试题三

Directions：There are 10 incomplete statements here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. Only when we had finished all the work ____ that it was too late to take a bus home.

    A. did we realize  B. will we realize   C. we did realize  D. we will realize

2. My brother has many reference books, but ___of them was of any use for my report.

    A. neither        B. none          C. either              D. all

3. ___ that I wasn't going to get  much chance for promotion, I soon became bored with my work.

    A. To realize     B. Realizing        C. Being realized     D. Realized

4. I tried to get out of the business _____I found impossible to carry on.

    A. why           B. which          C. what            D. where

5. The department manager ____ a new plan to promote sales at the meeting.

   A. took away    B. put forward     C. looked after        D. got on

6. Jack would rather spend time complaining than_____ the problem by himself.

    A. solve            B. solved           C. solves          D. to solve

7. What he told me to do was ______I should get fully prepared before the interview.

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

8. Allan is looking forward to _____ the trade fair.

    A. meet           B. meeting       C. be meeting        D. having met

9. They will not start the project until the board chairman _____back from South Africa.

    A. will come       B. is coming        C. came                 D. comes

10. They had talked only for a few minutes _____they found they were of different opinions.

    A. unless           B. while          C. before                D. once