一、 选择题
1. Although _______ many times, she still made the same mistake.
A. she told B. told C. was told D. telling
参考答案：
B
2. Climbing mountains was _________ , so we all felt _________ .
A. tiring; tired B. tired; tiring C. tiring; tiring D. tired; tired
参考答案：
A
3. Many applicants stood outside the manager’s office, nervously waiting _________ for the job.
A. to choose B. being chosen C. choosing D. to be chosen
参考答案：
D
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4. Cheer up, Maria! You can also enjoy _____ you have been dreaming of, if you don’t lose heart.
A．as a convenient life as B．as convenient a life as
C．as a life convenient as D．convenient as a life as
参考答案：
B
5. I could have finished my self-reflection last weekend, but the math classes and exercises _____ all my spare time.
A. take up B. took up C. had taken up D. had been taking up
参考答案：
B
6. — Can you work out this problem?
— I’m sorry I can’t. It is _____ my ability.
A. over B. up C. off D. beyond
参考答案：
D
7. —Director, Jack is ill, so he can’t be here.
—Then we’ll have no choice but to give the performance _______ him.
A．except for B．apart from C．except D．without
参考答案：
D
8. With its fast and steady development over the past year, the company has greatly its production.
A．improved B．limited C．slimmed D．multiplied
参考答案：
D
9. Our neighbour has __________________ ours.
A. as a big house as B. as big a house as C. so big house as D. a house the same big as
参考答案：
B
10. ----Do you have any idea why Jenny left the firm?
---Probably , she _____ for a pay rise, but was turned down.
A. has held out B. holds out
C. held out D. has been holding out
参考答案：
time in a bottleC
11. To improve her spoken English, she would half an hour practicing reading aloud. every day.
A. leave out B. take up C. set aside D. focus on
参考答案：
C
12. ---- Ricky, why haven’t Billy been with us these days?
---- Oh, he is _________for next month’s 400m race.
A. standing out B. taking up C. backing out D. working out
参考答案：
D
13. The streets were full of people on May Day _____________ the rainy weather.
A. in case of B. as a consequence of
C. on behalf of D. in spite of
参考答案：
D
【详解】考查介词短语辨析。句意：尽管下着雨，五一节那天街上还是挤满了人。A. in case of万一；假设；B. as a consequence of因此；C. on behalf of代表；为了；D. in spite of尽管。根据句意故选D。
14. I have to collect ______ about the topic before I start writing the book.
A. a few more materials B. a few more material
C. a little more materials D. a little more material
参考答案：
D
15. A man is being questioned in relation to the _____murder last night.
A. advised B. attended C. attempted D. admitted
参考答案：
C
16. －Does the young man standing at the gate_____ the car?
－No. The car is _____ his father.
A. in possession of ；in the possession of
B. have possession of; take possession of
C. have possession of; in the possession of
D. in the possession of; take possession of
参考答案：
A
二、 完型填空
17. 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ____36____ and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be ____37____ but a failure.”
After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing ____38____ could have happened to me. I ____39____ I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove ___40___ her that what people said about me had gone ___41___, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s ____42____ it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ____43____ and went to ____44____. My first novel ____45____ while I was still a college student.
After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended ____46____ classes at London University, where I ____47____ a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ____48____ that job to write full time when I was ____49____ a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d ___50___ school early, now teaching at the university.
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