1. Ms Nancy didn't mind at all ______ to the ceremony.
A. being not invited
B. not being invited
C. not inviting
D. not to be invited
2. "_____ your meeting is!" he offered them his sincere congratulations.
A. How a great success
B. What a great success
C. How great success
D. What great success
3. We must remember that _____fashion is not the most important thing in _______ life.
A. /; the B. /; /
C. the; / D. the; the
4. It _____ quite a few years _____ the accused was declared innocent and set free.
A. was; since
B. is; that
C. will be; when
D. was; before
5. The professor said he could talk on _____ interested the audience.
A. any topic
B. which topic
C. whichever topic
D. the topic he thought it
6.Under no circumstance _____ to tell lies to parents.
A. children are allowed
B. are children allowed
C. children will allow
D. will children allow
7.Modern science and technology has _____ communication between people far apart.
A. made convenient
B. made it convenient
C. made it convenient for
D. made it convenient to
8.I heard that you really had a wonderful time at John's birthday party, _____?
A. didn't I B. didn't you
C. hadn't you D. will you
9.The great use of school education is not so much to teach you things _____ to teach you the art of learning. A. as B. that C. than D. but
10.No matter how frequently _____ the works of Beethoven always attract a large number of people.
A. performing
B. performed
C. to be performed
D. being performed
11._____ their real economic situations, they got some relief fund from the government.
A. Considering
B. Considered
C. Having been considered
D. Being considered
12.Tina _____ have known the truth, or she would have told us.
A. mustn't B. shouldn't
C. can't D. needn't
13.There are some police cars in front. What do you suppose _____?
A. is the matter
B. is happened
C. is the wrong
D. the trouble is
14._____ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid.
A. Lacking
B. Being lack
C. Because of lack
D. Lack
15. In recent years much more emphasis has been put______ developing the students productive skills.
A. onto B. in C. over D. on
16. A survey was carried out on the death rate of those who were infected by SARS, ________were surprising.
A. as results
B. which results
C. the results of it
D. the results of which
17. The organization broke no rules, but ______had it acted responsibly.
A. neither B. so
C. either D. both
18. Many workers were organized to clear away ______remained of the World Trade Center.
A. those B. that C. what D. where
19. My train arrive in New York at eight o'clock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there ______by then.
A. would leave
B. will have left
C. has left
D. had left
20. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds _____his arguments in favor of the new theory.
A. to be based on
B. to base on
C. which to base on
D. on which to base
