Adult Education English Final-term Test
         
. Vocabulary and Structure (15%)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.
1.We are fully prepared _________ more hard work..
A. on          B. in            C. for              D. \
2.I was ________ to find his artlcle on such an ___________ topic___________.
A. surprised, excited, bored            B. surprising,exciting, boring       
C. surprised, exciting, boring          D.surprising, excited, bored
3.  The noise_________ me from sleep just now.
A. arouses      B. aroused      C. arise            D. raise
4.  What he said makes me __________ a lot.
A. think        B. thinking      C. to think          D. thought
5.  ________ is known to everybody that the moon travels round the earth once every month.
A. It          B.As          C. That            D. What
6.  Please ________ my house for me while I’m away.
A. take care of                      B. turn over       
C. get together                      D.look for
7.  There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only ______ of them are very important.
A. a few        B.a little        C. few            D. little
8.  Six months _______ and still we had no news from them.
A. passed      B.past          C. pass            D. passing
9.  I don't agree to _______ he said.
A. that        B.which          C. what            D. how
10. When she opened the door, she found a boy ______ in the snow, weeping.
A. lying        B.laying          C.lie              D. lay
11. Neither Bill nor his sister _______ at home yesterday.
A. is          B.are            C. were            D. was
12. Something has _______ my pen.
A. went wrong to                B. went wrong with     
C. gone wrong to                D.gone wrong with
appreciates13. You mustn’t blame me_______ that; it wasn’t my fault.
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A. of          B.for            C. to                D. in
14. There are trees on ______ sides of the street.
A. either      B.both            C. neither            D. all
15. It was _____ late to save the drowning boy as he had gone down for the third time.
A.so          B.too            C. such              D. much
16. The two children are _________ very well.
A.getting along  B.getting off      C. getting on          D. getting up
17. Our food suppliy at last __________.
A.gives out    B.gives way      C. gives in            D. gives up
18. ____________ their retreat, we launched an attack on the enemy forces.
A.Taking advantage of                B.Taking care of   
C.Taking off                        D. Taking on
19. This battle ____________ a change in the balance of forces.
A.brought back    B. brought about    C. brought in        D. brought up
20. Many of them laid _____ their lives for our cause.
A.on            B.up              C. down            D. in
21.Perhaps I shanll come _________ him in London.
A.on              B.up              C. upon            D. across
22. What you’re asking me to do goes________ everything I believes in.
A.against          B.in              C. on              D. to
23. She appreciates it when you ask _____ her elderly father.
A.for              B.after            C. about            D. to
24. I will answer _______ the truth of what he has said.
A.back            B.to              C. for              D. \
25. Robert surprised everyone when he ________the job of office manager.
A. turned out    B. turned down    C. turned back    D. turned over
26. I’d like to have my house _________this summer vacation.
A. repair        B. repaired  C. have repaired      D. have been repaired
27. Some schools put great emphasis ________language study.
A. on            B. in        C. at              D. to
28. A technician like you can surely find a job as _______workers are badly needed in this country.
A. skill      B. skilled        C. skilledly          D. skillfully
29. It was stupid ________your advice.
A. for me not to take              B. for me not taking