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1．  There is a well _____ the foot of the mountain.

A. on    B. below    C. at    D. under

2. I happened to run across him ________ the street the other day.

A. over    B. at    C. along    D. in

3. Being chased by a dog, Tom jumped ______ the fence.

A. over    B. on    C. across    D from

4. The boat is passing _________ the bridge.

A. through    B. under    C. across    D. below

5. This river starts _________ among the mountains.

A. off    B. out    C. from    D. beyond

6. _________ the interruption, he was able to finish his exercised before the class was over.

A. In spite of    B. Instead of    C. Despite of    D. Against

7. It is said that the bus company will raise the bus fare ________ 5%.

A. to    B. for    C. by    D. from

8. Many scientists are becoming increasingly convinced that the universe contains million of inhabited planets __________.

A. like ours is    B. like our own    C. similar as ours    D. as similar to ours

9. “Without Bill, I doubt if we will be able to win.”

“Don’t worry. He’s going to play ________ his injury.”

A.      in spite    B. although    C. even with    D. despite

10. We are accustomed ______ late on weekends.

A. to sleeping    B. at sleeping    C. to sleep    D. for sleeping

11. She was wrongly accused ________ stealing a famous oil painting.

A. for    B. of    C. to    D. in

12. He felt rather bored, for he couldn’t find anything to amuse himself ________.

A. on    B. about    C. with    D. for

13. He is __________ no means a famous composer.

A. on    B. by    C. of    D. for

14. Can you tell the difference _________ the infinitive, the participle and the gerund?

A. among    B. between    C. of    D. for

15. We should prevent people ___________ shooting _________ birds.

A. from…at    B. from…to    C. against…at    D. of…to

16. This kind of work is __________ me

A. unfamiliar with    B. not familiar for    C unfamiliar to    D. not familiar of

17. He tried to make up __________ the lost time __________ staying up late.

A. for…by    B. for…with   C. with…by    D. with…with

18. He was good _________ Chinese, but in English he could not keep up _________ the rest of the students in his class.

A. at…with    B. in…from    C. at…at    D. on…before

19. The first person he called __________ after he returned from abroad was his former English teacher.

A. on    B. for    C. to    D. at

20 The boy is especially weak ________ maths.

A. in    B. at    C. with    D. from

21. The surgeon said the patient would be _________ as soon as possible.

A. operated at    B. operated on    C. operated with    D. operated

22. The student is very familiar _________ all the works of Shakespeare.

A. to    B. with    C. about    D. in

23. She hasn’t seen her family ________ three years ago.

A. since    B. for    C. from    D. before

24. Something must have gone wrong ________him.

A. for    B. with    C. to    D. without

25. ________ first it seemed very easy but it soon got more difficult.

A. on    B. for    C. to    D. at

26. __________ the sun, there are numerous stars in the sky.

A. except    B. but    C. besides    D. beside

27. He will be through with his work _________ half an hour.

A. in    B. after    C. within    D. during

28. _______________, have you seen Jack recently?

A. on the way    B. in the way    C. by the way    D. along the way

29. The soldier was wounded _________ the leg.

A. on    B. in    C. at    D. under

30. They left prior _________ our arrival.

A. to    B. on    C. by    D. at

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