1. Although he is talkative, he is___to tell us anything about his family. (2002-9)
A. willing B. reluctant C. alert D. complacent
2. I’m___of what he is going to do.
(2002-11)
A. avoid B. composed C. ignorant D. cautious
3. Under the dim light, she could only see the house number ___ (2002-13) A. instinctively B. slightly C. uneasily D.
vaguely
4. Mary said that Hemingway was her _____ writer and that she had read nearly all of his novels. (2003-2)
A. famous B. popular C. common D. favorite
5. Under heavy gunfire, those cameramen risked their lives to give ____ battlefield reports. (2003-14)
A. word-for-word B. face-to-face C. down-to-earth D. on-the-spot
6. The rain was heavy and ____ the
house was damaged. (2003-16)
A. consequently B. constantly C. consistently D. continuously
7. I couldn’t find ____, and so I took this one. (2003-26)
A. a large coat enough B. a large enough
coat C. an enough large coat D. a coat enough large
8. It is _____ impossible to find a good educational computer program in this city. (2003-28)
A. barely B.merely C. hardly D. nearly
9. I was surprised to find his article on such an ____ topic so ____. (2004-9) A. excited, boring B. exciting, boring C. excited, bored D. exciting, bored
10. You can speak ____ in front of George, but you can’t eat ___ in his
restaurant.(2004-11) A. freely, free B．free, freely C . free, free D. freely, freely
11. Between you and me, that boy of Mary’s was ____ ．(2004-17)
A. as fat as strong B. fatter than stronger
C more fat than strong D.not so fat as strong
12. There are no ____medicines for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. (2004-27)
A. effect B．effective C efficient
D．efficacy
13. He wanted to become a cleaner，but his father didn’t think it was a _____profession. (2005-2)
A. respectful B．respective C. respecting D．respectable
14. They are____ to arrive in time owing to the heavy snowstorm. (2005-8)
A. impossible B．unlikely C unseemly D probably
15．The applicant felt ___ and uncomfortable when he couldn’t answer
the interviewer’s questions. (2005-23) A．amused B．ease C. awkward D.alone 16 Mary said it was ____ box for me to carry. (2006-45) A．a too heavy B．too a heavy C．too heavy a D. too heavy
17．The new campus is ____ as the old one. (2007-26) A．twice as big B as twice big C. twice big D. big as twice
18 Mum is getting old，so her memory is not very ____ these days. (2007-28)
A．true B．forgettable C．reliable D credit 19 Asia is ___among the continents. (2007-26)
A largest B the largest C twice big D.the larger
20 Generally speaking, nodding your
seven
head is ____to saying yes. (2007-28) A．contrary B. eqivalent C. secondary D. relevant
2l He speaks English ____ better than I. (2007-48)
A very B．much C. too D so
22 He has a ____ habit of biting his lips when he is puzzled. (2008—11)
A．particular B．specific C．peculiar D general
23. The manager claimed that his company had the____ right of
publication．(2008-12)
A single B．unique C. lonely D．sole 24. The students are encouraged to provide____ service to the poor students. (2008-17)
A valuable B．volcano C．voluntary D
voyage
25 Although the United States has long been known as a nation of immigrants，____discrimination still exists. (2008-19) A radical B．racial C crucial D diplomatic
26．Mary and Jane age twin sisters .They look exactly_____. (2008-24) A．1ike B．same C alike D．same ones 27 Without the air to hold some of the sun’s heat，the earth would be_____ on at night. (2008-28)
A very cold for us to live B. so cold to us living C．too cold D．rather cold of us live
28. I hope to meet you year. (2008-34)
A. sometimes B. times for us to live again____next C. sometime
D. some time
29. I was so examination (2009-2)
A. worrying nervous
____ the night that I could B. tired C. before my not sleep. happy D.
30. Little John caught a (n) ______ fish this morning. (2009-19)
A. alive B. alone C. lonely D. living
31, Her face is_____ to me, but I can' t remember where I saw her. (2009-34) A. similar B. friendly C. alike D. familiar
32. He is______ join the army. (2010-2) A. too young to B. enough young to C. very young to D. young enough to 33. Your idea seems to be good but it isn't ______. (2010-4)
A. practical B. possible C. plentiful D.
precious
34. There are several characteristics of the textbook_____ attention. (2010.8) A. worthwhile B. worth of C. worthy D. worthy of
35. It is impossible for so ______
workers to do so ______ work in a single clay. (2010-21)
A. few; much B. few; many C. little; much D. little; many
36. The more he tried to please her, ______ she seemed to appreciate it.
(2010-32)
A. less B. lesser C. the less D. the lesser
37 He will pass two milestones ____ that is, he will receive his master’s degree and find a challenging job.（2011-9）
A. long ago B. not long ago C. before long D. long before 38 . That ____ lady is their English teacher. （2011-13）
A. young beautiful foreign B. beautiful young foreign C. young foreign beautiful D. foreign young beautiful
39. Susan is ___ to lift the heavy box. （2011-19）
A. strong B. enough strong C. strong enough D. strong too
40. He knows little of Maths, and ___ of chemistry. （2011-39）
A. much less B. much more C. even more D. still more
41. John is __ the age of Mary. （2011-40）
A. old B. twice C. double D. as old as 42. He had never given a speech to so many people, so he felt______.(2012-5)
A. exiciting B. stupid C. disappointed D. neverous 43. You children must stop_______me by asking for candy all day long. I am _______every day by the slow bus service in this town. (2012-15)
A. annoyed, annoying B. to annoy, annoying C. annoying; annoying D.annoying; annoyed
44.
_______ looked up in alarm. (2012-38)
A. All the present women B. All the women present
C. The all women present D. The all present women
1B 2C 3D 4D 5D 6A 7B 8D 9B 11B 12B 13D 14B 15C 16C I7A 10A 18C
19B 20B 21B 22C 23D 24C 25B26C 27C 35A 43D 44B
28C 29D 36 C 37C 38B 39C 32A 40A 33A 34D 41B 42.C 30D 31D