( ) 1. They look at the newspaper to _________ the time it starts. A. find B. find out C. observer D. discover ( ) 2. I’ll go to see you _________ next week. A.some time B. sometime C. some times D. sometimes ( ) 3. They kept on walking for _______. And finally they found a oasis. A.some time B. sometime C. some times D. sometimes ( ) 4. Through the satellites, we can send and __________messages. A. pick up B. pick out C. take up D. take in ( ) 5. I thought Lily was _________. But in fact she was at home. A. at her uncle’s B. at her uncle C. in her uncle house D. in hers uncle ( ) 6. Who _______America first? A. invented B. found C. discovered D. find out ( ) 7._________ a research, smokers are more likely to suffer from lung cancer. A. Because B. Because of C. According to D. According ( ) 8. Sorry, Tom is busy cooking in the kitchen, Please _______ a minute. A. hang up B. hold on C. hang around D. hold up ( ) 9. My wife said in her letter that she would appreciate _______from you sometime. A. to have heard B. to hear C. for hearing D. hearing ( ) 10.Betty appreciates ____________ by so many people. A. helping B. helped C. being helped D. to be helped ( ) 11. Tom kept quiet about the accident ______lost his job. A. so as not to B, so not as to C. in order to not D. not in order to ( ) 12. America is a ________ country and China is a _______ one. A.developed; developed B. developed; developing C. developing; developing D. developing; developed ( ) 13. In some parts of London, missing a bus mean ________ for another hour. A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting ( ) 14. Every means _______ tried but without much result. A. has been B. have been C. are D. is ( ) 15. He applied _______a job _______ a lawyer. A. for ; for B. of; for C. if; as D. for ; as