II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

25. The bridge connecting the two islands is ______ construction and is expected to be completed in October.

A. on B. in C. with D. under

26. Knowledge begins to increase as soon as one individual communicates his ideas to ______ by means of speech.

A. the other B. another C. an other D. other

27. I think that it is quite some time since you came here, _______?

A. don’t I B. isn’t it C. didn’t you D. haven’t you

28. Little Tommy got _______ yesterday for breaking his neighbor’s windows on purpose.

A. punish B. punishing C. to punish D. punished

29. I have promised that my daughter _______ get a new electronic dictionary on her next birthday.

A. should B. must C. shall D. would

30. My son is very shy, but can you imagine _______ at the English party in the presence of all his classmates and teachers?

A. him to sing B. him singing C. him sing D. his to sing

31. —Did you remember to give Tom the key to the bike?
 —Yes. I gave it to him _______ I saw him.

A. as long as B. once C. the moment D. while

32. You ______ the novel for almost five hours. Why not join us and have a cup of tea?

A. read B. had been read C. are reading D. have been reading

33. In that newly-built computer centre, there are a great number of modern computers, with six experts _______ questions that users may ask.

A. answering B. answer C. answered D. being answering

34. As we were discussing the topic heatedly, _______ with a bunch of flowers in her hand.

A. a girl in came　 B. in came a girl 　 C. came in a girl　 D. came a girl in

35. You can’t tell what we are discussing here to _______ you think may be related to the case.

A. whoever B. who C. whomever D. whom

36. I don’t see much chance _______ the girl injured in the train accident will recover completely so as to walk all on her own.

A. which B. that C. if D. until

37. The town, _______ thousands of travelers visit every year, is known for its stone bridge and beautiful rivers.

A. which B. that C. where D. /

38. ________ at the top of the Oriental Tower, people below will look very small.

A. Stand B. Standing C. To stand D. If you stand

39. Many farmers in the countryside have gone to cities to look for work and left their children behind ______ by their grandparents.

A. to be raised B. raised C. being raised D. raising

40. _______ there is life on another planet, most scientists believe, is almost impossible.

A. Whether B. What C. That D. How 

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city’s population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had __41__ to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US-born children of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a(n) __42__ of the city’s population.

Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they from? (OK, time to drop the “they”. I’m one of them.) The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere. In the list of the top 20 __43__ nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in Europe, plus Israel and the former Soviet Union. And when we immigrants got here we __44__ up our sleeves. “If

you’re not ready to work when you get to New York,” says a friend of mine, “you’d better hit the road.”

The mayor of New York once said, “Immigration has __45__ the unique character and driven the economic engine of New York City, and will continue like that.” He believes that immigrants are at the __46__ of what makes New York great. In Europe, by contrast, it is much more common to hear politicians worry about the loss of “unity” that immigration brings to their societies. In the quarter century since 1970, the United States __47__ about 12.5 million legal immigrants, and has absorbed them into its social structures with an ease beyond the imagination of other nations. Since these immigrants are __48__ and hard working, they will help America to make a(n) __49__ start in the next century.