Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:
Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked[A],[B],[C]and[D], Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by black-Example:
I have been to the Great Wall three times____1979.
[A]from[B]after[C]for[D]since
The sentence should read,"I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979." Therefore, you should choose[D]
Sample Answer
[A][B][C][■]
1.As I'll be away for at least a year, I'd appreciate____from you now and then telling me how everyone is getting along.
[A]hearing[B]to hear[C]to be hearing[D]having heard
2.Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, ___ to find it locked.
[A]just[B]only[C]hence[D]thus
3.Doctors see a connection between increase amounts of leisure time spent___ and the increased number of cases of skin cancer.
[A]to sunbathe[B]to have sunbathed
[C]having sunbathed[D]sunbathing
4.Unless you sign a contract with the insurance company for your goods, you are not entitled____ a repayment for the goods damaged in delivery.
[A]to[B]with[C]for[D]on
5.On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont____ I noticed a young man holding up a sign reading "Boston".
[A]which[B]where[C]when[D]that
6.Christie stared angrily at her boos and turned away, as though____ out of the office.
[A]went[B]gone[C]to go[D]would go
7.The roles expected___ old people in such a setting give too few psychological satisfactions for normal happiness.
[A]of[B]on[C]to[D]with
8.Talk to anyone in the drug industry, ____ you'll soon discover that the science of genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered.
[A]or[B]and[C]for[D]so
9.It wasn't so much that I disliked her___ that I just wasn't interested in the whole business.
[A]rather[B]so[C]than[D]as
10.Countless divouced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divouce, let alone___ one.
[A]getting[B]to get[C]gotten[D]get
Section B
Directions:
Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked[A],[B],[C],and[D].Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(5points)
Example:
A number of [A]foreign visitors were taken [B]to the industrial exhibition, which [C]they saw [D]many new products.
Answer[C] is wrong. The sentence should read, "A number of foreign visitors were taken to the industrial exhibition, where they saw many new products." So you should choose[C].
Sample Answer
[A][B][C][D]
11.Having isolated [A] on a remote island, with [B] little work to occupy [C] them,the soldiers suffered from boredom and low spirits [D] .
12.If the letter to be mailed [A]was placed [B] on the writing table an hour ago,it is [C] certain being [D] there now.