1.With regarding to this model of color TV sets, the home-made ones are by no means ______those made in Japan. 
A. less inferior to B. less inferior than 
C. inferior than D. inferior to 
2.______ from the hilltop, the lake scenery is beyond description. 
A. To see B. Seeing C. Having seen D. Seen 
3. This book ______ me twenty dollars. 
A. is cost B. was cost 
C. cost D. have been cost 
4.______ for your laziness, you could have finished the assignment by now. 
A. Had it not been B. Weren't it 
C. It were not D. Had not it been 
5.Busy ______ he is, he can fulfill the task ahead of schedule. 
A. because B. as C. no matter how D. although 
6.Yesterday, the director ______ of me about our work. 
A. requite B. acquire C. inquire D. squire 
7.The story I’m telling was ______ to the wedding. 
A. following B. sequence C. subsequent D. successive 
8.It was from the earliest time ______ men began to study the natural phenomena and heavenly bodies. 
A. when B. where C. that D. how 
9.John and his brother are so ______ that they could almost be twins. 
A. likely B. alike C. same D. the same 
10.The man confessed that he ______ a murder. 
A. did B. conducted C. committed D. performed 

参考答案：
1.D 本题测试词义及其习惯搭配。inferior to 意为“次于，比…差”。本句大意为:就这种型号的彩电而言，国产的决不比日本货差。 
2.D 本题测试分词的用法。主语1ake 与see 之间为被动关系，所以用过去分词。本句大意为;从山顶看去，湖景美得难以用语言描述。 
3.C 本题测试cost 的用法。其固定结构为“sth(costs sb...”即“某物花了某人„„钱”。本句大意为:这本书花了我二十美元。 
4.A 本题测试虚拟语气条件句中省略if 以后的倒装。即须将助动词提到主语前。根据主句时态为could have done，则条件句应为had done。本句大意为;要不是你偷懒，现在本应完成作业了。 
5.B 本题测试as 引导的让步状语从句，应采用倒装。本句大意为:尽管他很忙，他仍能提前完成任务。 
6.C 本题测试形似词辨义。require 意为“要求”;acquire 意为“获得”;inquire 意为“打听”;squire 意为“乡绅”。本句大意为:昨天主任向我了解我们的工作情况。 
7.C 本题测试固定搭配。be subsequent to(((意为“在„„后面发生”。本句大意为:我告诉你的是发生在婚礼以后的事。 
8.C 本题测试强调句。“his+被强调成分+that...”为强调句型。本句大意为;人类在极早时期就已开始研究自然现象和天体。 
9.B 本题测试词义。likely 意为“可能的”，alike 意为“相似的”。本句大意为:约翰和他的兄弟非常相像就像双胞胎。 
10.C 本题测试词义及搭配。commit 意为“犯.干”，后常接murder，crime，mistake 等词。本句大意为:该男子承认他杀了人。