16、It is often more difficult to find trained men than ___for scientific research.

　　A.getting financial support

　　B.to get financial support

　　C.get financial support

　　D.in getting financial support

　　答案：B

　　17、John is a good student, ___his best subject.

　　A.as English

　　B.being English

　　C.English as

　　D.English being

　　答案：D

　　18、___great was the destruction that the South took decades to recover.

　　A.Very

　　B.Too

　　C.So

　　D.Such

　　答案：C

　　19、You ought not to ___him the news that day.

　　A.tell

　　B.be telling

　　C.have been told

　　D.have told

　　答案：D

　　20、Hot metal ___as it grows cooler.

　　A.contracts

　　B.reduces

　　C.condenses

　　D.decreases

　　答案：A

　　21、Do you have a preference ___a particular food?

　　A.with

　　B.at

　　C.for

　　D.in

　　答案：C

　　22、By now most freshmen have grown so used to university life that they have forgotten all those___ about the university they originally had.

　　A.concerns

　　B.worry

　　C.dreams

　　D.ambition

　　答案：C

　　23、Many people want to buy it because.___. the price is reasonable; ___ , it's rather durable.

　　A.on one side, on the other side

　　B.for one thing, for another

　　C.on the one hand, on the other hand

　　D.in one part, in the other part

　　答案：C

　　24、The proposal ___we start doing the experiment two days earlier has been agreed upon by all.

　　A.which

　　B.what

　　C.that

　　D.of which

　　答案：C

　　25、Spring ___, we may look forward to better weather.

　　A.comes

　　B.has come

　　C.to be coming

　　D.having come

　　答案：C

　　26、The purpose of the research had a more different meaning for them than___ .

　　A.for ours it had

　　B.it did for us

　　C.with us

　　D.with ours

　　答案：B

　　27、___from the balcony when he saw a policeman approaching him.

　　A.Jumped down the thief

　　B.Down the thief jumped

　　C.Down jumped the thief

　　D.Down did the thief jump

　　答案：C

　　28、Can you see a man and his horse ___are crossing the bridge?

　　A.who

　　B.which

　　C.that

　　D.all

　　答案：C

　　29、___, I cannot agree with him on the matter.

　　A.Much as I respect him

　　B.More as I respect him

　　C.As I respect him much

　　D.As I respect him more

　　答案：A

　　30、But for your help, we ___the work as scheduled.

　　A.could not finish

　　B.would not have finished

　　C.would have finished

　　D.could have finished

　　答案：B