II. Grammar and Vocabulary

　　Section A

　　Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.

　　Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

　　25. Even _____ Chinese standards, the Agricultural Bank is large, with about 400,000 staff and

　　more branches than many Wall Street firms have desks.

　　A. by

　　B. on

　　C. for

　　D. in

　　26. Graduation is a happy occasion when young people celebrate the end of one life stage and the

　　beginning of _____.

　　A. the other

　　B. other

　　C. another

　　D. one more

　　27. Billy, you _____ play with the fire, you _____ hurt yourself.

　　A. won’t…cant

　　B. mustn’t…may

　　C. shouldn’t…must

　　D. can’t; shouldn’t

　　28. This time yesterday all the volunteers _____ trees to make our campus more beautiful.

　　A. were planting

　　B. are planting

　　C. have planted

　　D. had planted

　　29. What the man said under the oath _____ by several other witnesses.

　　A. disputed

　　B. were disputed

　　C. was disputed

　　D. be disputed

　　30. Do let your mother know all the truth. She appears _____ everything.

　　A. to tell

　　B. to be told

　　C. to be telling

　　D. to have been told

　　31. _____ amazing film Inception is! It is especially popular with young people.

　　A. How

　　B. What

　　C. How an

　　D. What an

　　32. _____ out of context, the words one uses in an argument can easily lead to misunderstanding.

　　A. Taking them

　　B. Taken them

　　C. To take

　　D. Taken

　　33. Lots of rescue workers were working around the clock, _____ supplies to the earthquake-stricken

　　area.

　　A. sending

　　B. to send

　　C. having sent

　　D. to have sent

　　34. What worried the child most was _____ to visit his mother in the hospital.

　　A. his not allowing

　　C. his being not allowed

　　B. his not being allowed

　　D. his having not been allowed

　　35. From _____ her friends have told us, she is living a life full of work, joy and caring for

　　others.

　　A. those

　　B. that

　　C. what

　　D. which

　　36. It was _____ I was in college _____ I began to write letters in English.

　　A. since…that

　　B. that…when

　　C. when…that

　　D. where…did

　　37. The professor has made another wonderful discovery, _____ great importance to science.

　　A. which I think it is of

　　C. which I think it

　　B. which I think is of

　　D. I think which is of

　　38. The more civilized man has become, _____ he is limited by the disadvantage of his

　　environment.

　　A. and the more

　　B. the less

　　C. the more

　　D. and the less

　　39. _____ and the lesson began.

　　A. In came the teacher

　　C. Came the teacher in

　　B. Came in the teacher

　　D. In came she

　　40. Don’t _____ for granted that he will keep his promise.

　　A. take that

　　B. take it

　　C. make that

　　D. make it