成人英语三级考试模拟练习题（1）

1. His parents died when he was young, so he was ____ by his aunt.

A. bred B. fed up C. brought up D. grown up

2. He finds it difficult to ____ himself to the climate here.

A. account B. accustom C. apply D. adopt

3. Water, when boiled, always ____steam.

A. gives out B. gives up C. gives off D. gives away

4. You can never ____that fellow for help at a critical moment.

A. take on B. hold on C. count on D. hang on

5. There was so much noise that the speaker couldn't make himself____.

A. hearing B. being heard C. to hear D. heard

6. With tears on her face, the old lady watched the little boy___ to a hospital.

A. send B. to do sent C. being sent D. sending

7. Jane's dress is similar in design ____her sister's.

A. with B. like C. to D. as

8. He stood waving until the train was out of ____.

A. sight B. sign C. reach D. scene

9. I'd like to go to Hangzhou with you, only I can't ____ two weeks off work.

A. offer B. leave C. afford D. manage

10. He said there was nothing to be ____.

A. ashamed B. ashamed in

C. ashamed of D. ashamed at

11. Return the book immediately to the library as soon as you ____with it.

A. finish B. are finished

C. have finished D. are finishing

12. John isn't the same man ____ before.

A. what he was B. that he was

C. who he was D. as he was

13. ____ the book again, she discovered that she had missed a lot in her first reading.

A. While reading B. When read C. As reading D. In reading

14. I decided to buy a ear because we had sold____ we had in England before leaving.

A. that B. the other C. which D. the one

15. The moon is a world that is ***pletely still and____ utter silence prevails.

A. that B. where C. which D. whenever

16. The top of the hill was____ . There were no trees.

A. empty B. vague C. bare D. dull

17. So far I haven't ____ any instructions as to what to do next.

A. received B. accepted C. achieved D. recovered

18. Leave me alone; mind your own ____.

A. events B. affairs C. things D. matters

19. I ____asleep in the corner, for I remember nothing of what happened during the night

A. might fall B. must fall

C. must have fallen D. can have fallen

20. Your experiment reports must be checked with care before____.

A. handed them in B. them handing in

C. being handed in D. handing them in