31. What we are doing _______ good to the people.
A. are B. have been C. is D. be
32. John is _______ of the two students.
A. cleverer B. the clever C. the cleverer D. the cleverest
33. He used to be a heavy smoker, _______?
A. used he B. didn’t he C. doesn’t he D. wouldn’t he
34. Rather than _______, he ran all the way home.
A. walk B. walked C. walking D. to walk
35. Get to the top of hill, ______ you can see the whole city.
A. or B. but C. and D. so
36. What you said sounds right. I’m considering _______ this job.
A. accepting B. accept C. to accept D. will accept
37. _______ I came into the office, the teachers were having a meeting.
A. While B. When C. Once D. Since
38. Half of those books _______ best-sellers.
A. is B. are C. am D. was
39. _______ Chicago is a beautiful city today, but _______ Chicago of the 1920s was a very dirty place.
A. The…the B. /…/ C. A…the D. /…the
40. ______ he is, Tom knows a lot of things.
A. Child as B. Clever as C. Fool although D. A boy as
41. Is that the reason _______ you are in favor of the proposal?
A. what B. of which C. why D. for
42. The train will _______ Beijing at about half past seven.
A. arrive B. get C. reach D. reach to
43. Nearly everybody _______ colds in winter.
A. suffer from B. suffers in C. suffers from D. suffer for
44. ______ that your son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about.
A. When B. After C. Before D. Now
45. We never dared to ask him a question, _______?
A. did we B. didn’t we C. dared we D. daredn’t we
46. You seldom have to do the cooking, ________?
A. have you B. haven’t you C. do you D. don’t you
47. _______ no exercise-book, he had to write on a piece of paper.
A. There was B. There is C. There being D. There having
48.—Where _______ the camera? I can’t see it anywhere.
—I _______ it right here. But now it’s gone.
A. did you put…put B. have you put…have put
C. had you put…was putting D. had you put…have put
49. In another year or so, you ______ all about it.
A. would forget B. forget C. have forgotten D. will have forgotten
50.—If that’s not yours, _______?
—Probably John’s.
A. whose else can it be B. whose else’s can it be
C. who’s else can it be D. who else can it be