高等学校英语应用能力考试B级词汇练习

高等学校英语应用能力考试B级词汇练习（Practice 1）

Section A V ocabulary and Structure

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1. They stood in the rain for two hours, but they _________for Mr. Ying, because he didn't come at all.

A) mustn't have waited B) may not have waited C) can't have waited D) needn't have waited

2. The girl ____________ left him a few weeks ago.

A) he fell in love with B) whom he fell in love

C) that he fell in love D) with who he fell in love

3. ____________ I arrived in South Africa, I was struck by the very great difference in the atmosphere of the country.

A) Since the moment B) During the time

C) By that time D) From the moment

4. An object remains still or in a straight line motion ____________ a force acts upon it.

A) unless B) because C) when D) if

5. There was a good harvest last year, ____________, rice was rather cheap.

A) furthermore B) therefore C) but D) however

6. Such problems ____________ air and water pollution have no limited boundaries.

A) of B) about C) as D) of

7. Tom ____________ the manager this afternoon, but he forgot.

A) should have telephoned B) could telephone

C) must have telephoned D) might telephone

8. Either the plant or the flowers will lose ____________ freshness.

A) his B) its C) theirs D) their

9. New medicines are usually tested on animals ____________ being tried on human beings.

A) after B) before C) for D) when

10. Mr. Johnson suggested ____________ before details are discussed.

A) not to draw a conclusion B) should not draw a conclusion

C) to draw not a conclusion D) not drawing a conclusion

Section B

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11. How (refuse) _______________ the invitation without offending them was the big question.

12. Please don't worry; there (be) ______________ time for questions after the lecture.

13. Can you imagine (work)____________ at home with a computer connected to your office?

14. You can not let the house (neglect) _______________ like that.

15. In 1898, (work) _______________ with her French husband, Marie Curie, a Polish

scientist discovered radium, a previously unknown element.

16. An expert found that when person A likes person B, he (look) ___________ at him a lot.

17. As there is still a great difference between urban and rural (consume) _______________

levels, there is huge potential in the used goods sector (旧货领域).

18. Sixteen-year-old Martina Hingis is (current) _______________ ranked first on the

Women's Tennis Association singles ranking.

19. Choose a cause bigger than you are engaged in and work at it in a spirit of (excellent) ________.

20. Next time we go house-hunting, remember (ask) ___________ the agent for very clear directions.