一、选择题：（本题共20小题，每小题3分，共60分）
1. To attend the grand dinner party, the French cabinet minister had a new suit made to ________.
A. Order B. direction C. instruction D. command
2. When Jim was tidying up his drawer, he ____ his mother’s prize possession the tri-coloured glazed miniature terra-cotta warrior.
A. came round B. came across C. came over D. came into
3. Present at the Christmas party were the two princesses and their _______ husbands and the Duke of Edinburgh.
A. respectable B. respectful C. respective D. respected
4. Jean is slow but he brother, on the contrary, is quick at _______ the point of an argument.
A. snatching B. capturing C. grabbing D. grasping
5. In an attempt to get to the _____of the problem, the reporter interviewed every eye-witness.
A. root
B. gist
C. base
D. center
6. Ms Simms is very sensitive ______ criticism.
A. of
B. in
C. to
D. on
7. It is an exception ________ the rules.
A. of
B. in
C. against
D. to
8. She solved the problem _________a stroke.
A. on
B. of
C. at
D. through
9. Death always taken us _________ surprise, even though we know it is inevitable.
A. in
B. out of
C. by
D. through
10. The lady insists on her constitutional right _______ a passport in her maiden name.
A. on
B. to
C. into
D. that
11. Mr Robinson knew that the most trivial chore could prove to be a ______ if approached with enthusiasm.
A. price
B. reward
C. bonus
D. refund
12. On New Year’s Eve, there will be a firework _______ at People’s square.
A. display
B. performance
C. show四级满分
D. exhibition
13. Mrs Smith is afraid that she and her husband don’t see _________ on New Year Resolutions.
A. face to face B. eye to eye C. back to back D. heart to heart
14. Archaeologists ______ the walls of the old city at a depth of several metres below the surface.
A. determined B. located C. proved D. defined
15. A large ___ of money is spent on import every year.
A. account B. amount C. number D. quality
16. Whether we are feeling happy or sad, ____ our emotions will make us feel more relaxeD.
A. share B. shared C. sharing D. to sharing
17. _____ that the whole roof was blown off.
A. So terrible the storm may be B. So terribly the storm may be
C. So terrible was the storm D. So terribly was the storm
18. ---Let’s go for a walk.
---Yes, today’s weather isn’t as cold as it was yesterday, ____?
A. wasn’t it B. was it C. isn’t it D. is it
19. --- How much is the desk?
---it__ninety-nine pounds.( )
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