20XX真题I. Vocabulary<20 points>1. Within days he became paralyzed, and people feared that he might die. But he _________. a. absorbed b. dissolved c. discovered d. recovered2. Tilden, the other presidential ______, actually received more votes. a. advocate b. candidate c. sponsor d. opponent3. An Olympic runner wins a _______. a. medal b. model c. modle d. modest4. To find out how the bees managed to tell time, an unusual experiment was _______ four years ago. a. carried on b. carried away c. carried out d. carried out5. Every society has its own peculiar custom and _____ of acting. a. ways b. behavior c. attitude d. means6. They ______ their knowledge in the exploding world of ideas. a. modernize b. supply c. update d. upgrade7. I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and ______ in a quiet neighborhood. a. all in all b. above all c. after all d over all8. It’s difficult to divine what constitutes an ______ tip in any country. a. appropriate b. thoughtful c. considerable d. sufficient9. Shipbuilders would not _____ their money unless they knew that they could make a profit. a. invest b. invent d. involve d. invite10. At the end of four years, these six extra hours of each year ____ twenty-four hours, or one full day. a. add up to b. make up for c. come up with d. put up with11. Don’t ______ this news to the public until we give you the go-head. a. release b. relieve c. relate d. retain12. Earth is one of nine planets which ______ around the sun. a. spin b. roll c. rotate d. revolve13. "No sense in you getting us both killed!" I yelled _____ him. a. at b. with c. to d. out14. What you have done is ______ doctor’s orders.a. attached to b. responsible to c. resistant to d. contrary to15. I want to express the _____ of all of us, for this wonderfully warm welcome. a. appreciation b. enjoyment d. evaluation d. reputation16. We hire and ______ people mainly for their ability to do business. a. proceed b. progress c. promise d. promote17. According to government mandate in the Lion City, tipping is not ______. a. admitted b. remitted c. permitted d. emitted18. The environmental costs were regarded more as temporary inconveniences than as _____ liability. a. imaginative b. peculiar c. persistent d. original 19. Scientists predict that the world’s known oil resources will _____ early in the next century. a. run off b. run out c. run up d. run over20. Now a person works for a certain amount of money _____ he can pay for food and clothing. a. in case b. so that c. as to d. such as II. Grammar <20 points>21. The basic rock material is referred to ______. a. as the matrix b. be the matrix c. by scientist to be the matrix d. as being the matrix22. The oil industry of India ______ two World Wars and withstood the economic, social and political upheavals of a particularly troubled century.a. survived b. has survived c. was survived to d. has been surviving23. Although baleen whale may weigh ______ twenty elephants, it feeds on sea plants and animals. a. so much to b. as much to c. so much as d. as much as 24. Man uses the energy for everything from flying to the moon to ______ about it. a. think b. thought c. thinking d. will think25. _______ his arms over his head, Lincoln declared he was the "big buck of the lick." a. Wave b. Waving c. Waved d. Been waved26. ______ retire are still able to receive pension that they have paid into the social security system during their working days. a. Most people b. since most people c. Most people are d. Most people who27. The reward was not always given to everyone, nor _____ to those who deserved it most. a. it was not given b. was given c. it was not given nor d. was not it given28. Between 1890 and 1970 the monetary costs of supplying energy _____ more or less constant or declined. a. to stay b. was stayed c. stayed d. has stayed29. The water ________ Manhattan has been very important to New York. a. surround b. is surrounded c. surrounding d. surrounded30. The assumption _____ human cloning rests is that all genetic cells contain exact copies of the original set o9f genetic instructions. a. on which b. on that c. at which d. which31. For the creatures to become oil, it was necessary that they ______ between layers of rock for an enormous length of time. a. been imprisoned b. shall be imprison c. should be imprison d. will be imprisoned 32. The gas-oil contact or gas-water contact_____ the lower limit of producible gas. a. is b. are c. were d. has been33. There is also an interest in sea horse, puffers and other salty types with shapes ____ and colors ____ than even the showiest of fresh-water fish.。