A. hindered B. held up C. obstructed D. stopped
2.Such a skilled tennis player knows how to _______ his opponent’s chief weakness so as to get the final victory.
A. defeat B. benefit from C. take advantage of D. beat
3. As the newspaper reported, many people were still buried _______ after the earthquake.
A. live B. lively C. alive D. living
4. Mrs. Clegg was severely beaten and _______ all her possessions on her way to the company this morning.
A. stolen B. robbed of C. hijacked D. grasped
5. It’s always difficult being in a foreign country, _______ if you don’t speak the language.
A. especially B. specially C. in addition D. particularly
6. Salina came home so thin and weak that her own children hardly _______ her.
A. remembered B. recognized C. reminded D. identified
7. Encountering a car accident this morning, I got out of the car to _______ it for cracks.
A. look over B. observe C. inspect D. investigate
8. In the recent years the factory has _______ a lot of money improving its working conditions.
A. paid B. cost C. spent D. used
9. The boy smiled as if he _______ what his mother said.
A. understands B. understood C. understanding D. have understood
10. With his son _______, the old man felt unhappy.
A. to disappear B. to be disappointed C. disappointing D. being disappointed
11. There is no doubt _______ her honesty.
A. as to B. to as C. so as to D. so as
12. Tens of thousands of Jews were killed by _______ gases in World War II.
A. dead B. dying C. die D. deadly
13. Finally the train _______ the station four hours late.
A. pulled into B. pulled at C. pulled off D. dragged
14. The Prime Minister denied _______ personally from the oil-for-food program.
A. benefited B. benefiting C. to benefit D. having benefited
15. Having _______ your suggestion, I sure would like to talk to you again.
A. thought over B. thought for C. thought of D. thought back
16. I have always believed that happiness _______ more than money.
A. means a lot B. weighs C. counts D. plays
17. He is going to ask Anne to _______ him on St. Valentine’s Day.
A. marry B. marry to C. marry with D. get married
18. Many parents ________ that they often found it simply impossible to communicate with their children.
A. complain B. competed C. completed D. complained
19. Listening to English ________ will not only improve your ear, but also help you build your speaking skills.
A. on a regularly basis B. in a regular basis C. on a regular basis D. on a regular base
20. Please _______ to ask your teacher if you have any questions about these strategies for learning English.
A. feel like B. feel free C. feel freely D. feel freedom
21. The more he tried to help her, __________ she seemed to appreciate it.
A. less B. least C. the less D. the least
22. Though the brothers are like each other in appearance, they ________ their tastes.
A. differ from B. differ with C. differ about D. differ in
23. The moment they __________ the train it began to pull out of the station.
A. got B. took C. boarded D. jumped
24. He talks as if he _________ everything in the world.
A. knows B. knew C. had known D. would have known
25. He is tired of the city and __________ the woods and the country.
A. looks into B. gives up C. makes use of D. longs for
26. The team really looks good tonight because the coach had them ________ every night this week.
A. practicing B. to practice C. practiced D. practice
27. Since he came to live here, he has become deeply _______ in local affairs.
A. combined B. arranged C. included D. involved
28.We can see a lot of people doing morning exercises in the parks ________ a cold morning.
A. on B. during C. at D. in
29. I tried ___________ my sister _________ the club.
A. to dissuade…from joining B. dissuading…to join
C. to dissuade…to join D. dissuading…from joining
30.Not only __________ all our money, _________ close to losing our lives as well.
A. did we lose…but did we come B. we lost…but we came
C. did we lose…but we came D. we lost…but did we come
31.Enid taught in a primary school _____________ the corner.
A. at B. in C. round D. on
32. The teacher warned that anyone who was caught ________ during the test would be punished.
A. being cheated B. cheating C. to cheat D. to be cheating
33. The press conference _________ next Monday morning.
A. is to be held B. is to hold C. is going to hold D. is holding
34. Having been operated _______ twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she could barely stand up.
A. at B. with C. on D. in
35. It is well known that lung cancer is caused at least _______ by smoking too much.
A. in spite of B. in detail C. in addition D. in part
36. Hainan Island attracts tourists _________ in winter _________ in summer.
A. neither…nor B. not only … but also C. hardly …when D. no sooner … than
37. His illness is incurable. It’s a terrible thing for him to know _______ the doctors are not able to save his life.
A. what B. that C. which D. where
38. Eyes play an important role in body balance and it is important to ________ as much information from the environment as possible.
A. absorb B. involve C. invent D. conquer
39. Whatever one has planned to do is ________ to be altered in the process.
A. prohibited B. eager C. embarrassed D. bound
40. You ________ about your friends never coming to see you, but when they do come, you give them such a hard time it’s hardly surprising they stay away.
A. waken B. disturb C. complain D. publish