学位英语语法与词汇部分模拟题
15. Judges must be independent _____ political pressure.
A. to B. of C. under D. on
16. I looked everywhere for some cooking oil, but I could only find ____.
A. a little B. little C. a few D. few
17. Al's doctor insists _____ for a few days.
A. that he is resting B. him to rest
C. his resting D. that he rest
18. There wasn't much snow last winter so people couldn't go ____ except in the mountains.
A. skiing B. skied C. to ski D. having skied
19. You've got to be on top _____ to do well in a competition like that.
A. condition B. form C. shape D. training
20. Your behavior was shocking. You should be ashamed _____ yourself.
A. of B. at C. to D. on
21. I suppose you couldn't let me borrow your car this evening, _____?
A. couldn't I B. don't I
C. could you D. will you
22. _____ five hundred people are believed to have drowned.
A. As many as B. As much as
C. So many as D. So much as
23. I chose a small room with the window _____ the street.
A. faces B. faced C. facing D. to face
24. _____ the rain we would have had a nice holiday.
A. But that B. Despite C. But for D. In spite of
25. "It's too bad Rhonda is moving to Arizona."
"I wish it _____ so far away."
A. weren't B. couldn't be C. won't be D. isn't
26. _____ I don't like are the long, dark nights of winter.
A. That B. What C. Which D. This
27. The receptions, _____ job was to answer the phone, had laryngitis（喉炎）.
A. whose B. who C. who's D. that
28. The suggestions put forward by the workers to improve their working conditions were _____ by the factory owner.
A. turned away B. turned down
C. turned over D. turned through