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1. If I were in a movie, then it would be about time that I ________ my
head in my hands for a cry.
A. bury B. am burying C. buried D. would bury
2. As I’ll be away for at least one year, I’d appreciate _______ from you
now and then.
A. hearing B. to hear C. to be hearing D. having heard
3. Greatly agitated, I rushed back to the apartment and tried to door,
________ to find it locked.
A. just B. only C. hence D. thus
4. Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills ______ people
each year than traffic accidents.
A. seven more times B. seven times more C. over seven times D. seven
times
5. The city is an important railroad ______ and industrial and convention
center.
A. conjunction B. network C. junction D. link
6. The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that
it was ______ to the issue at hand.
A. irrational B. unreasonable C. invalid D. irrelevant
7. Doing homework is certainly a way to improve your test scores,
especially ______ it comes to examinations.
A. before B. when C. as D. since
8. _______ from his voice, he is a kind and considerate person.
A. Judged B. Being judged C. Having been judged D. Judging
9. Language, culture and personality may be considered ______ of each other
in thought, they are inseparable in fact.
A. indistinctively B. separately C. irrelevantly D. independently
10. - Why did you pull me ______? I don't think I broke any laws,
officer.
- My radar says your speed was 237 km/hr. Are you practicing for Indiana
500?
A. up B. down C. over D. in
11. In his first year at the university, Tom _______ the board and won all
the scholarships offered by his department.
A. pulled B. swept C. covered D. took
12. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds ______ his argument
in favor of the new theory.
A. on which to base B. to base on which C. which to base on D. which to be
based on
13. By the time you arrive in London, we ______ in Britain for two
weeks.
A. shall stay B. have been staying C. will have stayed D. have stayed
14. _______ several years for bamboo seeds to grow into plants that can be
used for commercial purposes.
A. to be taken B. Although taking C. This takes D. It takes
15. Experiments in photography of moving objects ______ in both the United
States and Europe well before 1900.
A. had been conducted B. had been conducting C. were conducted D. were
conducting
16. John did best in the final examination in his class, ________.
A. he should have studied hard
B. he should study hard
C. he must have studied hard
D. he must had to study hard
17. - Bob wants to sell you his old radio.
- I know. He’s already suggested ________.
A. me that B. me C. to me that D. that me
18. Mercury differs from other industrial metals _____ it is a liquid.
A. while B. in that C. because of D. consequently
19. Conversation becomes weaker in society that spends so much time
listening and being talked to ______ it has all but lost the will and the skill
to speak for itself.
A. as B. which C. that D. what
20. The future of the company is ______; many of its talented employees are
flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.
A. at loss B. in vain C. in trouble D. at stake
21. The way ______ political campaigns are conducted varies widely from
country to country.
A. which for B. in that C. in which D. when
22. The computer has dramatically influenced ______ photographic lenses are
constructed.
A. is the way B. the way C. the way that D. which way
23. The crime was discovered 48 hours later, ______ gave the criminals
plenty of time to get away.
A. which B. so C. that D. what
24. When a bacterium becomes too large, it splits in half and forms two new
bacteria, ____ its own cell walls and protoplasm.
A. each have B. each with C. with each D. each has
25. _____, the fish is prized for its taste.
A. Ugly-looking as it is B. It is ugly-looking C. Ugly-looking it is D.
Ugly-looking is it
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