单项选择2（共15小题）

    从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1．For a long time they walked without saying ____ word. Jim was the first to break
____ silence.
A. the; a       B. a; the       C. a; /     D. the; /
2. I’m surprised that some of these old houses       after the earthquake.
A. get up B. stay up C. put up    D. give up 
3. I ______ Mr White at that time, otherwise I wouldn’t have asked you for some information about him.
A. hadn’t known    B. didn’t know     C. don’t know    D. haven’t known
4. You can go out, _________you promise to be back before 11 o'clock.
A. as far as         B. so far as       C. when        D. so long as
5. —Do you think I can wear sports clothes for his wedding?
   —No, sports clothes are not______.
A proper          B. right           C. appropriate    D. fit
6. I like reading poems, because poems can ___certain ____.
A. convey; emotion      B. convey; emotions  
C. express; emotions    D. explain; emotions
7. With my money ______, I went back home.
A. ran out of      B. ran out       C. running out of  D. running out
8. ___ for the fact that you were lazy, you could have finished the assignment by now.
A. It were not B. Weren’t it    C. Had it not been  D. Had not been
9. He suggested that we ____ the plan later, which suggested that he ____ against it.
A. discussed; was   B. would discuss; should 
C. discuss; was       D. should discuss; should be
10. Your smile is one of the strongest tools that make ______ possible for you to meet new people.
A. it B. them C. this D. /
11. You will find the map of great ____ especially when you get lost in a strange place.
A. price B. cost C. value D. count
12. The workers wouldn’t run the _______ in letting an unreliable person take charge of the factory.
A. risk      B. danger C. chance D. trouble
13. — It is said that the cycling race around the Qinghai Lake was very hard.
— So it was. Only a handful of cyclists made _______.
A. one B. it  C. that D. them
14. The achievements we have made are largely ___ the hard work of our parents and teachers.
A. thanks for B. resulting in      C. leading to D. due to
15. When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door, ____ “Sorry to miss you; will call later.”
A. read        B. reads      C. to read       D. reading

Key: 1-5 BBBDC 6-10 BDCCA 11-15 CABDD