1. She never laughed, ____ lose her temper.
A. nor she ever did
B. or she ever did
C. or did she ever
D. nor did she ever
2. ____ with the developed areas, people’s living standard of this province is not high at all.
A. Compare
B. While comparing
C. When compared
D. Comparing
3. It is no use ____ me not to worry about his injury.
A. you tell
B. your telling
C. for you to have told
D. having told
4. If the earth suddenly ____ spinning, we would allfly off it.
A. had stopped
B. stopped
C. has stopped
D. would stop
5. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication ______ the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.
A. in that
B. in which
C. in order that
D. in the way
6. After taking office, China’s Prime Minister, Zhu Rongji, tried his best to promote the new ____ policies.
A. economic
B. economical
C. economy
D. economics
7. Look at these clouds. ____.
A. It will rain
B. It’s going to rain
C. It will be raining
D. It is to rain
8. ____ the 1500’s ____ the first Europeans explored the coast of California.
A. It was not until/then
B. It is not until/when
C. It is until/that
D. It was not until/that
9. ____ the letter, I ran out of the room to the post office.
A. Finishing
B. No sooner that I had finished up
C. As soon as I finished writing
D. Since I finished up to write
10. If the law and order ____, neither the citizen nor his property is safe.
A. are not preserved
B. have not been preserved
C. were notpreserved
D. is not preserved
11. Before moving to another city, Amy ____ of the house and the furniture.
A. disposed
B. discarded
C. discharged
D. distributed
12. Amy Taylor was ____ both as a drama critic and as a poet.
A. subtle
B. progressive
C. eminent
D. plausible
13. He was very much interested in the work of charities, and made a regular ____ to them.
A.dedication
B. fellowship
C. hospitality
D. contribution
14. The temperature ____ greatly; the days were very hot, the nights very cold.
A. changed
B. altered
C. varied
D. reflected
15. The washing machine would not work because of a(n) ____in the switch.
A. mistake
B. trouble
C. error
D. defect
16. Recently there has been a great ____ for small cars that consume little gas.
A. request
B. want
C. demand
D. claim
17. Mark ____ his breath in wonder when he saw the Christmas tree in the sitting room.
A. held
B. grasped
C. kept
D. blew
18. Our school singing group is going to give a(n) ____performance next month. Don’t miss it.
A. alive
B. living
C. life
D. live
19. The old buildings blend with the new ones in perfect ____so a walk along Nanking Road is an enjoyable discovery.
A. control
B. order
C. harmony
D. action
20. It is not profitable to provide bus service in districts where the population is widely ____.
A. divided
B. separated
C. spaced
D. scattered
21. It was necessary to ____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business.
A. extend
B. increase
C. lengthen
D. grow
22. He studied hard in his youth, which ____ his great success in later life.
A. answered for
B. consisted of
C. doubled up
D. contributed to
23. If I look the other way, I can see the mouth of the river, wild and ____, and the sea beyond.
A. grand
B. inspired
C. fierce
D. splendid
24. The relationship between dream life and waking life has been studied ____.
A. originally
B. intensively
C. extremely
D. properly
25. ____ the danger from enemy action, people had to cope with severe shortage of food, clothing, fuel, and almost everything.
A. as to
B. as usual
C. as regards
D. as well as