一、选择题

1. No ________ experience is required.
A. ancient
B. early
C. previous
D. old
2.He is not ________ brave but also kind.
A.scarcely
B. hardly
C. merely
D. seldom
3.The parents made a ________ that the child had nothing to do with the affair.
A. account
B. statement
C. attraction
D. generation
4. I hope you’ll take notice ________ what I’m going to tell you.
A. of
B. for
C. about.
D. to
5.We ________ his 80th birthday with a party.
A. congratulated
B. noted
C. observed
D. celebrated
6.He was burning with ________ to know what had happened.
A. melody
B. keen
C. attraction
D. curiosity
7.We ________ our hands in rhythm to the music.
A. struck
B. clapped
C. lipped
D. clicked
8.She ________ his fingers on the desk.
A. wrapped
B. settled
C. tapped
D. tiptoed
9.Almost every girl wants to live in peace and ________.
A. quite
B. quiet
C. dumb
D. solemn
10. The ________ is breaking now.
A. dawn
B. night
C. evening
D. afternoon
11.Let’s take a(n) ________ abroad.
A.chance going
B. optunity going
C. occasion to go
D. time to go
12.Our company has a ________ in France.
A. tree
B. branch
C. head
D. quarter
13.A large ________ in a theatre are the persons who go there for the purpose of hearing, but who are not performing on stage.
A. audience
B. musicians
C. composers
D. conductors
14.Do you have a bank ________ with us ?
A. exercise-book
B. account
C. receipt
D. list
15. It is a very famous ________ spot.
A. scene
B. scent
C. scenic
D. scenery
16. Because I was going away for the weekend, I asked my neighbour if she would ________ my car.
A. keep up
B. look after
C. get over
D. take part of
17.This medicine is very ________ to your stomach.
A.gentle
B. soft
C. poor
D. easy
18.You shouldn’t ________ your child for such a small thing.
A. scold
B. quarrel
C. abuse
D. spit
19. “Is this the dictionary you like best?”“Yes, it’s my ________ one.”
A.favorable
B. favorite
C. favour
D. favorably
20. The book ________ our interest in a new field of science.
A. rose
B. aroused
C. arose
D. risen
21.T I didn’t notice my son was ________ the gang(那伙人).
A. united
B. combined
C. mixed up with
D. mixed in
22.He faithfully ________ his duty.
A.behaved
B. acted
C. made
D. performedl
23. She paid ________ for the new car.
A. statement
B. in cash
C. on check
D. on license
24.After years of travel, we decided to ________ here.
A. settle
B. suit
C. improve
D. perform
25.A ________ saved is a ________ earned.
A. pence; pence
B. pennies; pennies
C. penny; dollar
D. penny; penny
26. It was not until she arrived home ________ she remembered her appointment with the doctor.
A. when
B. that
C. while
D. as soon as
27.________ they will go there to try another experiment hasn’t been decided yet.
A. Whether
B. If
C. About whether
D. Why
28. If the ancient people had not learned to make use of fire, they ________ the advanced civilization.
A. will not create
B. shall not create
C. would not have created
D. should not have created
29.He asks that he ________ an opportunity to try this method.
A. is given
B. be given
C. were given
D. gave
30. It was ________ that we were very tired when we got there.
A. such long trip
B. such long a travel
C. so long travelling
D. so long a trip
31.________ that even people in the next house could hear him.
A. So loudly he spoke
B. So loudly did he speak
C. So loudly he speaks
D. So loudly does he speak
32. I’m especially glad that Bob decided to come to the party because we ________ him for several months.
A. haven’t seen
B. don’t see
C. didn’t see
D. hadn’t seen
33.A nail has got into the machine. That’s ________ is wrong with it.
A. which
B. what
C. that
D. one
34.We should stick to ________ is true.
A. which
B. that
C. anything
D. whatever
35. Pollution affects more people living in today’s society ________ it did those in the past.
A. as
B. since
C. than
D. after

二、改错题

1. Tom’s new position as head of editorial staff is certainly a more demanding one than Henry.
A. as
B. certainly
C. one
D. Henry
2.I am tired after such a long day of work, so I think I should lay down and take a short rest.
A. such
B. so
C. lay down
D. take
3.Strong as he was, he could lift the heavy box.
A. Strong
B. was
C. could
D. box
4. If the policeman would have arrived earlier, he would have seen the accident.
A. the policeman
B. would have arrived
C. earlier
D. have seen
5. Since I am from a country where we have right-hand traffic I am not used to drive on the left here.
A. a country
B. where
C. right-hand
D. drive
6.Be quiet, please. Hardly I can hear what the chairman is saying.
A. Be quiet
B. I can
C. the chairman
D. saying
7.It was at the conference held in Beijing and they met for the first time.
A. at
B. held
C. and vthey met
D. for
8.I have no choice but accepting the fact.
A. have
B. no choice
C. but
D. accepting
9.I don’t see no point in going on with our idea of a picnic, in weather like this. Let’s call it off.
A. don’t see no point
B. in
C. like this
D. call it off
10.The reason for the traffic accident was because one of the drivers lost control of his car.
A. for
B. accident
C. because
D. lost control
11.There have been little change in the patient’s condition since he was taken to the emergency room.
A. There have been
B. little
C. since
D. taken
12. To the best of my knowledge, the climate in Arizona is better year round than in any other state.
A. To
B. best of
C. year round
D. in any other state
13.Did you ever stop a moment to ask whether we learn English to use it or do we use English to learn it?
A. Did
B. a moment
C. whether
D. do we
14.It took her nearly half a year to find his address, only learning that he had passed away ten years before.
A. took
B. only learning
C. had passed away
D. before
15.Having spent so many years in England, it is easy to converse in English quite fluently.
A. Having spent
B. so many years
C. it is easy
D. quite fluently

三、按照句意选择下列词组填入空格内(如有需要，作适当变化)

follow suit | get into | take place| instead of | ahead of | from now on | focus on | bend over | no doubt | let out

1.We saw a river ________ us.
ahead of

2. He tried to ________ the house through a bedroom window.
get into

3.________ I’ll do my best all the time.
From now on

4.We should ________ our discussion ________ this point.
focus on

5.We tried to ________ the water ________ of the bathtub.
let out

6.When will the concert ________?
take place

7.________ she is able, but she isn’t cooperative.
No doubtt

8. Why don’t you do something ________ complaining all the time?
instead of

四、常用易混词辨析与练习

(A) pleasant, pleased, pleasing

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• pleasant（令人愉快的，合意的）一般用语，可以表示“令人快乐”，“有意思”，“有风趣”等。用作表语时，不能用人作主语。
• 
  
• pleased（高兴的，满意的）只能用于人。一般与介词about, with连用或接不定式。
• 
  
• pleasing（令人高兴的）常含有“讨人喜欢的”意思。
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Doris has a ________ manner that everyone likes.
A. pleasant
B. pleased
C. pleasing
2.We are not happy with those ________ interruptions.
A. pleasant
B. pleased
C. pleasing
3.We felt tired after two days’ ________ flight.
A. pleasant
B. pleased
C. pleasing
4.In our world nothing seems ________.
A. pleasant
B. pleased
C. pleasing

(B) economic, economical

• economic（经济的，经济学的）指与贸易、工业或财富等有关，一般用作定语。
• economical（经济的，节俭的）指与“节约”同义的“经济”，可指物，也可指人。

1.They are faced with many ________ problems.
A. economic
B. economical
2.They are not satisfied with the government’s ________ policy.
A. economic
B. economical
3.It is often more ________ to buy larger sizes of food products.
A. economic
B. economical
4.She is an ________ house keeper and feeds her family cheaply.
A. economic
B. economical