牛津英语寒假作业

Assignment for winter vacation (Oxford English)

Class ________ Name ________

Final Exam

Section II - Structure and Vocabulary (1x25= 25 points)

21. The girl arranged to have piano lessons at the training center with her sister _______ she would stay for an hour.

A. where

B. who

C. which

D. what

22. In the symphony orchestra, bass drums are not _______ kettle drums.

A. as prevalent

B. that prevalent

C. so prevalent as

D. prevalent than

23. If a diamond is heated without oxygen, it will turn to graphite, a form of _______ that it is used as a lubricant.

A. carbon is so soft

B. is carbon so soft

C. so soft the carbon

D. carbon so soft

24. Not only _______ all the positive charge of an atom, it is also the site of the weight of every atom.

A. does the nucleus hold

B. the nucleus holding

C. the nucleus does hold

D. holds the nucleus

25. If bank deposit had been insured in 1930, fewer people _______ their life savings.

A. had lost

B. had been lost

C. would lose

D. would have lost

26. The first people to live in _______ Hawaii were the Polynesians, who sailed there in large canoes from other Pacific Islands about 2,000 years ago.

A. now where is

B. what is now

C. it is now

D. now this is

27. _______ native to America, the corn has now spread throughout the world.

A. Although

B. In spite of

C. That it is

D. Despite

28. Alaska found the first years of its statehood costly because it had to take over the expenses of services _______ previously by the federal government.

A. to provide

B. be provided

C. providing

D. provided

29. T om in the library every night over the last three months.

A. works

B. worked

C. has been working

D. had been working

30. Many gases, including the nitrogen and oxygen in air, _______ color or odor.

A. has no

B. have no

C. not having

D. they do not have

31. The brain of an average adult is one of the largest organs of the body, _______ about three pounds.

C. weighing

D. weighed

32. Managers often receive considerable training in the “technical” aspects of their jobs _______ very little in the “people management” aspects.

A. so

B. just as

C. yet

D. and that

33. Much of the news provided by this newspaper is _______, not foreign.

A. abroad

B. domestic

C. native

D. objective

34. Nobody believes he made such a foolish mistake. People say he is very _______.

A. accurate

B. actual

C. fruitful

D. positive

35. Britain has the highest _______ of road traffic in the world --- over 60 cars for every mile of road.

A. popularity

B. density

C. intensity

D. prosperity

36. The idea of winning the eyes of the people around _______ pow erfully to some youngsters, so they are eagerly identifying themselves.

A. sticks

B. holds

C. attracts

D. appeals

37. Rich as they were in forms, the speaker’s _______ seemed unrelated to his speech.

A. signs

B. gestures

C. symptoms

D. symbols

38. He said he would _______ me to the President of the board but he didn’t.

A. comment

B. command

C. recommend

D. suggest

39. Because the company was doing more business it was necessary to _______ the factory.

A. increase

B. extend

C. broaden

D. grow

40. We could see only the _______ outline of the mountain in the distance.

A. vague

B. mean

C. dark

D. dim

41. In _______ to the government’s call, a great number of people from different walks of life went to the frontline to fight the flood.

A. return

B. admission

C. response

D. order

42. We are expecting to see that the joined research work will come up with a _______ solution to the problem.

A. permanent

B. perspective

C. persistent

D. persuasive