英语复习试题

1. I will hold your note until Christmas Day, _______ you certainly will have received your allowance.

A. by that time

B. at that time

C. by which time

D. at which time

2. The Prime Minister commanded that farmers ________ loans from the government.

A. would receive

B. received

C. ought to receive

D. should receive

3. They packed the instruments carefully ____ they would be broken during transportation.

A. so that

B. on condition that

C. for fear that

D. provided that

4. Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim ________.

A. may be hardly doubted

B. may be seriously doubted

C. may be hard doubting

D. may be doubted serious

5. ______ hostels (客栈) may not offer the most comfortable quarters, they are convenient, inexpensive, and attractive to traveling students and young people.

A. When

B. While

C. Now that

D. If

6. When he hurried to the airport, he found, to his great disappointment, his ticket and passport ________ at home.

A. were left

B. had left

C. have been left

D. had been left

7. Were the wire of a smaller diameter (直径), its resistance ________.

A. had been increased

B. was increased

C. might have been increased

D. would be increased

8. He went to work on foot yesterday, though he ________ by bus.

A. must have gone

B. might have gone

C. would have gone

D. could have gone

9. He always prefers to start early rather than ________ everything to the last minute.

A. leave

B. leaving

C. leaves

D. left

10. Frank was advised to give the assignment to ________ he believed had a strong sense of responsibility.

A. whom

B. whoever

C. whomever

D. that

11. Almost all the countries in the world hoped that the warring sides would ________ a compromise.

A. affect

B. effect

C. come

D. lead

12. She was arrested for ______ state secrets to a foreign reporter in return for her son going abroad.

A. getting away

B. giving away

C. breaking away

D. putting away

13. Can you ______ furnishing your house luxuriously at a time when the company is losing so much money?

A. verify

B. identify

C. justify

D. clarify

14. Our talk was completely ________out by the roar of the machines. As a result, we had to communicate with gestures.

A. decreased

B. reduced

C. smashed

D. drowned

15. There _______ new problems in respect of the relationship between the two countries in recent years.

A. rose

B. raised

C. lifted

D. arose