2.Most people ___ exams; they mean lots of studying and preparation, no time to go out
with friends, and sometimes a long delay before the results are known.
(A)hate
(B)hatred
(C)hated
(D)are hating
3.Our house is the only one in the street _____ any Christmas lights; my dad refuses to
put any up until December 15.
(A) without
(B) with
(C) without fail
(D) outside
5.We loved living in Beijing, ___ because of the very different seasons; for example, we could swim in the summer and ice-skate in the winter. (A)never (B)quickly (C)seldom (D)partly
6.Annie is talented ___ by the age of ten, she could already play the piano and guitar quite
well, and at eighteen, she was in a national orchestra playing the flute.
(A)music
(B)musical
(C)singer
(D)musician
8.My father hasn’t been absent from work because of ____for twenty years; he something
has a cold or a headache, but nothing bad enough to keep him home.
(A)sick
(B)ill
(C)sickness
(D)unhealthy
11.A lot of progress has been made in the last ___ years. Man flew in the first plane,
walked on the moon and learned how to make nuclear bombs.
(A)five
(B)twenty
(C)hundred
(D)thousand
13.Yesterday evening I was really busy, but I’m free ___ afternoon. Shall we meet then
instead?
(A)today
(B)the day before yesterday
(C)the day after yesterday
(D)tomorrow
15.My mother’s best friend has always treated me like her own daughter.We go to the
movies together and shop together, and I think of her as ___ rather than as a family friend.
(A)a grandmother
(B)a lover
(C)an aunt
(D)an uncle
18. Probably most tourists in Taipei ____ the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the
National Palace Museum; they are among the island’s most famous sites.
(A) go
(B) look
(C) visit
(D) sightsee
19. This weekend the school is holding a variety of activities; there’ll be camping, fishing and
hiking in the day, and dancing and singing in the evening._____ you like to go?
(A)Do
(B)May
(C)Should
(D)Would
20.It’s been an _____ month this month; first the refrigerator broke, quickly followed by the
television and the CD player.
(A)angry
(B)expensive
(C)exciting
(D)easy
21. Joe, this is my sister Sadie. Sadie, this is my friend Joe. These were words that changed
___ lives forever; Joe and Sadie married three months later.
(A)my
(B)your
(C)theirs
(D)their
22.Although Susan doesn’t like sports, she still plays tennis twice a week and swims three
times a week to make sure she ___fit.
(A)keep
(B)was keeping
(C)kept
(D)keeps