1.Friendship is almost ______ union of a part of one mind with a part of another.
A. / B. the
C. a D. an
2. ______ a large collection of works of science in Chinese, this library also keeps many science books in foreign languages.
A. Except B. Except for
C. In reference to D. In addition to
3. It is not always easy to distinguish ______ words which look or sound alike or which have similar meanings.
A. / B. from
C. between D. from among
4. I really ______ go back to work tomorrow, but I feel so bad that I have decided to stay in bed for a few more days.
A. ought to B. can
C. will D. may
5.She did not hear what you said because she ______ in her reading.
A. was absorbed B. absorbed
C. is absorbed D. has been absorbed
6.I voted for the proposal though ______ did.
A. anyone else B. somebody else
C. someone else D. nobody else
7.The enemy dropped hundreds of bombs over the city, ______ many deaths and great destruction.
A. cause B. caused
C. causing D. having caused
8. Athletes ______ at the Olympic Games are supposed to be nonprofessionals.
A. who compete B. who are competing
C. who will compete D. who have competed
9. ______ Jack wouldn’t take up the job, we might as well ask Richard to do it.
A. For B. Since
C. While D. Though
10. “You haven’t been to the Niagara Falls?”
“______, I haven’t.”
A. Of course not B. No
C. Yes D. Certainly
11. They have abandoned city life and settled in the country, living on ______ in the fields.
A. what they grow B. that they grow
C. how they grow D. which they grow
12.I ______ this three-room apartment without the money I borrowed from the bank.
A. needn’t have bought B. mustn’t have bought
C. shouldn’t have bought D. couldn’t have bought
