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Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
11. “Give me a call when you get home.”
“Yes, I ________.”
A. must B. will C. can D. may
12. He and I ________ the same taste and interest.
A. share B. spare C. fix D. act
13. “What did you think of the place?”
“I didn’t care for it at _______ first, but after _______ time I got to like it.”
A. /, the B. the, a C. a, the D. /, a
14. Her father watches TV only for half an hour a day. He is interested in _______ news only.
A. late B. current C. present D. permanent
15. Most of the courses at the banquet were consumed, but there ________ food still remaining.
A. were few B. were little C. were a few D. was a little
16. The United Nations _______ formed in 1945.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
17. They ran into a house nearby bo take ______ from the shower.
A. shade B. shadow C. shelter D. refuge
18. I suggested that the students each ________ a plan for the summer vacation.
A. would make B. will make C. make D. made
19. When you have to interrupt somebody, don’t forget ________ “Excuse me”.
A. say B. to say C. said D. saying
20. Everybody has a beautiful dream, and the problem is how to ______ it.
A. realize B. come true C. relieve D. change
21. Adults sometimes envy children who play all the time ________ they themselves have to work, rain or shine.
A. while B. once C. since D. though
22. People in the south live _______ rice.
A. on B. in C. with D. by
23. How many ______ do you need?
A. hour’s sleep B. hours of sleep C. hours of sleeping D. sleeping hours
24. I suppose the matter is rather _____ . We must do something about it right now.
A. tense B. eager C. urgent D. pressed
25. He looks at us sadly with his eyes ________ as her grandmother’s.
A. a size as large B. lf large size C. so large D. as large
26. Seldom ______ him in the past two years.
A. I have seen B. have I seen C. I saw D. did I see
27. We’ve ________ sugar. Ask Mrs. Jones to lend us some.
A. run away with B. run down C. run off D. run out of
28. Agricultural products are so important _______ we cannot live without them.
A. as B. what C. which D. that
29. She was too shy to speak ______.
A. in public B. in the public C. in a public D. at public
30. The library needs ________, but it’ll have to wait until Sunday.
A. cleaning B. be cleaning C. clean D. being cleaned
III. Cloze (10 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B,C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
One Monday afternoon Mrs. Joan, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in 31 , pulled the door 32 her to lock it and went to the Over 60s Club. She always went there 33 . It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived 34 .
At six o’clock she came home let 35 in and at once 36 cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? How? Had someone got in? She 37 the back door and the windows. All were 38 or fastened, 39 usual. There was no 40 of forced entry.
31. A. it B. its C. her D. hers
32. A. in front of B. beside C. behind D. before
33. A. Monday B. on Monday C. Mondays D. on Mondays
34. A. single B. lonely C. alone D. only
35. A. she B. her C. hers D. herself
36. A. smell B. smelling C. smelled D smelt
37. A. notice B. saw C. checked D. looked through
38. A. locking B. locked C. closing D. closed
39. A. like B. look like C. as D. the same as
40. A. sight B. sign C. scene D. signs
IV. Reading Comprehension (40 points)
