英语2模拟题1

I. Circle the best answer from the four choices labeled A, B, C, and D for each sentence.

1.We are fully prepared _____C_____ more hard work.

A. on        B. in           C. for      D. \

2. Allen ___A____ any good job since he came to New York City two years ago.
A. hasn’t found　　 B. didn’t find    C. doesn’t find　　 D. hadn’t found

3.It was ____B_____ late to save the drowning boy as he had gone down for the third time.

A.      so        B. too          C. such      D. much

4. They have two teams, and _____C___ have a good chance of winning.

A. all        B. either        C. both      D. each

5.The essays by foreign students are well-written ____D____ some spelling mistakes.

A. beside     B. besides      C. except    D. except for

6.“Let me __D_____ you, ”said my boss, “you should call me immediately after you arrive at the airport. ”
A. ask　　       B. advise　　      C. remember　　D. remind

7.____C___ fun and good exercise, car racing is a very useful skill.

A. For           B. About           C. Besides    D. Beside

8.It is about three _____C____ walk from my home to my office.

A. minutes        B. minute’s        C. minutes’    D. minutes’s

9.This post card is sent by ______B____.

A. a friend of father       B. a friend of my father’s

C. my father friend        D. my father friend’s

10. The boys spent the whole morning ____C___ possible answers to the question.
A. discuss　　 B. and discussing     C. discussing　 　D. and discussed

11.They do not allow _____D____ in this classroom.

A. smoking      B. to smoke       C. smoked        D. being smoked

12.It is ______D_____ that we will have to be very careful.

A. a so big work         B. a so big job

C. such a big work       D. such a big job

13.It’s reported that by the end of last month the sale of the company ___C___ by 10%.
A. has risen　　  B. had been rising    C. had risen　　D. has been rising

14. I used to smoke ____B____, but I gave it up three years ago.

A. severely      B. heavily          C. strongly       D. seriously 

15.The film is much better than the _____B____ we saw last Sunday.

A. ones         B. one              C. that          D. what

16.The winter vocation __B_____ over, he got down to his work again.

A. was          B. had been         C. were         D. being

17.As soon as you sat down, you fell asleep. I realized how ____A___.

A.      tired you were      B. were you tired

C. you were tired       D. tired were you

18.What he said makes me ____D____ a lot.

A. think         B. thinking         C. to think       D. thought

19.There are trees on _____B____ sides of the street.

A. either         B. both            C. neither        D. all

20.__D____ any friends in the city, he felt quite lonely and helpless.
A. No to have　　 B. No having     C. Not to have　　D. Not having

21._______C_______ many difficulties, they still went on with their experiment.

A. Face       B. Faced        C. Facing with       D. Faced with

22.I had no sooner closed the door ______B______ somebody started knocking on it.

A. as         B. than         C. before            D. when

23. ____B___ at his paper over the weekend, Neil didn’t finish it.
A. As he worked hard          B. Hard as he worked

C. How he worked hard        D. How hard he worked

24. Mary saw her son ___A____ the piano when she came to the room.

A. playing     B. play         C. played           D. to play

25.You mustn’t blame me _____C_____ that; it wasn’t my fault.

A. of         B. for          C. to              D. in

26.He _____B_____ his book on the desk last night.

A. lie         B. laid          C. lay             D. lain

27.We will not go to the party ___D_____ we are politely invited.

A. if         B. however       C. whether         D. unless

28.The word is new to us. You’d better ___C___ in the dictionary.   
A. look at it　　B. look for it     C. look it up　　   D. look it out

29.The doctor suggests that a person ____C_____ exercises every day if he wishes to be healthy.

A. does       B. did           C. do             D. will do

30.The little girl showed the policeman the corner ___D____ she was knocked off her bike.
A. and　　    B. which        C. that　　        D. where