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1. Only then ______ what he meant.
A. I understand B. I understood
C. did I understand D. do I understand
2. So little ______ that the neighbors could not settle their difference.
A. they agreed B. agreed did they
C. they did agree D. did they agree
3. Often ______ her not to be late for school.
A. did we ask B. we ask
C. we asked D. we did ask
4. ------ I'm not going to buy that book.
------ ______. It' s too expensive.
A. I don't either B. so am I
C. I'm not too D. Neither am I
5. Seldom ______ any mistake during my past fifteen years of service here.
A. I did make B. should I make
C. did I make D. would I make
6. ______ a good student, but he also proved himself a good athlete.
A. He showed himself not only B. He showed not
C. He did not show himself only D. Not only did he show himself
7. ______ the first to use nuclear weapons.
A. At no time China will be B. Never China will be
C. Will China never be D. At no time will China be
8. No longer ______ to waste its natural resources.
A. the world can afford B. does the world can afford
C. can the world afford D. afford the world can
9. Scarcely ______ they settled themselves in their seats in the theatre ______ the curtain went up.
A. have, when B. had, than
C. had, when D. did, when
10. The first one wasn't good and ______ .
A. the second one was neither B. either was the second one
C. neither was the second one D. so was the second one
11. ______ from the tenth floor when the policeman pointed his pistol at him.
A. Jumped down the burglar B. Down the burglar jumped
C. The burglar down D. Down jumped the burglar
12. Nowhere else in the world ______ cheaper tailoring than in Hong Kong.
A. can a tourist find B. a tourist will find
C. a tourist can find D. a tourist has found
13. I visited Zhang jiajie last summer. Never in my life ______ so beautiful a place like that.
A. I had seen B. did I see
C. have I seen D. I shall see
14. Only by diligence and honesty ______ .
A. one can succeed in life B. one can be succeeded in life
C. can one succeed in life D. one will be succeeded in life
15. ______ she would not have met with the accident.
A. Linda was more careful B. If Linda were more careful
C. Linda had been more careful D. Had Linda been more careful
16. Betty was well-rewarded. ______ .
A. So did Ellen B. So was Ellen
C. So Ellen was D. So Ellen did
17. No sooner ______ than the jeep started off.
A. his luggage was loaded B. had his luggage been loaded
C. loaded his luggage D. his luggage was being loaded
18. We could hardly understand ______ .
A. what the man was talking about
B. what was the man talking about
C. the man was talking about what
D. about what the man was talking
19. Mary never does any reading in the evening; ______ .
A. so does John B. John is too
C. John doesn't too D. nor does John
20. Not only ______ difficult to light, but it smelled of oil.
A. it was B. it made
C. did it make D. was it
21. ______ you have been looking forward to.
A. The letter is that B. The letter is here
C. Here the letter is D. Here is the letter
22. In the scientific station ______ designed to record moonquakes and meteorite impacts.
A. instruments were B. were instruments
C. stand instruments D. instruments stand
23. Most people would agree that only in exceptional circumstances ______ the truth from the patient.
A. should a doctor hide B. a doctor should hide
C. a doctor would hide D. a doctor will hide
24. As is the teacher, ______ .
A. so is the pupil B. so does the pupil
C. the pupil does so D. the pupil is so
25. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ______ the atmosphere.
A. so it is B. the same is
C. so is D. and so is
26. Humble ______ it may be, there is no place like home.
A. although B. as
C. how D. that
27. Wood does not conduct electricity, ______ .
A. so do rubber B. so does rubber
C. nor does rubber D. nor rubber does
28. ______ you want me to do?
A. Who is it that B. What is it that
C. Wherever is it that D. Whenever is it that
29. Up went the price and ______
A. the living standard came down B. came down the living standard
C. down the living standard came D. down came the living standard 30. Not until I shouted at the top of my voice ______ his head.
A. that he turned B. did he turn
C. he didn't turn D. he had turned
31. Little ______ that he would fulfil his task so rapidly.
A. we expected B. did we expect
C. do we expect D. we expect
32. In no way ______ smoke in the air-conditioned bus.
A. passengers can B. are passengers permitted to
C. passengers are permitted D. are permitted passengers to
33. All animals need air and ______ .
A. so plants do B. so need plants
C. so do plants D. plants are so
34. ______ the lightening when I heard a clap of thunder.
A. No sooner had I seen B. No more than I had seen
C. Scarcely had I seen D. Not until I had seen