She heard the news of the death of her mother. She fainted.
A.On hearing the news of her dead mother, she fainted.
B.On hearing the news of her mother’s death, she fainted.
C.She fainted so she heard the news of the death of her mother.
D.She fainted and then she heard the news of the death of her mother.

Mark the letter A, B , C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
After writing it, the essay must be duplicated by the student himself and handed in to the department secretary before the end of the month.
A.After writing it
B.be
C.in to
D.the end of

Mark the letter A, B , C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Before the invention of the printing press, books have been all printed by hand.
A.Before
B.the printing
C.have been
D.by hand

The word "it" in the passage refers to ___________ .
A.American literature
B.the population
C.the energy
D.the manufacturing

It can be inferred from lines 1 3 that the previous passage probably discussed ___________ .
A.the fashions and values of 19th century America
B.new developments in industrialization and population shifts
C.the limitations of American literature to this time
D.the important of tradition to writers

The main idea of this passage is ___________ .
A.that centers of culture shifted from East to West
B.that the new American literature was less provincial than the old
C.that World War I caused a dramatic change in America
D.that most people were wary of the new literature

“Who should go to see him?” “I suggest that Mary __________to see him”
A.go
B.goes
C.would go
D.went

We live in the ________on the corner.
A.brick house old large
B.large old brick house
C.old brick large house
D.brick large old house

She is a _________girl with ________
A.clear-eyes/black hair
B.clear-eyed/ black hairs
C.clear-eye/ a black hair
D.clear-eyed/black hair

I came __________this old book while I was tidying my room.
A.into
B.up
C.across
D.out