1. By the time you get to New York, I _______for London.
(A) would be leaving (B) am leaving (C) have already left(D) shall have left

2. The article suggests that when a person _______ under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet.
(A) is (B) were (C) be (D) was

3. The lawyer advised him to drop the _______, since he stands little chance to win.
(A) event (B) incident (C) case (D) affair

4. Sometimes children have trouble _______fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist.
(A) to separate(B) separating (C) for separating (D) of separating

5. He is quite sure that it's _____ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.
(A) absolutely (B) exclusively (C) fully (D) roughly

6. There was a big hole in the road which _____ the traffic.
(A) set back (B) stood back (C) held up(D) kept down

7. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee _______ to investigate the incident.
(A) were set up(B) was set up (C) be set up(D) set up

8. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play _____ roles in raising children.
(A) incapable(B) indispensable (C) insensible (D) infinite

9. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication _____.
(A) tragedy(B) vacuum (C) question (D) barrier

10. There was such a long line at the exhibition _____ we had to wait for about half an hour.
(A) as (B) that (C) so (D) hence


1. There is no _______ to the house from the main road.
(A) access (B) avenue (C) exposure (D) edge

2. _____ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake.
(A) Accumulated(B) Gathered (C) Assembled(D) Collected

3. He wasn't appointed chairman of the committee, _____ not very popular with all its members.
(A) to be considered (B) considering (C) being considered (D) having considered

4. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural
(A) tradition(B) transportation (C) transmission (D) transformation

5. The _____ stuck on the envelope says "By Air".
(A) diagram(B) label (C) signal (D) mark

6. Mobile telecommunications _____ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies.
(A) capacity (B) potential (C) possession (D) impact

7. Reading _____ the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried than they will admit.
(A) behind (B) between (C) along (D) among

8. My brother's plans are very _____; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.
(A) arbitrary(B) aggressive (C) ambitious(D) abundant

9. Things might have been much worse if the mother _______ on her right to keep the baby.
(A) has been insisting (B) had insisted (C) would insist (D) insisted

10. The statistical figures in that report are not _____ . You should not refer to them.
(A) accurate (B) fixed (C) delicate (D) rigid