1. She had changed so much that [ ] one recognized her.


2. Some people worried that an increased use of iris-scanning at ATM machines would [ ] to a dangerous loss of privacy.


3. Although I live in an English-speaking environment, I still read Chinese books. [ ] does having an English name reduce the importance of Chinese culture in my heart.


4. Can you give me a hand?


5. The owner of the shop said that his business could never [ ] without the Internet.


6. Ellen was absent this morning because she had her tooth [ ].


7. Studying Latin is helpful for enlarging one’s vocabulary in English, since so many English words     from Latin.


8. Blasie Pascal, a mathematician, said, “The heart has it reason which reason [ ] nothing of.”


9. Shakespeare is acknowledged as one of the best playwrights that ever lived.


10. Amy lost her legs in a car accident. Now she has to depend on her _____ legs to move around.


11. Which of the following tag questions is WRONG?


12. Fire [ ] the entire restaurant in less than an hour. Fortunately, all the diners and staff escaped unhurt.


13. “May I speak to Mr. Wu?”“Mr. Wu is on another line. ______”


14. Do you have any [ ] items? Any arms, drugs, living plants, animals or other contraband?


15. Three robbers [ ] took cash and five cell phones from the home of a policeman in the early morning of the New Year.


16. Computers have made a great [ ] on our lives. Nowadays almost everyone is using a computer to communicate with other people.


17. Gilbert: You look down. [ ]。Peter: Oh, I feel like it's the end of the world. I did poorly in the interview this morning. Gilbert: Don't worry. You'll do better next time.


18. The first comprehensive system for nationwide _____ was instituted by France for the Napoleonic wars that followed the French Revolution.


19. It’s not raining cats and dogs; it’s just ______.


20. We called off the picnic [ ] the bad weather forecast.


21. She ______ several times to try to get the dust out of her eyes.


22. Mr. Morgan strongly _____ of his daughter’s marriage to a divorced man and refused to attend their wedding.


23. Waitress: Would you like anything else?Norman: Chocolate cake, please.Waitress: O.K. [ ]


24. With age, the mineral content of human bones decreases, [ ] them more fragile.


25. Man: Excuse me. Could you tell me how to get to the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Woman: Walk along this street and you’ll see it on your right. [ ] Man: Thanks.


26. It was so dark that [ ] anything.


27. One difference between the theater and the movie is that the audience in the theater [ ] at the end of the performance.


28. The US Supreme Court rules that, barring circumstances like child abduction or a ticking time bomb, the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution requires police to get a warrant before examining a cell phone after an arrest. This ruling makes our digital privacy no “less worthy of the protection for which the Founders of our nation fought.”


29. Mary's father approved of [ ] in the United States for another year in order to work toward her M.A.


30. Anyone who wants to make a good [ ] at a job interview needs to dress appropriately.


31. While we may notice slight _____ in our eye color depending on our emotional state or what we wear, our eye color generally remains the same throughout our lives.


32. I try to judge people by their character, not by something as [ ] as physical appearance.


33. Mary felt stressed out after working hard for two [ ] weeks.


34. Research found that those who slept either too much or too little and ___from brain-stimulating activities like reading were at increased risk of developing cognitive impairment. 


35. The stories


複選題規則:
  1. 所有選項均答對,得該題全部分數
  2. 答錯一個選項,得題分的3/5
  3. 答錯兩個選項,得題分的1/5
  4. 答錯超過兩個選項或沒作答,該題以0分計算

1. Nuclear power plants have long been ________ extremely dangerous especially after the catastrophic events that plagued Japan.


2. ________ in his room, he didn’t know what happened outside.


3. They could not open the box ________ their efforts.


4. It’s ________ to be sunny again tomorrow.


5. Joe has been determined to study as hard as possible ________ keep up with his classmates.


6. 儘管Diana 很苗條,她還想再瘦幾磅。


7. 請選出翻譯正確的句子:直到這意外,我才了解到父母多麼愛我。


8. The love letter was ________ three days later.(哪些正確?)


9. Mother Teresa has long been ________ a living evidence of love and tenderness.


10. Those who work hard ________ succeed.