1. Samuel Clemens, a famous American novelist of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is more [ ] known as Mark Twain.


2. In


3. The drama critic reviewed [ ].


4. As most people do not have enough money to pay for a house, they try to secure a [ ] from a bank.


5. I feel so frustrated about not being able to use Japanese to talk to my Japanese friends even after six years of classes.


6. Millet’s The Cleaners, exhibited in the Salon of 1857, presents [ ] who are fated to bend their backs to gather with clubbed fingers the wisps of overlooked grains.


7. You can't wear the red dress to the party-it [ ] with your hair.


8. The United States is _____ with an energy, a can-do ambition and an entrepreneurial spirit that can only be described as distinctly American.


9. After a visit to a palace, you may be in the mood to try something the royal families [ ] .


10. Although the company did not make profits this season, the manager is still _____ about the prospect.


11. A survey showed that in Taiwan, [ ] were worried that they could not compete with students in neighboring countries.


12. Scientists believe that dinosaurs became extinct [ ] the end of the Ice Age.


13. Middle children often feel less important than their older or younger [ ].


14. Women have gained a footing in nearly every occupation once reserved for men.


15. A principle of


16. This company has a rigid [ ] and every worker has strictly defined duties.


17. In the Seoul Olympics of 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won a 100-meter gold medal in 9.79 sec. His [ ] came almost as fast, after it was revealed that he had used steroids to achieve his world-beating performance.


18. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. But eating only an apple a day for three months _____ takes you to the doctor.


19. If revenge is so sweet that people crave it like candy, then what chance do societies have of rising above it?


20. A:Your car needed some engine oil. We put in a quart. B:[ ] I was afraid it was something more serious.


21. The poor girl knew that her dream of going to law school was as _____ as walking on the moon.


22. Long exposure to the sun may result [ ] skin cancer.


23. The land is a storehouse of _____ for all kinds of plants, and its reserve of nutrients is essential to any successful agriculture.


24. Lorraine Hansbury received many honors and much [acclaim] and yet she often considered herself a failure.


25. The school year in Taiwan universities usually [ ].


26. Man: Did you see this tomato, Maggie?Woman: Yes, I did. Isn't it big?Man: It's huge! [ ]Woman: I think I'll cut it up for our salad tonight.


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


28. The customer complained that the lamps had not been delivered yet, [ ].


29. I have been doing research on pollution. I have [ ] that we are running out of places to put our garbage.


30. I resented [ ] that. She could have been more courteous and sophisticated.


31. Jason: So, how was your winter break, Linda? Linda: Great, actually! My family and I went touring around Taiwan. It was the first time we ever had a chance to see the east coast. Jason: Really? [ ] Linda: If you’re interested, next time you can join us. We are going back next year.


32. The student studied very hard to live up to his parents' [ ].


33. 他雖有學識,但毫無實際經驗。


34. Companies publish [annual] reports to inform the public about the previous year’s activities.


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


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  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. ________ get anywhere if we don’t work hard.


2. He studied hard ________ get better grades.


3. I ________ to be out when she called.


4. ________ the cost, we also have to think about how much time the job will take.


5. Those who work hard ________ succeed.


6. She flatters a person and speaks ill of the person behind his/ her back, so I won’t believe ________.


7. 儘管Diana 很苗條,她還想再瘦幾磅。


8. 請選出文法正確的句子:


9. These measures have been taken ________ increasing the company’s profits.


10. The man ________ is our teacher.