Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (50 points)

　　Directions:

　　There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　11. The old man found _______ on the floor.

　　A. lying dead B. lying death C. laying dead D. laying death

　　12. Grandma has no water, please ________ some for her.

　　A. take B. carry C. fetch D. bring

　　13. The shoes he wore made his _______ look funny.

　　A. feet B. foots C. hand D. foot

　　14. This restaurant always _______ delicious dishes.

　　A. gives B. offers C. have D. serves

　　15. There is _______ sugar. You needn’t go to buy any.

　　A. plenty of B. a large number of C. a great many D. plenty

　　16. Hardly _______ sat down when the telephone rang.

　　A. did I B. had I C. I D. have I

　　17. The ______ candle is still _______.

　　A. lit…burned B. lighted…burning C. lit…burning D. lighted…burned

　　18. _______ come into leaf or bloom is obviously a sign of spring.

　　A. Trees B. The trees C. That trees D. What trees

　　19. _______ in the open air, wet clothes can get dry easily.

　　A. Hang B. Hanged C. Hung D. To hang

　　20. He doesn’t spend much time _______ his homework.

　　A. in B. with C. on D. for

　　21.—What do you think of it?

　　—It just happened _______ we had expected.

　　A. that B. which C. it D. as

　　22. Jane, what do you think of Mr. Green?

　　As ______ teacher, he ought to set _______ good example to the pupils.

　　A. the…a B. a…a C. a…the D. / …the

　　23. They found a _______ old woman ________ on the ground when the door was broken open.

　　A. dying…lying B. dead…lied C. death…laying D. died…lain

　　24. _______, the children went to the park.

　　A. It was a fine day B. Being a fine day

　　C. It being a fine day D. Because the fine day

　　25. ________ in the strange city, poor Bill fell to ________.

　　A. Lost…crying B. Lost…cry

　　C. Having been lost…crying D. To lese…cry

　　26. Don’t get off the bus until it ________.

　　A. has stopped B. stopped C. will stop D. shall stop

　　27. I took _______ tea than you.

　　A. less B. few C. fewer D. little

　　28. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed _______.

　　A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch

　　29. I must be off now. It’s time I _______ to school.

　　A. go B. went C. will go D. am going

　　30. To serve the people means giving as _______ and ask for as _______ as possible.

　　A. much…little B. much…few C. many…a little D. more…less

　　31. What we are doing _______ good to the people.

　　A. are B. have been C. is D. be

　　32. John is _______ of the two students.

　　A. cleverer B. the clever C. the cleverer D. the cleverest

　　33. He used to be a heavy smoker, _______?

　　A. used he B. didn’t he C. doesn’t he D. wouldn’t he

　　34. Rather than _______, he ran all the way home.

　　A. walk B. walked C. walking D. to walk

　　35. Get to the top of hill, ______ you can see the whole city.

　　A. or B. but C. and D. so

　　36. What you said sounds right. I’m considering _______ this job.

　　A. accepting B. accept C. to accept D. will accept

　　37. _______ I came into the office, the teachers were having a meeting.

　　A. While B. When C. Once D. Since

　　38. Half of those books _______ best-sellers.

　　A. is B. are C. am D. was

　　39. _______ Chicago is a beautiful city today, but _______ Chicago of the 1920s was a very dirty place.

　　A. The…the B. /…/ C. A…the D. /…the

　　40. ______ he is, Tom knows a lot of things.

　　A. Child as B. Clever as C. Fool although D. A boy as

　　41. Is that the reason _______ you are in favor of the proposal?

　　A. what B. of which C. why D. for

　　42. The train will _______ Beijing at about half past seven.

　　A. arrive B. get C. reach D. reach to

　　43. Nearly everybody _______ colds in winter.

　　A. suffer from B. suffers in C. suffers from D. suffer for

　　44. ______ that your son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about.

　　A. When B. After C. Before D. Now

　　45. We never dared to ask him a question, _______?

　　A. did we B. didn’t we C. dared we D. daredn’t we

　　46. You seldom have to do the cooking, ________?

　　A. have you B. haven’t you C. do you D. don’t you

　　47. _______ no exercise-book, he had to write on a piece of paper.

　　A. There was B. There is C. There being D. There having

　　48.—Where _______ the camera? I can’t see it anywhere.

　　—I _______ it right here. But now it’s gone.

　　A. did you put…put B. have you put…have put

　　C. had you put…was putting D. had you put…have put

　　49. In another year or so, you ______ all about it.

　　A. would forget B. forget C. have forgotten D. will have forgotten

　　50.—If that’s not yours, _______?

　　—Probably John’s.

　　A. whose else can it be B. whose else’s can it be

　　C. who’s else can it be D. who else can it be