1. Qingdao lies ________ the east of Shandong Province which lies _________ the east of Shanxi Province that is ___________the west of Hebei Province.

A. in; on; to B. in; to; on C. to; in; on D. to; on; in

2. Our school, in which there are 8000 students, _________ at the foot of a hill.

A. is situated B. situate C. situating D. is lying

3. His middle school teacher has a great __________ on his career.

A. influence B. cause C. reason D. result

4. Guo Jingming ___________ his novel City of Fantasy.

A. is famous as B. is knowing as C. is known for D. is known as

5. Much of the country_________ by forests, and wood _________and sold all over the world.

A. is covering; is cut B. covers; is cut

C. is covered; is cut D. is covered; is cutting

6. The Red Army overcame many difficulties the Long March, __________ the snow mountain, __________ the river and __________ the forest.

A. over; through; across B. over; across; through

C. across; through; over D. across; over; through

7. Rizhao __________ a harbor city and it __________ its beauty and some famous people.

A. is known as; is better known for B. is known for; is better known as

C. is known as; is well known for D. is known for; is good known as

8. ________ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.

A. Faced B. Face C. Facing D. To face

9. My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever; _________ he could neither eat nor sleep.

A. as a result B. after all C. any way D. otherwise

10. The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ________ his notes.

A. bringing up B. referring to C. looking for D. trying on

11. When _________ different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differenced without noticing the many similarities.

A. compared B. being compared C. comparing D. having compared

12. “Things __________never come again!” I couldn’t help talking to myself.

A. lost B. losing C. to lose D. have lost

13. ——What do you think of the performance today?

——Great! _________ but a musical genius could perform so successfully.

All B. None C. Anybody D. Everybody

14. The latest survey, __________ by www. 98.com, found more than 12 percent of teenagers want to work as pilots.

A. to be carried out B. being carried out

C. carried out D. having been carried out

15. Americans eat _________ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

A. more than twice B. as twice as many

C. twice as many as D. more than twice as many

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