Examination for English Majors Name Class Score PAR There r o beneath e ntence there are four words or phrases marked A.B.C.D.Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1.Through the train window,Jennie thought she saw the passengers look at them with relief and disdain. A.remaining B.remained C.retaining D.retained 2.Later that evening as they went into the bedroom,Norma the subiect. A.picked out B picked over C.picked up D picked off 3.She sat down on the bed and opened her oos-f noteboo A.by chance B.at random C.by design D.at will 4.At the beginning we earned little money we could hardly carry on our business A so that B.enough...for C too to D such that 5.Though it was chilly,each stoop had its cluster of people to the iron railings B.clingin D.clang the boy's voice through the ceiling A.could hear B.had heard C.heard D.could have heard 7.When the window was open and the train went by,the noise was almost You couldn't hear yourself think. A excitable B.incredible C.unbearable D.potential 8.Ijust two slaps in the face would have provoked him murde A.to commit B.to committing C.from committing D.commit 9.In a state of panic.he the scream A.may not hear B.may not have heard C.may have not heard D.can not hear 10 a strange city sleep A.It is not very far fro ot very far from Naples C.That is not very far from Naples D.Being not very far from Naples 11.No one lived there for nearly two thousand years---not since the summer of the A.D.79. A to be sure B.for the exact C.in fact D.to be exact 12. a grass-covered slope where the shepherds of Pompeii took their goats to graze Rising behind the cit as the 4000-fee Mount Vest B.Rising behind the city the 000-feet Mount Vesuvius was C.Was rising behind the city the 4000-feet Mount Vesuvius D.Behind the city rising was the 4000-feet Mount Vesuvius 13.The tragedy the 24th of August.A.D.79. A.attacked on B molested or C struck on d erunted on 14.For three days the sun didno at filled the sky A.break out B.break down C.break into D.break through 15.Beneath the protecting shroud of ash,the city lay intact.Everything was Vesuvius erupted. A as it had been the day when B.as it were the davExamination for English Majors Name __________ Class __________ Score ________ PART Ⅰ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY （20%） There are forty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C,D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1. Through the train window, Jennie thought she saw the _______ passengers look at them with relief and disdain. A. remaining B. remained C. retaining D. retained 2. Later that evening as they went into the bedroom, Norma ______ the subject. A. picked out B. picked over C. picked up D. picked off 3. She sat down on the bed and opened her loose-leaf notebook ______ . A. by chance B. at random C. by design D. at will 4. At the beginning we earned _____ little money _____ we could hardly carry on our business. A. so…that B. enough … for C. too… to D. such… that 5. Though it was chilly, each stoop had its cluster of people_____ to the iron railings. A. to cling B. clinging C. clung D. clang 6. I was wondering how clearly the old man _____ the boy’s voice through the ceiling. A. could hear B. had heard C. heard D. could have heard 7. When the window was open and the train went by, the noise was almost _____. You couldn’t hear yourself think. A. excitable B. incredible C. unbearable D. potential 8. I just can’t see two slaps in the face would have provoked him ______ murder. A. to commit B. to committing C. from committing D. commit 9. In a state of panic, he _____ the scream. A. may not hear B. may not have heard C. may have not heard D. can not hear 10. _____, a strange city sleeps under the hot Italian sun. A. It is not very far from Naples B. Not very far from Naples C. That is not very far from Naples D. Being not very far from Naples 11. No one lived there for nearly two thousand years---not since the summer of the A.D.79, ____. A. to be sure B. for the exact C. in fact D. to be exact 12. _____，a grass-covered slope where the shepherds of Pompeii took their goats to graze. A. Rising behind the city was the 4000-feet Mount Vesuvius B. Rising behind the city the 4000-feet Mount Vesuvius was C. Was rising behind the city the 4000-feet Mount Vesuvius D. Behind the city rising was the 4000-feet Mount Vesuvius 13. The tragedy _____ the 24th of August, A.D.79. A. attacked on B. molested on C. struck on D. erupted on 14. For three days the sun did not _____ the clouds of volcanic ash that filled the sky. A. break out B. break down C. break into D. break through 15. Beneath the protecting shroud of ash, the city lay intact. Everything was _____ Vesuvius erupted. A. as it had been the day when B. as it were the day