The habit of doing extensive read

1. The habit of doing extensive reading helps to lay the ________ of children’s writing skills.
(A)formation
(B)compassion
(C)foundation
(D)composition
【D】

extensive

We had fairly extensive discussions .

compasion

composition

2. It is often said that prevention is better than cure, so why not take some ________ in advance?
(A)proportions
(B)professions
(C)presumptions
(D)precautions
【D】
prevention
presumption
precaution

3. Mutual funds came into our country in recent years. This financial product was developed for those who do not have enough time, money and ________ knowledge to invest.
(A)instinctive
(B)professional
(C)precise
(D)influentia

【B】

4. The Ministry of Finance announced tax ________ for the victims of the 921 earthquake and of typhoon Toraji.
(A)securities
(B)protections
(C)exemptions
(D)abortions

【C】

exemption

He was granted exemption from military service .

 We have to admit that everyone of us is more or less ________ to some sort of superstition.
(A)subject
(B)inject
(C)abject
(D)project
【A】
superstition

He holds that ignorance leads to superstition .

subject

My mother is very subject to headaches .

abject

He ' s anything but an abject coward .

8. No city, Tel Aviv or Jerusalem ________, is home to more Jewish people than New York.
(A)occupied
(B)included
(C)modified
(D)impressed

【B】

The local farmers are looking to advanced agriculture as better protection from foreign ________ after Taiwan joins the WTO.
(A)invention
(B)expedition
(C)frustration
(D)competition

【D】

invent

He invented a new type of stethoscope .

expedition

They did an expedition to the Himalayas

14. The freeway is now ________ to motorists after it was blocked off by a huge landslide yesterday.
(A)inconceivable
(B)incredible
(C)inaccessible
(D)irresistible

【C】

Volcanic ________ grounded thousands of passengers and fliers across Europe last year.
(A)devotion
(B)eruption
(C)option
(D)corruption

【B】

Volcanic  有火山的；由火山構成的

16. After eleven o’clock in the evening, the bus is empty ________ the driver and the conductor.
(A)besides
(B)except
(C)despite
(D)except for

【D】
18. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication ________ the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.
(A)in that
(B)which
(C)in which
(D)because of

【A】

in that S+V
because of + N

19. Michelle would certainly have attended advisory board meeting ________ on the highway.
(A)if she didn’t get a flat tire
(B)had she not a flat tire
(C) had she not had a flat tire
(D)should she have not a flat tire

【C】

20. A study shows that intelligence accounts for only 20 percent of the factors that determine success, ________ EQ playing an important role in the remaining 80 percent.
(A)in
(B)as
(C)with
(D)while

【C】

22. ________, I cannot agree with him on the matter.
(A)Much as I respect him
(B)As I respect him much
(C)More as I respect him
(D)As I respect him more

【A】

(原句)Although I respect him much...=Much as I respect him...

Tired as he was , he sat up late .

23. Janet put forward the proposal that the program ________ until Mr. Brian Reynolds came back from abroad.
(A)postponed
(B)be postponed
(C)would be postponed
(D)had been postponed

【B】

She didn ' t go to bed until her daughter came back .

24. To have her own clothing store, Jane borrowed money from family members to get her business ________.
(A)start
(B)to start
(C)starting
(D)started

【D】

get started開始

26. The man spent so little time with his family ________ his daughter didn’t even recognize him.
(A)and
(B)before
(C)as
(D)that

【D】

27. He decided to continue the exhausting training for the Olympics, ________ his physical condition was poor.
(A)as if
(B)even though
(C)regardless of
(D)in spite of
【B】
even though(連接詞)+S+V(完整句子)
in spite of(介係詞)+N or Ving
in spite of= despite= due to

28. Many of our character traits are not tested ________ we are in a difficult situation.
(A)before
(B)when
(C)because
(D)until

【D】

29. A single bacteria, ________ the right conditions, divides rapidly into colonies of billions in one day.
(A)giving
(B)to give
(C)given
(D)having given

【C】

30. There is a risk that the longer people put off their work, ________ it will eventually get done.
(A)the harder
(B)the more hardly
(C) the better
(D)the more people

【A】

put off  延遲; 拖延