I. Choose the best answer: 

17. No progress was made in the trade talk as neither side would accept the conditions of_________.

A. others            B. the other                C. either                  D. another

18. The salesman showed Linda several handbags and finally she chose ______ one as she didn’t want to spend too much money on it.

A. most expensive                                                  B. less expensive   

C. the most expensive                                      D. the least expensive

19. How could the 7-year-old boy get the plan ______ without any adult to support him?

A. to carry out             B. carry out                  C. carrying out            D. carried out

20. A rough estimate, Nigeria is__________ Great Britain.

    A. three times the size as                     B. the size three times of

       C. three times as the size of                   D. three times the size of

21. Some species can not produce their own food _________ their nourishment from living on dead organic matter or on other living matter.

       A. but to obtain      B. but obtaining      C. but obtain    D. but obtained

22. ___________, and you’ll get good marks.

A. Working hard   B. Work hard  C. If you work hard  D. To work hard

23. Most parents will not allow their children to play video games ______ the final exam is drawing near. They think it’s a waste of time.

A. when                     B. unless                      C. after                        D. until

24. Is _______ he said worth believing?  　

　A. all what              B. what              C. it                D. that

25. The law requires governments to increase investment in public transport, ________ services and encourage people to use public transport.

A. improve            B. to improve          C. improving         D. improved

26. At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River ______, one of the largest cities in China.

       A. lies Chongqing                                           B. Chongqing lies   

C. does lie Chongqing                                      D. does Chongqing lie

27. Is this the school_______ you visited some foreigners a few months ago?  　　

A. that                 B. which           C. the one              D. where

28. Chan Wan, a Hongkong student in her senior year at Jinan University, explained to us ______ she chose a university on the mainland three years ago. 

     A. why                        B. whether                    C. when                       D. where

29. So ______ in wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research.

A. the students were curious                              B. curious were the students

C. curious the students were                              D. were the students curious

30. Whose eyes________ it that he saw in the darkness?  　

　  A. was               B. were              C. is                D. are

31. Professor Smith, along with his assistants,______ on the project day and night to meet the deadline.

A. work                  B. working            C. is working                D. are working

32. There was a loud scream from the backstage immediately after the concert ended, ______ ?

A. wasn’t there            B. was there           C. didn’t it             D. did it

33. Jessica ______ have returned the iPad to her roommate in time, but she didn’t, so her roommate was very angry.

A. would                  B. should                    C. needn’t                D. shouldn’t

34. Hearing the dog barking fiercely, away _________.

       A. running the thief                                                 B. was running the thief

C. the thief was running                                   D. ran the thief

35. It is important that the urgent file __________ to the man in that building behind the railway station.

    A. will send        B. sending           C. be sent           D. has been sent

Ⅱ. Choose the right word and fill in the blanks with the proper forms

memory

correct

free

conclude

computer

mystery

suspect

use

thieves

1. A good detective should never jump to __________.

2. Children always want to get enough __________ from their parents.

3. Can you point out the __________ mistakes on your paper?

4. Up to now, many __________ phenomena can’t have reasonable explanations.

5. What he did makes us even __________ of his real identity.

6. If you want to __________ something, you must make a picture in your mind. 

7. A witness immediately reported the __________ to the police.

8. The __________ camera is now widely used in making animated cartoons.

Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given verbs

1. By the time he ______ (be) seven, he ___________ (sing) many songs.

2. I haven’t decided if I _________ (go) there tomorrow.

3. The young man insisted that he ______(do) nothing wrong and _______ (set) free.

4. We are working hard ____________ (make) our country stronger.

5. I __________ (not know) you __________ (be) here.

6. The man admitted _____ (knock) down the boy in front of the post office.

7. It __________ (be) two years since I __________ (smoke).

8. Eric is the only one of the students who __________ (never speak) during the class.

Ⅳ. Rewrite the sentences as required.

1. Who has broken the windows? （改为被动语态）

2. She asked me，“What’s wrong with you?” (直接引语转间接引语)

3. He didn’t realize that he was wrong until he learned the truth.（改为倒装句）

4. Though he is a child, he is very brave. (用as改写，保持原意)

5. If you don’t hurry up, you will miss the last bus.（用unless改写，保持原意）

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