2021.12 词汇语法15题

Job hunting involves more than searching for open positions and ______ your resume to potential employers.

• making
• sending
• informing
• asking

Answer explanation

Sending a resume is the standard practice in job hunting.

A Smart City is a city capable ______ offering its people a high quality of life.

• with
• on
• of
• about

Answer explanation

“Capable of” indicates the ability to do something.

Our first industrial fair ______ last year and attracted around 1.3 million visitors.

• turned on
• showed up
• put out
• took place

Answer explanation

“Took place” is the appropriate idiom for an event occurring.

If you agree with the terms, please ______ your name at the bottom of the contract.

• sign
• relate
• make
• take

Answer explanation

Signing a contract is the standard way to indicate agreement.

By the time you graduate from college, I probably ______ from my company.

• have retired
• will have retired
• had retired
• will retire

Answer explanation

This uses the future perfect tense to describe an action completed before a point in the future.

The committee accepted my suggestion ______ there would be a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident.

• that
• which
• when
• where

Answer explanation

“That” introduces a noun clause expressing the content of the suggestion.

I cannot forget the moment ______ I received my job offer from the company.

• when
• that
• where
• which

Answer explanation

“When” introduces a time clause.

One of the issues ______ yesterday was the impact of climate change on children.

• to discuss
• discussed
• to be discussed
• having discussed

Answer explanation

The issue was already discussed.

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• Receive
• Receiving
• To receive
• Having received

Answer explanation

“Receiving” acts as a gerund, a verbal noun, functioning as the subject of the sentence.

Climate change is ______ an important issue that we must take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• very
• so
• too
• such

Answer explanation

“So” is used before an adjective + noun structure.