1. Ms Nancy didn't mind at all ______ to the ceremony.

　　A. being not invited

　　B. not being invited

　　C. not inviting

　　D. not to be invited

　　2. "_____ your meeting is!" he offered them his sincere congratulations.

　　A. How a great success

　　B. What a great success

　　C. How great success

　　D. What great success

　　3. We must remember that _____fashion is not the most important thing in _______ life.

　　A. /; the B. /; /

　　C. the; / D. the; the

　　4. It _____ quite a few years _____ the accused was declared innocent and set free.

　　A. was; since

　　B. is; that

　　C. will be; when

　　D. was; before

　　5. The professor said he could talk on _____ interested the audience.

　　A. any topic

　　B. which topic

　　C. whichever topic

　　D. the topic he thought it

　　6.Under no circumstance _____ to tell lies to parents.

　　A. children are allowed

　　B. are children allowed

　　C. children will allow

　　D. will children allow

　　7.Modern science and technology has _____ communication between people far apart.

　　A. made convenient

　　B. made it convenient

　　C. made it convenient for

　　D. made it convenient to

　　8.I heard that you really had a wonderful time at John's birthday party, _____?

　　A. didn't I B. didn't you

　　C. hadn't you D. will you

　　9.The great use of school education is not so much to teach you things _____ to teach you the art of learning. A. as B. that C. than D. but

　　10.No matter how frequently _____ the works of Beethoven always attract a large number of people.

　　A. performing

　　B. performed

　　C. to be performed

　　D. being performed

　　11._____ their real economic situations, they got some relief fund from the government.

　　A. Considering

　　B. Considered

　　C. Having been considered

　　D. Being considered

　　12.Tina _____ have known the truth, or she would have told us.

　　A. mustn't B. shouldn't

　　C. can't D. needn't

　　13.There are some police cars in front. What do you suppose _____?

　　A. is the matter

　　B. is happened

　　C. is the wrong

　　D. the trouble is

　　14._____ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid.

　　A. Lacking

　　B. Being lack

　　C. Because of lack

　　D. Lack

　　15. In recent years much more emphasis has been put______ developing the students productive skills.

　　A. onto B. in C. over D. on

　　16. A survey was carried out on the death rate of those who were infected by SARS, ________were surprising.

　　A. as results

　　B. which results

　　C. the results of it

　　D. the results of which

　　17. The organization broke no rules, but ______had it acted responsibly.

　　A. neither B. so

　　C. either D. both

　　18. Many workers were organized to clear away ______remained of the World Trade Center.

　　A. those B. that C. what D. where

　　19. My train arrive in New York at eight o'clock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there ______by then.

　　A. would leave

　　B. will have left

　　C. has left

　　D. had left

　　20. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds _____his arguments in favor of the new theory.

　　A. to be based on

　　B. to base on

　　C. which to base on

　　D. on which to base