1、Mike ________________ do better than Tom.
A.is determined to
B.determine
C.determination
D.is decided to
2、There is a __________ endless choice of TV channels.
A.seeming
B.seemingly
C.seems
D.seem
3、Mary __________by playing badminton twice a week.
A.exercising
B.exercise
C.exercises
D.do exercises
4、They selected some __________ samples (样品 ) to test.
A.randomly
B.randomness
C.ransom
D.random
5、Although this is a first error (差错), it cannot be __________.
A.overlooking
B.overlook
C.overlooked
D.looked over
6、The course allows students to progress at their own _______.
A.pace
B.style
C.way
D.means
7、She was pretty _____________ when she sneezed (打喷嚏) in public.
A.embarrassing
B.embarrass
C.embarrassed
D.embarassment
8、Friday’s shooting __________ in East London led to several arrests.
A.accident
B.accidental
C.incidents
D.incident
9、As we __________ the corner, we could see that the house was on fire.
A.around
B.round
C.rounds
D.rounded
10、Most people _____________ the dangers of drinking and driving (酒后驾驶).
A.is aware of
B.are aware of
C.aware of
D.are aware
11、An inspection of the building revealed faults that might __________ have been overlooked.
A.otherwise
B.somewhat
C.wherever
D.as well
12、It would be foolish to __________ the possibility of conflict between labor and management.
A.discounting
B.discounts
C.discount
D.count
13、Baker thinks that he is __________ to receive such a great award because he didn’t do much.
A.worthy
B.unworthy
C.worth
D.unworth
14、Wendy was too nice to me those days, but I felt that she ______________________ me as a free babysitter.
A.was taking advantage of
B.take advantage of
C.takes advantage of
D.taking advantage of
15、Why does the writer usually take a notebook and pen on her walks?
A.Because she wants to write down the random, bright ideas that may come to her.
B.Because in this way she looks more knowledgeable.
C.Because she is going to school.
D.Because she is going to meet some friends.
16、What did the writer notice halfway on her walk one day?
A.She noticed nobody around.
B.She noticed a dollar on her walk.
C.She saw a vending machine.
D.She noticed a nickel in the road.
17、Why couldn’t the writer find the coin she had seen the day before?
A.Because someone else must have picked it up.
B.Because she didn’t want to see it again.
C.Because she overlooked it.
D.Because she sent her daughter to pick it up.
18、What does the writer think a small opportunity might turn out to be?
A.It might become a success.
B.It might become nothing.
C.It might become the end of something.
D.It might become the beginning of something bigger.
19、The writer takes a two-mile walk every day because ____________.
A.she likes exercising very much
B.she knows it does her good
C.she wants to write down some clever ideas
D.she can come up with bright ideas while walking
20、The writer didn’t pick up the nickel because ____________.
A.she felt embarrassed to do so
B.it was fixed in the road
C.it was left by someone else
D.someone else might need it
21、The writer used her daughter’s example to show that_______.
A.a dollar is worth picking up
B.her daughter was luckier than her
C.her daughter knows how to save money
D.small opportunities could become something worthwhile
22、We can infer that the next day when she failed to find the nickel in the road, she felt ___________.
A.lucky
B.amazed
C.disappointed
D.delighted
23、The passage mainly tells us that___________.
A.we should pick up every coin in the road
B.we should take advantage of every chance in life
C.we should have our own decision about what to do
D.she has learned a good lesson from her walking experience
24、What did the writer do with the thing she found in the road?
A.She stepped on it.
B.She kept walking.
C.She had later wanted to turn back and pick it up.
D.She bought a bottle of soda water.
