1. Oh, how beautiful it is! I like ________ better.
A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
2．The question is ________ of great importance.
A. that B. it C. one D. what
3. It used to be thought ________ the Earth was flat.
A. as B. when C. since D. that
4. If you’re ________ in
A. ever B. never C. once D. nearly
5. He is better than ________ I last visited him.
A. when B. that C. how D. which
6. You’ll never guess who I met today ― my old teacher! We ________ for 20 years.
A. don’t meet B. haven’t met C. hadn’t met D. couldn’t meet
7. I think you must be mistaken about seeing him at the theatre; I’m sure he ________ abroad all week.
A. is B. was C. has been D. had been
8. I feel sure I ________ her before somewhere.
A. was to meet B. have met C. had met D. would meet
9. I tried to phone her, but even as I ________ she was leaving the building.
A. phoned D. would phone C. had phoned D. was phoning
10. ________ I understand what you say, I can’t agree with you.
A. While B. As C. Since D. Because
11. High unemployment ________ the government billions of pounds in lost taxes.
A. spends B. takes C. uses D. costs
12. She looks very ________ but I can’t remember her name.
A. similar B. familiar C. friendly D. strange
13. Are you still here? You ________ home hours ago.
A. should go B. should have gone C. might go D. may have gone
14. We were just about ready to leave ________ it started to snow.
A. when B. before C. after D. since
15. He said he would return the money, and I was ________.
A. fool enough to believe him B. enough fool to believe him
C. fool enough believing him D. enough fool believing him
【答案及解析】
1. C。I like nothing better 相当于 It’s the best thing I like。
2. C。one 在此相当于a question。.
3. D。此句为 People used to think that the Earth was flat 的被动语态形式。
4. A。ever 用于疑问句中，意为“在任何时候”、“在某时”。
5. A。than 后省略了 he was，即补充完整即为 He is better than he was when I last visited him。
6. B。用现在完成时表示从过去持续到现在的一段时间。
7. C。用现在完成时表示影响或结果，即他整个星期都在国外，所以你说你在剧院见过他，你一定是搞错了。
8. B。before 用作副词时不与具体时间连用，泛指“以前”，通常与一般过去时或现在完成时连用。
9. D。注意even as 的意思，它表示“正当…的时候”或“恰当…的时候”。
10. A。while 在此不表示“当…的时候”，而表示“尽管”。
11. D。spend 和 cost 均可表示“花费”，但句型不同：spend+时间或金钱+on sth 或in doing sth，cost+某人或某机构+金钱或时间。
12. B。similar 指“相似”，familiar 指“熟悉”。
13. B。should 后接动词完成式表示“本来应该做某事，结果未做”。
14. A。when 在此用作并列连词，意为“这时(突然)”。
15. A。此处的 fool 虽为名词，但具有形容词的性质，相当于 foolish。