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1. Only when you have obtained sufficient data ______ come to a sound conclusion.
a. can you b. you can c. would you d. you would
2. ______ that this region was so rich in natural resources.
a. Little he knew b. Little did he know
a. Little he did know d. Little he had known
3. Never again ______ political office after his 1928 defeat for the presidency.
a. Alfred E. Smith seriously sought
b. seriously Alfred E. Smith sought
c. when did Alfred E. Smith seriously seek
d. did Alfred E. Smith seriously seek
4. Only in recent years ______ begun to realize that wild dogs, kept within bounds, often do more good than harm.
a. people have b. since people have
c. have people d. people who have
5. _______, we were not going to make any concessions to his unreasonable demands.
a. What may come b. Come what may
c. May what come d. What come
6. Not until I shouted at the top of my voice ______ his head.
a. that he turned b. did he turn
c. he didn’t turn d. he had turned
7. ______ received law degrees as today.
a. Never so women have b. The women aren’t ever
c. Women who have never d. Never have so many women
8. Heat does not travel by convection in solid, because the solid does not move, ______.
a. so does a liquid b. so a liquid does
c. as does a liquid d. so is a liquid
9. On no account ______ to anyone.
a. my name must be mentioned b. must my name mention
c. must my name be mentioned d. my name must mention
10. ______ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites by 90 percent.
a. Such construction robots are clever
b. So clever the construction robots are
c. So clever are the construction robots
d. Such clever construction robots are
11. ______ do we go for picnics.
a. Certainly b. Sometimes c. Seldom d. Once
12. ______ is it only the ignorant and ill-educated person who has such faith in the bottle of medicine.
a. Either b. Often c. Nor d. Usually
13. Her answer is not acceptable, and ______.
a. neither am I b. either is mine
c. neither is mine d. mine is neither
14. ______, I must do another experiment.
a. Be it ever so late b. It is ever so late
c. It be ever so late d. So late it be ever
15. So fast ______ that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.
a. light travel b. travels the light
c. do light travel d. does light travel
16. A sneeze cannot be performed voluntarily, ______ be easily suppressed.
a. nor it can b. nor can it
c. it cannot d. and cannot it
17. ______ notebook and report that I promised you last week.
a. Here is the b. Here are the
c. Is here the d. Are here the
18. ______ a little more time to think, he might have acted more sensibly.
a. If he took b. If he has taken
c. had he taken d. Should he take
19. Beneath our feet ______ that our life depends on for food and clothing.
a. the earth lay b. the earth lies
c. lie the earth d. lies the earth
20. ______ the beginning of the 19th century did scientists know that all matter is made up of atoms.
a. At b. By c. Up to d. Not until
21. Hardly ______ he got out of the court ______ the reporters raised a lot of questions to him.
a. had … when b. had…than c. did…when d. has…than
22. Among these books ______ a dictionary that his father gave him as a birthday present.
a. have included b. is included
c. has included d. are included
23. No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country; ______ is this more true than in Europe.
a. nowhere b. hardly c. little d. seldom
24. Important ______ his discovery was, it was regarded as a matter of no account in his time.
a. to b. for c. as d. although
25. According to the periodic table, ______ still some elements undiscovered.
a. there seem to be b. it seems
c. it seems to be d. here seems
26. Here ______ you want to see.
a. the manager comes b. comes the manager
c. comes a manager d. is coming a manager
27. Barry can hardly drive a car, ______.
a. so can’t
Molly b. can’t Molly either
c. Molly can’t too d. neither can Molly
28. _______ for the leadership of the Party, we should not have succeeded.
a. Had not it been b. Had it not been
c. There was d. Is there
29. ______ no air or water, there would be no life in the world.
a. Were there b. There are c. There was d. Is there
30. Not only ______ the data fed into it, but it can also analyze them.
a. the computer can memorize b. can the computer memorize
c. do the computer memorize d. can memorize the computer
31. Not once ______ his view of life.
a. did the gentleman mention b. the gentleman mentioned that
c. the gentleman mentioned d. does gentleman mentioned
32. By no means ______ their own language well.
a. it is true that all English people know
b. is it true that do all English people know
c. it is true that do all English people know
d. is it true that all English people know
33. The molecules of gases move more freely than ______.
a. do liquids and solids b. liquids and solids do
c. do those of liquids and solids d. those do of liquids and solids
34. The world’s birth rates are on a decline and ______ are the death rates.
a. so b. also c. too d. the same
35. _____ is the volume of chemical goods.
a. Constantly growing too b. Too constantly growing
c. Growing constant to d. Too growing constant
36. Many a time _______ me with my English study.
a. have he helped b. has he helped c. he have helped d. did he have helped
37. Typical of the new type of young people ______, who set a shining example to the whole nation.
a. was Lei Feng b. Were Lei Feng
c. Lei Feng was d. Lei Feng were
38. What Mr. Smith did was important , but ______.
a. more important the way of he did things was
b. the way of he did things was more important
c. more important was the way he did things
d. more important the way were he did things
39. She didn’t want to buy it, ______.
a. however good was it b. however good it was
c. for how good might it be d. for how good it might be
40. ______ , it is always possible to find out its volume.
a. Whatever the shape of a body may be
b. The shape of a body may be whatever
c. May whatever the shape of a body be
d. Whatever may the shape of a body be
41. I won’t pay $20 for the coat; it’s not worth ______.
a. all that much b. that much all
c. that all much d. much all that
42. Hot air accompanied by high relative humidity feels warmer than ______.
a. is it actually b. it actually is
c. actually it is d. actually is it
43. Qingdao is usually cool in summer, but Nanjing ______.
a. is rarely b. scarcely is c. hardly is d. rarely is
44. David, something important has happened. I wish to ______.
a. talk it over with you b. talk over it
c. talk over d. talk you over it
45. ______, more than 200 houses and buildings are heated by solar energy, not to mention the big cities in the region.
a. Alone in the small town b. In the small alone town
c. In the small town alone d. In the alone small town
46. Geysers are found new near rivers and lakes, where water drains through the soil ______.
a. surface below the deep b. deep below the surface
c. the deep below surface d. the deep surface below
47. The wallflower ______ because its weak stems often grow on walls and along stony cliffs for support.
a. so called is b. so is called
c. is so called d. called is so
48. The history of painting is a fascination chain of evens that probably began with ______.
a. ever made the very first pictures
b. the ever made very first pictures
c. the very first ever made pictures
d. the very first pictures ever made
49. On the side of the hill, there is ______ which was once the entrance to a gold mine.
a. a deep hole in ground b. a hole deep in ground
c. a deep hole in the ground a deep in the ground hole
50. Will the boy who has taken my pen brine ______.
a. back to me b. it back to me
c. back it to me d. it to me back
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