1. The main reason for the population growth isn′t so much a rise inbirth rates( ) a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.

　　A.and

　　B.but

　　C.or

　　D.as

　　正确答案：B

　　2. -May I put my luggage on the seat beside you， sir?-( ) .

　　A.Sure， with pleasure

　　B.Oh， please yourself

　　C.Well， never mind

　　D.Yes， help yourself

　　正确答案：B

　　3. ( ) catching the fever himself the man kindly carried the sick childhome.

　　A.A head of

　　B.At the sight

　　C.At the risk of

　　D.By way of

　　正确答案：C

　　3. Preparations are being made for the important meeting ( ) soon.

　　A.held

　　B.holding

　　C.to be held

　　D.to hold

　　正确答案：C

　　4. Although John was the eldest in the family， he always let his sister( )charge of the house.

　　A.take

　　B.hold

　　C.make

　　D.get

　　正确答案：A

　　答案解析：take.　take charge of (=to be or become responsible for sb. or sth.) 负责、掌管、看管; He took charge of the department (or the children) .

　　5. Tony lent me the money， ( )that I ′ d do asmuch for him .

　　A.hoping

　　B.to hope

　　C.hoped

　　D.having hoped

　　正确答案：A

　　答案解析：考查现在分词短语作伴随状语。句意：Tony借给我这笔钱，希望我加倍还他。

　　6. Had she been older， she( ) less sympathetic.

　　A.had been

　　B.might be

　　C.might have been

　　D.would be

　　正确答案：C

　　7. They really have a great time too， designing everything， drawingthe blue prints，( )the angles and so on.

　　A.looking out

　　B.taking out

　　C.finding out

　　D.figuring out

　　正确答案：D

　　8. According to the rules of the factory， you mustn′t ask for leave ( )you have adoctor′s note.

　　A.unless

　　B.on condition

　　C.though

　　D.until

　　正确答案：A

　　9. Suddenly， a tall man driving a golden carriage ( ) the girl and tookher away，into the woods.

　　A.seizing， disappeared

　　B.seized， disappeared

　　C.seizing， rlisappearing

　　D.seized， disappearing

　　正确答案：D

　　10. Her excellent performance made a deep ( ) on the audience.

　　A.impression

　　B.comment

　　C.reaction

　　D.opinion

　　正确答案：A

　　11. That contract， about ( ) we had a disagreement last month， had now gone through.

　　A.whom

　　B.which

　　C.what

　　D.that

　　正确答案：B