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24. In some countries, _____ is called \ A) that A) what

B) what C) which

D) how

D) that

25. Is it true ________ they have solved the problem of production?

B) how C) which

26. He _______ live in the country than in the city. A) prefers B) had better C) would rather D) likes better to 27. She _______ walk alone in the dark. A) dare not B) dare C) dares not A) that

B) it C) which

D) dares

D) this D) that

28. He finished his novel in three months, _______ was something we had not expected. 29. It was 1949 _______ China regained its independence. A) when

B) which C) then

0. We didn't know his telephone number, otherwise we ________ him.

A) would telephone B) would have telephoned C) had telephoned D) must have telephoned 31. When a friend gave Jim a ticket to the game, he _______ go.

A) couldn't help B) cannot do but C) couldn't help but D) just have to 32. When I was a boy, I _____ chocolate.

A) would like not B) was used to like C) should like D) used to like

33. \D) No, I used to be 34. The villagers _______ to fetch water from a dirty pond two years ago. A) could go A) must have A) little

B) must go C) had B)had C)have

D) might go

35. The doctor suggested that he _____ an operation at once.

D) had had D)many

36. The couple had so _____ in common that they soon departed.

B) much C) few

37. I was surprised to find his article on such an _____ topic so _____. A) excited, boring

B) exciting, bored C) exciting, boring D)excited, bored

38. Tom like _____ foreign coins.

A) gathering B) assembling C) collecting D) accumulating

39. When John won the first place in the writing competition, all his classmates _____ him in amazement. A) looked at B) watched C) glanced at A)endured A)end

B) survived C) lived

D) stared at

D) passed

40. Luckily, most sheep _____ the flood last month.

41. They thought about the problem for a long time but came to no _____.

B) result C) opinion

D) conclusion

D) work over

42. It took Jane a whole morning to _____ this algebra problem. A) work at A) talk

B) work on C) work out

43. The chess club refused to _____ his application for membership.

B) consider C) see

B) loud C) noisy

D) look at

D) well

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44. We can depend on John to make a ______ choice. A) sound

45. The real trouble _____ their lack of confidence in their abilities. A)lies in

B) lies on C) lies about D) lies off

D) a considerable sum of

46. There are _____ students absent from class today because of the football match. A)a great deal of B) quite a few C) a large amount of A)lend

B) borrow C) ask

D) let

D) joked

47. Winter is coming. Poor Jack has to _____ money from his brother to buy a coat. 48. The story was so funny that everybody ________. A) laughed A) beat

B) interested C) amused

49. He ______me by two games to one.

B) conquered C) gained

D) won

D) agreed upon

50. Jane wants to know whether the measures have been _____. A)agreed to

B) agreed with C) agreed over

Practice Test 4

Part I Reading Comprehension

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identify of time and space and so on---- but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than even thought before.

By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his peace and quietness were broken by the First World War.

Einstein hated violence. The misery(悲惨) of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.

In the years following World War Ⅰ honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whithem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize, and he was honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew. 1. The main idea of the first paragraph is _____.

A) the time when people know Einstein. B) the feeling of an American college president

C) the change in human thought produced by Einstein D) the difficulty of Einstein's thought to teachers. 2. According to the American university president, ________.A) everyone understands Einstein's theory today B)

Einstein achieved more than any other scientists in history C) The theory of relativity can be quickly learned by everyone D) Our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein 3.

According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein _______.

A) was a famous chemist B) headed a research institute C) was famous in the world D) enjoyed reading about war 4.

According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work _____.

B) when he was young C) when Naziizm rose

D) between 1906-1915

A) during World War Ⅰ

5. It may be concluded that ______.A) Albert Einstein was forced to serve in the German army B) Albert

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Einstein had no other interests besides science C) Germans usually have a high respect for science D) His reputation was ruined because of his work during World War I Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

Time to Relax

Leisure plays an important part in British life. There are four main reasons for this.

First of all, people spend less time working now than they used to, mostly due to the introduction of new technology in industry. The normal British working week is Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, although some people regularly work a few hours' overtime each week. Secondly, all working people get a minimum of two weeks' paid holiday a year. In addition, there are six or more bank holidays a year when all banks and businesses are closed. In some cases the dates of these national holidays change from year to year and in different parts of Britain.

Another reason is that, thanks to modern medicine and higher living standards, people live longer now. This means that after retirement, people have quite a few years of leisure left. Nowadays a much higher proportion of the population is over sixty, but in this group there are more women than men.

Finally, fewer babies are born each year and the average family in Britain has two children. This is one result of changing social attitudes. For example, many more married women now go out to work. The money they earn influences their leisure time. Even married women who do not go out to work have more time for interesting hobbies because most British homes have washing machines, vacuum cleaners and other labour-saving gadgets.

6. 'Time to relax' means 'time for ________'.

A) refreshments B) enjoyment C) amusement D) rest 7. 'A paid holiday' means working people ________.

A) have to pay for their holiday B) have no pay when they are on holiday C) get usual pay when they are on holiday D) get less pay when they are on holiday

8. Among the old people, there are ________. A) as many men as women B) more women than men C) more men than women D) much more women than men

9. In Britain, married women have more leisure hours because they have _______.

A) work with a good pay B) a lot of time C) fewer children and more labour-saving gadgets D) washing-machines and vacuum cleaners.

10. Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the text?

A) Some married women have more time for reading. B) Some married women have interesting hobbies C) Some married women go out to work. D) Some married women stay at home

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

The wheel was one of man's first invention and yet it has also proved one of the most useful. So wide and varied are the uses of wheels, in machines and vehicles of all kinds, that it is difficult to imagine what the world would be like without them. it is surprising to hear it said, therefore, that the wheel's importance will perhaps be greatly reduced by the end of the century by an invention so new as to be still unnamed.

The invention is a machine that floats above any surface on a cushion (垫子) of air. The cushion is formed when air is blown into the bottom of the machine. This part is shaped like a saucer turned upside down. If air is brown into this saucer, the machine rises to a height that may vary from a few inches to a few feet.

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Industry is already using one form of the invention to deal with heavy loads. It can lift them with ease and since there are no wheels, and therefore no friction, they can be put into motion with the touch of a finger.

The new invention, however, is having a great effect on transport. Not only does it make expensive road systems unnecessary, but it enables vehicles to travel equally well over land or water. This unique ability to reach most destinations has given rise to the prediction that wheeled vehicles may be as uncommon at the end of the century as aero-planes were at the beginning. 11. The first paragraph tells us that _____.

A) the wheel was man's earliest invention. B) The wheel's usefulness has yet to be proved.

C) Wide wheels have a variety of important uses. D) A new invention may make wheels less important. 12.

The phrase \

B) by electricity C) without friction D) by hand

A) without difficulty

13. The passage tells us that the new invention ______.

A) is more important for industry than for transport B) will one day be used instead of aeroplanes C) makes it possible to travel without using roads D) will replace wheeled vehicles in a hundred years

14. At the end of the century, vehicles using the new invention will probably be ______. A) rare 15.

B) plentiful

C) unimportant

D) expensive

According to the passage, the new invention _____.

A) will soon get a name B) can go almost anywhere C) is lighter than air D) was uncommon a century ago Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

Until now, scientists have made limited progress in uncovering the basic structure of matter. In an effort to get closer to the truth, scientists have designed what is called a super conducting super collide (对撞机). When constructed, the collider will consist of an underground circular tunnel ten feet wide filled with vacuum pipes, huge magnets, and detection devices. The entire tunnel will be fifty-three miles in circumference (圆周线) and will vary from fifteen and a half miles to seventeen miles in diameter.

The collider works by accelerating beams of protons in opposite directions at nearly the speed of light. The protons will be forced to smash into each other, producing new sub-atomic particles. These particles will be directed into steel detecting instruments, where data will be translated into electronic code. The signals will ultimately be analyzed by a computer to detect any new particles. In this way scientists hope to discover new clues to the origin of the universe.

The collider may never actually get off the ground because of the estimated price tag of $4.4 billion, making it the costliest scientific instrument ever built. It would take up a large portion of the U.S. budget for scientific research and might well become obsolete before completion in a projected time frame of seven years. On the bright side, the collider would generate thousands of jobs in whichever community it was located.

16. According to the passage, the collider will have ______.

A) a ten-feet-wide underground tunnel B) some ten-feet-wide vacuum pipes C) some ten-feet-wide magnets D) some ten-feet-wide detection devices

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