unit 17
1. No one enjoy _______________.
A. being looked down upon B. being looked down
C. looking down upon D. looking down
2. --I was not at the party at that time.
--You ___________.
A. told the lie B. tell a lie C. are telling a lie D. are telling the lie
3. He called ___________ the teacher’s on Teachers’ day.
A. on B. at C. to D. for
4. He pretended __________ when I went into the house.
A. sleep B. asleep C.
sleeping D. to asleep
5. Does it matter _________ we are a bit late?
A. that B. what C. if D. X
6. Before you make a speech, you should ________ your thoughts and ideas.
A. get B. take C. bring D. collect
7. The number of the people asking to come here is _________ the increase.
A. with B. in C. at D. on
8. In those days, the old woman _____ sit at the gate for hours,
waiting for her son to return from the front.
A. could B. should C. might D. would
9. —Is he coming?
—I’m not sure. He may be late or,_______ , he may not come at all.
A. at present B. at least C. worse still D. for a while
10. The actor was too
nervous to act __________.
A.
normally B. usually C. naturally D. regularly
11. Though he is ________ worker, he works very hard.
A. a common B. an ordinary C. a usual D. a general
12. The plane ________ over the
landing field for twenty minutes when the pilot was told that he should use the Eastside Field.
A. had been circling B. are circling C. was circling D. has been circling
13. The vegetables didn’t taste very good. They _______for too long.
A. cooked B. were cooked C. had cooked D. had been cooked
14. When their first child was born, they ________ for 3 years.
A. had married B. got married C. had been married D. had got married
16. The tax burden(负担)increased fastest for the poor and for _________ with children.
A. whom B. those C. that D. them
17. The tax burden(负担)increased fastest for the poor and for _________ with children.
A. whom B. those C. that D. them
18. He was wearing a lot of clothes to _________ himself from the cold.
A. stop B. prevent C. protect D. keep
19. —I hear another new building ________, isn’t it?
—Yes, it ________in two months.
A. is building; will complete B. is being built; will be completed
C. has been built; is completed D. is built; will finish
20. E-mail, as well as telephones, _________ an important part in daily communication.
A. is being played B. are playing C. have played D. is playing
21. —Have you got your final result?
—Not yet. The papers ______.
A. have not corrected B. have already been corrected
C. will be correcting soon D. are still being corrected
22. The number of people invited fifty, but a number of them
absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were
23. It is generally believed that teaching is ______ it is a science.
A. an art much as B. much an art as C. as an art much as D. as much an art as
24. However ______, the native peop1e do have something in common.
A. hard B. alike C. different D. similar
25. A gas-stove is similar ________ a oil-stove.
A. with B. to C. as D. by
26. —What a pity! I missed such a good performance..
—I didn’t see it either. I wonder if it’ll be ________ again.
A. put on B. put off C. put away D. put out
27. —Have you finished your report yet?
—No, I’ll finish in ten minutes.
A. another B. other C. more D. less
28. We must keep our room clean. Dirt and disease go _______, you know.
A.from time to time B. hand in hand C. step by step D. one after another
29. I’m no painter, and to me, one
painting is much like _________.
A. another B. the other C. others D. one
30. —When shall we me
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