Test 9
1. __________ the PLA men the villagers would not have survived the flood.
A) were it not for
B) has it not been for
C) are it not for
D) had it not been for
2. "The ceremony has already started." "Look! The flag is ________ now."
A) being raised
B) being rose
C) raising
D) risen
3. Americans eat __________ as they actually need every day.
A) twice protein as much twice
B) twice protein as much
C) twice as much protein
D) protein as twice much
4. All his plans for starting his own business __________ because they were infeasible in practice.
A) fell out
B) fell through
C) broke out
D) broke through
5. The defendant could not __________ for the fact that the money was found in his house.
A) excuse
B) explain
C) justify
D) account
6. A suitcase with shirts, pants and shoes __________ from the car.
A) have been stolen
B) were stolen
C) was stolen
D) are stolen
7. Hardly _________ well on the test, so the teacher explained the lesson again.
A) did any of the students do
B) would any of the students do
C) any of the students did
D) any of students had done
8. Dr. Jones checked the patient's ________ carefully before prescribing any medicine.
A) signatures
B) symbols
C) signals
D) symptoms
9. I ________ you that I had no intention of offending you.
A) assure
B) convince
C) persuade
D) guarantee
10. It is not unusual for workers in that region _________.
A) to be paid later than more a month
B) to pay later than a month more
C) to pay late more than a month
D) to be paid more than a month late
11. When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already begun, so Peter proposed _______ to prepare food for our travel the next day.
A) us to go back
B) going back
C) that we would go
D) that we went
12. Deep freezing is the simplest way of _______ food.
A) preserving
B) reserving
C) deserving
D) starving
13. "Culture shock" occurs _______ sudden confronting with a new culture.
A) with a view to
B) for fear of
C) in accordance with
D) as a result of
14. ________ in an atmosphere of simple living was what her parents wished for.
A) The girl's being educated
B) The girl to be educated
C) The girl was educated
D) The girl educated
15. Everything which he will deal with ________ into consideration, his plan seems to be workable.
A) taking
B) to be taken
C) is taken
D) taken 16. The union and the management are in ________ over working conditions.
A) advance
B) dispute
C) practice
D) uniform
17. Oil sales volume in local urban and rural areas rose 23.8% and 48.6%, ________ , over March 1997.
A) respectively
B) accordingly
C) individually
D) independently
18. To his surprise, she turned up in her T-shirt but he knew she ________ when she was expecting strangers.
A) always dressed up
B) did not always dress up
C) wouldn't dress up
D) would always dress up
19. If the work ________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.
A) is completed
B) has been completed
C) to be completed
D) being completed
20. When confronted with such questions, my mind goes ________ , and I can hardly remember my own date of birth.
A) dim
B) faint
C) vain
D) blank
21. If you don't like to go to the library, you ________ stay at home.
A) would rather
B) may just as well
C) should better
D) could be all right
22. Although he was under no ________ , the shopkeeper replaced the defective battery free of charge.
A) obligation
B) urgency
C) guarantee
D) authority
23. He took an umbrella with him this morning ________ he should be caught in the rain.
A) so that
B) in order that
C) lest
D) now that
24. As soon as the supplies arrive, they will be ________ to the starving people.
A) assigned
B) scattered
C) distributed
D) spread
25. John was ________ diligent than Bob because both of them didn't pass the English exam last term.
A) no more
B) no less
C) not much
D) not more
26. ________ the drought in Kansas has become less serious.
A) It is apparently that
B) It must have been that
C) There is appearance that
D) It appears that
27. Your improper words will give ________ to doubts concerning your true intentions.
A) rise
B) reason
C) suspicion
D) impulse
28. To my great surprise the food was still on the table, ________ .
A) untouching
B) no touch
C) untouched
D) not to be touched
29. You ________ those heavy housework by yourself! We have a maid to do that sort of thing.
A) must not have done
B) needn't have done
C) shouldn't have done
D) can not have done
30. It is the interaction between people, rather than the events that occur in their lives, ________ the main focus of social psychology.
A) that is
B) which is
C) that are
D) it is
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