Ex 3-4
1.The telephone _____ for almost a minute. Why doesn't somebody answer it?
A) rang
B) had rung
C) has been ringing
D) is ringing
2.She's his ______ by four years.
A) jungle
B) junior
C) jury
D) junk
3.It seemed that his failure in the examination was still _______ his mind.
A) in
B) on
C) at
D) with
4.The organizers of the campaign finally _________ a plan which they hope will be acceptable to both sides.
A) worked at
B) worked on
C) worked for
D) worked out
5.The next afternoon I went to ________ Miss Barkley again.
A) call on
B) call forth
C) call after
D) call off
6.To make a birthday card, you can simply cut out some funny or pretty pictures from magazines, ______ them onto a piece of card and then write your message inside.
A) paste
B) stamping
C) to stick
D) posted
7.I just wonder if ____ ever _____ that you could have your own enterprise and run it yourself when you were still a student.
A) it ... occurred
B) you ... occurred to it
C) it ... occurred to you
D) you ... occurred
8.He made a _____ prediction that business would improve the next year.
A) confidential
B) confident
C) confide
D) confidant
9.Please tell her your story exactly ________ you have told it to me.
A) as
B) that
C) like
D) which
10.The travellers were not aware ________ the danger ahead.
A) with
B) of
C) for
D) to
11.They agree to rent the house on condition that the man ________ their bathroom.
A) does not use
B) do not use
C) did not use
D) will not
12.The food of the plant is different from ________.
A) those of animals
B) that of animals
C) animals
D) animals'
13.It is essential that our price ________ competitive.
A) remains
B) remain
C) remained
D) will remain
14. The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ________ his financial situation.(CET-6: 99,1)
A) with respect to
B) in accord with
C) regardless of
D) in terms of
15. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ________.(CET-6: 00,6)
A) pensions
B) earnings
C) salaries
D) donations
16. The director gave me his ________ that he would double my pay if I did my job well.
A) warrant
B) obligation
C) assurance
D) certainty（C）
17. Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another.
A) translation
B) transition
C) transmission
D) transaction（C）
18. No one imagined that the apparently ________ businessman was really a criminal.
A) respective
B) respectable
C) respectful
D) realistic（B）
19. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly ________ to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather sensitive people.
A) subjective
B) subordinate
C) liable
D) vulnerable（D）
20. The international situation has been growing ________ difficult for the last few years.
A) invariably
B) presumably
C) increasingly
D) dominantly（C）