Simulating Test One
（本试题共50题，每题2分，满分100分，考试时间45分钟）
Part One Vocabulary and Structure
Directions:
In this part there are ten incomplete sentences, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
1. Hardly had the minister finished his statement ____ several
reporters raised their hands and put forward a string of questions.
A. whenB. asC. thenD. than
2. All the members are participating in the scheme ____ a few small firms.
A. exceptB. besidesC. except forD. in addition to
3. You shouldn’t ____ that last week and you should do it next week.
A. have doneB. doC. be doingD. have to do
4. This dress used to be very popular, but now it is out of ____.
A. questionB. orderC. dateD. place
5. Everything depends on ____ we have enough time.
A. ifB. whenC. whetherD. that
6. He never goes to the party because he always feels ill ____ there.
A. at the easeB. at his easeC. at an easeD. at ease
7. People greatly differ ____ their views of life.
A. fromB. toC. atD. in
. I’d just as soon ____ rudely to her.
A. you not speakB. your not speaking
C) you didn’t speakD. you hadn’t spoken
9. The rainbow is one of the most beautiful ____ in nature.
A. phenomenonB. phenomenaC. appearanceD. experience
10. Heating ____ into the students’ dormitories now.
A. is puttingB. is being putC. is been putD. has been putting
