1. If you go to Xi"an, you will find the palaces there more magnificent than commonly ________.
A. supposing B. supposed C. to suppose D. suppose
2. I can"t stand ________ with Jane in the same office.She just refuses ________ talking while she works.
A. working; stopping B. to work; stopping C. working; to stop D. to work; to stop
3. The incomes of skilled workers went up. ________, unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.
A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. Otherwise
4. It is reported that a bomb ________ in a crowded street of the city last night.
A. went on B. went up C. went off D. went out
5. There was a ________ expression on her face, for she doesn"t like rock music.
A. boring B. surprising C. bored D. surprised
6. What really ________ is not failure itself, but the attitude we have towards it.
A. matters B. applies C. stresses D. functions
7. She cried ________ she heard the news.
A. at the moment B. for the moment C. the moment D. in a moment
8. Some audience ________ that it usually takes too long to watch the ads during the TV series.
A. explain B. complain C. claim D. stand
9. On a cold day he prefers ________ out to play football ________ at home.
A. going; rather stay B. going; to staying C. to go; rather than staying D. to go; rather than to stay
10. We all feel it is Jack as well as his wife that ________ for the child"s bad behavior at school.
A. are to blame B. is to be blamed C. are to be blamed D. is to blame
