【Multiple choice questions】
Comprehension
1 What would have most upset the woman the day everything went wrong for her?
a. She had not expected her husband to arrive so early.
b. The meal she had cooked for the three guests had got burnt.
c. Her husband had not told her he was bringing anyone to dinner.
d. She had not got enough crockery left to serve the meal with.
2 What might have prevented a chain reaction following the initial collision?
a. If the two drivers who had collided had not begun to argue.
b. Had there been a more experienced driver behind the two cars.
c. If, instead of panicking, the woman had made no attempt to stop.
d. Had the wife of the man who braked not thrown a cake through the window.
3 There was a second angry argument because _____ .
a. the lorry driver blamed the owner of the cake for his accident
b. the traffic was extremely slow to get on the move again
c. the lorry driver did not think he shouldbe made to sweep up the glass
d. two dogs had devoured what was left of the cake
Structure
4 It is as if a single event that is _____ a chain of reactions. (ll.4-5)
a. no importance set up b. of no imortance set up
c. not any important sets up d. not any importance sets up
that is ...是定语从句修饰event
a single unimportant event
5 ---- you are preparing a meal _____ keeping an eye on the baby. (ll.6-7)
a. at the same time b. as you are c. as well d. while
6 As if this _____ you to tears …(l.10)
a. has not already reduced b. were not already reducing
c. did not already reduce d. would not already reduce
7 Immediately behind the two cars _____ happened to be a learner. (ll.13-14)
a. was a woman who b. a woman c. the woman d. there was the woman who
8 The police spent nearly an hour _____ the traffic on the move again. (ll.19-20)
a. to get b. until getting c. getting d. having got
spend ( time ) doing sth.
vocabulary
9 You are preparing a meal and _____ the baby at the same time. (ll.6-7)
a. looking at b. seeing c. watching d. seeing to
10 She stopped her car _____ a sudden panic. (l.14)
a. into b. in c. from d. with
in panic / in terror / in fear / in horror
11 Hundreds of them _____ the back of the vehicle … (ll.18-19)
a. slipped off b. slid down c. slid over d. slipped under
slid over 躲过
He slid over the question without answering it.
12 They greedily devoured the _____ of the cake. (ll.21-22)
a. left b. leave c. leftover d. remains
leftovers 吃剩的东西(常用复数形式)
The leftovers of the meal were fed to the dog.
【Key to Multiple choice questions】
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. D