一、单选题(共 25 道试题,共 100 分。)V 1. The words of his old teacher left a ________ impression on his mind. He is still influenced by them.
A. long
B. lively
C. lasting
D. liberal
2.Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus found it ________ in Cuba.
A. being cultivated
B. been cultivated
C. having cultivated
D. cultivating
3.She ought to stop work she has a headache because she ________ too long.
A. has been reading
B. had read
C. is reading
D. read
4.The sale usually takes place outside the house with the audience ________ on benches chairs or boxes.
A. having seated
B. seating
C. seated
D. having been seated
5.Not until the game had begun ________ at the sports ground.
A. had he arrived
B. would he have arrived
C. did he arrive
D. should he have arrived
6.As we can no longer wait for the delivery of our order we have to ________ it.
A. postpone
B. refuse
C. delay
D. cancel
7.Peter who had been driving all day suggested ________ at the next town.
A. to stop
B. stopping
C. stop
D. having stopped
8.I think I was at school ________ I was staying with a friends during the vacation when I heard the news.
A. or else
B. and then
C. or so
D. even so
9.These books which you can get at any bookshop will give you ________ you need.
A. all the information
B. all the informations
C. all of information
D. all of the information
10.In Britain people ________ four million tons of potatoes every year.
A. swallow
B. dispose
C. consume
D. exhaust
11.Niagara Falls is a great tourist ________ drawing millions of visitors every year.
A. attention
B. attraction
C. appointment
D. arrangement
12.The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds ________ his arguments in favour of the new theory.
A. to be based on
B. to base on
C. which to base on
D. on which to base
13.You ________ him so closely you should have kept your distance.
A. shouldn’t follow
B. mustn’t follow
C. couldn’t’ have been following
D. shouldn’t have been following
14.The clothes a person wears may express his ________ or social position.
A. curiosity
B. status
C. determination
D. significance
15.Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is ________.
A. granted
B. implied
C. exaggerated
D. remedied
16.We agreed to accept ________ they thought was the best tourist guide.
A. whatever
B. whomever
C. whichever
D. whoever
17.Between 1974 and 1997 the number of overseas visitors expanded ________27%.
A. by
B. for
C. to
D. in
18.Putting in a new window will ________ cutting away part of the roof.
A. include
B. involve
C. contain
D. comprise
19.I’d ________ his reputation with other farmers and business people in the community and then make a decision about whether or not to approve a loan.
A. take into account
B. account for
C. make up for
D. make out
20.—“May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o’clock tonight?”—“I’m sorry. Mr. Williams ________ to a conference long before then.”
A. will have gone
B. had gone
C. would have gone
D. has gone
21.I have no objection ________ your story again.
A. to hear
B. to hearing
C. to having heard
D. to have heard
22.Although many people view conflict as bad conflict is sometimes useful ________ it forces people to test the relative merits of their attitudes and behaviors.
A. by which
B. to which
C. in that
D. so that
23.The hopes goals fears and desires ________ widely between men and women between the rich and the poor.
A. alter
B. shift
C. transfer
D. vary
24.You will see this product ________ wherever you go.
A. to be advertised
B. advertised
C. advertise
D. advertising
25.In a sudden ________ of anger the man tore up everything within reach.
A. attack
B. burst
C. split
D. blast