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I. Fill in the blanks（30分） （I）Fill the blanks with preposition 1. The picture, ___ he paid $1000, was once owned by a duke. 2. I cannot believe that that restaurant, ___ I have eaten such wonderful meals, is going to close down. 3. I am grateful to him for that advice ___ I owe all my success. 4. His thesis, ___ the last hundred pages are absolutely nonsense, will probably win him a lot of notoriety(使他臭名昭著). 5. The Tower of London, ___ a lecture is to be given tomorrow, was one of the world’s historic buildings. 6. Geometry, ___ I know nothing, seems a very dull subject. 7. This depends on the purpose ___the exhausted steam is used. 8. These channels are so arranged as to form a lattice structure(栅格结构)，the object__ is to reduce neutron(中子)escape to a minimum. 9. On the other hand, we are inclined to be alarmed by their complex mechanisms and the involved scientific principles ___ they are built. 10. We can now see in a very general way the method __ the computer works. （II）Fill the blanks with subordinator 11. ___ I understand what you say, I can’t agree with you. 12. Tall ___ he was, he could not reach the apples. 13. ___ he is poor, he is at least honest. 14. ___ the weather is bad tomorrow; John will want to go out. 15. ___ I hadn’t stopped her, she would have jumped into the river. 16. Don’t ask me to explain ___ you really don’t understand. 17. They are hurrying ___ they may not miss the train. 18. The speech is all the more important ___ it was made by a man of authority. 19. ___ there is plenty of sun and rain, the fields are green. 20. ___ the button is pressed, the mine explodes. II. Choose the best answer.（45分） 21. I’d get it for you ______ I could remember who last borrowed the book. a. on condition that b. now that c. except that d. considering that 22. The robber told him that he had better keep silent ______ he wanted to get into trouble a. if b. unless c. otherwise d. whether 23. Strange ______ his behavior may be, there is a very good reason for