Part I V ocabulary and Structure (20 points)
Directions: In this part there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. It is reported that a (n) ______of accidents has occurred at that crossroads.
A. series
B. lot
C. number
D. amount
2. If someone is in the United States for good, it means he is there______.
A. to do good
B. temporarily
C. to rest well
D. permanently
3. Please let us have more time, ______?
A. shall we
B. will you
C. won’t
D. don’t you
4. There is no hurry. You can take your time ______ those exercises.
A. doing
B. to do
C. done
D. to be doing
5. He spoke English so well that I took it ______ that he was an American.
A. for granted
B. as true
C. for certain
D. as such
6. ______ we need air and water, so we need criticism and self-criticism.
A. Even though
B. So long as
C. Just as
D. Now that
7. Children are always curious ______ everything they see.
A. to
B. for
C. on
D. about
8. Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, sick or ______, can follow a favorite hobby.
A. well
B. good
C. fine
D. happy
9. It’s desired that she ______ to teach us at least twice a week.
A. comes
B. will come
C. come
D. may come
10. ______, I should ask them some questions.
A. Should they come to us
B. If they come to us
C. Were they come to us
D. Had they come to us
11. In 1990 he caught a serious illness from ______ effects he still suffers.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. whose
12. He found ______ everybody know what had happened.
A. it necessary letting
B. it necessary to let
C. necessary letting
D. necessary to let
13. The interviewer should take down notes at the moment the person ______ answers the questions.
A. to be interviewed
B. interviewing
C. being interviewed
D. interviewed
14. “Car 17 won the race.” “Yes, but its driver came close to ______ killed.”
A. being
B. having been
C. be
D. have been
15. About the sixth century A.D. when few Europeans could read, the Chinese ______ paper.
A. invented
B. had invented
C. have invented
D. had been invented
16. I have two friends but ______ of them likes to go fishing with me.
A. none
B. neither
C. both
D. either
17. His unhappy childhood ______ his bad temper.
A. counts for
B. accounts for
C. makes for
D. goes for
