一、单选题（共 40 道试题，共 80 分。）V 1. With the development in science and technology man can make various flowers ______ before their time.
A. be bloomed
B. blooming
C. bloom
D. bloomed
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2. He is _____ about his chances of winning a gold medal in the Olympics next year.
A. optimistic
B. optional
C. outstanding
D. obvious
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3. I hope all the precautions against air pollution, ______ suggested by the local government, will be seriously considered here.
A. while
B. since
C. after
D. as
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4. In previous times, when fresh meat was in short ______, pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food.
A. store
B. provision
C. reserve
D. supply
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5. I think I was at school, ______ I was staying with a friend during the vacation when I heard the news.
A. or else
B. and then
C. or so
D. even so
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6. You ______ him so closely; you should have kept your distance.
A. shouldn't follow
B. mustn't follow
C. couldn't have been following
D. shouldn't have been following
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7. Who would you rather ______ with you, George or me?
A. going
B. to go
C. have gone
D. went
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8. You would be _____ a risk to let your child go to school by himself.
A. omitting
B. attaching
C. affording
D. running
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9. Beer is the most popular drink among male drinkers, _____ overall consumption is significantly higher than that of women.
A. whose
B. which
C. that
D. what
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10. If the building project ______ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.
A. to be completed
B. is completed
C. being completed
D. completed
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11. Investigators agreed that passengers on the airliner ______ at the very moment of the crash.
A. should have died
B. must be dying
C. must have died
D. ought to die
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12. On New Year's Eve, New York City holds an outdoor _____ which attracts a crowd of a million or more people.
A. incident
B. event
C. case
D. affair
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13. ______ in the office had made a mistake, and the firm regretted causing the customer inconvenience.
A. Some
B. Anyone
C. One
D. Someone
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14. Everything we eat and drink contains some salt; we can meet the body's need for it from natural sources without turning _____ the salt bottle.
A. up
B. to
C. on
D. over
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15. By the time he arrives in Beijing, we _____ here for two days.
A. have been staying
B. have stayed
C. shall stay
D. will have stayed
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16. The suggestion that the mayor _____ the prizes was accepted by everyone.
A. would present
B. present
C. presents
D. ought to present
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17. Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up wonderful ______ in the market.
A. batteries
B. bargains
C. baskets
D. barrels
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18. The growth of part-time and flexible working patterns, and of training and retraining schemes, _____ more women to take advantage of employment opportunities.
A. have allowed
B. allow
C. allowing
D. allows
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19. I'm very sorry to have ______ you with so many questions on such an occasion.
A. interfered
B. offended
C. impressed
D. bothered
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20. I would never have _____ a court of law if I hadn't been so desperate.
A. sought for
B. accounted for
C. turned up
D. resorted to
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21. He is always here; it's ______ you've never met him.
A. unique
B. strange
C. rare
D. peculiar
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22. In Disneyland, every year, some 800,000 plants are replaced because Disney refused to ______ signs asking his guests not to step on them.
A. put down
B. put out
C. put up
D. put off
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23. Operations which left patients _____ and in need of long periods of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.
A. exhausted
B. abandoned
C. injured
D. deserted
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24. If the whole operation ______ beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have been lost.
A. was not planned
B. has not been planned
C. had not been planned
D. were not planned
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25. ______ in the United States, St. Louis has now become the 24th largest city.
A. The fourth biggest city it was
B. Once the fourth biggest city
C. Being the fourth biggest city
D. It was once the fourth biggest city
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26. Purchasing the new production line will be a ______ deal for the company.
A. profitable
B. tremendous
C. forceful
D. favorite
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27. When people become unemployed, it is ______ that is often worse than lack of wages.
A. laziness
B. poverty
C. idleness
D. inability
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28. This crop has similar qualities to the previous one, ______ both wind-resistant and adapted to the same type of soil.
A. being
B. been
C. to be
D. having been
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29. _____ evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.
A. It being
B. It is
C. There is
D. There being
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30. Jack wishes that he _____ business instead of history when he was in university.
A. had studied
B. study
C. studied
D. had been studying
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31. He wrote an article criticizing the Greek poet and won _____ and a scholarship.
A. status
B. fame
C. faith
D. courage
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32. The lawyer advised him to drop the _____, since he stands little chance to win.
A. event
B. incident
C. case
D. affair
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33. Between 1974 and 1997, the number of overseas visitors expanded ______ 27%.
A. by
B. for
C. to
D. in
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34. As a public relations officer, he is said _____ some very influential people.
A. to have been knowing
B. to be knowing
C. to have known
D. to know
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35. ______ I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man.
A. Much as
B. Only if
C. If only
D. As much
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36. As Commander-in-Chief of the armed force, I have directed that all measures ______ for our defense.
A. had been taken
B. would be taken
C. be taken
D. to be taken
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37. Niagara Falls is a great tourist ______, drawing millions of visitors every year.
A. attention
B. attraction
C. appointment
D. arrangement
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38. The price of beer ______ from 50 cents to $4 per liter during the summer season.
A. altered
B. ranged
C. separated
D. differed
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39. This article ______ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.
A. calls for
B. applies for
C. cares for
D. allows for
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40. The energy ______ by the chain reaction is transformed into heat.
A. transferred
B. released
C. delivered
D. conveyed
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