单项选择
1.
More than 1 million people in southern California and northern Mexico were without electricity after _______ major power failure struck just before _______ afternoon rush hour.
A. a; an
B. a; the
C. the; the
D. the; an
2.
If not _______, you’re allowed to return everything within 10 days for a full refund and no further duties.
A. to satisfy
B. being satisfied
C. satisfied
D. satisfying
—Have you finished the book?
—NO. I've read up to _______ the children discover the secret cave.
A. where
B. what
C. that
D. which
4. In recent years, India and China ______ a growing middle class.
A. saw
B. would see
C. had seen
D. have seen
5. Lifelong musicians are less _______ to experience age-related hearing problems than non-musicians, according to a new Canadian study.
A. possible
B. possibly
C. probably
D. likely
6.
—What do they sell?
—Clothes, furniture, books, — _______, they sell it!
A. as you like
B. you name it
C. by all means
D. to name just a few
7. People with fair skins are more _______ of skin cancer.
A. at risk
B. at coast
C. in danger
D. in trouble
8.
In addition to the United States, other TPP(跨太平洋伙伴关系) participants _______ Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
A. contain
B. consist
C. combine
D. include
9. Prince William of Wales married Miss Catherine Middleton on April 29, 2011 at
Westminster Abbey. Billions worldwide watched the _______ on television.
A. affair
B. incident
C. event
D. accident
10. In the past western women were wearing dresses they couldn’t breathe in, _______ walk in, run in, work in.
A. take along
B. let alone
C. leave alone
D. don’t mention
11. I _______ worry about my weekend—I always have my plans ready before it comes.
A. can’t
B. mustn’t
C. daren’t
D. needn’t
12. China's population of one and a third billion is currently the world's _______. India is second at 1.2 billion.
A. largest
B. biggest
C. greatest
D. most
13. Some people thought babies were not able to learn things _______ they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life.
A. when
B. after
C. until
D. since
14. Sam _______ some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it.
A. brought up
B. picked up
C. looked up
D. set up
15. East Coast fever kills _______ cattle in eastern and central Africa every year.
A. tens and thousands
B. ten and thousands of
C. hundreds and thousands
D. hundreds of thousands of
16. —What does he want?
—I don't know _______, but he said it’s really urgent.
A. surely
B. certainly
C. exactly
D. correctly
17. Swimming is my favorite sport. There is ______ like swimming as a means of keeping fit.
A. nothing
B. anything
C. something
D. everything
18. On no account _______ tell him about our plans.
A. you must
B. you can
C. can you
D. must you
19. —I’m sure Harry will remember the meeting, but why not give him a ring just _______?
—Sure, I will.
A. in time
B. in case
C. in advance
D. at first
The National Education Department says that school safety has set off alarm bells with frequent reports of serious accidents _______ students got injured or killed.
A. that
B. by which
C. in which
D. for which
1-5 BCADD
6-10 BADCB
11-15 DACBD
16-20 CADBC