Section I Structure and Vocabulary

　　Directions:

　　Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and put your choice in the ANSWER SHEET (20 points)

　　1. As scheduled, the communications satellite went into ________ round the earth.

　　[A] circle

　　[B] orbit

　　[C] path

　　[D] course

　　2. I don’t want to lend any more money to him; he’s already in debt ________ me.

　　[A] to

　　[B] for

　　[C] of

　　[D] with

　　3. ________ to speak when the audience interrupted him.

　　[A] Hardly had he begun

　　[B] No sooner had he begun

　　[C] Not until he began

　　[D] Scarcely did he begin

　　4. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.

　　[A]is to be analyzed

　　[B]has been analyzed

　　[C]be analyzed

　　[D]should have been analyzed

　　5. Humble ____ it may be, there’s no place like home, where he may go.

　　[A]although

　　[B]as

　　[C]how

　　[D]which

　　6. Although he thought he was helping us prepare the dinner, he was actually ________ the way.

　　[A] in

　　[B] by

　　[C] off

　　[D] on

　　7. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not close examination.

　　[A] put up

　　[B] keep up

　　[C] stand up to

　　[D] look up to

　　8. Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely ________ to the outside world.

　　[A] being lost

　　[B] having lost

　　[C] losing

　　[D] lost

　　9. Our modern civilization must not be thought of as ________ in a short period of time.

　　[A] being created

　　[B] to have been created

　　[C] having been created

　　[D] to be created

　　10. The students expected there ________ more reviewing classes before the final exam.

　　[A] is

　　[B] being

　　[C] have been

　　[D] to be

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