1. —What did you think of the concert given by the famous Hong Kong singer?

　　—Not so good. In fact, it __________ to be a great disappointment.

　　A. turned up     B. turned in    C. turned down     D. turned out

　　2. It's __________ practice to bring a present to the hostess when one is invited to dinner.

　　A. general              B. usual    C. ordinary              D. common

　　3. If you want to see a doctor, you will fix a date with him ahead of time. That is a common __________ in the USA.

　　A. sense         B. practice   C. rule            D. reality

　　4. The dictionary still __________ where I __________ it a minute ago.

　　A. lies; laid    B. lied ; lay   C. laid ; laid          D. lies ; lay

　　5. His letter was so confusing that I could hardly make any __________ of it.

　　A. explanation       B. meaning   C. sense               D. guess

　　6. __________ tennis, I know nothing.

　　A. When I come to                             B. When it comes to

　　C. Where I come to                                   D. Where it comes to

　　7. I know that Bob is not much of a football player, but when it __________ to maths, he is among the top three in the class.

　　A. refers      B. goes  C. comes      D. concerns

　　8. Enough of it! No one here thinks what you are saying could make any __________.

　　A. sense       B. value   C. use       D. fun

　　9. When he realized the police had seen him, the man __________ the exit as quickly as possible.

　　A. made off        B. made for  C. made out          D. made up

　　10. The Foreign Minister walked onto the platform, seated himself in a chair and __________ for answering questions.

　　A. had prepared                 B. being prepared    C. prepared      D. preparing

　　11. His famous artwork that can be seen in the museum is __________ all praise.

　　A. with               B. within     C. without           D. beyond

　　12. Although he was disabled when he was only ten years old, yet he aimed __________ , for which everyone spoke __________ of him.

　　A. high ; high        B. highly ; highly    C. highly; high          D. high; highly

　　13. Her brother __________ to leave her in the dark room alone when she disobeyed his order.

　　A. declared           B. threatened    C. warned         D. exclaimed

　　14. It looks as if they are going to __________ us a lot of money for the concert hall.

　　A. demand             B. cost   C. charge                    D. ask

　　15. －Your coffee smells great !

　　—It's from Mexico. Would you like __________ ?

　　A. it               B. some   C. this         D. little

　　答案与解析：

　　1. D  turn out to be 结果最终为……。

　　2. D  common practice 为固定搭配。

　　3. B  固定搭配。

　　4. A  注意lie 的各种词义及过去式。

　　5. C  make sense of sth. 理解。

　　6. B  when it comes to sth. 当涉及到……时。

　　7. C  固定搭配。

　　8. A  make sense 有意义， 行得通。

　　9. B  make for… 朝……走。

　　10. C  此题考查的是动词各种形式， 三个动作并列， 选C.

　　11. D  beyond all praise无以伦比。

　　12. D  speak highly of… 对……评价高。

　　13. B

　　14. C  charege 索价。

　　15. B  委婉语气。