Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (50 points)
Directions:
There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
11. The old man found _______ on the floor.
A. lying dead B. lying death C. laying dead D. laying death
12. Grandma has no water, please ________ some for her.
A. take B. carry C. fetch D. bring
13. The shoes he wore made his _______ look funny.
A. feet B. foots C. hand D. foot
14. This restaurant always _______ delicious dishes.
A. gives B. offers C. have D. serves
15. There is _______ sugar. You needn’t go to buy any.
A. plenty of B. a large number of C. a great many D. plenty
16. Hardly _______ sat down when the telephone rang.
A. did I B. had I C. I D. have I
17. The ______ candle is still _______.
A. lit…burned B. lighted…burning C. lit…burning D. lighted…burned
18. _______ come into leaf or bloom is obviously a sign of spring.
A. Trees B. The trees C. That trees D. What trees
19. _______ in the open air, wet clothes can get dry easily.
A. Hang B. Hanged C. Hung D. To hang
20. He doesn’t spend much time _______ his homework.
A. in B. with C. on D. for
21.—What do you think of it?
—It just happened _______ we had expected.
A. that B. which C. it D. as
22. Jane, what do you think of Mr. Green?
As ______ teacher, he ought to set _______ good example to the pupils.
A. the…a B. a…a C. a…the D. / …the
23. They found a _______ old woman ________ on the ground when the door was broken open.
A. dying…lying B. dead…lied C. death…laying D. died…lain
24. _______, the children went to the park.
A. It was a fine day B. Being a fine day
C. It being a fine day D. Because the fine day
25. ________ in the strange city, poor Bill fell to ________.
A. Lost…crying B. Lost…cry
C. Having been lost…crying D. To lese…cry
26. Don’t get off the bus until it ________.
A. has stopped B. stopped C. will stop D. shall stop
27. I took _______ tea than you.
A. less B. few C. fewer D. little
28. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed _______.
A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch
29. I must be off now. It’s time I _______ to school.
A. go B. went C. will go D. am going
30. To serve the people means giving as _______ and ask for as _______ as possible.
A. much…little B. much…few C. many…a little D. more…less