1.A: Don’t forget to come to my birthday party tomorrow.

B: ____B_____.

A. I don’t B. I won’t C. I can’t D. I haven’t

2. A: Will you stay for lunch?

B: Sorry, ____B____. My brother is coming to see me.

A. I mustn’t B. I can’t C. I needn’t D. I won’t

3. Generally I love reading, but ____B____ I start to read this book I’ll immediately fall asleep.

A. at a time B. every time C. in time D. on time

4. He has promised to __C_____ the matter.

A. look up B. look for C. look into D. look after

5. The ____A____ child always likes to make up fairy tales.

A. imaginative B. imagining C. imaginary D. imaginable

6. _____B___ when she started complaining.

A. Not until he arrived B. Hardly had he arrived

C. No sooner had he arrived D. Scarcely did he arrive

7. It is necessary that the apparatus ___A_____ carefully in shipping.

A. be handled B. handle C. handled D. is handled

8. Many a man ___C______ interest is the mother of success.

A. think B. being thought C. thinks D. having thought

9. We were struck by the extent __A____ which teachers’ decisions served the interests of the school rather than those of the students.

A. to B. with C. in D. for

10. The higher fence gives us some shelter ___D___ the wind.

A. in B. for C. at D. from

11. By the time you arrive home, I ___D___ for several hours, so please don’t make a noise when you come in.

A. shall be sleeping B. shall have slept

C. shall sleep D. shall have been sleeping

12. He loses our trust because he often ___D____ his duty.

A. owes B. spoils C. deserts D. neglects

13. __C______ that some guests are coming, they will get the rooms ready.

A. Having told B. To tell C. Having been told D. Telling

14. He resigned _____B___ taking part in such a dishonest transaction.

A. other than B. rather than C. instead of D. in place of

15. When you are in court, you must __C____ the truth.

A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk

16. Some people go back for their education to __C______ another degree or diploma to impress the society.

A. require B. inquire C. acquire D. address

17. Scientists have discovered a close _B_____ between smoking and several serious diseases.

A. action B. connection C. union D. combination

18. I __A______ it. You should consider it seriously.

A. mean B. joke C. count D. compare

19. The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard rot the students to __A___ what he was saying.

A. take in B. take out C. take up D. take over

20. We should __B____ primary importance to the development of economy.

A. put B. attach C. join D. connect