Taiwan 1
Tina couldn’t ___ on her schoolwork because her little brother read comic strips beside her and continually roared with laughter.
(A) commit (B) concentrate (C) count (D) confront
(B) concentrate
According to the survey, most computer users in this company have never received any formal keyboard training. ___ , their keyboard skills are inefficient.
(A) Similarly (B) Peculiarly
(C) Nonetheless (D) Consequently
(D) Consequently
The accident is reported to have occurred __________ the first Sunday in February.
A. at B. on C. in D. to
B. on
26. I had to buy _________ these books because I didn’t know which one was the best.
A. both B. none C. neither D. all
D.all
Their work clothes were stained with ___ . It might be very difficult to wash off the oil in the clothes.
(A) spark (B) grease (C) zipper (D) vain
(B) grease
In times of , people tend to control their purse strings. As a result, demand will decline and business will slump.
(A) revenge (B) recession
(C) absence (D) advance
(B) recession
27. According to a recent U.S. survey, children spent up to 25 hours a week _________ TV.
A. to watch B. to watching C. watching D. watch
C. watching
28. Children under 12 years of age in that country ________ be under adult supervision when in a public library.
A. must B. may C. can D. need
A. must
There is a special exhibition on mummies and ___ from ancient Egypt at the museum in May.
(A) conducts (B) emissions
(C) plumbers (D) artifacts
D) artifacts
Video conference technology enables the CEO to speak to the managers at all the branches and thus makes it possible for them to exchange opinions at the same time.
(A) simultaneously (B) significantly
(C) slightly (D) subconsciously
(A) simultaneously
30. The number of deaths from heart disease will be reduced greatly if people _______ to eat more fruit and vegetables.
A. persuade B. will persuade C. be persuaded D. are persuaded
D. are persuaded
After Yang Li Wei succeeded in circling the earth, _______ our astronauts desire to do is to walk in space.
A. where B. what C. that D. how
B. what
It is difficult to strike a balance between privacy and freedom of the press. It has been
a(n) ___ issue for ages.
(A) pensive
(B) indirect
(C) controversial
(D) electric
(C) controversial
When Joe said he could eat a horse, he was only . He just wanted to express that he was very hungry and had a good appetite.
(A) paving (B) observing
(C) exaggerating (D) confronting
(C) exaggerating
32. He speaks English well indeed, but of course not _____ a native speaker.
A. as fluent as B. more fluent than C. so fluently as D. much fluently than
C. so fluently as
The flowers ____ sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.
A. to smell B. smelling C. smelt D. to be smelt
B. smelling
Decorations are not ___18__ to single homes. Some neighborhoods work together to produce a neighborhood effect. This is particularly _19_ at Christmas time. A street may call itself “Reindeer Lane” for the Christmas holidays. Every house on the block will have reindeer-shaped knickknacks along with other decorations in its yard.
18.(A) linked (B) limited (C) converted (D) connected
19.(A) prevalent (B) modifying (C) frustrating (D) informative
(B) limited
(A) prevalent
People have long speculated that human laughter had primate origins. But ape laughter doesn’t sound like the human version. _28_ that, Marina Davila Ross of the University of Portsmouth in England and her co-workers carried out a detailed analysis of the sounds
_ 29_ by tickling three human babies and 21 orangutans, gorillas, chimps and bonobos.
28.(A) Investigate(B) Investigated(C) Investigation of(D) To investigate
29.(A) evoked(B) founded(C) intimated(D) astonished
(C) Investigation
.(A) evoked
The flu is believed _______ by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells inside the human nose and throat.
A. causing B. being caused C. to be caused D. be have caused
C. to be caused
Bill’s aim is to inform the viewers that cigarette advertising on TV is illegal, _______?
A. isn’t it B. is it C. isn’t he D. is he
A. isn’t it