There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.

1.   
Property damage due to the fire _____B____ to be over 5 million.

      
A) estimates

B) is estimated

C) has estimated

D) having estimated



2.   
You will need to seek _________ advice if you want to win this case.

      
A) confessional

B) occupational

C) amateur

D) professional



3.   
I am pleased with ________ you have told me.

      
A) that

B) all that

C) all what

D) which



4.   
Our ________ grew when the mountain climbers hadn't returned by nightfall.

      
A) astonishment

B) displeasure

C) anxiety

D) curiosity



5.   
Constant effort ________ the project.

      
A) preserves

B) continues

C) nourishes

D) sustains



6.   
In our college there are fifty-five ________.

      
A) women teachers

B) woman teachers

C) women teacher

D) woman teacher



7.   
The bank has ________ the issue in a practical way.

      
A) dealt

B) coped

C) approached

D) attached



8.   
The yacht is owned by the world's seventh richest man, and is the ________ luxury cruiser.

      
A) ultimate

B) final

C) last

D) recent



9.   
The school will ________ about 300 pupils this year.

      
A) enroll

B) subscribe

C) absorb

D) register



10.   
________ we had not made any mistakes in the calculations!

      
A) But for

B) If only

C) Let

D) Without



11.   
Maintaining standards is ________ to our reputation.

      
A) essential

B) necessary

C) lucrative

D) productive



12.   
Believe it or not, he was the only one who __________ the terrible accident.

      
A) escaped

B) ran away

C) abandoned

D) survived



13.   
Her husband ________ that it was he who had crashed her car.

      
A) distinguished

B) assumed

C) confirmed

D) enforced



14.   
Their loud parties have recently caused a number of ________ from the other people in their building.

      
A) determinations

B) complaints

C) congratulations

D) attitudes



15.   
Her heart was slightly ________ as a result of her long illness.

      
A) spoiled

B) damaged

C) broken

D) wounded



16.   
It was proposed that the matter ________ discussed at the next meeting.

      
A) was

B) will be

C) would

D) be



17.   
You return those books to the library immediately, ________ you will have to pay a fine.

      
A) until

B) unless

C) if

D) provided



18.   
They were prepared to ________ their immediate needs to the long-term goal of equal opportunity.

      
A) discard

B) recapture

C) sacrifice

D) motivate



19.   
It's a waste of time ________ such matters.

      
A) discussing

B) to discuss

C) discuss

D) discussed



20.   
It's high time you ________.

      
A) stop smoking

B) stopped smoking

C) stop to smoke

D) will stop to smoke



21.   
________ you meet some really interesting people, but most of the time they're fairly ordinary.

      
A) Above all

B) At the moment

C) Step by step

D) Every now and then



22.   
Einstein's theory of relativity seemed ________ when it was first introduced.

      
A) incredible

B) unaccountable

C) impossible

D) acceptable



23.   
________ in 1995 ________ they came to know each other in Beijing.

      
A) Only...and

B) It was...that

C) Only...that

D) It was...then



24.   
If only I ________ more money, I could buy the new house.

      
A) had

B) have

C) have had

D) had had



25.   
You may use this page to find information on a particular topic or area, or to ________ the whole of Australian museum online.

      
A) expire

B) expel

C) explore

D) view



26.   
The driver ______ the brake the instant he saw two kids jumping up and down on the road.

      
A) searched for

B) called on

C) pulled on

D) hung out



27.   
The reason I didn't go abroad was ________ ill.

      
A) because I was

B) that I was

C) due to being

D) because of being



28.   
A new administrator signed on to lead Memorial Hospital on Tuesday after an ________ search that resulted in 70 applications.

      
A) extensive

B) expansive

C) intensive

D) expensive



29.   
It’s too late to go to the movies, so we ______ TV.

      
A) might watch

B) might have watched

C) might just as well watch

D) might just as well have watched



30.   
________ by the news of his father's death, he could hardly utter a word.

      
A) To be stunned

B) Being stunned

C) Stunned

D) Stunning



31.   
No sooner had we set out ________ a storm began.

      
A) then

B) than

C) when

D) and



32.   
Neither the girls nor I ________ to blame.

      
A) are

B) is

C) shall be

D) am



33.   
Once we failed to pay the electricity bill, they didn't hesitate to _________ us _________.

      
A) cut...down

B) cut...off

C) cut...out

D) cut...up



34.   
I traveled extensively as a kid, which made a powerful impression ________ me.

      
A) on

B) to

C) of

D) in



35.   
Helen is pretty, of _______ build, with blue eyes.

      
A) sensible

B) skilled

C) slim

D) steady



36.   
The reason ________ we should study a foreign language is very clear.

      
A) when

B) which

C) who

D) why



37.   
Niagara Falls are a real tourist ________ , drawing millions of visitors every year.

      
A) attraction

B) attention

C) appointment

D) arrangement



38.   
A half hour ________ before the manager returned to the meeting hall, where the staff members had gathered.

      
A) went ahead

B) went by

C) went far

D) went wrong



39.   
A China Northern Airlines passenger plane ________ in the sea last night near Dalian, a port city in north China's Liaoning Province.

      
A) crashed

B) missed

C) hit

D) met



40.   
"Roy wants to see you today." "I'd rather he ______ tomorrow than today."

      
A) come

B) came

C) should come

D) has come



41.   
37.The child was________  to the nurses care.

      
A) committed

B) given

C) promised

D) commanded



42.   
The argument ________ her determination to prove she was right.

      
A) supported

B) fortified

C) held

D) forced



43.   
Sheltering their kids from online pornography（色情资料） is a _________ thing to do for every parent.

      
A) sensitive

B) sensual

C) sensible

D) sensational



44.   
Those love poems were believed ______ by an English poet of the 16th century.

      
A) to compose

B) composed

C) to have composed

D) to have been composed



45.   
________ right ________ wrong, he usually wins the argument.

      
A) Whether...or...

B) No matter...or...

C) Whether...and...

D) Either...or...



46.   
Duty was a powerful guiding ________ in her life, and in her view, Edward VIII had avoided it.

      
A) education

B) demonstration

C) compliment

D) concept



47.   
The dictionary is to the student ________ the tool is to the worker.

      
A) which

B) what

C) whichever

D) whatever



48.   
In recent years there has been a strong ________ toward the "open classroom" in the elementary schools of the United States.

      
A) assumption

B) transition

C) bent

D) tendency



49.   
The growing ________ of the company is reflected in the high price of its shares.

      
A) development

B) probability

C) potential

D) possibility



50.   
He ________ his coffee before tasting it.

      
A) stirred

B) streamed

C) steered

D) stayed