[单项选择]For the sake of ourselves and next generation we must now______ paying attention to greenspace in towns and cities.


A. set about
B. set off
C. set back
D. set down

[单项选择]For the sake of ourselves and next generation we must now______ paying attention to greenspace in towns and cities.


A. set about
B. set off
C. set back
D. set down

[单项选择]—Shall we go fishing next Friday, Martin
—Can we make it ______ other day, dear

[单项选择]How shall we be ( )next
A. doing
B. done
C. do
D. does

[单项选择]We'll visit Europe next year ______ we have enough money.
A. lest
B. until
C. unless
D. provided

[单项选择]We could infer that in the paragraph next to this passage, the author will write about ______.


A. some fundamental ideas of morality
B. some dissents
C. the present state of research
D. the future prospects

[单项选择]We will put off the picnic in the park until next week,（）the weather may be better.
A. that
B. where
C. which
D. when

[单项选择]By the end of next week, we ______ thirty kilometers.
A. have traveled
B. had traveled
C. had been traveling
D. shall have been traveling

[单项选择]We'll begin to（）the new plan next month.
A. carry out
B. carry off
C. carry on
D. carry up

[单项选择]We will put off the picnic until next month（）the weather may be better.
A. where
B. that
C. when
D. which

[单项选择]We are invited to a party______in our club next Friday.

[单项选择]We are glad to receive your telegraphic order of May 6 ______ regret that we can- not supply the goods ______ the end of May.
A. but, by
B. and, by
C. but, for
D. and, for

[单项选择]

From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor-car ! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are no
A. Build more highways.
B. Stricter driving tests.
C. first drivers every three years.
D. Raise age limit and lay down safety specifications.

[单项选择]We refer to your letter of the twentieth of this month, in which you ask for more favorite terms.


A. 我方研究了贵方本月20号的来信，询问有无更优惠的条件。
B. 贵方本月20号的来信收到，信中要求我方提供更优惠的条款。
C. 我方同意贵方本月20号的来信，信中要求本月有更多的优惠条款。
D. 贵方本月20号的来信收到，贵方要求在这个月给予更多的优惠条件。

[单项选择]We know our friends by their defects __ by their merits.


A. than
B. in the place of
C. rather than
D. instead of

[单项选择]"Art for Art’s sake" was advocated by
A. William Blake.
B. Robert Bums.
C. Oscar Wilde.
D. Dante Gabriel Rossett

[单项选择]For the sake of their children, Kate and Tom moved from a city apartment to a house in the country.


A. 由于孩子们的原因，凯特和汤姆从城里的公寓搬到另外一个国家去了。
B. 凯特和汤姆为了孩子们的需要从城里的房子搬到在农村的房子里去了。
C. 因为孩子们，凯特和汤姆从城里的公寓搬到乡下的房子里去了。
D. 为了孩子们，凯特和汤姆从城里的公寓搬到乡下的房子里去了。