1. --Hello, this is 77553861.

　　A. How are you?

　　B. Will you come tonight?

　　C. Can I take a mesage?

　　D. Is that Mike?

　　2. Tom suggested that we __________such a meeting, but Jenny insisted that it _________of great importance.

　　A. not hold ; should be

　　B. didn't hold ; be

　　C. hold ; was

　　D. not hold ; was

　　3. You should take the medicine after you read the __________.

　　A. lines B. instructions

　　C. words D. suggestions

　　4. --Hi, Tracy, you look tired.

　　--I am tired. I__________ the living-room all day.

　　A. painted

　　B. have been painting

　　C. had painted

　　D. have painted

　　5. I'm sorry. I _____________ you__________ to me.

　　A. don't know; are speaking

　　B. don't know ;were speaking

　　C. didn't know; were speaking

　　D. didn't know; are speaking

　　6. "Please __________why you're so late," said his girlfriend.

　　A. excuse B. explain

　　C. apologize D. tell

　　7. The rescue team made every __________ to find the missing mountain climber.

　　A. force B. energy

　　C. effort D. possibility

　　8. --" Would you mind the window? It's hot here!" May said.

　　--"__________. "Tom replied.

　　A. to open ; No, please

　　B. open ; Yes, please

　　C. opening; No, of course not

　　D. opening ; Yes, please

　　9. The murderer was brought in, with his hands behind his back.

　　A. to be tied B. being tied

　　C. tied D. having tied

　　10. The reason_________ he didn't come was _________ he had to take care of his sick mother.

　　A. why ; that

　　B. why ; which

　　C. which ; why

　　D. that ; for

　　11. We __________ so tired. We've only been to a party.

　　A. mustn't have felt

　　B. wouldn't have felt

　　C. shouldn't have felt

　　D. couldn't have felt

　　12. The girl__________ on the ground __________to me that she had___________ the book on the shelf.

　　A. lying ; lay ; laid

　　B. lay ; lied ; laid

　　C. lie ; lied ; lay

　　D. lying; lied ; laid

　　13. --I heard that as many as 4 000 people were killed in 9

　　--Yes. __________ news came as __________shock to us.

　　A. the ; the B. the ; a

　　C, / ; / D. / ; a

　　14. Neither of them knew what was doing.

　　A. other B. others

　　C. the other D. another

　　15. Sometimes words alone were not enough to _________pupils along the path of knowledge

　　A. provide B. persuade

　　C. advise D. cause

　　16. --What when I phoned you?

　　A. had you done; finished

　　B. were you doing; had just finished

　　C. did you do; had just finished

　　D. were you doing; was finishing

　　17. My uncle___________ until he was forty-five.

　　A. married

　　B. didn’t marry

　　C. was not marrying

　　D. would marry

　　18. Scientists say it may be five or ten years___________ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients.

　　A. since B. before

　　C. after D. when

　　19. --I can't find Mr. Smith.

　　--It was in the hotel___________ he stayed.

　　A. that B. where

　　C. which D. since

　　20. Our new house is very___________ for me as I can get to the office in five minutes

　　A. convenient

　　B. comfortable

　　C. natural

　　D. helpful