英语题20道

Guesswork is no ___________ for investigation.

1. goal
2. project
3. achievement
4. substitute

The quickest ___________ of travel is by plane.

1. route
2. technique
3. means
4. method

It seems to me that I have been __________ my duty.

1. overlooking
2. concealing
3. neglecting
4. ignoring

We must ___________ about our work or we’ll fall behind the schedule.

1. bring
2. go
3. set
4. come

I wrote to ask him how he was getting along _________ his colleagues.

1. with
2. in
3. to
4. on

The Americans spend Christmas Day __________ that the Europeans do.

1. in much the way same
2. in much the same way
3. in more the same way
4. in the same much way

_________ and they will take a mile.

1. Give them an inch
2. As Giving them an inch
3. To give them an inch
4. Give an inch them

He _________ up the tourists and hurried them back into the coach.

1. rounded
2. sprang
3. turned
4. took

To our _________, Peter’s illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.

1. surprised
2. anxiety
3. relief
4. desire

The doctor in _______ of the experiment has gone to Hebei for a few days.

1. search
2. charge
3. contact
4. support

The police had to __________ to save the child before the fire got out of control.

1. come to
2. spring up
3. get away
4. break in

It is not yet decided ________ the exhibition will be held.

1. what
2. then
3. where
4. which

__________ the rain has stopped, we can leave.

1. If
2. Now that
3. Until
4. Unless

Bob was punished for driving beyond the speed limit of 20 kilometers an hour.

1. hastening
2. accelerating
3. exceeding
4. excelling

Only Chinese have successfully _________ pandas and raised their babies in captivity.

1. afforded
2. supported
3. bred
4. improved

It seems that every time her brother returned from a trip, she _________ would want to go to

the same place.

1. though
2. therefore
3. likewise
4. otherwise

Theory is based on practice and ___________ serves practice.

1. for good
2. on occasion
3. with difficulty
4. in turn

Lu Xun once said: “Cows _________on grass but what they produce is milk.”

1. afford
2. support
3. feed
4. supply

John always agrees to what she says, ___________ she is right _________ wrong.

1. both…and
2. neither…nor
3. whether…or
4. not only…but also

The earth is 49 times the _________ of the moon.

1. bigger
2. big
3. size
4. increase