1、全国大学生英语竞赛A类考试2008年初赛试题 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (略) Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structures Instructions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the
2、corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 31. He can't ______ ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happening in his own department. A. insist B. refer C. plead D. defend 32. His father came home to dinner every night, and __
3、____ in his life Jack felt that they were a real family. A. for the first timeB. firstly C. at first time D. at first 33. After the robbery, the shop installed a sophisticated alarm system as an insurance ______ further losses. A. towards B. for C. from D. against 34. The bones,
4、tendons and cartilages require a small amount of blood, ______ such organs as the kidneys and brain need large amounts of blood. A. as B. while C. because D. so that 35. Although they usually did their own painting and papering, on this occasion they brought in a firm of ______ d
5、ecorators. A. inside B. inward C. interior D. internal 36. ______ the neighboring street, it would have had to pass through the station barriers, where a collector is always standing. A. Had it not been pulled down B. But for bringing it up C. Should it not have been carried down
6、 from D. Had it not been carried down from 37. The people around him kept saying ______ the drowned man but he went on doing artificial respiration. A. it was useless reviving B. there was no use reviving C. there was no use to try to revive D. it was no use trying to revive 38.
7、Although they had only been invited for lunch they ______ till suppertime. A. stayed out B. stayed on C. stayed up D. stayed off 39. When he heard how well the new company was doing, he took a calculated ______ and invested all his money in it. A. risk B. opportunity C. danger D.
