There was a knock at the door. It was ...

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By Christmas I （）in this office for ten years.

A. will work
B. will be working
C. will have been working
D. will have worked

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The following are all correct responses to "Jack has a new dictionary. " EXCEPT ______.

A. So I do
B. So he does
C. So he has
D. So have I

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Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it ______.

A. break
B. to break
C. breaking
D. broken

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Jim’s score on the test is the highest; he （）hard.

A. should have studied
B. could have studied
C. must have studied
D. could study

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The newspapers in my hometown don’t have as many pages as they （）here.

A. are
B. do
C. have
D. can be

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Which of the following italicized phrases indicates CAUSE

A. With the floor wet and dirty, we had to stay outside.
B. Often when I go for a walk I come back with a poem.
C. As the leader of this office, she can work with everyone.
D. I have learned of your promotion from your manager.

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Which of the following sentences has a subject complement

A. I was offered a suggestion.
B. The boy was caught stealing.
C. He has been shown how to run the machine.
D. She was told the truth.

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（）a research student, I would at least master two foreign languages.

A. Should I become
B. I should become
C. Would I become
D. Have I become

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Which of the following sentences indicates permission（）

A. Lightening can be dangerous.
B. Anyone can enroll for this course.
C. You could have known the truth.
D. May you succeed.

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Which of the following italicized parts is used as a subject

A. What do you think has changed her so quickly
B. Who do you think the guest professor is
C. Where do you think is the cheapest hotel
D. How often do you think our mother goes to the cinema

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All draughts must be ______ from the room.

A. ejected
B. expelled
C. excluded
D. exiled

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The farmer put up iron fences around the flower garden （）neighbor’s sheep should break in.

A. on condition that
B. now that
C. lest
D. but

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She bought a knife from the shop ______ to peel an apple.

A. which
B. with that
C. with which
D. at which

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（）more important, not only the lost cities were recovered, but the new cities were built.

A. That is
B. It is
C. Because
D. What is

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It is unfortunate that the members of the committee do not（）in opinion.

A. coincide
B. conform
C. comply
D. collaborate

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The government ______ a public debate on the future direction of the official sports policy.

A. initiated
B. designed
C. induced
D. promoted

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She agreed to take the naughty boy along （）he behaved himself.

A. whether
B. that
C. provided
D. in case

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If it hadn’t been for the doctor’s care, I （）speaking to you now.

A. would not be
B. would not have been
C. will not be
D. will not have been

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Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very ______.

A. obscure
B. indefinite
C. dubious
D. intriguing

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I will own up to my mistakes. The underlined part means （）

A. correct
B. put the blame on
C. admit
D. make up for

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Planning our vocation we must take the frequent（）of the weather into consideration.

A. transformation
B. transmission
C. transaction
D. transition

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In addition to the rising birthrate and immigration, the ______ death rate contributed to the population growth.

A. inclining
B. increasing
C. declining
D. descending

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Don’t let such a ______ matter as this distract us so that we can concentrate on the major issue.

A. trivial
B. slight
C. partial
D. minimal

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Doctors are interested in using lasers as a surgical tool in operations on people who are ______ to heart attack.

A. infectious
B. accessible
C. disposed
D. prone

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It was ______ of the Queen to speak to the elderly patients.

A. gracious
B. graceful
C. grateful
D. generous

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She’s just started—it’ll take her a week or two to learn the （）

A. rules
B. ropes
C. cases
D. things

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The（）on this apartment expires in a year’s time.

A. treaty
B. lease
C. engagement
D. subsidy

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For years now, oil reserves were at ______ levels because of increasing industrial demands.

A. depressed
B. immersed
C. oppressed
D. cursed

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He’s not our （）son—we adopted him when he was three.

A. primitive
B. natural
C. first
D. original

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There are always concerns that traditional dances performed in a theatre are nothing more than a spectacle. The underlined part means （）

A. everything except
B. anything but
C. no less than
D. nothing but

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You shouldn’t have asked the boy to run across the street to buy cigarettes; he（） by a passing car.

A. may be knocked down
B. should have been knocked off
C. might have been knocked down
D. will have been knocked down

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The new literature course differs from the old course （）the students aren’t required to attend lectures.

A. in which
B. which
C. in that
D. whereas

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Which of the following sentences has a direct object

A. I send you my warmest congratulations on your success.
B. The President named Rice Secretary of the United States.
C. We found him an amiable companion on the tour.
D. The professor makes her his assistant.

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（）is none of your business.

A. I shall take what measures
B. What measures shall I take
C. It is what measures I shall take
D. What measures I shall take

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It happened that I went out that day. The italicized part is ______.

A. the object
B. an adverbial
C. a predicative
D. the subject

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（）the truth, he wouldn’t have lent her any money.

A. Jack has known
B. if Jack known
C. Should Jack know
D. Had Jack known

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Jane wishes that she ______ foreign trade instead of literature when she was in college.

A. studied
B. would study
C. had studied
D. could study

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______ the history of the rough, strong-willed Nebraska farmer.

A. Not only is much of the history of Nebraska
B. Although it is much of the history of Nebraska that is
C. It is as much the history of Nebraska’s being
D. Much of the history of Nebraska is

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Which of the following adverbs can NOT be used to complete "This applicant is ______ better than that one. "

A. by far
B. much
C. a great deal
D. quite

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There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone （）me that evening.

A. had interrupted
B. would have interrupted
C. to have interrupted
D. to interrupt

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Which of the following sentences has an object complement（）

A. They set us a good example.
B. I showed Ben the map.
C. I’ll fetch you a chair.
D. We call them mooncakes.

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Jack is determined to get a seat for the concert （）it means standing in a queue all night long.

A. even if
B. as if
C. provided that
D. whatever

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To review and assess achievements and summarize and exchange experience （）the task of our present Congress.

A. are
B. is
C. were
D. have been

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（）to participate in the festivities.

A. No every student wants
B. No every student want
C. Not every student wants
D. Not every student want

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Which of the following italicized parts indicates cause

A. The sailors were at the mercy of the wind and waves.
B. He declined the invitation on the ground of a previous engagement.
C. In the classroom, he found Jack on the point of departure.
D. Harry achieved his goal by force of determination.

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Oil companies in the US are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being ______.

A. laid out
B. laid off
C. laid down
D. laid aside

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A(n) ______ of labor unions opposed the bill by continuing the strike for nearly one week.

A. coincidence
B. harmony
C. uniform
D. alliance

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The ______ scene of the waterfall is a perfect delight to the eye.

A. significant
B. dominant
C. magnificent
D. prominent

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All visitors are requested to（）with the regulations.

A. comply
B. agree
C. assist
D. consent

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Nothing can （）the young mother for the loss of her favorite daughter.

A. compensate
B. remedy
C. supplement
D. retrieve

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Which of the following adverbs can be used to complete "This is （）the most attractive result of the three options. "

A. by itself
B. by far
C. by nature
D. by means

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Because film is ______ to light it must be kept in darkness to avoid exposure under the sun.

A. glowing
B. brilliant
C. sensitive
D. gloomy

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He is a(n) （）character who likes wearing a beret and dark glasses.

A. eccentric
B. awesome
C. strange
D. terrific

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The speaker seems to have no （）ideas; his speech was full of platitudes.

A. true
B. original
C. real
D. genuine

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The Northeast, with 60 million people, is the most ______ populated part of the United States.

A. densely
B. intensely
C. abundantly
D. highly

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What do you think he’ll tell them about you The italicized part is ______ of the sentence.

A. the subject
B. the adverbial
C. the object
D. the complement

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John stayed up late in defiance of the coach’s order. The underlined part means ______.

A. despite
B. because of
C. without
D. with the help of

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The late President of the school graduated from a famous university. The underlined word means （）

A. tardy
B. former
C. recent
D. having passed away

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The latest discs, used for small portable computers, （） 3,600 times a minute.

A. rotate
B. roll
C. spin
D. revolve

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Everyone was ______ by the story about the dog.

A. amused
B. pleased
C. entertained
D. cheered

There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone （）me that evening.

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By Christmas I （）in this office for ten years.

The following are all correct responses to "Jack has a new dictionary. " EXCEPT ______.

Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it ______.

Jim’s score on the test is the highest; he （）hard.

The newspapers in my hometown don’t have as many pages as they （）here.

Which of the following italicized phrases indicates CAUSE

Which of the following sentences has a subject complement

（）a research student, I would at least master two foreign languages.

Which of the following sentences indicates permission（）

Which of the following italicized parts is used as a subject

All draughts must be ______ from the room.

The farmer put up iron fences around the flower garden （）neighbor’s sheep should break in.

She bought a knife from the shop ______ to peel an apple.

（）more important, not only the lost cities were recovered, but the new cities were built.

It is unfortunate that the members of the committee do not（）in opinion.

The government ______ a public debate on the future direction of the official sports policy.

She agreed to take the naughty boy along （）he behaved himself.

If it hadn’t been for the doctor’s care, I （）speaking to you now.

Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very ______.

I will own up to my mistakes. The underlined part means （）

Planning our vocation we must take the frequent（）of the weather into consideration.

In addition to the rising birthrate and immigration, the ______ death rate contributed to the population growth.

Don’t let such a ______ matter as this distract us so that we can concentrate on the major issue.

Doctors are interested in using lasers as a surgical tool in operations on people who are ______ to heart attack.

It was ______ of the Queen to speak to the elderly patients.

She’s just started—it’ll take her a week or two to learn the （）

The（）on this apartment expires in a year’s time.

For years now, oil reserves were at ______ levels because of increasing industrial demands.

He’s not our （）son—we adopted him when he was three.

There are always concerns that traditional dances performed in a theatre are nothing more than a spectacle. The underlined part means （）

You shouldn’t have asked the boy to run across the street to buy cigarettes; he（） by a passing car.

The new literature course differs from the old course （）the students aren’t required to attend lectures.

Which of the following sentences has a direct object

（）is none of your business.

It happened that I went out that day. The italicized part is ______.

（）the truth, he wouldn’t have lent her any money.

Jane wishes that she ______ foreign trade instead of literature when she was in college.

______ the history of the rough, strong-willed Nebraska farmer.

Which of the following adverbs can NOT be used to complete "This applicant is ______ better than that one. "

There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone （）me that evening.

Which of the following sentences has an object complement（）

Jack is determined to get a seat for the concert （）it means standing in a queue all night long.

To review and assess achievements and summarize and exchange experience （）the task of our present Congress.

（）to participate in the festivities.

Which of the following italicized parts indicates cause

Oil companies in the US are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being ______.

A(n) ______ of labor unions opposed the bill by continuing the strike for nearly one week.

The ______ scene of the waterfall is a perfect delight to the eye.

All visitors are requested to（）with the regulations.

Nothing can （）the young mother for the loss of her favorite daughter.

Which of the following adverbs can be used to complete "This is （）the most attractive result of the three options. "

Because film is ______ to light it must be kept in darkness to avoid exposure under the sun.

He is a(n) （）character who likes wearing a beret and dark glasses.

The speaker seems to have no （）ideas; his speech was full of platitudes.

The Northeast, with 60 million people, is the most ______ populated part of the United States.

What do you think he’ll tell them about you The italicized part is ______ of the sentence.

John stayed up late in defiance of the coach’s order. The underlined part means ______.

The late President of the school graduated from a famous university. The underlined word means （）

The latest discs, used for small portable computers, （） 3,600 times a minute.

Everyone was ______ by the story about the dog.