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1. Although ª©____ªª Spanish, he attended the course.ª¤
A. he was knowing     B. he is knowingª¤
C. having a knowledge of    D. knowsª¤
2. You ª©____ªªthat letter to James. However, you didn¡¯t.ª¤
A. ought to write          B. ought to have writtenª¤
C. should write  D. should be writingª¤
3. Joseph was very lucky ª©____ªª with his life; he almo
st did not get out of the room.ª¤
A. to escape    B. to have escapedª¤
C. to escaping   D. to be escapingª¤
4. Bread and butter ª©____ªªliked by Westerners.ª¤
A. is   B. are    C. were   D. beª¤
5. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ª©____ªª
 very pleasant to sit on in summer.ª¤
A. which is   B. which it is   C. it is   D.  where it isª¤
6. He set up in business ª©____ªª his own and was very successful.ª¤
A. in   B.  of   C.  on   D. byª¤
7. John¡¯s score on the test is the highest in the class; he ª©____ªª
 last night.ª¤
A. must study  B. should have studiedª¤
C. must have studied  D. is sure to studyª¤
8. Frank almost never received any education, ª©____ªª?
A. would he   B. did heª¤
C. didn¡¯t he   D. wouldn¡¯t heª¤
9.  Even if his letter ª©____ªª tomorrow, it ª©____ªª
 too late to do anything.ª¤
A.  will arrive...is  B.  should arrive...wereª¤
C.  arrives...will be   D.  arrives...would beª¤
10. We can hear  ª©____ªªfrom the back of the room.ª¤
A. just as good   B.  just as easy  ª¤
C.  just as well   D.  easily as wellª¤
11. To obtain a satisfactory result, one must apply two ª©____ªª
 of paint on a clean surface.ª¤
A.  coats   B. levels   C.  times   D. coursesª¤
12. The small mountain village was ª©____ªª by the snow
for more than one month.ª¤
A. cut back   B.  cut outª¤
C.  cut off   D. cut awayª¤
13. Miss Green was ª©____ªª $100 for driving after drinking.ª¤
A. fined   B.  charged   C.  punished   D.  posedª¤
14. Modern ª©____ªª perhaps causes more problems than it s
olves.ª¤
A. technique B.  technologyª¤
  C. tactics D.  tendencyª¤
15. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear
it ª©____ªª when she was trying to go to  sleep.ª¤
A. sounding   B. ringing   C. ticking   D. hummingª¤
16. Under this ª©____ªª pressure some of the rocks even
became liquid.ª¤
A. intensive   B.  weighty   C.  intense   D.  bulkyª¤
17. Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ª©____ªª of them were eventually able to improve upon their former st
andard of living.ª¤
A. maximum   B.  minority   C. majority   D.  minimumª¤
18. Nancy was surprised that they have ª©____ªª. They se
emed to be a happy couple.ª¤
A. split up   B.  broken down  ª¤
C. fallen through   D. knocked outª¤
19.  The beach is in an ideal ª©____ªª to draw tourists.ª¤
A. condition   B. situation   C. state   D. publicityª¤
20. Our ª©____ªª sensitivity decreases with age. By age
60, most people have lost 40 percent of their ability to  smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.ª¤
A. sensible   B. senseless ª¤
C. sensitive   D. sensoryª¤
21. The eldest child is thoroughly ª©____ªª because they
 always give him whatever he wants.ª¤
A. wasted   B. spoiledª¤
C.  destroyed D.  uneducatedª¤
22. If a substance is dissolved in water or heated, it may ª©____ªª a gas.ª¤
A. give into   B. give overª¤
C. give off   D. give awayª¤
23. His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ª©____ªª with him at once.ª¤
A. peace   B. large   C. ease   D. bestª¤
24. ¡ªCan you take  the day off tomorrow?ª¤
¡ªWell, I¡¯ll have to get ª©____ªª from my boss.ª¤
A. permission   B. permitª¤
C. allowance   D. possessionª¤
25. The ª©____ªª in Janet¡¯s character has hindered her f
rom advancement in her career.ª¤
A. weakness   B. meritª¤
C. defect   D. shortcomingª¤
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