一、单选题（共 50 道试题，共 100 分。）V 1. The birth rate in a city _____ to fall as its gross domestic product (GDP) rises steadily.
A. estimates
B. anticipates
C. assumes
D. tends
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2. The _____ power of the people in this town has been decreasing since most young people have left for the big cities.
A. shopping
B. purchasing
C. enduring
D. spending
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3. These courses, if properly conducted, will _____ the minds of the students.
A. refresh
B. renew
C. stimulate
D. encourage
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4. I received a _____ parcel yesterday and I am still wondering who may have sent it.
A. sincere
B. dull
C. complicated
D. mysterious
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5. At the beginning of this semester, our history professor _____ a list of books for us to read.
A. passed on
B. picked up
C. handed in
D. made out
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6. Don't worry about his illness. At his age he will be well again __________.
A. in his time
B. in time
C. in no time
D. in good time
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7. The actual cost of the building was much higher than our original _____.
A. consideration
B. judgment
C. estimate
D. plan
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8. It is difficult to ______ a conversation with someone who only says “Yes” or “No”.
A. hold up
B. keep up
C. stir up
D. come up
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9. Unfortunately, very few sheep _____ the severe winter last year.
A. survived
B. endured
C. spent
D. remained alive
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10. He had been _____ to give up much of his time to housework.
A. ordered
B. persuaded
C. compelled
D. frightened
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11. He felt rather _____ as he was the only person who wore sportswear at the dinner party.
A. in place
B. in the way
C. by the way
D. out of place
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12. It’s really kind ______.
A. of you to say so
B. for you to say so
C. Of you saying so
D. for you saying so
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13. Recently the newspapers have reported several _____ on the boundaries of Israel and Jordan.
A. accidents
B. incidents
C. events
D. happenings
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14. Can you think of anything else to talk about? I don't like this subject ________.
A. at all
B. ever much
C. any
D. never
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15. The _____ power of the people in this town has been decreasing since most young people have left for the big cities.
A. shopping
B. purchasing
C. enduring
D. spending
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16. It was not a serious accident; the car needs only some _____ repairs.
A. major
B. secondary
C. minor
D. primary
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17. I suddenly realized that he was trying to _____ quarrelling with me.
A. consider
B. enjoy
C. avoid
D. prevent
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18. Many people think it stupid (愚蠢的) not to _______ making much money from our work.
A. think
B. Give off
C. care about
D. look for
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19. The best students are ______ special scholarships.
A. rewarded
B. awarded
C. compensated
D. refused
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20. He took every _____ to improve his spoken English.
A. time
B. thing
C. chance
D. case
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21. He didn't ____________ their advice, and in the end had to pay for the loss.
A. receive
B. Bring
C. accept
D. meet
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22. It takes ____________ of six months for a new type of computers to be produced.
A. the amount
B. an amount
C. average
D. an average
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23. Most students did ____________ in the final exam.
A. very good
B. very fine
C. very nice
D. very well
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24. It is the boy’s laziness that _____ his failure in the exams.
A. resulted form
B. brought in
C. resulted in
D. led into
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25. About ___________ students have joined the English Literature Society.
A. three hundred of
B. three hundreds of
C. three hundreds
D. three hundred
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26. On weekends when I'm going out, I use the bike if I can _________ the car.
A. would rather
B. rather than not
C. instead
D. rather than
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27. I received a _____ parcel yesterday and I am still wondering who may have sent it.
A. sincere
B. dull
C. complicated
D. mysterious
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28. It is yet unknown how the new government is going to ____________ the divorce problem.
A. approach
B. improve
C. help
D. defeat
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29. I suddenly realized that he was trying to _____ quarrelling with me.
A. consider
B. enjoy
C. avoid
D. prevent
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30. The sudden change of weather made the temperature _____ a lot.
A. fall
B. sink
C. drop
D. lower
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31. The police investigation discovered that three young men were _____ in the robbery.
A. caught
B. involved
C. connected
D. tightened
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32. His new discovery is ____________ to the medical world.
A. great interest
B. of great interest
C. Greatly interested
D. Great interesting
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33. How we _____ a chance to visit your great country!
A. looked for
B. longed for
C. waited for
D. went for
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34. This is ___________ there is for me to say at the moment.
A. all that
B. all what
C. that
D. what that
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35. The classroom was almost empty ______ a desk or two.
A. besides
B. except for
C. except
D. in addition to
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36. The problem has ______ simply because you didn’t follow my instruction.
A. raised
B. risen
C. arisen
D. aroused
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37. Please keep an eye on my luggage, and I’ll be back _____.
A. in time
B. in no time
C. at one time
D. at a time
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38. He ______ as though he had never in his life seen me before.
A. went past me
B. avoided me
C. ignored me
D. went away from me
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39. He spoke so quickly that I didn’t ______ what he said.
A. receive
B. accept
C. listen
D. catch
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40. His parents died when he was young, so he was ______ by his aunt.
A. bred
B. fed up
C. brought up
D. grown up
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41. Mike telephoned me as soon as he got _____________.
A. back home
B. to home
C. at home
D. the home
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42. We are now certain ____________ cigarette smoking is harmful to our health.
A. that
B. what
C. if
D. for
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43. Joe __________ last night and hurt his leg badly.
A. tripped
B. made a trip
C. had a trip
D. took a trip
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44. I was _____ as to how I could help him out without hurting his pride.
A. quite useless
B. rather uncertain
C. quite unprepared
D. wonder
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45. I took someone else’s book ______ mistake.
A. in
B. for
C. with
D. By
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46. When they ___________ arrived in America, everything seemed to go against them.
A. in the first
B. first
C. firstly
D. first of all
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47. Robert looked as if he were about to _____ when his motives were questioned.
A. flare up
B. jump up
C. burst up
D. look up
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48. Don’t _____ the camera ______ unless you are sure you can put it together.
A. take … off
B. work … out
C. set … off
D. take … apart
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49. When he was set free after twenty years in prison, he was amazed ______ the changes he found.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. to
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50. With a school record like yours, _____ why you didn’t try for a university scholarship?
A. I’m shocked
B. i’m puzzled
C. i’m amazed
D. i feel pity
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