全真模拟试题

1. My pain ______ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: “Are you feeling all right?”

A. must be B. must have been C. had been D. had to be

2. It is only when you nearly lose someone ____ fully conscious of how much you value him.

A. do you become   you become

C. that you become you become

3. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____ the atmosphere.

A. as it is B. so is C. the same as D. and so is

4. While driving along the treacherous road, ____.

A. my right rear tyre blew out

B. my right rear tyre had a blowout

C.I had a blownout on my right rear tyre

D. I had my right rear tyre blowout

5. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.

A. is to be analysed  B. has been analysed

C. be analysed        D. should have been analysed

6.____ there is little we can do to modify the weather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.

A. Since B.When C.While D. Unless

7.This organization brought Western artists together in the hope ofmaking more of an impact on the artcommunity ____ any of them could individually and to promote Western art by women.

A. rather than C. than D. other than

8. But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare brought them ____ suffering and poverty.

A. anything but    B. nothing but

C. none other than D. no more than

9. After ____ seemed an endless wait,it was her turn to step into the doctor’s office.

D. which

10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these files ____ right away.

A. had to be printed B. should have been printed

C. must be printed   D. should be printed

11. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ____of it at all.

A. explanation B. meaning C. sense D. interpretation

12. You should have your eyes tested every year in case the ____ ofyour spectacles need changing.

A. lenses s ls

13. The school committee hoped that their choice of play would be ______ with the students and their parents.

A. recognized B. popular C. favorable D. fascinated

14. By cutting down trees we ____ the natural home of birds and animals.

A. harm B. hurt C. injureD. damage

15. Mr. Robinson knew that the most trivial chore could prove to be a ____ if approached with enthusiasm.

A. prize B. reward D. bonus

16. The trade unions in this industry are ____ any reduction in wages.

A. objecting against  B. opposed to

C. reacted to         ing against

17. She was teaching me ____ you would teach a younger child to speak the language.

A. the way the way C. a way the way

18. The Brownings have not ____ yet and I doubt whether they will come.

A turned in out up D. turned to

19.We went on a(n) ____ to the mountain yesterday.

ion C. tour D. travel

20.When Sarah and I ____ on an article for the school newspaper, we found it difficult to work together.

A. compiled     B. gathered

C. collaborated D. collected

21.Beth could ____ her coat because it hadlargered buttons.

A. recognize  D. claim

22.Postal ____ are determined by the class and weight of the parcel mailed.

A. taxes  t  C. fees  D. premium

23.My father is so deaf that he has to use a hearing____.

A. help  B. aid  t  ol

24.On New Year’s Eve, there will be a firework _____at People’s Square.

A. display  mance  C. show  D. exhibition

25.The ____ of beer and alcohol in New Zealand is very high.

A. consumption  B. use  D. absorption