Vocabulary and Structure

1. I’ll have a cup of tea and           .

A. two toasts
B. two piece of toasts
C. two pieces of toast
D. two pieces of toasts

2. My father never gave me               .

A. many advice
B. much advice
C. many advices
D. a lot of advices

3. The streets are all wet. It          during the night.

A. must be raining
B. must have been rained
C. must be rained
D. must have rained

4. I should like         the result earlier.

A. to tell
B. having told
C. to have told
D. to have been told

5. You can’t expect a baby to take care of           .

A. him
B. herself
C. himself
D. itself

6. My teacher thinks that I am more intelligent than          in class.

A. the other students
B. other students
C. the students
D. another students

7. Go ahead with your plans. We’ll stand          you through thick and thin.

A. behind
B. to
C. with
D. by

8. The news item about the fire is followed by a detailed reports made         .

A. on the spot
B. on the site
C. on the location
D. on the ground

9. Tony is going camping with            boys.

A. little two other
B. two little other
C. two other little
D. little other two

10. The flower looks beautiful, but is          .

A. deadly
B. dead 
C. die
D. died

11. I couldn’t        whether I had seen him before.

A. recall
B. reflect
C. ponder
D. consider

12. It was essential that the application forms       back before the deadline.

A. must be sent
B. would be sent
C. be sent  
D. were sent.

13. A small child has to learn to keep its         before it can walk far.

A. feet
B. balance
C. arms
D. legs

14. I have heard both teachers and students          well of him.

A. speak
B. spoken
C. to speak
D. to have spoken

15. If I had remembered         the window, the thief would not have got in.

A. to close
B. closing
C. to have closed
D. having closed.

16. They got into the room              to see the examiner.

A. in return
B. in turn
C. in place
D. in the long run

17. I don’t mind          the decision as long as it is not too late.

A. your delaying to make
B. your delaying making
C. you delay to make
D. you to delay making

18. It was a small country house but it was large by urban        .

A. request
B. reason 
C. standard
D. purpose

19. If you join the club you must            by its rules.

A. abolish
B. keep
C. abide
D. follow

20.         in this way, the situation doesn’t seem so disappointing.

A. To look at
B. To be looked at
C. Looking at
D. Looked at

21.       we all know, Mr. Wang is a very warm-hearted person.

A. Which
B. That
C. As
D. It

22. I have no idea what Mary        at this time tomorrow.

A. will be doing.
B. is doing.
C. will do
D. does.

23. The building is        that one.

A. 3 times higher.
B. 3 times as high as
C. 3 times as higher as
D. 3 times high

24. Nobody but Jack and Smith       in the office yesterday.

A. had been.
B. was
C. were
 D. is

25.       they change the coach they will lose the match.

A. Until
B. Before.
C. Unless
D. Although

26. The children      many times not to go near the reservoir.

A. were being told
B. have been told.
C. had been told
D. told.

27. Beijing is        city in China.

A. largest
B. second largest.
C. the second large
D. the second largest

28. Please remember to keep in        with me through e-mail when you are abroad.

A. touch.
B. trouble
C. promise
D. approval.

29. The classroom needs         .

A. clean
B. to clean
C. to be cleaned
D. being cleaned

30. As Edison grew       , he became more and more interested in science.

A. elder.
B. the elder.
C. older
D. the older.