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     Section I Structure and Vocabulary

Part A

Directions:

Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)

Example:

I have been to the Great Wall three times ________ 1979.

[A] from

[B] after

[C] for

[D] since

The sentence should read, "I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979." Therefore, you should choose [D].

1. I worked so late in the office last night that I hardly had time ________ the last bus.

[A] to have caught

[B] to catch

[C] catching

[D] having caught

2. As it turned out to be a small house party, we ________ so formally.

[A] needn't dress up

[B] did not need have dressed up

[C] did not need dress up

[D] needn't have dressed up

3. I apologize if I ________ you, but I assure you it was unintentional.

[A] offend

[B] had offended

[C] should have offended

[D] might have offended

4. Although a teenager, Fred could resist ________ what to do and what not to do.

[A] to be told

[B] having been told

[C] being told

[D] to have been told

5. Greater efforts to increase agricultural production must be made if food shortage ________ avoided.

[A] is to be

[B] can be

[C] will be

[D] has been

6. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true ________ it comes to classroom tests.

[A] before

[B] as

[C] since

[D] when

7. There are over 100 night schools in the city, making it possible for a professional to be re-educated no matter ________ he does.

[A] how

[B] where

[C] what

[D] when

8. I've kept up a friendship with a girl whom I was at school ________ twenty years ago.

[A] about

[B] since

[C] till

[D] with

9. He wasn't asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, ________ insufficiently popular with all members.

[A] being considered

[B] considering

[C] to be considered

[D] having considered

10. ________ for the timely investment from the general public, our company would not be so thriving as it is.

[A] Had it not been

[B] Were it not

[C] Be it not

[D] Should it not be