PET模拟习题

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1. The old woman devoted her life __ the blind.

A. to helping B. in helping C. to help D. for helping

2. I remember __ to Dr. Smith at that reception.

A. tointroduce B. being introduced

C. to have introduced D. havingintroduced

3. There was no reason __ the meeting yesterday.

A. for you not attending B. for your not attending

C. for your not to attend D. for younot aend

4. __ this is an event of world historic significance is quite evident.

A. What B. That C. Because D. Since

5. He had taken __ that this delighted young woman was as gentle as she

looked. A. for granted B. it for granted

C. that for granted D. her for granted

6. No matter __ day she has had, she never loses her good humor.

A. so tiring a B. what tiring a C. how a tiring D. what a tiring

7. He may be late, __ we ought to wait for him.

A. of which case B. under which case

C. in which case D. for whichcase

8. But for the traffic jam, I __ late for the conference.

A. wouldn't have been B. shouldn't be

C. would be D. hadn'tbeen

9. Under no circumstances __ our mistakes.

A. we should ignore B. should we ignore

C. we ignore D. we shouldnot ignore 10. All that can be done __.

A. has been done B. have been done

C. have done D. has done

1. We regret (inform) __ you that the books you want to buy are sold out.

2. They have always been on good (relate) __ with their next-door neighbors.

3. A (distinguish) __ judge is a personwho is not involved ina situationand

who can make fair decisions.

4. There is considerable room for (improve) __ in carrying out ? tilts? task.

5. It’sth e leaders' (care) __ that led to the failure of the project.

6. The president said, "The plan (discuss) __ now must be kept as a secret."

7. A new gym (build) __ in our university now.

8. Evening schools are opened to those (educate) __ young people. 9. The policeman dealt with that problem (intelligence) __.

10. His daughter has grown more (skill) __ because there were more and more

people leaving.

Inthe UntiedStates, the Congress makes the law. The Congress has twoparts,

which are more or less equal in power. They are known as the House of

Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representatives is larger thanthe

Senate, whose 100 members (two from each state) serve for six years. The 435

members of the House are elected every two years, and the number fromeach

state is determined by the population of the state. For example, California, which

has a large population, has forty-three representatives, while the state of Nevada

has only one.

The House and the Senate are divided into small groups whichtake care of

special matters suchas educationor foreignaffairs. The most important work of

the Congress is often done in these groups, which are called committees.

According to the Constitution of the United State, a Senator must be at least

thirty years old and a citizen of the United States for nine years at the time of his election. To be elected to the House a person must be twenty-five years old and a

United States citizenfor sevenyears. At the present time, members of Congress include businessmen, farmers, teachers, and especially lawyers.

Ingeneral, Senators are better knownthanrepresentatives because they are

fewer in number and serve for a longer time. Many American Presidents served in

Congress before they became Presidents. Presidents John Kennedy, Lyndon

Johnson, and Richard Nixon were all Representatives and then Senators before

becoming Presidents of the United States.

1. The American Congress __.

A. consists of two parts, the House and the Senate

B. has a life of two years

C. is made up of hundreds of members

D. has the same function as President of the United States

2. Nevada has only one seat in the House because __.

A. its size is small