二、词汇与语法知识(共25小题;每题1.5分，共37.5分。)
从每小题的四个选择项中，选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。
( )6. A computer _______ think for itself; it must be told what to do.
A. can’t B. couldn’t C. may not D. might not
( )7. Don’t smoke in the meeting-room, ________?
A. do you B. will you C. can you D. could you
( )8. —Have you moved into the new house?
—Not yet. The rooms ________.
A. are being painted B. are painting C. are painted D. are being painting
( )9. Alexander Graham Bell invented ________ telephone in 1876.
A. \ B. a C. the D. one
( )10. We ________ each other the best of luck in the examination.
A. hoped B. wanted C. expected D. wished
( )11. ______! There’s a train coming.
A. Look out B. Look around C. Look forward D. Look on
( )12.—Will somebody go and get Dr. White?
—He’s already been _______.
A. asked for B. sent for C. called for D. looked for
( )13._______ he was old and sick did the enemy set him free.
A. Until B. Not until C. Unless D. When
( )14.—We haven’t heard from Jane for a long time.
—What do you suppose ________ to her?
A. was happening B. to happen C. has happened D. having happened
( )15. These players lost the game. They were ______ players.
A. losing B. lost C. lose D. being lost
( )16. Mrs. Smith warned her daughter ________ after drinking.
A. never to drive B. to never drive C. never driving D. never drive
( )17.—Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother?
—I don’t know, ________.
A. nor don’t I care B. nor do I care
C. I don’t care neither D. I don’t care also
( )18.—How did you find your visit to the museum?
—I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was _______ than I expected.
A. far more interesting B. even much interesting
C. so more interesting D. a lot much interesting
( )19. We couldn’t eat in a restaurant because _______ of us had ______ money on us.
A. all; no B. any; no C. none; any D. no one; any
( )20. On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Green went to the market, ______ some bananas and visited her cousin.
A. bought B. buying C. to buy D. buy
( )21. These oranges taste ________.
A. good B. well C. to be good D. to be well
( )22. The students ________ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she _______ in the office.
A. had written; left B. were writing; has left
C. had written; had left D. were writing; had left
( )23. When and where to build the new factory _______ yet.
A. is not decided B. are not decided
C. has not decided D. have not decided
( )24. The secretary worked late into the night, ______ a long speech for the president.
A. to prepare B. preparing C. prepared D. was preparing
( )25._______ any frogs when winter comes.
A. You hardly can find B. Hardly you can find
C. You can find hardly D. Hardly can you find
( )26.—The light in the office is still on.
—Oh, I forgot ________.
A. turning it off B. turn it off
C. to turn it off D. having turned it off
( )27. The hero of the story is an artist in his ________.
A. thirtieth B. thirty C. thirty’s D. thirties
( )28. No one can be sure ________ in a million years.
A. what man will look like B. what will man look like
C. man will look like what D. what look will man like
( )29. Without electricity human life _______ quite different today.
A. is B. will be C. would have been D. would be
( )30. John was made _______ the truck for a week as a punishment.
A. to wash B. washing C. wash D. to be washing