一、选择题

1. There was no ________ at all for you to do that.
A. effort
B. necessity
C. stress
D. pain
2. He refused to consider his wife’s ________ to leave him.
A.threat
B. access
C. benefit
D. hacker
3.Products in many industries have been brought about by ________ in technology.
A. advances
B. progresses
C. marches
D. popularity
4.The red lines on the map ________ railways.
A. present 
B. issue 
C. represent 
D. stand
5.They discovered his crime and ________ him for it.
A. clapped
B. appreciated
C. slashed
D. punished
6.Dick won’t do anything unless it’s for his own ________.
A. recovery
B. benefit
C. belief
D. interest
7.If you want to live alone in a city apartment, you should get a dog to ________ yourself.
A. relax
B. aid
C. prevent
D. protect
8. It gave us much ________ to learn of the death of his father.
A. effect
B. affect
C. pain
D. feeling
9.Wind and rain ________ in through several tears in the canvas roof.
A. leaked
B. entered
C. filed
D. repeated
10. The police ________ the criminal through the wilderness till they caught him.
A. diagnosed
B. frustrated
C. participated
D. tracked
11.They have been given free ________ to the library’s scientific literature.
A. choice
B. entry
C. access
D. chance
12.He came to town yesterday, ________ I should have not met him.
A.however
B. moreover
C. otherwise
D. whereas
13.The medicine gives ________ relief from pain.
A.instant
B. chronic
C. minor
D. enjoyable
14. No one should be ________ except on business.
A. promised
B. admitted
C. allowed
D. let
15.Look at the way we’re ________ the entire city.
A. polluting
B. annoying
C. belonging
D. rocking
16. This sort of work calls for special ________.
A. metaphors
B. pennies
C. checks
D. talents
17.We must work hard and never ________ in our efforts.
A. relax
B. leak
C. reflex
D. reflect
18.The boy is so strong that he can ________ a telephone book in half.
A. punish
B. tear
C. span
D. credit
19.The train is going at the ________ of 120 kilometres an hour.
A. rate
B. rent
C. remote
D. tap
20. Instant foods are gaining ________ in many countries.
A. enthusiasm
B. pollution
C. popularity
D. strength
21.A quarterly is ________ four times a year.
A. improved
B. repeated
C. produced
D. issued
22.He fell into the water, much to the ________ of the onlookers.
A. entertainment
B. pain
C. benefit
D. inconvenience
23. They have a ________ on every known criminal.
A. pattern
B. limp
C. file
D. bat
24.He was given a ________ part in the new play.
A. spiritual
B. minor
C. seasonal
D. definite
25.To his great surprise, the thieves ________ the house of everything of value.
A. caught
B. broke
C. stole
D. stripped
26.Believe it or not, my multicoloured umbrella is almost, but not quite, ________ yours.
A. same as
B. same to
C. the same to
D. the same as
27. ________ born in Chicago, the author is most famous for his stories about New York City.
A. Since
B. As
C. When
D. Although
28.No one can avoid ________ by advertisements.
A. influenced
B. influencing
C. to influence
D. being influenced
29.I wish I ________ to the movies with you last night.
A. went
B. did go
C. could have gone
D. have gone
30.“Let’s take a walk before we start to study.” “Oh, I think it’s ________ for walking.”
A. much too hot
B. very much hot
C. too much hot
D. very much heat
31.Another driver had just driven into the back of Jack’s car ________ he was waiting at some traffic lights.
A. since
B. once
C. while
D. as
32.You’re going to England next year. You must practise ________ English as much as possible.
A. speaking
B. to speak
C. having spoken
D. being spoken
33.________ what was going to happen, I would never have left her alone.
A. If I knew
B. Had I known
C. Were I knew
D. I had known
34.I prefer to spend the weekend at home ________ go to the movies.
A. rather
B. rather than
C. better than
D. to
35. When you talk, you have to at least make yourself ________.
A. understand
B. to understand
C. understood
D. understanding

二、改错题

1. The old man laid in bed, cold and hungry. It was obvious thathe was dying.
A. laid
B. in bed
C. obvious
D. he was dying
2.I don’t think there is anything it can prevent him from going.
A. don’t think
B. there is
C. it
D. from
3.It is necessary that the manager will sign all of the copies, not just the top one.
A. will sign
B. all of
C. not just
D. top one
4. Either of the women is willing to lend you their vacuum cleaner.
A. Either of
B. is
C. you
D. their
5. The more one knows about science, the more you understand the importance of it.
A. knows
B. the
C. you understand
D. it
6.Tired of talking about the same problem over and over again, he suggested to bring the meeting to an end.
A. Tired of
B. over and over again
C. to bring
D. to an end
7.Scarcely did she fall asleep when a knock at the door awakened her.
A. did she fall
B. asleep
C. when
D. awakened her
8.Although Peter has been laughed a lot, he won’t give up his plan.
A. Although
B. has been laughed
C. lot
D. give up
9.Hearing her husband’s step on the stairs, Della’s face went pale.
A. Hearing
B. on
C. went
D. pale
10.If oil supplies run out, the man may have to fall back on the horse.
A. run
B. the man
C. to fall
D. on
11.The president, with his wife and daughter, were returning from a vacation at Sun Valley in order to attend an important meeting this afternoon.
A. were
B. from
C. v
D. this afternoon
12. Having not seen each other for a long time, we had a lot of things to talk about.
A. Having not seen
B. for
C. had
D. talk about
13.Numeral control of machine tool by computers, as we know it, has made great advances in recent years.
A. by computers
B. as
C. it
D. in
14.Only in this way he will manage to persuade her to leave.
A. in
B. he will manage
C. to
D. to leave
15.Samuel’s new position as the head of the editorial staff is certainly a more demanding one than Henry.
A. as the head
B. certainly
C. one
D. Henry

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)

pay attention to | result in | once in a while|at any rate | have no idea | take advantage of | cut off | for the benefit of | no longer | go off

1.This will only ________ a further worsening of the situation in their country.
result in

2. They were then almost completely ________ from the outside world.
cut off

3.We are going to have a good deal of rain during the next month; ________, so the weather forecasters say.
at any rate

4.He claimed that it was done ________ all of us.
for the benefit of

5.________ the little dog would run away, but usually he stayed in the yard.
Once in a while

6.You can ________ of how anxious we have been.
have no idea

7.He always ________ the mistakes made by his rivals.
takes advantage of

8. You must ________ the teacher. Don’t let your attention wander.
pay attention to

四、常用易混词辨析与练习

(A) sometime, some time, some times, sometimes

• sometime ( 在某个时候)可以用来指“将来某个时候”，也可以指“过去某个时候”。
• some time 表示持续一段时间
• some times（几次）表示次数
• sometimes （有时）

1.It will take you ________ to do the work.
A. sometime
B. some time
C. some times
D. sometimes
2.The students talk ________ in English and ________ in French.
A. sometime
B. some time
C. some times
D. sometimes
3.It will happen ________ and somewhere.
A. sometime
B. some time
C. some times
D. sometimes
4.I have been there ________ so I know the place very well.
A. sometime
B. some time
C. some times
D. sometimes
5.The same thing happened ________ during the war.
A. sometime
B. some time
C. some times
D. sometimes

(B) alone, lonely

• alone表示“单独一人”。
• lonely意为“孤独，孤单”。

1.I feel so ________ when you go away for more than a day.
A. alone
B. lonely
2.Robinson Crusoe was ________ until he found Friday.
A. alone
B. lonely
3.She doesn’t feel ________ no longer when she is left ________.
A. alone
B. lonely
4.She sang ________ at the graduation ceremony.
A. alone
B. lonely