Part II Vocabulary & Structure (本大題共15小題，每小題1分，共15分)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete statements here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
16. The firm couldn’t pay ______ large salaries.
A. so B. such a
C. such D. a such
17. Work on it had begun before my sister. My sister left______ it had begun.
A. after B. without
C. behind D. soon
18. By 1989, a Lancaster bomber was rare and worth______.
A. to be saved B. to save
C. saved D. saving
19. You can hear it when it is actually striking. You can hear it ______ it is striking.
A. the hour B. the moment
C. really D. indeed
20. After______ by a policeman, he was sent back to England.
A. being picked up B. he picked up
C. been picked up D. picking up
21. ______ all that has been said, the tourists have been picking leaves.
A. In spite B. Despite
C. Even D. Even so
22. It was Eiffel ______ constructed the metal framework.
A. whom B. which
C. who D. whose
23. If anyone ______ the food he will be unlucky.
A. would eat B. will eat
C. had eaten D. eats
24. One or two people have objected ______ the students.
A. at B. for
C. to D. against
25. Elizabeth wanted to ______ meeting him.
A. prevent B. prevent from
C. avoid D. escape from
26. They’ve volunteered to drive buses. That’s what they’re ______ to do.
A. eager B. anxious
C. willing D. impatient
27. The ploughed field is ready for ______.
A. sewing B. sowing
C. seeding D. growing
28. He had to reward himself occasionally. He had to reward himself ______.
A. again and again B. now and again
C. once again D. over and over again
29. The young man waved to the writer. He ______ him.
A. saluted B. greeted
C. signalled to D. nodded
30. It was fifteen minutes ______eleven.
A. pass B. past
C. passed D. pasted
