08真题单选

1. His salary as a bus driver is much higher than ________.

A. that of a teacher B. those of a teacher

C. these of a teacher D. this of a teacher

2. While Tim was walking in the street, he came ________ an old classmate of his.

A. into B. across

C. onto D. up with

3. Hardly ________ making the speech when the people stood up applauding.

A. has the speaker finished B. the speaker had finished

C. had the speaker finished D. had finished the speaker

4. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, whereas the behavior of an animal

depends mainly on ________.

A. consciousness B. instinct

C. impulse D. reaction

5. If you ________ in taking this annoying attitude, we’ll have to ask you to leave.

A. persist B. insist

C. resist D. assist

6. There are not many teachers who are strong ________ of traditional methods in English

teaching.

A. sponsors B. advocates

C. contributors D. performers 7. Please see to it ________ no one comes in without identification.

A. that B. lest

C. when D. which

8. We had ________ enough Russian to be able to read the instructions.

A. set up B. picked up

C. taken up D. made up

9. Only those who are ________ of their lagging behind are more likely to catch up.

A. awake B. visual

C. aware D. illusive

10. It is suggested that smoking ________ in public places.

A. will not be allowed B. was not allowed

C. not be allowed D. is not allowed

11. In ________ to the Party’s call, a great number of doctors and nurses went to the

frontline to fight the flood.

A. return B. admission

C. order D. response

12. You could not persuade him to accept it, ________ make him see the importance of it.

A. no more than you could B. if only you could not

C. nor could you D. or you could not

13. The 20-year-old tennis player’s dream is to ________ China at 2008 Beijing Olympic

Games.

A. support B. present

C. represent D. compete

14. Britain is proud of her great poets, just as Italy is proud of her painters, and Germany

________ of her composers.

A. / B. is

C. proud D. as

15. It is no use just telling me to do it; suggest some ________ ways to do it.

A. active B. positive

C. passive D. negative

16. One can’t see well through a telescope without correctly ________ it to one’s sight.

A. balancing B. adopting

C. repairing D. adjusting

17. ________ children have been taken out of school and taught by their parents at home.

A. A number of B. A great deal of

C. An amount of D. The number of

18. There is much ________ can be done about the accidents ________ from carelessness.

A. which … arose B. that … arising

C. which … arisen D. that … arise

19. Those of us who work in the coal mine should have ________ lungs checked regularly.

A. our B. their

C. his D. my

20. To their disappointment, there are no textbooks ________ for the students of Class Two.

A. possible B. preferable

C. considerable D. available

21. More and more people are beginning to learn English, ________ can partly explain the

booming of language training centers in China.

A. which B. what

C. that D. it 22. The higher a rocket flies, ________ air it meets.

A. the fewer B. the little

C. the less D. the much

23. It is during his spare time ________ Johnson has been studying a course in history.

A. when B. which

C. what D. that

24. The ________ of modern life in big cities is so quick that some old people feel it hard to

keep up with it.

A. way B. step

C. pace D. routine

25. Some teachers devote too much time to helping their slower students and ________ the

brighter ones.

A. neglect B. isolate

C. frustrate D. corrupt 26. ----- “Have you seen Mary today?”

----- “No, I think she ________ away on her vacation.”

A. must be B. may have been C. must have been D. might have been

27. Notice a person’s reaction ________ stress in these situations, and you will soon find a

solution ________ this problem.

A. of … to B. of … of

C. to … of D. to … to

28. All the books can be used to _______ your reading comprehension.

A. training B. train

C. be trained D. being trained

29. She did not know whether to sell her books or ________.

A. to keep them for reference B. keeping them for reference

C. if she should keep them for reference D. to be kept for reference 30. She wears a very _______ ring that her boyfriend gave her as a birthday gift.

A. gold new valuable B. valuable gold new

C. valuable new gold D. valuable and gold

31. The headquarters of Mr. Zhang’s company was ________ located in Tianjin, but now it

is in Shanghai.

A. formally B. firmly

C. formerly D. fairly

32. We don’t mind a bit if you bring your friends in for a dinner, but it is rather too much

when sixteen people came ________ for dinner.

A. consequently B. expectedly

C. excessively D. unexpectedly

33. Our point is that nuclear science should be developed to benefit people _______ harm

them.

A. more than B. other than

C. rather than D. better than

34. It is generally agreed that textile industry used to ________ greatly to the economy of

our city.

A. add B. contribute

C. lead D. stimulate 35. ________ more time, she would certainly have done it much better.

A. Given B. To be given

C. Giving D. To give

36. The car was running so fast that it crashed into the truck and the driver was killed

________ the spot.

A. on B. at

C. by D. to

37. Fortunately, the government has taken some measures to bring down the rate of

inflation to a (an) ________ level.

A. unpredictable B. manageable

C. questionable D. sustainable

38. When I saw the mess my paper was in, it was obvious that someone ________ it.

A. was reading B. would have read

C. had been reading D. had read

39. I am firmly ________ that this plan would do much good to our company.

A. recommended B. amazed

C. convinced D. satisfied

40. He was hoping they would take his suggestion, but for some reason they ________.

A. turned it over B. turned it off

C. turned it down D. turned it up