英语专业一年级基础训练（8） Part I Vocabulary and Structure 1.I told them not everybody could do it, ________ ? A) haven't I B) didn't I C) couldn't he D) could he 2.Every means ________ but without much result. A) have been tried B) has been tried C) have tried D) has tried 3.________ to the speaker for five minutes, he got up and left. A) Listened B) To listen C) Listening D) Having listened 4.A ____ to this problem is expected to be found before long. A) result B) response C) settlement D) solution 5.It's necessary that an efficient worker _____ his work on time. A) accomplishes B) accomplish C) can accomplish D) has accomplished 6.After _____ for the job, you will be required to take a language test. A) being interviewed B) interviewed C) interviewing D) having interviewed 7.Man is superior to the animals ______ he uses language to convey his thoughts. A) that B) in that C) when D) in which 8.I was so astonished at what I had seen that it took quite a while for me to ______. A) get my voice back B) find my way to it C) gasp D) pick up my tongue 9.He's working hard _______. A) for fear that he will fail B) for fear that he fail C) lest he fails D) in case he would fail 10.As a salesman, he works on a ____ basis, taking 10% of everything he sells. A) tip B) commission C) benefit D) pension 11.It was because the applicant was too proud ______ he failed in the interview. A) therefore B) that C) so that D) so 12.The restaurant has a very ________ atmosphere and is the perfect setting for a romantic dinner. A) intimate B) popular C) enormous D) welcome 13.I wish he would hurry up — he is (# rather taking his time about #) making a decision. A) not concerned about B) not worried about C) not bothering about D) too slow in 14.They ____ to him to abandon the idea. A) appeared B) appealed C) apologized D) applauded 15.She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it _____ enough to eat. A) mild B) slight C) light D) tender 16.If I pass my driving test, I _____ a car. A) would buy B) shall buy C) were to buy D) shall have bought 17.The selling price of that house and _____ is $50,000. A) many furnitures B) some furniture C) several furniture D) a furniture 18.A single technical term will frequently cover an idea that would otherwise _____ a long phrase or clause. A) call for B) make for C) allow for D) stand for 19.There is ____ the fact that failure is the mother of success. A) no denying B) to not deny C) not to deny D) of denying 20.The people living in these apartments have free ____ to that swimming pool. A) access B) excess C) excursion D) recreation Part II Cloze Directions: There are a number of blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Man cannot go on 21 his numbers at the present rate. In the 22 30 years man will face a period of crisis. 23 experts believe that there will be a widespread food 24. Other experts think this is 25 pessimistic, and that man can prevent things 26 worse than they are now. But 27 that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now. One thing that man can do is to limit 28 of babies born. The need 29 this is obvious, but it is 30 to achieve. People have to 31 to limit their families. In the countries of the population 32, many people like big families. The parents think that this 33 a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look 34 them in old age. Several governments have 35 birth control policies in recent years. 36 them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some 37 the results have not been 38. Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People 39 to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year 40. 21. A) increasing B) to increase C) and increase D) with increasing 22. A) second B) recent C) next D) late 23. A) Any B) Some C) More D) All 24. A) need B) want C) absence D) shortage 25. A) so B) much C) too D) enough 26. A) getting B) from getting C) to get D) get 27. A) remember B) remembering C) to remember D) remembers 28. A) an amount B) a number C) the amount D) the number 29. A) for B) in C) of D) about 30. A) not easy B) no easy C) not easily D) no ease 31. A) persuade B) be persuading C) be persuaded D) persuading 32. A) bursting B) explosion C) raising D) extension 33. A) takes B) brings C) makes D) earns 34. A) upon B) for C) into D) after 35. A) adjusted B) created C) adopted D) presented 36. A) Of B) Among C) Between D) Out of 37. A) exceptions B) examples C) events D) cases 38. A) success B) succeeded C) successful D) succeeding 39. A) were encouraged B) encouraged C) are encouraged D) encourage 40. A) presently B) at present C) in time D) on time Part III Fill in the blanks with the words in the brackets. Change the form where necessary. Instead of isolating us from one another, the Internet serves to ____ or eliminate distance.(short) With some ____, he let me use his new dictionary.(reluctant) You are bound to make a few mistakes through _____.(experience) ______never come singly. (fortune) Mother needs _____ help in the kitchen on weekends when all of us come home from school.(add) Key: Part I Vocabulary and Structure 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. B 11. B 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. D 16. B 17. B 18. A 19. A 20. A Part II Cloze 21.A 22.C 23.B 24.D 25.C 26.B 27.A 28.D 29.A 30.A 31.C 32.B 33.B 34.D 35.C 36.B 37.D 38.C 39.A 40.B Part III 1. shorten 2. reluctance 3. inexperience 4. Misfortunes 5. additional