一、1.Vocabulary and Structure
Part I Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
0. — Could you mail these letters for me please?— ______letters? Your friends are going to be very happy to hear from you again.
A.What
B.Some
C.More
D.Different
1. The police came and they soon got the situation well ______.
A.by hand
B.in hand
C.on hand
D.with hand
2. How much would you ______for repairing my watch?
A.spend
B.cost
C.charge
D.pay
3. — This is my new dogHis name is Wisdom— That" s interestingWhy ______did you give him such a name?
A.in the earth
B.in world
C.on earth
D.on the world
4. It isn"t so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works ______.
A.above all
B.in all
C.at all
D.after all
5. If you want to see a doctor, you fix a date with him ahead of timeThat is a common ______in the USA.
A.sense
B.practice
C.rule
D.point
6. In my opinion, what he told us just now about the affair simply doesn"t make any______.
A.meaning
B.idea
C.sense
D.point
7. Read the poem more slowly, with a slight______at the end of each line.
A.pause
B.stop
C.rest
D.space
8. As a result of the heavy snow, the highway has been closed up until further______.
A.news
B.information
C.notice
D.message
9. The trees in that thick forest are so close together that there is hardly any room to move ______them.
A.between
B.in
C.among
D.across
10. — The secretary wrote ______note to the manager— I guess she forgot writing one.
A.the other
B.one
C.one more J
D.another
11. — Some people believe that robots will take over the world one day— What if that is the ______?
A.thing
B.result
C.case
D.end
12. — It is very cold today— YesSurprisingly cold______May.
A.in
B.at
C.for
D.during
13. The collapse of the World Trade Centre has put US economy in a difficult ______.
A.occasion
B.case
C.situation
D.background
14. After swimming in the sea, they came out of water and lay on the ______for a rest.
A.bank
B.coast
C.seaside
D.beach
15. — Do you like coffee or milk?— BothBut I prefer coffee ______milk.
A.to
B.for
C.with
D.from
16. They were hunting for a person ______him ______a stepping stone.
A.like; as
B.like; like
C.as; like
D.as; as
17. There" s no ______from my bedroom window except for some factory chimneys.
A.view
B.scene
C.sight
D.look
18. The study you have been making ______the ancient Chinese characters is an instructive job.
A.to
B.for
C.of
D.from
19. ______a fire, hotel guests are asked to remain calm.
A.As a result of
B.In the event of
C.By reason of
D.In the time of