1. After Christmas, _____ clothing on sale in that shop attracted quite a few housewives.

A. a variety of

B. a number of

C. the number of

D. the great deal of

2. The mayor promised the city government _____ the building of the new roads with the taxes it collected.

A. shall finance

B. may support

C. can help

D. should provide

3. Whoever does wrong to his country or to the people deserves _____.

A. to punish

B. to be punished

C. to punishment

D. of being punished

4. Some children usually behave in their own way _____ they do not get along with their classmates and there are often disagreements between them.

A. even though

B. on condition that

C. so that

D. unless

5. Secondary and higher education _____ available to all high school graduates in this country so far.

A. have made

B. were made themselves

C. have been made

D. were made it

6. The mother believes that John’s stupid, but it’s different _____ of Mary; she’s just lazy.

A. in spite

B. in the case

C. in the course

D. in case

7. The image of a devoted and noble angel in white _____ heals the wounded and rescues the dying is making a comeback _____ the nation faces a crisis.

A. that…because

B. who…when

C. which…that

D. what…as

8. About how many elements _____ make up most of the substances we meet in everyday life

A. it is which B. what it is

C. is it that D. it is that

9. The government was believed to be considering _____ a law _____ it a crime to important kind of weapon.

A. to pass …. to making

B. to be passing …. to make

C. passing … made

D. passing …. making.

10. Dewitt Wallance founded the Reader’s Digest as a pocket-sized, non-fiction magazine_____ to inform and entertain.

A. was intended

B. intending

C. to intend

D. intended

11. _____ this instrument should have put its work permit number on the box.

A. Who checked

B. Whoever inspected

C. No matter who examined

D. Those who estimates

12. I am sure I can help you find ____ bed for your new house, but now I’m heading for____ bed and ____ good sleep.

A. a , a , the B. a , / , a

C. the , a , a D. a , the , a

13. Two of the notebooks ____ Tom had lost on the bus were returned to the main desk at his dormitory.

A. what B. which

C. who D. whose

14. The drink taste a little ____ to me.

A. strong

B. strongly

C. so strong

D. too much strong

15. My roommate lost a lot of weight ____ every day.

A. to exercise

B. with exercise

C. for exercise

D. by exercising

16. I went to ____ to buy a ruler and a rubber.

A. a stationer

B. a stationer’s

C. the stationer

D. stationer’s

17. They arrived there at last, ____.

A. was tired and hungry

B. being tired and hungry

C. tired and hungry

D. tiredly and hungrily

18. - What was the party like? -Wonderful . It’s years ____ I enjoyed myself so much.

A. before B. after

C. when D. since

19. Time should be made a good use ____ our lessons well.

A. of to learn B. of learning

C. to learn D. to learning

20. You cannot be ____ careful when you drive a car.

A. very B. so

C. too D. enough

21. When he arrived, he found ____ the aged and the sick at home.

A. nothing but

B. none but

C. none other than

D. no other than

22. John seems a nice person. ____, I don’t trust him.

A. Even though B. Even so

C. Therefore D. Though

23. Excuse me. If your call’s not too urgent, do you mind ____ mine first

A. I make B. if I make

C. me to make D. that I make

24. We agreed to accept ____ they thought was the best tourist guide.

A. whatever B. whomever

C. whichever D. whoever

25. ____ she realized it was too late to go home.

A. No sooner it grew dark than

B. Hardly did it grow dark that

C. Scarcely had it grown dark than

D. It was not until dark that

26. They are going to have the serviceman ____ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.

A. install

B. to install

C. to be installed

D. installed

27.There is an increase of 16% in the consumption of tobacco_____ the previous year.

A. over B. than

C. to D. then

28.______ on time, I think, the medicine will work on him before long.

A. Taken B. Being taken

C. If taking D. Take

29._____ you want me to fire you, I suggest you stop wearing sports clothes at office.

A. As long as B. As far as

C. Since D. Unless

30.Nobody in the class except you and me _____ to the principal about the air quality problems.

A. has complained

B. have complained

C. complain

D. complaining

31.Why can’t you smoke ? At no time _______ in the meeting room.

A. does smoking permit

B. smoking be permitted

C. is smoking permitted

D. permits smoking

32.The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience ___on benches, chairs or boxes.

A. having seated

B. seating

C. having been seated

D. seated

33. These winners from that key school are wise and diligent, actually there are ______students in that school

A. many such

B. such many

C. so many

D. so much

34.Jack got a good mark although he had done _____ the others.

A. half as much as

B. as much as half

C. as half as

D. as much half as

35.In the USA, both the federal and state governments have laws _____ to guard consumers against deceptive advertisements

A. to be designed

B. designed

C. to design

D. designing

36.It is _____honor for Mrs. Black to be invited to act as an hostess at the party.

A. an B. a C./ D. the

37.Don’t forget the appointment with the principal at the registry office, _____you

A. don’t B. do C. will D. shall

38.We have no interest in the actress’s scandal (丑闻), _____has been the focus of the newspaper’s attention for months.

A. which B. what C. who D. that

39.Terry doesn’t like the idea of his wife _____ in that affair.

A. being involved B. involving

C. involved D. to be involved

40._______ to be much chance of our catching him up in the near future.

A. You don’t seem

B. There doesn’t seem

C. That doesn’t seem

D. It doesn’t see

参考答案：

1.A

2.A

3.B deserve praising(= to be praised; =praise) 值得赞扬

4.C

5.C将被动语态还原成主动语态就不难看出此题测试的是make sth. adj.结构，表示"使成为……"。

6.B in the case of 意为：就……来说，至于; in case of 意为：以防万一

7.B who引导的是定语从句，修饰先行词angel in white"白衣天使";而 when引导的是时间状语从句，表示"当国家(民族)面临危机时。"

8.C 强调句，被强调部分是" how many elements"。

9.D consider后只能用动名词做直接宾语，排除AB;而后一空格用making构成现在分词短语作定语。

10.D

11.B whoever引导主语从句，失去疑问含义，表示强调"无论谁;谁……谁就……"等于 anyone who;而who引导名词性从句时， who保留疑问含义"谁"。

12.B bed作为和(睡眠，病床)有关连的意义使用时通常不加冠词，但看作一件(家具)时就要加冠词。第一个 bed指家具，前面要用冠词;而 head for bed相当于 go to bed，前面不用冠词。

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.C 形容词作结果状语，等于They arrived there at last so that they were tired and hungry.

18.D

19.A 将句子还原成主动语态We should make use of time to learn our lessons well. 后，就不难看出" To learn……" 作目的状语。

20.C can’t too 加形容词表示"越……越好;……都不为过"。

21.B 空格后the aged and the sick, 等于the old people and the sick people,所以but前应用表示"人"的不定代词。

22.B

23.B

24.D

25.D

26.A 在have sb. do sth.结构中 do sth.做宾语 the serviceman的补足语，和 serviceman构成了逻辑上的主语和谓语的关系，表示"叫某人做某事"。

27.A over介词"比"。如用than前面要有形容词比较等级。再如: As a secretary, girls are favored over boys.

28.A

29.D

30.A nobody 做主语，谓语动词用单数第三人称形式。

31.C

32.D

33.A such与不定冠词连用时要放在它的前面;而与some, any, no, every, another, many, all等连用时放在它们的后面。

34.A

35.B

36.A honor 在此题中代指一件具体的事，作可数名词，表示 "(一件)引以为荣的事";也可以表示 "引以为荣的人"。

37.C 祈使句的反意疑问句有：1)表示建议以Let’s开始的句子，用shall we;2)表示有礼貌的邀请用won’t you;3) 表示不耐烦用can’t you;4)其它情况用 will/ would you。

38.A

39.A

40.B There seems /doesn’t seem to be… "似乎有/没有"; 而You seem/ don’t seem to be… "你好象是/不是;根据后面主语chance，应用 B项。