高一English Exercises (B2 Unit2—3)
1. It’s known ______ Beijing will ______ the 2008 Olympic Games.
A. that; hold B. whether; hold C. that; host D. whether; host
2. What I want to do is ______ her face to face tomorrow.
A. interview B. interviewing C. interviewed D. be interviewed
3. –I’m sorry but I didn’t mean ______you. –But your words meant ______ one’s feeling.
A. to hurt; hurting B. hurting; to hurt C. hurt; hurt D. hurting; hurting
4. Children under 7 are not ______ to school except those of extraordinary intelligence.
A. permitted B. received C. accepted D. admitted
5. Words ______ me when I wanted to express my thanks to him for having saved my son from the burning house. A. failed B. left C. discouraged D. disappointed
6. –Betty ______ John and is our headmaster now.
--Really? In my opinion, she herself should be ______ by someone else too.
A. has taken place of; replaced B. has placed; taken place
C. has taken the place of; replaced D. taken place of; replace
7. Only when your identity has been checked ______.
A. you are allowed in B. you will be allowed in
C. will you allow in D. will you be allowed in
8. Will you please ______ us ______ the discussion?
A. join; in B. attend; in C. take part in; on D. join; to
9. She _____live in the country by herself, but now she has become used to ______ together with us in the city.
A. used to; live B. become used to; living C. used to; living D. was used to; live
10. –I went to the station hurriedly, only ______all the tickets for today had been sold out.
--Bad luck! Now let’s telephone and ______ the information about tomorrow’s trains.
A. to find; find out B. find out; find C. finding; find out D. finding out; find
11. The most important thing about cotton in history is ______ part that it played in ______ Industrial Revolution. A. /; / B. the; / C. the; the D. a; the
12. He plays football ______, if not better than, John.
A. as well B. as well as C. so well D. so well as
13. I’ll go to ______ and then we can go to the cinema together.
A. pick up you B. pick out you C. pick you up D. pick you out
14. My parents want me to be a lawyer but I don’t like _______.
A. to B. to be C. to become D. be
15. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ______ in the kitchen.
A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked
16. ______ straight on the you’ll see a church. You won’t miss it.
A. Go B. Going C. If you go D. When going
17. It is known that ______ you work ______ result you’ll get.
A. the harder; the better B. the more hard; the more better
C. the hard; the better D. more hard; more good
18. It is honest ______ the truth.
A. for you to tell B. of you to tell C. for you telling D. of you telling
19. We should compete ______ other countries ______ trade.
A. against; on B. with; on C. against; in D. with; for
20. She ______ the money on the desk.
A. admitted to take B. admited to have taken
C. admitted taking D. admited having taken
21. The company ______ a secretary in the newspaper.
A. advertised B. advertised for C. advertised after D. advertised to
22. Her father made a promise ______ she passed the final exam he would buy her a computer.
A. if B. that C. if that D. that if
23. --_______the lecture given by Professor Zhang? --Very interesting.
A. How did you find B. What did you think
C. How did you think of D. What did you like
24. –He is good at maths and he likes English. --_________.
A. So is his sister. B. So does his sister
C. So it is the same with his sister D. So it is with his sister
25. Not only ______ interested in football but _______ beginning to show an interest in it.
A. the teacher himself is; all his students are B. the teacher himself is; are all his students
C. is the teacher himself; are all his students D. is the teacher himself; all his students are
26. Scientists ______ that the world’s population will double by the end of this century.
A. calculated B. calculates C. had calculating D. have calculated
27. Tom, the husband, likes sports, Julia, the wife, likes books. It seems that they have nothing ______. A. the same B. of the same C. in common D. in the common
28. More and more people are signing up for Yoga classes nowadays, ______ advantage of the health and relaxation benefits.
A. taking B. taken C. having taken D. having been taken
29. Mr. David is ______ in charge of all the arrangements.
A. personal B. personally C. personality D. person
30. I ______, telling him that I would wait for him outside the office.
A. arose up B. was arisen C. arose D. arisen
31. The poor boy ______ along the street, ______ how to deal with the remaining problems.
A. wandered; wondered B. wondered; wandering
C. wandered; wondering D. wondering; wandering
32. We’re going to ______ with some friends for picnic. Would you like to join us?
A. get in B. get over C. get along D. get together
33. The changes are an improvement ______.
A. by the way B. in a way C. on the way D. in the way
34. I don’t want ______ like I’m speaking ill of anybody, but the manager’s plan is unfair.
A. to sound B. to be sounded C. sounding D. to have sounded
35. A good story teller must be able to hold his listeners’ curiosity ______ he reaches the end of the story. A. when B. unless C. after D. until
36. ______ time going by, the girl became more and more beautiful.
A. With B. As C. For D. On
37. While watching television, __________.
A. the doorbell rang B. the door bell rings
C. we heard the doorbell ring D. we heard the doorbell rings
38. –Hi, Tom, you look tired. –Of curse. I ______ the living room all day.
A. had painted B. painted C. have been painted D. have been painting
39. Millions of pounds’ worth of damage _____ by a storm which swept across the north of England last night.
A. has been caused B. had been caused C. will be caused D. will have been caused
40. The couple share ______ joys and worries, ______ many difficulties together.
A. one another’s, going through B. one another’s; went through
C. each other’s; going through D. each other’s; went through
41. I can’t tell exactly when I’ll get there; maybe at eight or nine, or later; ______I will be there as early as I can. A. however B. thus C. so D. anyhow
42. Haven’t you learned of the advantage you should ______ other’s weak points in order to win the match. A. make on B. make of C. have to D. take of
43. You said everyone was glad to hear the decision and that is ______ I disagree.
A. what B. which C. where D. how
44. –What do you think of the meal? --Although some dishes don’t agree ______me, it’s a nice meal.
A. on B. to C. with D. for
45. I thought I was going to fail the exam, but I succeed ______.
A. after all B. first of all C. in all D. at all
46. Kathy ______ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.
A. picked up B. took up C. made up D. turned up
47. In the years ______, he went on with his research and his hard work paid off at last.
A. that followed B. following C. that was followed D. followed
48. Edison and Einstein are both great people. Edison made lots of ____ while Einstein made some great ____.
A. inventions; inventions too B. discoveries; discoveries too
C. discoveries; inventions D. inventions; discoveries
49. New problems seem to ______ every day. A. rise B. raise C. arise D. arose
50. –My father will be here tomorrow. –Oh, I ______ that he was coming today.
A. think B. have thought C. thought D. am thinking
Keys:
01—05 C A A D A 06—10 C D A C A
11—15 C B C B B 16—20 A A B C C
21—25 B D A D D 26—30 D C A B C
31—35 C D B A D 36—40 A C D A C
41—45 D D C C A 46—50 A A D C C