基础巩固 21. --- Can I call for some friends and spend the day outside with them, Mom? --- _____ ? I’ve told you to have a weekend on your own. A. Why so B. Why not C. How come D. So what 22. My grandfather is as as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day. A. enthusiastic B. energetic C. talkative D. sensitive 23. ---Will you go to the movies tomorrow evening? ---No, I am going to a lecture, or at least I am planning ______. A. to B. so C. it D. that 24. One of the advantages of living on the top floor of a high rise is that you can get a good _____. A. sight B. spare C. view D. look 25. Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t have time to ______ before the party. A. get changed B. get change C. get changing D. get to change 26. How I wish every family a large house with a beautiful garden! A. has B. had C. will have D. had had 27. He suffers from back trouble too, so he was very ______ about my problem. A. worried B. gifted C. sympathetic D. shameful 28. Some passengers complain that it usually ___so long to fill in travel insurance documents. A. costs B. takes C. spends D. spares 29. I would have invited her to the party but I _______ her very well.
A. hadn’t known B. had known C. didn’t know D. wasn’t knowing 30. He can speak English, German, French and Japanese. He is really a man with a(n) _____ for language. A. gift B. present C. ability D. skill 31. It is never easy to ____ big changes. Those who can do it faster are more likely to succeed. A. lead to B. stick to C. contribute to D. adjust to 32. His daughter is always shy in ____ and she never dares to make a speech to _______. A. the public; the public B. public; the public C. the public; public D. public; public 33. My goodness, how lucky we are? If there had been places for us on that aeroplane, we ___ dead now. A. will be B. would be C. would have been D. had been 34. Lily’s mobile phone was left in a taxi accidentally, never again . A. to find B. to be found C. finding D. being found 35. When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it seems as if it _____. A. breaks B. has broken C. were broken D. had been broken
Test for Unit16-17 1. Our teacher emphasized the fact _____ people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. A. when B. that when C. that D. whether 2. Mother bought ______ for me yesterday. A.two clothes B.two pieces of clothing C.two clothing D.two pieces of clothes 3. _____all the shortcomings you mentioned, he is a man to be depended on. A. In spite B. Although C. Though D. Despite 4. _____to enter a good university, the girl spends all the time she could spare studying her lessons. A. Decide B. Determine C. Decided D. Determined 5. She made a quick ____ from her illness and was soon back at work. A. decision B. recovery C. change D. promise 6. Since you have so many problems ___, I’m sure you will have a hard time in the years to come. A. deal with B. dealing with C. to deal with D. to be dealt with 7. In our school, candles are used to ___ light when electricity is cut off. A. giving B. give C. being given D. be given 8. Of the two examples, I prefer ___ to ____. A. former; later B. the former; later C. former; the later D. the former; the later 9. All this snow and ice makes it difficult for old people to ______ very well. A. get around B. turn away C. pick up D. take off 10. The old man runs very fast as if he ______ a young man. A. is B. was C. were D. should be 11. I feel strongly that each of us should ______ a role in making the earth a better place to live in. A. play B. take C. get D. find 12. I must _______ my watch. It’s slow. A. achieve B. attract C. adjust D. admire 13. There are some apples ________ sale in our shop. A. on the B. for the C. on D. with 14. He aimed __________ a good doctor A. at becoming B. for becoming C. in becoming D. becoming 15. She felt very nervous, with so many eyes ________ on her. A. were fixed B. were fixing C. fixed D. fixing 16. John insisted what he said ________ true and we insisted that he ________ and have a look. A. be; should go B. should be; would go C. was; go D. was ; would go 17. Do you think ________? A.I go there will be of any good B. my going there will be of any good C. for me going there will be of any good D. of me go there will be of any good 18. _____, there can be no wind. A. The moon having not atmosphere B. For the moon to have no atmosphere C. The moon’s having no atmosphere D. The moon having no atmosphere 19. He ________ the birds on the tree, but ________ only one of them, the rest flew away. A. shot; shot at B. shot at; shot C. shot down; shot at D. shot at; shot for 20. Actually, girls can be they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, an astronaut, or a general manager. A. wherever B .however C. whatever D. whoever 21. I don’t understand how you got a ticket. I always you a careful driver. A. think; ar
