单选题（共 20 道试题，共 100 分。）
1. The threat of war has ___ business activity.
A. oppressed B. depressed C. expressed D. repressed
2. Bob tried in vain to trick his little brother ___ some money from their mother’s purse.
A. to steal B. to stealing C. into steal D. into stealing
3. Wilson was surprise (A) to find that there was only one other (B)guest except(C) himself (D).(选择有错误的一项)
A. surprise B. other C. except D. himself
4. The two boys had so ___ in common that they soon became good friends.
A. little B. few C. much D. many
5. Being ___ time and equipment, they are not able to finish their task in time.
A. shorted of B. shorting C. short of D. short
6. He considered it his good ___ to have won her love.
A. prospect B. fortune C. opportunity D. chance
7. The room ___ a stale air. It must have been vacant for a long time.
A. smelled B. smelled of C. was smelling D. smelling
8. A ___ to this problem is expected to be found before long.
A. result B. respinse C. settlement D. solution
9. Many tourists were ___ by the city’s complicated traffic system.
A. degraged B. bewildered C. evoked D. diverted
10. The ___ in this stamp makes it less valuable.
A. error B. mistake C. fault D. flaw
11. He has been ___ out to represent our district to attent this meeting. A. chosen B. worked C. signled D. pressed
12. They decided to chase the cow away ___ it did more damage.
A. unless B. until C. before D. although
13. ___ she never got my letter at all.
A. Particularly B. Surprisingly C. Normally D. Obviously
14. Let’s hang up some paintings on these ___ walls.
A. bare B. empty C. blank D. vacant
15. In Australia the Asians make their influnce ___ in business large and small.
A. feeling B. feel C. felt D. to be felt
16. Unfortunately, very few sheep ___ the severe winter last year.
A. survived B. endured C. spent D. remained alive
17. Don’t ___ to let me know if there is anything I can do for you.
A. reject B. prevent C. hesitate D. refuse
18. Call me when you are ___ leisure.
A. on B. in C. at D. of
19. Many Westerners ___ Christianity.
A. respect B. admire C. believe D. believe in
20. I was ___ to find his article on such an ___ topic so boring.
A. surprised/excited B. surprising/exciting C. surprised/exciting
D. surprising/excited