一、单项选择 ( 30% ) : 1. I did _______ research on goods online and the product bought at 50% off is _____ real bargain. A. /; / B. a; a C. /; a D. a; / 2. ---We got here on Tuesday afternoon. ---_________ Why didn’t you call us earlier? A. Good luck! B. You did? C. It’s no surprise. D. You are welcome 3. It’s so hard a problem. Can you tell me how you ______ it and what I should ______ it? A. deal with; deal with B. deal with; do with C. do with; do with D. do with; deal with 4. _______ it snows tomorrow, the performance won’t be called off. A. Even if B. As if C. So long as D. As long as 5. I _______ him to give up smoking, but he didn’t listen to me. A. persuaded B. tried to advise C. tried to persuade D. suggested 6. It’s easier to take a machine to pieces than to _______ it _______ again. A. hold; together B. put; together C. get; together D. stand; together 7. My grandfather _________ to be quite afraid to live in the city, but now he has ______ to the life there. A. used; used B. was used; got used C. used; got used D. got used; been used 8. When ___________, the museum will be open to the public next year. A. completed B. completing C. being completed D. to be completed 9. Tom asked, “Will you go to the party with me next Saturday?” A. Tom asked whether I would go to the party with him next Saturday. B. Tom asked whether he would go to the party with me next Saturday. C. Tom asked if I would go to the party with him the next Saturday. D. Tom asked if he would go to the party with me the next Saturday. 10. Teachers recommend parents _______ their children under 12 to ride bicycles to school for safety. A. not allow B. do not allow C. mustn’t allow D. can’t allow 11. Are you ________ wearing the school uniform every day? A. tired with B. bored with C. bored of D. tired from 12. It’s getting dark. None of us want to leave, ________. A. yet B. though C. still D. too 13. Her trouble was found to be _________, not physical. A. mental B. material C. practical D. real 14. We can’t __________ why so many people like smoking and drinking. A. draw out B. figure out C. take out D. pull out 15. He told me that he hadn’t found out ____________. A. what’s wrong with his car B. what was wrong with his car C. what wrong is with his car D. what wrong with his car was 16. His failure in the final exam ______ all of us, that is, all of us found his failure in the final exam _______. A. shocked; shocked B. shocking; shocking C. shocked; shocking D. shocking; shocked 17. I _________ about the life we lived together in the country. A. urged he to write a novel B. urged he write a novel C. urged him write a novel D. urged him should write 18. Just _________ yourself. If you think you can, then you can. A. believed B. believed in C. believe D. believe in 19. The girl ______ on the ground _____ to me that she had _____ the purse on the desk. A. lying, lay, laid B. lying, lied, laid C. lie, lied, lay D. lay, lied, lain 20. She __________ because she didn’t want to _______ other people’s smoke. A. was out of breath; breathe B. held her breath; breathe in C. took a deep breath; breath D. was breathing; breathe