C:union
D:conservative
________we understand what Jet Lag is, we can go some way to overcome it.
A:Since that
B:Despite
C:Although
D:Now that
Our family doctor’s clinic _______ at the junction of two busy roads.
A:rests
B:stands
C:stays
D:seats
We are in a difficult position in ________we have nobody properly qualified for this work.
A:which
B:that
C:what
D:where
He spends most of his spare time ________English.
A:to study
B:on study
C:on studying
D:studying
Now that spring is here, you can ______these fur coats till you need them again next winter.
A:put over
B:put off
C:put down
D:put away
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