45. There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone _______ me that evening.
A) had interrupted B) would have interrupted
C) to have interrupted D) to interrupt
46. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _______ standards.
A) equivalent B) alike C) uniform D) likely
47. _______ for your help, we' d never have been able to get over the difficulties.
A) Had it not B) If it were not
C) Had it not been D) If we had not been
48. Some people _______ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.
A) violently B) enthusiastically C) sincerely D) deliberately
49. There is no easy solution to Japan's labour _______
A) decline B) vacancy C) rarity D) shortage
50. I'm sure your suggestion will _______ the problem.
A) contribute to solving B) be contributed to solve
C) contribute to solve D) be contributed to solving
51. I left for the office earlier than usual this morning_______ traffic jam.
A) in line with B) for the sake of
C) in case of D) at the risk of
52. Some areas, _______ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.
A) due to B) in spite of C) but for D) with regard to
53. The new washing machines are _______ at the rate of fifty a day.
A) turned up B) turned down C) turned out D) turned in
54. On turning the corner, we saw the road _______ steeply.
A) departing B) descending C) decreasing D) depressing
55. The managing director took the _______ for the accident, although it was not really his
fault.
A) guilt B) blame C) charge D) accusation
56. Once they had fame, fortune, secure futures; _______ is utter poverty.
A) now that all is left B) now all that is left
C) now all which is left D) now all what is left
57. The shop- assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _______ quality
he'd tell them so.
A) humble B) inferior C) minor D) awkward
58. His tastes and habits _______ with those of his wife.
A) combine B) compete C) coincide D) compromise
59. The branches could hardly _______the weight of the fruit.
A) retain B) sustain C) maintain D) remain
60. With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its _______
A) boundaries B) restraints C) confinements D) limitations
61. Visitors are asked to _______ with the regulations.
A) contrast B) consult C) comply D) conflict
62. He _______ so much work that he couldn't really do it efficiently.
A) put on B) turned on C) brought on D) took on
63. _______ should any money be given to a small child.
A) On no account B) From all accounts
C) Of no account D) By all accounts
64. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion for we need to have factual knowledge
_______ our thinking.
A) which to be based on B) which to base upon
C) upon which to base D) to which to be based
65. _______ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites
by 90 percent.
A) So clever are the construction robots
B) So clever the construction robots are
C) Such construction robots are clever
D) Such clever construction robots are
66. All flights _______ because of the storm, they decided to take the train.
A) having canceled B) having been canceled
C) were canceled D) have been canceled
67. The microscope can _______ the object 100 times in diameter.
A) magnify B) increase C) develop D) multiply
68. Language belongs to each one of us, to the flower - seller _______to the professor.
A) as much as B) as far as C) the same as D) as long as
69. We _______ Edison's success to his intelligence and hard work.
A) subject B) attribute C) owe D) refer
70. She once again went through her composition carefully to _______ all spelling mistakes
from it.
A) withdraw B) diminish C) abandon D) eliminate
Part IV Error Correction ( 15 minutes)
Traditionally, the American farmer has always been
independent and hard-working. In the eighteenth century
farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew
and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop 71.
would be sold to buy a few items in the local general store.
In 1860, because some of the farm population had 72.
moved to the city, yet eighty percent of the American
population was still in the country. In the late nineteen 73.
century, farm work and life were not much changed from
that they had been in the old days. The farmer aroused at 74.
dawn or before and had much work to do, with his own 75.
muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, 76.
spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking 77.
was done in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp
was the only improvement on the candle. The family's
recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the 78.
wagon to the nearby small town or village to transact some
business as well as to chat with neighbors who had also
come to town. The children attended a small elementary
school (often of just one room) to that they had to walk 79.
every day, possibly for a few miles. The school term was
short so that the children could not help on the farm. 80.
Although the whole family worked, and life was not
easy , farmers as a class were self - reliant and independent .
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B
11. B 12. C 13. D 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D
31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. A
41. D 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. A 46. A 47. C 48. D 49. D 50. A
51. C 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. B 56. B 57. B 58. C 59. B 60. D
61. C 62. D 63. A 64. C 65. A 66. B 67. A 68. A 69. B 70. D
71. nothing ? everything 72. because ? although
73. nineteen ? nineteenth 74. that ? what
75. aroused ? arose 76. like ? as/being
77. complicated ? simple 78. (consist) ? (consist) of
79. that ? which 80. not ? /
