30. You can't really ________ Helen for not wanting to get involved - she didn't feel well then.
a. blame b. accuse c. curse d. condemn
31. I'm afraid I've rather ________ the house this week so it's a bit of mess.
a. ignored b. neglected c. forgotten d. left out
32. I caught a ________ of the driver of the gateway car, but I doubt whether I would recognize him if I saw him again.
a. glimpse b. glance c. sight d. look
33. The drivers were killed in a head-on ________ involving a number of cars on the main road into town.
a. crash b. collision c. clash d. crack
34. The bank is ________ us for repayment of the loan.
a. requiring b. hurrying c. urging d. pressing
35. I came ________ real interest, not just to have a good time.
a. due to b. under c. from d. out of
36. I saw him often when he was at school and university, but after he got married I lost________ of him.
a. contact b. connection c. track d. trace
37. She ________ each of the children to an ice-cream.
a. entertained b. feed c. treated d. supplied
38. In international competition, the Australians ________ at tennis.
a. except b. excess c. exceed d excel
39. I soon ________ myself in the rediscovered pleasures of the game.
a. concentrated b. lost c. focused d. devoted
40. We've done a lot of work and we ________ a break.
a. are worth b. are worthy of c. are valuable of d. deserve
41. He entered into a spirited discussion concerning the problems of teaching English.
a. complicated b. authoritative c. lively d. hot-tempered
42. I am sure you must be very tired after cycling all that distance.
a. dreary b. weary c. dull d. bored
43. In South America they are called army ants, in Africa they are called drivers.
a. classified into b. known as c. entitled d. ranked
44. You may cross the street in safety when a policeman holds up his hand.
a. security b. trust c. protection d. insurance
45. The farmer encountered misfortune; his crops were destroyed by a storm.
a. dwelt on b. fell among c. suffered d. met with
46. The motorist was bewildered by the conflicting road signs.
a. worried b. distracted c. puzzled d. misled
47. Scientists have put forward a new theory to explain this phenomenon.
a. exclaimed b. advanced c. acquired d. suggested
48. In some Muslim countries women do not expose their faces in public.
a. bare b. display c. reveal d. conceal
49. It is helpful if students tell their landladies when they are going away.
a. convey b. report c. inform d. declare
50. Aside from this general consideration I had several objections to the plan.
a. In addition b. Instead of c. Besides d. Except
51. The book will be _____ of his best sellers.
a. another b. the one c. other d. the other
52. The photographs of Mars taken by satellites are _____ than those taken from the earth.
a. clearer b. the clearest c. much clearer d. more clearer
53. The manager signed the contract _____ the company.
a. on behalf of b. in spite of c. instead of d. on account of
54. His health _____, Jack left the army in 1997.
a. fails b. failed c. was failed d. failing
55. She got there very late last night, _____ in the early hours this morning.
a. that is b. nearly c. or rather d. therefore
56. A stranger was seen _____ out of the house just before the explosion.
a. come b. to come c. have come d. came
57. It is essential that no one _____ admitted to the room without proper identification.
a. is b. to be c. will be d. was
58. Mary had no trouble _____ her career because she had always wanted to be a doctor.
a. to select b. select c. selecting d. selected
59. _____ spring comes and the weather is nice again, we can start playing tennis every morning before class.
a. Since b. While c. Once d. Until
60. There seems no word that Mr. White ______, so he is called “a walking dictionary”.
a. does know b. knows c. doesn’t know d. hardly knows
61. Without water, there _____ no life on the earth since all kinds of living things depend on it for survival.
a. would be b. will be c. would have been d. will have been
62. I happened _____ with him when a ball hit him on the head.
a. to be talking b. to have talked c. to talking d. to talk
63. But for the traffic jam, we _____ home before dark.
a. got b. would get c. had got d. would have got
64. We may have some difficulties _____ by six o’clock.
a. for getting there b. to get there c. with getting there d. getting there
65. She always keeps a candle in the room _____ there is a power failure.
a. in the case b. with the case c. in case d. in that case
