Simulated Test 1
 

Part One: Structure & Written Expression
 
Directions: In each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place(s) marked. Put the letter of your choice in the ANSWER SHEET. (25%)
 

    1. After the lean musical years in the 1630s, there had been a          in Monteverdi’s operatic career: a new production of L’Arianna was staged in 1640, and three new operas appeared within two years.

    A. reverence   B. resurgence   C. recrudescence    D. regress
 

    2. The high-rise garbage repository is a          for both accomplishment and failure.

    A. exaggeration    B. allusion    C. euphemism    D. metaphor
 

    3. Their mother had died when they were little more than infants and it was from that moment the Paul’s misanthropy had         .

    A. set back   B. set aside  C. set about   D. set in

 
    4. The loud noise of the alarm clock          her sweet dream

    A. broke down       B. broke upon      C. broke in on      D. broke through
 

    5. The bishop didn’t specify in detail what he wanted to know, but I imagine he fears that Father Marr was killed because of something in his unknown past, which may not be          entirely to the church.

    A. credible       B. credulous    C. credential      D. creditable
 

    6. The room is about          in diameter as the hall.

    A. one-third as large  B. as one-third large  C. as large one-third  D. one-third large as

 
    7. The village was          two or three groups of simple houses, a church, a post-office and a small general store.

    A. composed of     B. constructed by    C. consisted of    D. built with

 
    8. The supervisor didn’t have time so far to go into it         , but he gave us an idea about his plan.

    A. at hand    B. in turn     C. in conclusion    D. at length

 
    9. Eric clearly          his father, a barbarian in every way

    A. took after     B. asked after     C. got after      D. come after

 
    10. The wealth of a country should be measured          the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.

    A. in line with    B. in terms of    C. in regard with    D. by means of

 
    11. Last week I          Thompson at the conference. He told me not to          her tricks.

    A. fell to… fall through  B. fell on … fall to   C. fell out … fall on   D. fell in with… fall for

 
    12.          by diabetes, Bach died on July 28, 1750.