Part Ⅴ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY [15 MIN.]
, [3 s# D# W2 q( sThere are twenty-five items in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one that best completes the sentence. , K9 _' P5 j3 ?* {5 }# Z- V
Mark your answers on your answer sheet. & j' s: L! B( t" P0 `
41.That trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness ____ by his lack of talent. # a* w0 R2 K- ]; U S* Z4 ~
A. so much as B. rather than C. as D. than
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42.____, I’ll marry him all the same.
& f; ], @, }, D' b. XA. Was he rich or poor B. Whethere rich or poor
! L6 u2 F6 O1 b$ O4 a$ e) y+ XC. Were he rich or poor D. Be he rich or poor . V% {- S; _0 q- K
: p) v1 u3 [6 r2 m* Y0 Q" v43.The government has promised to do ____ lies in its power to ease the hardships of the victims in the flood-stricken area. % M5 O& `4 R" _7 s5 O$ I$ J
9 ?1 J: m5 d* y$ sA. however B. whichever C. whatever D. wherever ; t4 m" z( v) @6 i
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44.____ if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand? 4 [7 g3 J4 W3 Y% c2 T
A. Would you be surprised B. Were you surprised 7 a; I5 V6 w. i9 \' N% f f
C. Had you been surprised D. Would you have been surprised
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9 t% `0 y* r& u8 v4 Q" }45.If not ____ with the respect he feels due to him, Jack gets very ill-tempered and grumbles all the time.
$ L" S% s1 Q* N+ MA. being treated B. treated
% D9 m7 K. {# ?; I- @5 g3 hC. be treated D. having been treated 2 ^( w% R U" g
' i# O7 R- ~& l( M" U46.It is imperative that students ____ their term papers on time.
6 q. T x7 N) a( ^5 k, OA. hand in B. would hand in % R0 [6 l, s& Z: m* m
C. have to hand in D. handed in
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47.The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, ____ to the truck.
. e4 x8 x+ Q6 c& nA. the greater stress is B. greater is the stress ! v$ v, U' C; C. w
C. the stress is greater D. the greater the stress
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! h: `' j7 Q/ U5 h/ `2 [48.The Minister of Finance is believed ____ of imposing new taxes to raise extra revenue.
- h6 g4 A$ r+ Z* W: @A. that he is thinking B. to be thinking
* Q) H8 }$ t5 e* k" [( n0 A# dC. that he is to think D. to think
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49.Issues of price, place, promotion, and product are ____ conventional concerns in planning marketing strategies.
, ~+ V# W, @2 d: _! f/ wA. these of the most B. most of those
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50.____ both sides accept the agreement ____ a lasting peace be established in this region. # H. R5 o3 j; e! D
A. Only if, will B. If only, would
+ j3 f) q5 h3 A6 i5 L! k0 EC. Should, will D. Unless, would |