新编实用英语第一册题库

新编实用英语第一册题库

Part I Vocabulary and Structure

Section A Multiple Choice

1. The family gathered together to ___ the holiday meals. (B) A. divide B. share C. receive D. smell

2. Jenny ___ to pass her driving test on the fifth attempt. (A) A. managed B. controlled C. handled D. regulated 3. I had to work hard to ___ the other students. (B)

A. keep away from B. keep up with C. keep back D. keep out 4. Helen asked me ___ the film called “Star War”. (D)

A. have I seen B. had I seen C. whether I have seen D. if I had seen 5. This was the place ___ . (C)

A. about that I was telling you B. where I was telling you C. about which I was telling you D. that I was telling you

6. When the teacher ___ the classroom, all the students stood up. (D) A. came B. appeared C. arrived D. entered 7. He doesn’t ___ to take a holiday this summer. (C) A. suggest B. acquire C. plan D. pursue

8. The reason ___ we should learn a foreign language is very clear. (B) A. when B. why C. which D. where

9. He was asked to speak louder ___ all the students in the classroom could hear him. (B) A. so as to B. so that C. since D. than

10. He didn’t tell me where he had spent his holidays ___ to know. (D)

A. Neither I cared B. Nor did I care C. I didn’t care D. Neither did I care 11. The idea that the earth is flat was ___ centuries ago. (B) A. appointed B. rejected C. hesitated D. measured

12. A good student is eager to learn and does not need to be ___ about being absent too much. (C) A. questioned B. asked C. warned D. persuaded

13. We sat on the top of the mountain to watch the sun ___ early in the morning. (A) A. rise B. rose C. to rise D. risen

14. My parents are not used to ___ in big cities. (B) A. live B. living C. have lived D. be living 15. He wore dark glasses to avoid ___. (D)

A. having been recognized B. to be recognized C. recognized D. being recognized 16. ___ I in your position, I would do it at once. (C) A. Am B. Was C. Were D. Be

17. The poor boy was ___ with hunger and cold. (A) A. faint B. curious C. shocked D. blunt

18. In this sense, bad things ___ into good things. (B)

A. would turn B. can be turned C. can be to turn D. should turn 19. If the weather were more favourable, the crops ___ still better. (C)

A. would have been grown B. would be grown C. would be growing D. will be grown 20. Women, ___ men, have the right to work. (D)

A. as soon as B. as long as C. as far as D. as well as

21. The child ___ and fell down on the ice. (B) A. sprang B. slipped C. stopped D. fitted

22. The doctor’s mistakes in judgment ___ the death of the patient. (D) A. resulted from B. broke off C. brought out D. led to

23. The manager let the phone on the table ring several times before he ___ the receiver. (A) A. picked up B. raised up C. brought up D. took over

24. “We’ll do what we can to get the goods ___ on time,” said the manager of the company. (C) A. reached B. returned C. delivered D. come

25. The car driver was badly ___ on both legs in a traffic accident. (C) A. wounded B. damaged C. injured D. broken

26. She _________ the doctor aside to discuss her mother’s health. (B) A. drove B. drew C. hit D. rolled

27. The price of computers range from ___ $400to $500. (C) A. about B. with C. from D. up

28. As a senior supervisor, she is ______ training new employees.. (A)

A. in chaege of B. grateful fo C. charegd witht D. responsible to t

29. The government is conasidering taking further action to ____ the pound _______ falling in value. (A)

A. keep … from B.keep… up C. stop …to D. make… to 30. The babies ___ the nurse looks after are very healthy. (D) A. whose B. where C. which D. whom 31.The shirt is _______ for you to wear. (B)

A. too tighter B. too tight C. so tight D.much tighter

32. Susan has not seen her brother for ten years and has ________ of his address. (D) A.no thought B. nothing C. no mind D. no idea 33. You should be careful when _____ the street in big cities. (C) A. to cross B. cross C. crossing D. crossed

34. He must be from African, _______ can be seeen from his teeth and skin. (C) A.taht B. what C. as D. where 35. The policemen entered the building, _______ upstairs. (B)

A. looking around and to hurry B. looking about and hurrying C.looked about and hurrying D. to look around and hurried

36. All of you can master English within two years______ you don’t want to. (D) A. if B. until C. as D. unless

37.what we would like you to know is that we greatly _______ your timely help. (A) A. appreciate B. thank C. accept D. reflect 38. _________ hard I tried, I couldn’t manage it. (A)

A. However B. Though C. No matter D. As 39.________ she started to dance, she forgot about the time. (C) A. When B. As C. Once D. Although 40. I am sorry I havn’t done ____ I should. (B)

A. as far as B. as much as C. as long as D. as many as

41. The noises near the airport are _____ loud _____ they hurt our ears and may drive us mad. (D) A.enough … as B. such… as C. very … that D. so … that 42. You mustn’t allow your family duties to interfere ______ your work. (A) A. with B. to C. on D. against

43. Living here at the top of the mountain with no one else near, you must be very _________. (C) A. alone B. single C. lonely D. impatient

44. The car was repaired but not quite to the owne’s _______. (B) A.attraction B. satisfaction C.pleasure D. complaint 45. You should take complete_______ for the accident. (D)

A. control B. abjection C. business D. responsibility 46.Has she got an invitation? I don’t remember_______ her. (A) A.inviting B. invite C. to invite D. to be inviting 47. They don’t have the ________ to express all that in writing form (B) A. technology B. technique C. way D. path

48. when he saw a dark figure breaking into the house, he ______ the alarm. (D) A. called B. voiced C. hit D. sounded

49. They discussed the problem threee or four times, but could come to no _______. (C) A. end B. result C. conclusion D. judgement

50. She leaned _______ the wall while she waas speaking to her friend. (B) A. to B. against C. towards D. for

51. He _______ hasn’t used his money in the bank. (C) A. ever B. never C. still D. yet

52. You can ______ some very heavy thunderstorm in the afternoon. (B) A. wish B. expect C. hope D. dream

53. I would rather you _________ this letter right away. (A)

A. sent out B. will send out C. send out D. are sending out 54. Yesterday it was cold outside, and the river _______. (A) A. froze B. has frozen C. freezed D. freezing 55. The child _______watched TV ever since. (B)

A. often has B. has often C. has D. has already 56. It is the first time that they _________ the KFC. (B)

A. went to B. have been to C. have gone to D. would go to 57. I am feeling sick. I ____ so much chocolate. (D) A. needn’t have eaten B. couldn’t have eaten C. mustn’t have eaten D. shouldn’t have eaten

58. We hadn’t met for 20 years, but I recognized her ____ I saw her. (A) A. the moment B. for the moment C. the moment when D. at the moment when 59. He had ____ entered the room ____ the phone rang. (B) A. hardly, than B. scarcely, when C. scarcely, than D. barely, than

60. It makes no difference to me ____ Mr. Smith comes or not. (D) A. when B. how C. that D. whether 61. ____some money, Jane was able to buy her mother a bicycle. (A) A. Having saved B. Saving C. Saved D. To save

62. She has often watched English films since the cable TV _________. (D) A. installed B. has installed C. has been installed D. was installed

63. Why is she always talking about ______ tired she feels _______ the baby? (C) A. that … taking care of B. what… to take care of C. how… talking care of D. how… to take care of

64. People _________ are unhappy about the ever-rising housing prices. (C) A. in average B. on general C. in general D. on average 65. This was an arid desert _________. (B)

A. until it was irrigated B. until it had been irrigated C. before it is irrigated D. before it was irrigated 66. “ What did Mr. Wang say?”

He said that he ___________ the agreement since eight o’clock. (B)

A. was drafting B. had been drafting C. drafted D. has been drafting 67. Grandpa hoped that his grand-children _______ him at weekends. (C) A. visit B. will visit C. would visit D. visited

68. Michael said he _________ of going back home next month. (C) A. thought B. thinks C. was thinking D. had thought 69. She finally realized that life is _______ than romantic. (A) A. more realistic B. more real C. realer D. realistically

70. Though _________ by accident, Penicillin is one of the greatest _______ in the 20th century. (B) A. being discovered… discovery B. discovered… discoveries C. having been discovered…discoveries D. discovered…discovery

71. I still don’t think it _________ to set the man free, although the lawyer has ______ his intention. (A)

A. just… justified B. justy… justified C. justice… justiced D. just…justed 72. I felt somewhat _______ because I caused a lot of trouble to my friend. (B) A. easy B. uneasy C. ease D. easily

73. The climate in Britain is interesting and _________. (D) A. various B. variety C. vary D. variable

74. She is _______ to accept his invitation to see a movie. (C) A. resist B. resisting C. reluctant D. reluctance

75. Red is the color of the Sun and the Holy Fire, __________ life and a new beginning. (A) A. symbolizing B. symbolling C. symbolized D. to symbolize 76. These popular songs are familiar ___________ the young people. (B) A. about B. to C. in D. with

77. I will have to _________ my lawyer before I make my decision. (C) A touch B connect C contact D contract

78. The travelers were not aware ________ the danger ahead. (D) A. with B. for C. to D. of

79. Many businessmen feel that doing business is no longer as easy ____ used to be. (A) A. as it B. as what it C. as D. as what

80. The task can't be finished __________ we get more money fro the government. (A) A. until B. for C. if D. since

81. Mary was rather excited because she ran ________ her cousin at the station yesterday. (C) A. over B. down C. into D. off

82. Her sister, _________ you met at my home , is a teacher of English. (B) A. that B. whom C. which D. when 83. All the bikes _________ before I came to the store. (C) A. have sold out B. were sold out C. had been sold out D. have been sold out

84. When she heard that her husband had died in an accident, she broke into _________. (D)