Simulated Test 1

Part One: Structure & Written Expression

Directions: In each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place(s) marked. Put the letter of your choice in the ANSWER SHEET. (25%)

1. After the lean musical years in the 1630s, there had been a ?????????in Monteverdi’s operatic career: a new production of L’Arianna was staged in 1640, and three new operas appeared within two years.

A. reverence?? B. resurgence?? C. recrudescence??? D. regress

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2. The high-rise garbage repository is a ?????????for both accomplishment and failure.

A. exaggeration??? B. allusion??? C. euphemism??? D. metaphor

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3. Their mother had died when they were little more than infants and it was from that moment the Paul’s misanthropy had ????????.

A. set back?? B. set aside? C. set about?? D. set in

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4. The loud noise of the alarm clock ?????????her sweet dream

A. broke down?????? B. broke upon????? C. broke in on????? D. broke through

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5. The bishop didn’t specify in detail what he wanted to know, but I imagine he fears that Father Marr was killed because of something in his unknown past, which may not be ?????????entirely to the church.

A. credible?????? B. credulous??? C. credential????? D. creditable

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6. The room is about ?????????in diameter as the hall.

A. one-third as large? B. as one-third large? C. as large one-third? D. one-third large as

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7. The village was ?????????two or three groups of simple houses, a church, a post-office and a small general store.

A. composed of???? B. constructed by??? C. consisted of??? D. built with

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8. The supervisor didn’t have time so far to go into it ????????, but he gave us an idea about his plan.

A. at hand??? B. in turn???? C. in conclusion??? D. at length

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9. Eric clearly ?????????his father, a barbarian in every way

A. took after???? B. asked after???? C. got after????? D. come after

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10. The wealth of a country should be measured ?????????the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.

A. in line with??? B. in terms of??? C. in regard with??? D. by means of

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11. Last week I ?????????Thompson at the conference. He told me not to ?????????her tricks.

A. fell to… fall through? B. fell on … fall to?? C. fell out … fall on?? D. fell in with… fall for

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12. ?????????by diabetes, Bach died on July 28, 1750.

A. besieged?? B. besought?? C. beclouded?? D. becrippled

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13. The high-rise garbage repository is a ?????????for both accomplishment and failure.

A. exaggeration??? B. allusion??? C. euphemism??? D. metaphor

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14. The second book was ?????????by August 1952, but two years later, the end was still nowhere in sight.

A. completed??? B. to have completed?? C. to complete??? D. to have been completed

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15. The world’s greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games, upholds the amateur ideal that ?????????matters is not winning but participating.

A. anything???? B. it???? C. what????? D. everything

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16. ????????, the Olympic Games, upholds the amateur ideal that what matters is not winning but participating.

A. Having been the world’s greatest sporting event

B. Which is the world’s greatest sporting event

C. What world’s the greatest sporting event

D. The world’s greatest sporting event

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17. We expect you to act ?????????of our country in the talks concerning her entry into the WTO.

A. in the best interests?????? B. upon the utmost benefit?

C. for the best love????????? D. to the utmost welfare

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18. You ??????live for ten days without food; without water you ??????die in less than a week.

A. may… might? B. would…should? C. might…would?? D. should…might

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19. I don’t think ??????of them is in the classroom.

A. all????? B. both???? C. either??? D. neither

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20. ?????, the tomatoes taste delicious.

A. They are ripe? ?B. they ripe?? C. when ripe??? D. when are ripe

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21. A senior Bush administration official also indicated yesterday that early resumption of the six-party talks, hosted by China, on North Korea in January may not be possible because Washington and Beijing have not yet reached an ??????of views.

A. contract???????? B. identity??????? C. coordination??? D. alliance

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22. The secretary was left ??????about this plan.

A. in the dark??? B. in the sea??? C. in the doghouse??? D. in the clouds

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23. Physics, about which I know nothing, doesn’t seem ?????.

A. such a dull subject? B. so dull a subject? C. such dull a subject? D. so a dull subject

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24. You can’t be ??????when you cross the street.

A.???? so careful????? B. such???? C. much???? D. too careful

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25. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: several fishing boats were ??????and many houses collapsed.

A. wrecked?????? B. spoiled?????? C. torn????? D. injured

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