一、单项选择题。本大题共40个小题，每小题2.5 分，共100.0分。在每小题给出的选项中，只有一项是符合题目要求的。
1.— _______
— I failed my driving test again.
A.What shall I do?
B.I’m down in spirits
C.What are you doing?
D.What’s up?
2.— Which is your preference, tea or coffee?
— _______
A.OK, thanks.
B. I like both.
C.Can I choose?
D. I choose tea any time.
3.—You’d better have more physical exercise.
— _______
A.I’d like that, but I can’t afford the time.
B.That’s good.
C.Really.
D.Yes, I would.
4.— I'm sure Class One will win the game.
—________. Let's wait and see.
A.Yes, I think so
B.It's hard to say
C.Impossible
D.That’s unlikely.
5.—Let’s go and have sports together.
— _______
A.Yes, please.
B.You’re welcome.
C.Good idea.
D.Thank you.
6.I think we should _______ these interesting old customs.
A.prevent
B.preserve
C.reserve
D.serve
7.Because there is so much unemployment, the _______ for jobs is fierce.
A.chance
B.contest
C.pressure
petition
8.Some words are hard to _______ because they have many different uses.
A.spell
B.pronounce
C.define
D.mean
9.The English of today is very different _______ the English of500 years
ago.
A.to
B.in
C.by
D.from
10.T here are trees on _______ sides of the river.
A.both
B.all
C.either
D.neither
11.T hey want to _______ their own import-export business.
A.set off
B.set back
C.set about
D.set up
12.M y letters were all returned to me, so I decided to go around to her house
_______ person.
A. with
B.at
C.in
D.of
13.W e _______ goods to over 40 different countries.
A.import
B.export
C.port
D.report
14.W illiam realized that he should have felt _______ with his job, but he
didn’t
A.contented
B.suitable
fortable
D.interested
15.T he young people spoke _______ length about their experiences.
A.in
B.at
C.with
D.by
16.T here are two _______ students on the play ground.
B.hundred of
C.hundreds
D.hundreds of
17.T here is _______ ink in the bottle. I have to buy some.
A.little
B. a little
C.few
D. a few
18.B etween 1820 and 1920 some 35 million _______ reached the United
States.
A.immigrates
B.emigrates
C.immigrants
D.emigrants
19.M any small businesses are struggling _______ survival in this difficult
economic climate.
A.off
B.with
C.for
D.up
20.A dvertising is often the most _______ method of promotion.
A.efficient
B.efficiency
C.effect
D.effective
21._______ a cold morning in June, I saw a stranger walking around the
house.
A.In
B.At
C.On
D. For
22.J ohn was so drunk that he fell off the bike and _______ by the roadside
until the next morning.
id
B.lied
C.had lain
y
23.H is behavior _______ his lazy attitude toward to work.
A.forbids
B.impresses
C. reflects
D.occupies
24.T he hero of the story is an artist in his _______.
