1.We can come to the ______ that the more we practice，the more skillful we will be.
　　A. tradition
　　B. generation
　　C. conclusion
　　D. fact

　　2.I wished it ______ but it did.
　　A. had not occurred
　　B. occurred not
　　C. did not occur
　　D. would not occur

　　3.I have no choice ______ lay the facts before the public exactly as they occurred.
　　A. but to
　　B. and to
　　C. with to
　　D. only to

　　4.His illness accounts ______ his absence from class.
　　A. to
　　B. for
　　C. over
　　D. after

　　5.______ a little earlier，I would have caught the train.
　　A. Did I leave
　　B. Would I leave
　　C. Had I left
　　D. Have I left

　　6.I have no objection ______ for a hike on the mountains with Cynthia.
　　A. to go
　　B. going
　　C. to going
　　D. of going

　　7.To some extent the good service at the hotel ______ the poor food.
　　A. brought out
　　B. came about
　　C. got down to
　　D. made up for

　　8.The manager would rather his daughter ______ in the same company.
　　A. would not work
　　B. will not work
　　C. does not work
　　D. did not work

　　9.By the end of next month I ______ here for five years.
　　A. will work
　　B. have been working
　　C. have worked
　　D. will have worked

　　10.It was ______ that we went for a picnic in the country.
　　A. such nice a day
　　B. such nice day
　　C. so nice a day
　　D. so nice day
 

　　11.Some people who are very intelligent and successful in their fields find _______ difficult to succeed in language learning.
　　A. which
　　B. how
　　C. that
　　D. it

　　12.The Ocean is more than 4000 miles _______.
　　A. wider
　　B. widest
　　C. wide
　　D. in wide

　　13.Now you can see _______ you should consult the dictionary last， not first.
　　A. which
　　B. what
　　C. why
　　D. how

　　14.In one type of laboratory test all the variables _______ one are controlled.
　　A. by
　　B. and
　　C. but
　　D. or

　　15.Small _______ it is， an atom can still be seen.
　　A. that
　　B. as
　　C. so
　　D. where

　　16.They think in getting their materials， and also in _______ them，and in plastering them together with mud.
　　A. arranging
　　B. arrange
　　C. being arranging
　　D. arranged

　　17.I am in favor of his proposal that a special committee _______ to examine the problem.
　　A. set up
　　B. was set up
　　C. be set up
　　D. is setting up

　　18.It has long been assumed _______ aggression is caused by male hormones.
　　A. what
　　B. that
　　C. which
　　D. who

　　19.The actor was almost _______ most audience before he played that part.
　　A. known of
　　B. unknown to
　　C. known for
　　D. unknown for

　　20.The fixed star was _______ a planet.
　　A. made of
　　B. made from
　　C. made up for
　　D. mistaken for