1. —How about going for a walk?
—_____ great. Let’s get going.
A. Sound B. Sounding C. To sound D. Sounds
2. —I didn’t go to the party yesterday.
—Oh, but you _____.
A. ought to B. should have C. must have D. should
3. — Can you still catch the last bus?
— I’m afraid _____. It left ten minutes ago.
A. so B. not to C. not D. that not
4. _____ word by word, needless to say, the passage will be difficult to understand.
A. If translating B. Having translated C. If translated D. To translate
5. I like this red bike better than that black one, but it costs almost twice _____.
A. as much B. as many C. so much D. so many
6. He has been out of work for half a year. Do you know the difficulty he has _____ the family?
A. supported B. supporting C. to support D. support
7. It’s recommended that the plan he put forward _____ discussed at the next meeting.
A. be B. would be C. was D. must be
8. Mary opened the door. There _____ she had never seen before.
A. a boy did stand B. a boy stood C. did a boy stand D. stood a boy
9. Under the tree _____ of about ten, who was waiting for his mother to come back.
A. a boy sat B. did a boy sit C. sat a boy D. a boy did sit
10. I’m very sorry. _____ you are a vegetarian (吃素的人), I wouldn’t have cooked this pork for you.
A. Had I known B. Did I know C. I had known D. I knew
11. —Will Peter go to the party?
—If Mary doesn’t go, _____.
A. so will he B. neither will he C. neither he does D. so he will
12. His uncle is a worker and has been working in the factory for more than ten years. _____ his aunt.
A. So it is B. So is it with C. So is it D. So it is with
13. Never in my life _____ such delicious food. Can you tell me how you cooked it?
A. I have had B. had I C. have I had D. I had
14. —May I have permission to leave the table?
—Not until _____ their food.
A. has everyone finished B. everyone has finished
C. will everyone finish D. everyone will finish
15. As far as I know, not only is he interested in science, but also _____ a gift for music.
A. has he B. does he have C. does have he D. he has
16. It’s years since we last saw each other. So much _____ that I can hardly recognize him.
A. has he changed B. he has changed C. he does change D. he changes
17. Only when you have learned a lesson from failure _____ greater progress.
A. can you make B. you can make C. you will make D. you make
18. _____, she couldn’t work out the maths problem. So she turned to her teacher for help.
A. Might she as try B. As she might try C. She might as try D. Try as she might
19. The customer said that no sooner _____ the computer than it stopped working.
A. he had started B. had he started C. has he started D. he started
20. No matter how _____ outside, he insisted on going to the railway station to meet his friend.
A. heavily was it raining B. it was raining heavily
C. heavily it was raining D. was it raining heavily
21. As far as we know, Tom spends at least as much time chatting on line as he _____ his homework.
A. does doing B. does C. doing D. does to do
22. I’m sorry I hurt you. I didn’t mean _____.
A. to do B. to C. doing D. doing so
23. —Is Peter coming with us?
—I hope _____. He is really interesting.
A. that B. it C. not D. so
24. Hardly _____ our walk when it began to rain.
A. we began B. we had begun C. had we begun D. have we begun
25. Mr. Black was teaching math in a college last year and he still _____ now.
A. does B. do C. was D. is
