英语单项选择题-词汇篇-答案详解
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1.
The
manager
asked
his
secretary
if
it
was
possible
for
her
to
______
the
investment
plan
within five days.
A
) work out
B) make out
C
) take out
D)
set out
2.
She
called me up______ she received my letter.
A
) promptly
B) immediately
C
) quickly
D)
properly
3.
Leaning a foreign language is a
question of learning new skills, or a question of
______ new
knowledge.
A
) obtaining
B)
gaining
C
)
achieving
D) acquiring
4.
Scientists have found new
uses for some ______ such as mercury and lead.
A
) stuff
B) matters
C
) substances
D)
materials
5.
This book is ______ as it is the only
one ever signed by the author.
A
) special
B)
unique
C
) rare
D) unusual
6.
Ann
‘
s boss is
always finding ______with her the way she does
things.
A
) error
B) mistake
C
) fault
D) flaw
7.
Mozart began
to ______ poems and taught literature at the age
of 20.
A
)
compose
B) make
C
) write
D)
create
8.
The
young doctor treated his ______ with great
patience
A
)
clients
B) clerks
C
) consumers
D)
customers
9.
If
a person talks about his weak points, his listener
is expected to say something in the way of
______.
A
) discouragement
B) persuasion
C
) encouragement
D) confirmation
10. His
superior is often caught ______ by his smart
questions dealing with transactions
A)
up
B) out
C) on
D) up with
11. The accused
man was found not guilty and was ______.
A) excluded
B) discharged
C) driven
D)
dismissed
12. The lawyer really
didn
‘
t know how to ______
the problem.
A) tackle
B)
cope
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C) deal
D) dispose
13. A witness in
a murder trial is ______ to know the facts in the
case.
A) assumed
B) resumed
C)
consumed
D)
assured
14. Gettysburge was the ______
of the most important battle in the American civil
war.
A) view
B) scene
C) sight
D) landscape
15. She claimed she was
______ to a social position high above those of
the commons due to her
noble birth.
A) entitled
B)
given
C) granted
D) assumed
16. It was ______ for Mary
to wear a T shirt at the press conference.
A) out of question
B) out of
place
C) out of order
D) out
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17. At the end of her
trial, she was ______ to three
years
‘
imprisonment.
A) found
B) convinced
C) sentenced
D) condemned
18. If you have a ______ to make about
the quality, we are willing to help you.
A) dislike
B) discomfort
C) discontent
D) complaint
19.
Although
I
had
told
them
not
to
keep
me
waiting,
they
made
no
______
to
speed
up
the
deliveries.
A) trial
B) attempt
C) action
D) progress
20. John
‘
s black
eye gave ______to rumours that he had been in a
fight.
A) rise
B) reason
C) suspicion
D) impulse
21. It seemed as if all of a ______ the
animal had smelt danger in the air.
A) sudden
B) moment
C) minute
D) once
22. The patient
‘
s
condition is now ______; if he
can
‘
t get proper treatment,
he will die.
A) vital
B) urgent
C) emergent
D) critical
23. When the
maid was questioned about the missing nacklace,
she firmly ______ having seen it
before.
A) rejected
B) refused
C) denied
D) ignored
24. The two
countries have always been on good ______ with
each other.
A
) friendship
B)
relations
C
)
connection
D) terms
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25. Mr. Wang wants to get
his decayed tooth ______ this afternoon.
A
) repaired
B) mended
C
) filled
D)
cured
26. The engineer ______ a rare
disease when he was working in Africa.
A
) took
B)
suffered
C
)
caught
D) infected
27. After
the music had ______ there was a moment of
absolute silence.
A
) died out
B)
died off
C
) died
away
D) died down
28.
Fred
‘
s good nature makes him
the most ______ boy in the school.
A
) well-known
B)
favorable
C
)
preferable
D) popular
29.
What he described as a ____ detail, I thought, was
the most important part of the plan.
A
) common
B) plain
C
) mere
D) flat
30. Without the friction between their
feet and the ground, people would ____ be able to
walk.
A
) in no
time
B) by all means
C
) in no way
D)
on any account
31. There is pressure on
the British Government to ____ the number of
immigrants permitted to
settle in the
U.K.
A
) confine
B) decrease
C
) restrain
D)
limit
32. The tourist is prevented from
entering a country if he
doesn
‘
t have ______
passport.
A) an operative
B)
a valid
C) an effective
D)
an efficient
33. According to the
psychoanalyst Signumd Freud, wisdom comes from the
____ of maturity.
A
) achievement
B)
accomplishment
C
) fulfilment
D)
establishment
34. The board of the
company has decided to ____ its trade to all parts
of the world.
A
)
enlarge
B) expand
C
) stretch
D)
extend
cy and preciseness are vital in
academic
____.
A
) circus
B)
cycles
C
)
circles
D) circuits
36
．
In many
societies, a person who fails to conform to
conventional behavior is likely to be ____
by others.
A
) avoided
B)
neglected
C
)
retreated
D) ignored
37. We
are now living in an age where every mind feels
the ____ of the new ideas.
A
) impact
B)
impulse
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C
) impression
D)
shock
38. John‘s news
report
covering the conference was so ____ that nothing
had been omitted.
A
) concrete
B)
integrated
C
)
comprehensive
D) abstract
39. I thought you might be interested
to hear about a ____ phenomenon which I had
observed. It
was really peculiar.
A
) revealed
B) brilliant
C
) scarce
D)
curious
40. I hope Mrs. Smith will take
my recent illness into ____ when judging my
examination.
A
)
account
B) regard
C
) count
D)
observation
41. The lawyer asked the
witness to ______ the facts just as he remembered
them.
A
) setting
down
B) setting out
C
) putting across
D) putting away
42. ____ of
money prevented us from finishing the research
work this year.
A
) Expense
B)
Lack
C
) Limit
D) Short
43. Tall-growing
crops should be planted where they will not shade
or ____ with the growth of
smaller
crops.
A
)
interrupt
B) interfere
C
) disturb
D)
distract
44. The farmers are more
anxious for rain than the people in the city
because they have more at
____.
A
) danger
B) stake
C
) loss
D) threat
45. The famers in the mountain area
bring their ______ to town early each Saturday
morning.
A
)
products
B) output
C
) manufactures
D) produce
46. The lady was
detained by the police at the airport because his
passport was found to be ____.
A
) an artificial one
B) an unnatural one
C
) an untrue one
D) a false one
47.
The
____
of
the
book,
with
the
text
on
the
left
and
the
notes
on
the
right,
makes
pleasant
reading.
A
) layout
B) system
C
) pattern
D)
style
48. In the long-distance race,
Marvin took the lead , and ______ it till the end
of the race..
A
)
obtained
B) maintained
C
) persisted in
D) insisted on
49. Experts
say walking is one of the best ways for a person
to ______ healthy.
A) preserve
B)
stay
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C
) maintain
D) reserve
50. It is natural for young people to
be critical of their parents ____.
A)
at a time
B) between time
C
) at times
D) at
the time
51. Normally he is rather
_____ but sometimes he talks freely about himself.
A
) sociable
B) reserved
C
) serious
D)
peaceful
52. Please give my
______sincere regards to all the members of your
family.
A
)
honest
B) sincere
C
) true
D)
hopeful
53. With night falling we
employed a guide to ______ us on our way up the
mountain.
A
)
take
B) guide
C
) conduct
D) lead
54.
Current hiring policies in China seek to ____
equal employment opportunities for women and
minority groups.
A
) continue
B)
confirmed
C
)
provide
D) presented
55. The
mechanic examined the car engine ______ but could
find nothing wrong with it.
A
) exactly
B) completely
C
) thoroughly
D)
throughout
56.
After
giving
birth
to
children,
many
women
now
take
active
part
in
sports
and
______
of
different kinds.
A
）
matches
B) games
C
) races
D) events
57.
Your grandfather is rather tired so do not ______
your visit.
A
)
postpone
B) lengthen
C
) delay
D) prolong
58. He has
recently got an interesting ______ in a textile
factory.
A
) work
B) job
C
) profession
D) employment
59. Only
thoroughly unpleasant people leave the ______ of
their picnics to spoil the appearance of
the countryside.
A
) remains
B) rest
C
) container
D)
content
60. Papers clips, drawing pins
and safety-pins were ______ all over the floor.
A
) delivered
B) scattered
C
) separated
D)
sprayed
61. The neighbors do not
consider him quite ______ as most evenings he
awakens them with his
drunken singing.
A
) respective
B)
respected
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C
) respectable
D) respectful
62. The autumn air felt ______ so she
went to fetch a coat.
A
) cool
B) chilly
C
) cold
D)
fresh
63. The melting of the snow has
caused flooding by _____ rivers
A
) increased
B) expanded
C
) overgrown
D)
swollen
64. Make sure you ______ your
food properly before you swallow it.
A
) have
B) eat
C
) chew
D)
bite
65. The leather goods failed to
_____ the required standard and were sent back to
the shop.
A) live up to
B) face up to
C) come up to
D) give way to
66. With an eighty-hour week and little
change of enjoyment, life must have been very
______ for
the nineteenth-century
factory workers.
A
) weary
B) anxious
C
) dark
D) dreary
67. Peter wants to
rent a flat, ______ , one reasonably near his
company.
A
)
eventually
B) in fact
C
) if possible
D)
really
68. One of the tigers has got
______. Warn everyone of the danger.
A
) lose
B) loose
C
) loosened
D)
lost
69. Free medical treatment in this
country covers sickness of mind as well as ______
sickness.
A) usual
B) regular
C
) ordinary
D) average
70. Now my
parents live partly on their pension and partly on
the ______ of their savings account.
A
) income
B) wages
C
) interest
D) salary
71.
Every day thousands of ______ fly the Atlantic for
negotiations with American firms.
A
) merchants
B) dealers
C
) businessman
D) tradesmen
72. He ______ spends his holidays in
the mountains though occasionally he goes to the
seaside
instead.
A
) usually
B) invariably
C
) rarely
D) always
73.
Before you ______ down other people, it is as well
to consider your own faults.
A
) turn
B) bring
C
) run
D) send
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74. Though it was only a ______fever,
the doctor gave me an injection.
A)
mild
B) small
C
) weak
D) faint
75. This was one of
many horrible crimes they ______ against Chinese
people.
A
) make
B) perform
C
) commit
D)
achieve
76. As a result of the radio
______ for help for those who lost their homes in
the earthquake, over
a million pounds
has been raised.
A
) appeal
B)
call
C
) program
D) demand
77. An ambulance must have priority as
it usually has to deal with some kind of ______.
A
) urgency
B) danger
C
) crisis
D) emergency
78. The brain
needs a ______ supply of blood.
A
) continual
C
) continuous
B)
constant
D) lasted
79
．
The explorer
____ all the way to the source of the river by
boat.
A
) drove
B) rode
C
) travelled
D)
followed
80. Remember not to ______
your stomach by eating too much rich food.
A
) hurt
B)
destroy
C
)
harm
D) upset
81. The
kindergarten is half empty as a serious epidemic
of measles has broken ______.
A
) up
B) out
C
) in
D) down
82. To
our amazement, both his health and his business
______ within a year.
A
) fell
B) sank
C
) dropped
D) collapsed
83.
The old couple were ______ to hear that their son
had been sentenced innocent.
A) relieved
B)
relaxed
C) released
D)
relayed
84.
Tom
failed
in
the
physics
exam,
it
______
him
right
because
he
had
not
studied
for
the
semester.
A) served
B) taught
C)
got
D) put
85. The country is
well-known for its impressive mountainous ______ .
A) views
B) scenes
C) scenery
D) nature
_______ in which
a child grows up may have an effect on his
development.
A)
condition
B) atmosphere
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C) surroundings
D) environments
87. These
figures can not be ______ with the results
obtained in previous experiments.
A) constant
B) consistent
C) conventional
D)
convenient
88. It is frightening to
think that the cruel murderer is still ______.
A)
as follows
B) in place
C
) at intervals
D) at large
89. As the cloud is drifted away, an
even higher peak became ______ to the climbers.
A) in sight
B) visible
C) obvious
D) clear
90. They were required to ______ the
house to the way it might have looked on the
1930s.
A) repaired
B)
built
C) recovered
D) restored
rise in the
price of raw material will _____ the market.
A) affect
B) effect
C)
confirm
D) depress
92. A historical
novel is a form of ______, which may include many
facts.
A
) legend
B)
tale
C
) myth
D) fiction
93. All of us had been exhausted but
felt considerably ______ after a meal and a rest.
A) relieved
B) refreshed
C) recreated
D) renewed
94. It is really impolite to ______
when someone is speaking to you on the phone.
A
) hold up
B) give up
C
) hang up
D) hang on
95. I was sorry
to see that you were ______ me as if I had been a
criminal.
A
)
regarding
B) tre
C
) thinking
D) considering
96. Since
many students like to fin an apartment near the
University, there are very few _____
apartments in the area.
A)
free
B) empty
C) bare
D) vacant
97. The invention of the train enabled
many more people to travel ______.
A
) independently
B) freely
C
) readily
D) free
98. Our compass and
maps proved ______ to us in the walking tours.
A
) valuable
B) worth
C
) profitable
D) valueless
99. As one of
the four ______ of the company he often had to
attend important policy meetings.
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A)
directors
C) presidents
B) bosses
D)
governors
100. Under the Constitution,
government can not interfere ______ the private
lives of citizens.
A) in
B) into
C
) with
D) of
101. There was a
short______ after the second act of the play.
A
) gap
B) pause
C
) break
D)
interval
102. The city government has
planned to ______ the two islands with a bridge.
A
) connect
B)
contact
C
)
combine
D) unite
103. I
can
‘
t advise you what to do;
you must use your own ______.
A
) opinion
B)
justice
C
)
thought
D) judgement
104. By that time, Li siguang had
already risen to ______ in the geographical circle
in the world..
A
) elevation
B) prominence
C
) phenomenon
D) significance
105.
The
fundamental
______,
which
govern
all
physical
processes,
are
also
related
to
many
everyday
occurrences.
A
)
rules
B) regulations
C
) principals
D)
principles
106. Negotiations about
fixing the ______ between the two countries are
still going on.
A
) border
B)
boundary
C
) edge
D) frontier
107.
It is difficult to express it in ______ of
science.
A
)
words
B) terms
C
) expressions
D) vocabulary
108. It is said that great men often
have great ______.
A
) errors
B) mistakes
C
)
faults
D) flaws
109. His wife earns
a high ______ as an account.
A
) salaries
B) wages
C
) incomes
D)
savings
110. Some famous experts and
engineers have been called in to plan ______ for
boating , tennis,
refreshments and
children
‘
s games in the
projected town park.
A
) equipment
B) instruments
C
)
implement
D)
facilities
111. Canadians use their
cars for nearly 90 per cent of all personal
______.
A
) trips
B)
voyage
C
)
travels
D) journey
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112. Would you mind repeating what you
said, I didn
‘
t quite ______.
A
) catch at
B) catch on
C
)
catch up
D ) catch out
113. It gave
me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name
______.
A
) in
print
B) in press
C
) for publication
D) out of the newspaper
114. To my great delight,
I
read in
your
February ______the letter to the Editor
written by
my
uncle.
A
) issue
B)
copy
C
) magazine
D) printing
115. It is said that old people do not
like having their daily ______ upset.
A
) custom
B)
habit
C
) routine
D)
practice
116. Anyone who has spent time
with children is aware of the difference in the
way boys and girls
respond to ______
situations.
A
) similar
B)
same
C
) alike
D) likely
117.
Though
Mr.
Ker
is
not
a
professional
writer,
he
has
became
an
______
member
of
the
Writer
s‘
Association.
A
)
honor
B) honored
C
) honorary
D) honorable
118. It is absolutely ______ that our
team will win the game.
A
) exact
B)
sure
C
) right
D) certain
119.
The
beauty
of
the
mountain
is
more
than
I
can
describe.
I
‘
m
sure
whoever
sees
it
will
______
its charm.
A
)
yield to
B)
appeal to
C
) stick to
D) draw to
120. The new secretary has written a
remarkable ______ report in a few pages but with
all the
details.
A
) concise
B)
clear
C
) exact
D) precise
121.
The foreigner reads the Chinese article remarkably
well, with a clear ______ agreeable voice.
A
) delicious
B) sincere
C
) distinct
D) distant
122. We made
plans for a visit but ____ difficulties with the
car prevented it.
A
) frequent
B)
subsequent
C
)
inefficient
D) insufficent
123. They have the ____ rights for the
sale of Ford cars in this town.
A
) flexible
B)
virtual
C
)
essential
D) exclusive
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124. It is a ____ error
for people to fancy others in their own position.
A
) general
B) common
C
) usual
D)
ordinary
125. The difference is only
very ____; we can hardly see it.
A
) slight
B)
delicate
C
)
light
D) careful
126. It is
the practice of the local club to give ____
performances during the summer.
A
) desperate
B)
dangerous
C
)
dramatic
D) domestic
127. He
told me his digestive trouble is cured ____ and
all.
A
) for long
B) for life
C
) for ever
D)
for good
128.
Today
‘
s newspaper ______
that there will be campaign for find raising.
A) writes
B) reports
C
)
tells
D) states
129. Your socks ______ your shoes, they
look very well together.
A
) fit
B) suit
C
) match
D) correspond
130. The speaker talked about sports in
general and about football in ______.
A
) peculiar
B)
special
C
)
particular
D) unusual
131.
As it is possible now to import food from distant
countries, people today have a more ____
diet than their ancestors.
A
) various
B)
variety.
C
)
varied
D) variable
132.
Never use such ____ language in front of your
children.
A
)
strong
B) forceful
C
) heavy
D) rigid
133. Although the area is very poor
now, its _____ wealth is great.
A)
practical
B) possible
C) potential
D)
powerfu
134. The ____ length of a meter
is 40 inches; the exact length is 39.37 inches.
A
) appropriate
B) approximate
C
) nearby
D)
strict
135. Someone
shouted
―fire‖ but it was a ____ alarm and there was no
danger.
A
) untrue
B)
wrong
C
) false
D) fierce
136. You must
obtain ______ from the landowner to fish in the
river.
A
) right
B)
freedom
C
) permission
D) allowance
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137. That ____ instrument
can record even very slight changes.
A
) tender
B)
tense
C
)
delicious
D) delicate
138.
The boss failed to carry out some of the
provisions of the contract, and now he has to
______
the consequences.
A
) answer for
B) apply for
C
) run into
D)
blame on
139. Government
institutes of statistics are usually ____ the
birth rate and the death rate, and the
collection and interpretation of other
official statistics.
A
) familiar with
B) concerned with
C
) consistent with
D) communicating with
140.
All units of measurement are ____, because space,
time, weight, and other dimensions are not
naturally divided into units.
A
) virtual
B) beneficial
C
) artistic
D)
artificial
141. At that time, the
people of this area were ______ to every kind of
danger: flood, starvation,
disease and
war.
A
) supposed
B)
proposed
C
) opposed
D) exposed
142.
Success
in
diving
requires
not
only
skill
and
balance
but
also
____
alertness
and
concentration.
A
) nervous
B)
manual
C
) mental
D) mortal
143. Economic
progress is closely bound up ____ educational
development.
A
) with
B) from
C
) at
D) to
144. Her
grandfather
‘
s condition
looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will
______.
A
) pull
out
B) pull back
C
) pull up
D)
pull through
145. Mrs. Mawson is
becoming increasingly ____. Last week she locked
herself out of her house
twice.
A
) unconscious
B) forgetful
C
) senseless
D)
mindless
146. it is ______ to insure
your jewellery and valuables separately from your
house contents.
A
) probable
B)
valuable
C
)
advisable
D) considerable
147. My house is very ____ for getting
to work as it is only a few minutes from the
station.
A
)
reliable
B) available
C
) suitable
D)
convenient
148. _____ aids are ictures
that help you to understand something.
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A) visual
C) video
B) visible
D)
virtual
149. One should not be ____
to traffic regulations.
A
) forgetful
B) unconscious
C
) inconsiderate
D) indifferent
150. This
copy is ______ with the ones you bought last week.
A
) identical
B) parallel
C
) equivalent
D)
equal
151. Seen from the top of the
mountains, it looks ____ glorious at sunrise.
A
) fairly
B) justly
C
) practically
D)
perfectly
152. The liquid was heated
until the temperature ____ 1000
C.
A
) arrived
B)
reached
C
)
achieved
D) attained
153.
He
‘
s ______ too pleased with
himself.
A
)
fairly
C
) very
B) rather
D) quite
154.
Kerry
and
his
two
sisters
each
had
three
cookies,
and
when
they
went
out,
hardly
____
cookies were left.
A
) any
B) some
C
) ever
D) few
155. The basketball
match will be televised ____ from the
Worker‘s Stadium.
A
) alive
B)
lively
C
) live
D) life
156. One car ran too
fast and ____ missed hitting the other one.
A
) slightly
B) narrowly
C
) nearly
D)
closely
157. Half the planet always
faces the sun, while the other half is ____ dark.
A
) clearly
B) consequently
C
) continually
D)
continuously
158. She tried to
explained that she was going to pay him forty
pounds without _____ next week.
A) miss
B) fail
C) failure
D)
disappointment
159. I know Zoe______
but I have never actually spoken to him.
A
) by sight
B) with sight
C
) in sight
D) on sight
160.
Kent would like to rent a flat, modern,
comfortable and ____ in a quiet environment.
A
) before all
B) first of all
C
) after all
D)
above all
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161. This is a photograph of Lucy taken
a few years ____ by her father.
A
) previously
B) precisely
C
) primarily
D)
primitively
162. Some ____ good luck
brought us nothing but trouble.
A
) seemingly
B)
satisfactorily
C
) uniformly
D)
universally
163. With the civil war
lasting for several years, the people of the
country are longing for ______
peace.
A
) previous
B) practical
C
) permanent
D)
periodical
164. She made a ______
mistake of giving him her telephone number.
A
) mortal
B) fatal
C
)
critical
D) incurable
165. It is very
convenient for a businessman to carry a _____
computer when they go on business
trip.
A) mobile
B) flexible
C) movable
D)
portable
166. Automobile production of
the present time has been increased ____.
A
) greatly
B) highly
C
) infinitely
D)
much
167. Our
company
‘
s business has been
______ quickly in the recent years.
A)
enlarged
B)
extended
C) expanded
D) broadened
168. It is agreed that a good teacher
should _____ as well as teach.
A) amuse
B)
instruct
C) dedicate
D) entertain
169. The article is so badly written
that I can hardly ______ what the writer is trying
to say.
A) find out
B) fill out
C
) think out
D) figure out
170. Paula
likes to walk through the woods ____. Her brother
prefers to walk with a companion.
A
) to herself
B)
by herself
C
) by
herself
D) in itself
171.
It
is
amazing
that
a
small
child
of
3
or
4
years
of
age
can
sing
a
song
without______
understanding
its meaning.
A
)
fully
B) really well
C
) entirely well
D) very much
172. The
international situation has been growing ____
difficult for the past few years.
A
) simply
B)
mainly
C
)
potentially
D) increasingly
173. The essay is a model of style,
whether considered ____ or in part.
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A
)
as the whole
C
)
in whole
B) on the whole
D)
on whole
have done your best to _____
him in correcting his mistakes.
A)
guide
B) assist
C) help
D) favor
175. He
came all the way to China for promoting friendship
____ for making money.
A
) other than
B)
more than
C
)
better than
D) rather than
176. Jack is the only person in the
office who has been drinking ____.
A
) heavily
B)
strongly
C
)
deeply
D) seriously
177. She
knows little of mathematics, and ____ of
chemistry.
A
)
none the less
B) even more
C
) still less
D)
still more
178. He made an excellent
speech, and everything he said was ______.
A
) at this point
B) to the point
C
) beside the
point
D) off the point
179.
At age 16, he _____ his mother could do anything.
A) considered
B) supposed
C)
claimed
D) assumed
180. For five miles ______ the road is
bordered with apple orchards.
A
) on end
B)
without end
C
)
to the end
D) to this end
181. No longer are contributions to
computer technology confined to any one country;
____ is this
more true than in Europe.
A
) little
B) hardly
C
) seldom
D)
nowhere
182. Countless revolutionary
martyrs have ____ down their lives in the interest
of the people.
A
) lain
B) laid
C
) lied
D) lay
183. After a careful
investigation, the committee has decided to ____
the run-down city hall.
A
) replace
B)
renovate
C
)
remove
D) revise
184. In a
typhoon, winds ____ a speed greater than 120
kilometers per hour.
A
) retain
B)
assemble
C
)
attain
D) accomplish
185. He
always takes full ______ of the mistakes made by
his rivals.
A
)
interest
B) advantage
C
) benefit
D)
profit
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186. It ____ him more than what was
reasonable to have his watch repaired.
A
) cost
B)
consumed
C
)
wasted
D) spent
187. The
patient could no longer ____ between illusion and
reality.
A
)
compare
B) contrast
C
) separate
D)
distinguish
188. Jean
doesn
‘
t ______ her roommates
and there are often disagreements between them.
A
) get on with
B)
take to
C
) put up with
D) go on with
189.
The
_____
estimate
of
grains
in
gross
national
product
suggested
a
fast
recovery
from
economic recession.
A)
primary
B) introductory
C)
preliminary
D) previous
190. Airline
seats should be ______ at least a fornight before
you want to travel.
A
) book
B) buy
C
) occupy
D) preserve
191. You can see
these apples ______ in size from small to medium.
A
) alter
B) differ
C
) change
D) vary
192. The bus driver ____ himself badly
in the traffic accident.
A
) injured
B)
damaged
C
) hurt
D) harmed
193. Every year a
national plan outlines and ____ special problems
for research.
A
)
assigns
B) assists
C
) designs
D)
delivers
194. Mr. Maxwell always takes
a ______ with him to clean the windscreen of his
car.
A
) cloth
B) clothes
C
) clothing
D) stuff
195. When you apply for your passport
to be renewed, you have to send a ____ photograph.
A
) up-to-date
B) fashionable
C
) recent
D)
modern
196. Peter came in and ______
something in Daddy
‘
s ear.
A
) shouted
B) uttered
C
) screamed
D)
whispered
197. The meal was excellent;
the pears were particularly ______.
A
) flavored
B) delicious
C
) tasteful
D)
desirable
198. She was extremely lucky;
when her great-uncle died, she ______ a fortune.
A
) came by
B) came over
C
) came into
D) came about
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199. Advertising costs
are no longer in reasonable ______ to the total
cost of the product.
A
) relationship
B) match
C
) measure
D) proportion
200. The noise
was so faint that only those with excellent ______
were aware of it.
A
) ear
B)listening
C
)hearing
D) ears
201. Some teenagers
are said to harbor a generalized resentment
against society, which ____ them
the
rights and privileges of adults, although
physically they are mature.
A) rejects
B) denies
C) deprives
D) declines
202. It
won
‘
t ______ to postpone the
matter for a few days.
A) pain
B) ache
C) harm
D) hurt
203. It
was in the Far East that I ______ a liking for
shellfish.
A) achieved
B) realized
C) acquired
D) required
204. The
secretary went through the typescript carefully to
______ all errors from it.
A) abandon
B)
eliminate
C) discharge
D)
desert
205. The oral composition gave
the student an opportunity to through speech
first.
A) showed
B) expressed
C) displayed
D) revealed
206. Jean asked
her elder sister to ______ the holes in the pocket
of her trousers.
A) fill
B
) fix
C) mend
D) repair
207.
The
judges
have
decided
who
the
prize
winners
will
be,
and
will
______the
names
at
the
closing ceremony tomorrow.
A) declare
B) name
C) claim
208. They gazed
at the stars______ in the lake.
A)
shaded
C)
shadowed
D) announce
B) reflected
D) refreshed
209.
The
mayor
refused
to
______
on
the
rumor
that
he
had
voted
against
the
new
housing
project..
A) explain
C) talk
B) scold
D) comment
210. I have been
trying to read this book all day, but somehow I
can
‘
t ______ to it properly.
A) settle for
B) settle in
C)settle up
D)
settle down
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211. Every morning the managing
director carries out an inspection of his factory
to ______ that
everything is ready for
the production of the day.
A) see
B) find
C) look
D) expect
212. That picture
doesn
‘
t ______ here.
It
‘
s too modern for the rest
of the furniture.
A) suit
B) fit in
C)
fill in
D) match in
213.
The mother ______ yellow balls for green, to see
if the baby would notice.
A) replaced
B)shifted
C) transformed
D)
substituted
214. It was reported that
an airliner ______west of Denver
in the newspaper.
A) banged
B)
crashed
C) struck
D)
smashed
215. He had his leg
______trying to save a mate from a fall of coal.
A) damaged
B)
spoiled
C) injured
D)
wounded
216. Children who are always
given ______to by their parents soon become
spoiled.
A) in
B)
up
C) out
D) away
217. Difficulties and hardships have
______ the best qualities of the young geologist.
A) brought up
B)
brought out
C) brought about
D) brought forth
218. Don
‘
t panic;
just______ that rock and
I
‘
ll come and fetch you
down.
A) hold on
B) hold back
C) keep on
D) keep up
219. The little boy ______
his hiding place when he coughed.
A)
gave up
B) gave over
C) gave off
D) gave away
220. Jean often makes good plans but
she cannot ______ with any of them.
A)
carry on
B)
carry off
C) carry through
D)
carry forward
221. The chairwoman
doesn‘
t often have much free time as
her work ______ all her time.
A) takes
over
B) takes away
C) takes in
D) takes up
222. The meeting
was originally fixed for the
14
th
, but has been ______ to
the 7
th
.
A)
brought forth
B) brought in
C) brought about
D)
brought forward
223. When all the
tickets were sold, about fifteen people had to be
______.
A) pushed away
B)
forced out
C) driven back
D)
turned away
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224. tried to cope with the ever-
increasing burden of his work, but finally he
______and
had to take a complete rest.
A) broke up
B) broke out
C)
broke down
D) broke away
225. All the information they have
collected in relation to that case ______ very
little.
A) makes up for
B) comes up
with
C) adds up to
D) puts up with
226. With increased taxation and rising
prices, Mrs
Lamb are going to______ on
quite a lot of
their daily necessities.
A) cut off
B) cut away
C) cut out
D) cut down
227. His mother
______ at his rude words and slapped him across
the face.
A) shouted
B) cried
C)
flared up
D) took back
228. Mr. Manson
really ought to _____; all these late nights are
doing him no good.
A) bring down
B)
slow down
C) pull through
D) pass through
229. We can
‘
t
______why he has been behaving so oddly.
A) figure on
B) figure in
C)
figure out
D)
figure up
230. The graceful hill stands
out clearly and distinctly ______ the blue sky.
A) beneath
B)
against
C) against
D) under
231. The dripping of that water is
______ this stone.
A) wearing on
B) wearing down
C) wearingout
D) wearing away
232. The
smell of the new paint will ______ in about a
week.
A) die off
B) go off
C) get
off
D) wear off
233.
It is said that a heavy______ is imposed on
foreign radios.
A) tax
B) fine
C) duty
D) rate
234. Mrs. Pierce
behaved in the most extraordinary way at the
party
. I can‘t _____her behaviour at
all.
A) account for
B) count off
C) count in
D) take into
account
235. Not long ago, Professor
Lynd, whom you know very well, was ______ a car
accident.
A) related to
B)
included in
C) involved in
D)
damaged by
236. The lack of job
opportunities ______ the town hard that winter.
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A) hit
C) shook
B) beat
D) swept
237. Would you mind repeating what you
said, I didn
‘
t quite catch
______.
A) up
B)
at
C) on
D) out
238.
It is difficult to ______a conversation with
someone who only says
‗
Yes
‘
and
‗
No
‘
.
A) keep to
B) keep up
C) keep on
D) keep down
239. Michael
stayed up late studying before the examination in
physics, and it ______ . He made
an A.
A) paid out
B)
paid off
C)
paid up
D)paid back
240. She
couldn
‘
t ______ the lecture
at all. It was too difficult for her,
A) take to
B)
take down
C) take in
D) take on
241. No one
wishes to deal with a person who is accustomed to
_____ .
A) eat his words
B)
keep his word
C) break his
word
D) swallow his word
242. A university is an educational
institution which awards degrees and _____
research.
A) carries out
B) carries off
C) carries about
D)
carries through
243. Mr. Williams has
been invited to _____ the next discussion on this
subject.
A) address
B)
supervise
C)
take over
D) preside over
244.
They
did
considerable
work
to
acquaint
Western
readers
_____
the
present
status
of
the
People
‘
s Republic
of China.
A) for
B) in
C) from
D) with
245. To be a good
composer, one must _____ the people and create the
music they need.
A) feel with
B) feel like
C) feel out
D) feel about
246. The
nation
‘
s economy was_____ up
and would certainly show a great improvement in
the
next five years.
A)
rising
B) getting
C) looking
D) showing
247.
Ready
to
give
a
good
account
of
themselves
the
players
_____
in
high
spirits
at
the
tournament.
A) took the floor
B)
took the field
C) took the
chair
D)took
the air
248. The microscopic viewpoint
_____ the fundamental physical processes.
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A) casts
light in
C) throws light on
B) sheds light
in
D)projects light on
249. We
must _____ our ideas _____ with the laws of the
objective external world.
A)
bring
…
into correspondence
B)
bring
…
into conflict
C)
bring
…
into contact
D)
bring
…
into relations
250. The foreign students were ______by
the excellent spoken Chinese of their teacher.
A) carried out
B) carried away
C) carried on
D)
carried over
251. The journey usually
takes six weeks but you should _____ delays caused
by bad weather.
A) account for
B)
allow for
C)
apply for
D) arrange for
252. He were
very badly injured; only the very finest treatment
could have brought him _____.
A) to
B) through
C) off
D) down
253. The
vegetables are _____ nicely, thanks to the rain
we
‘
ve been having.
A) coming on
B) coming off
C) coming upon
D) coming out
254. The doctor took X rays and ruled
_____ the chance of broken bones.
A)
against
B) over
C) out
D) off
255. They demanded a raise in their
wages to make up _____ the increased cost of
living.
A) in
B) for
C)
over
D) with
256. He has a good centigrade
thermometer which _____ changes in temperature
very quickly.
A) reacts with
B)
reacts against
C) reacts to
D) reacts on
257. Our company decided to _____ the
contract because a number of the conditions in it
had not
been met.
A) resist
B)
assume
C) cancel
D) destroy
258.
The
representatives
of
the
company
seemed
very
_____
to
the
living
conditions
of
the
workers.
A) liberal
B) responsible
C) ignorant
D)insensitive
259. For the
term paper she _____ 35volumes of British history.
A) worked over
B) threw over
C) made over
D) handed over
260. The doorman _____ and telephoned
the fire department immediately; otherwise the
whole
builing might have burned down.
A) shook his head
B)
kept his head
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C) held still
D) lost himself
261. The first row of the auditorium
are _____ for distinguished scholars.
A) engaged
B) reserved
C) stored
D) arranged
262.
The manager promised to keep me _____ of how our
business was going in.
A) informed
B)
on informing
C) informing
D)
to be informed
263. People of all
countries are expected to _____ the principles of
the United Nations.
A) inspect
B) upset
C) uphold
D) integrate
264. Pipes
_____ hot water from this boiler to every part of
the company.
A) transfer
B) transform
C) convey
D) deliver
265.
When Myron was seventeen he _____ going around
with a strange set of people and staying
out very late.
A) took to
B) took for
C) took up
D) took from
266. Not a
slightest error in operation escapes Mr.
Nasmyth
‘
s_____ eyes.
A) reared
B) educated
C) trained
D) practised
267. Students have access ______the
library during the vacation.
A) to
B) toward
C) of
D) into
268. The
doctors came to the conclusion that the
patient
‘
s blindness was
______.
A) contemporary
B) consistent
C)
temperature
D) temporary
269. In spite of her good salary, she
measured _____ every dollar needed for household
expenses.
A) by
B) off
C) out
D) up to
270. The electric railway is scheduled
to be opened to _____ on New
Year
‘
s Day.
A)
transportation
B) traffic
C)
vehicle
D)
movement
271. This is an key ______ an
improvement of their living conditions.
A) to
B)
for
C) of
D) in
272. The room was bare of
furniture ______ a few chairs.
A) but
B) except for
C) except
D) but
that
273. You can easily get books
_____ Shakespeare at any leading bookstores.
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A) on
C)
in
B) to
D) for
274. You should
consider yourself _____ luck to get such an
opportunity.
A) for
B)
out of
C) in
D) of
275. The
temperature here should not be allowed to fall
_____ 60
℉
ahrenheit.
A) by
B) beneath
C) behind
D) below
276. It
is said that even today thousands of Londoners set
their watches _____ Big Ben.
A) of
B) from
C) by
D) below
277.
The
president______
the
various
factors
leading
to
the
present
economic
crisis
at
the
meeting.
A
) went for
B)
went after
C
)
went into
D) went on
278. _____ his
return, he learned that his wife had been at the
shopping center and would not be
back for
several hours
A) On
B) At
C) With
D) During
279. The door opened and came in an old
woman, blind _____ the right eye.
A) in
B) to
C) of
D) with
280. The living conditions of the
country have been seriously worsened, _____ the
post war rise in
prices.
A)
on account for
B) despite
C) owing to
D)
because
281.
I
‘
m sure Grace is the very
girl whom you will be glad to get acquainted _____
.
A) to
B)with
C) on
D) in
282. Joan told her
parents about her engagement previous _____
publishing it in the newspaper.
A) of
B) about
C) to
D) from
283. They are making slow progress
_____ the construction of that new road.
A) through
B) against
C) with
D) toward
284. The work was
done to the manager
‘
s own
_____, but in my opinion it was badly done.
A) joy
B) pleasure
C) attraction
D)satisfaction
285.
The
food
and
drink
which
were
ordered
for
the
party
failed
to
come,
and
the
hostess
was
_____
her wit
‘
s end to know what
to do.
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A) at
C) of
B) in
D) on
286. You must accustom yourself to be
more at your ______ when you are with people.
A) relax
B) ease
C) comfort
D)
pleasure
287.
The
fact
is
that
_____
polluting
the
environment
the
United
States
is
one
of
the
most
overpopulated countries in the world.
A) in spite of
B)
in excess of
C) in case of
D) in terms of
288. There is not much time left; so
I
‘
ll tell you about it
______.
A) in brief
B) in short
C)
in time
D) in
particular
289. The
President
‘
s speech was
reported _____ in all the leading newspapers.
A) for short
B) to the full
C)
in full
D) as a whole
290. The
speaker
‘
s remarks on the
subject are much _____.
A) at a point
B) at this point
C) to the point
D)
to a point
291. If you
don
‘
t have enough cash, why
don
‘
t you make arrangements
to buy the car _____?
A) to your credit
B) on credit
C) on deposit
D) without a deposit
292. Poverty depresses most people,
_____ my father it was otherwise.
A) in
case
B) in case of
C) in the case of
D) in any case
293.
It
is
reported
that
he
has
won
the
world
diving
championship
for
three
years
_____
succession.
A) in
B) at
C) on
D) by
294. The automobile
industry was then appearing on the _____.
A) stage
B) horizon
C) view
D) world
295. The chairman
first gave us a summary of the situation and then
discussed it _____.
A) at intervals
B) at random
C)
at issue
D)
at length
296. _____ improving his
ability to speak French, he spends most of his
holidays in France.
A)To the view
B) In the view of
C) With a view to
D) Out of view
of
must cherish experience acquired
______our own blood.
A) at a cost of
B) at the cost of
C) at no cost
D) at all costs
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298. Jimmy
doesn
‘
t know whether he is
going by car or by train, but _____
he
‘
ll need money.
A) at all events
B)
in that event
C) in the
event
D) in
either event
299.
The
salaries
of
American
judges
are
rather
low
_____
with
the
compensation
offered
to
judicial officers in
Europe.
A) without comparison
B) beyond comparison
C) by comparison
D) in
comparison
300. The paint should be
mixed _____ one part of paint to two parts of
water.
A) in the proposition of
B) in proposition to
C) out of
proposition to
D) in proposition
301. The contract shall
remain _____ for a period of ten years.
A) by force
B)
with force
C) in force
D)
to force
302. I
‘
m
more _____ agreement with Mr. Moore than with Mr.
Winston.
A) by
B) in
C) on
D)
under
303. Steel production has been
_____ the decline in these countries.
A) in
B)
to
C) on
D) of
304. For
five miles _____ end the road was bordered with
apple orchards.
A) in
B)
to
C) on
D) without
305.
The ballet called
The Sleeping
Beauty
last night was fantastic _____
expression.
A) with
B) beyond
C) in
D) without
306. John
promised to return the bike at a certain time
_____ fail.
A) with
B) without
C) from
D) by
307. Allan
said he was twenty-one years old and the
employment agency took him _____.
A) in
faith
B) in good faith
C) on faith
D) by his faith
308. Situated so close to the border,
they lived in fear _____ constant fear of attack
by the enemy.
A) of
B)
for
C) by
D) without
309. His colleagues and former students
compiled and published his essays _____ his thirty
years
‘
service
with the University.
A) with honors
B)on their honor
C) on their word of honour
D) in honor of
310. Trees are planted along both sides
of the highway _____ about twenty metres.
A) in the intervals
B)
at intervals
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C) with an interval
D) without interval
311. The
fair is _____ a symbol of the development of
China
‘
s foreign trade.
A) by itself
B)
for itself
C) in itself
D)
of itself
312.
Don
‘
t have him for a friend
: he is nothing______ a criminal.
A) for
B) to
C) but
D) like
313.
John and Mary couldn
‘
t sell
all of the lemonade at five cents a cup so they
have it _____ for
three cents a cup.
A) by sale
B) on sale
C) to
sale
D) from sale
314. I had
planned to go at once, but _____ I decided to wait
for a few days.
A) in thought
B)
beyond thought
C) on second thoughts
D) at first thought
315. Theory is based on practice and
____ serves practice.
A) by turns
B) in turn
C) on the turn
D) out of turn
316. I know
Mr. Jones _____; I know who he is but I have never
spoken to him.
A) on sight
B) at sight
C) with sight
D)
by sight
317. When they were first
marrie4d they lived with the
husband
‘
s parents, but now
they have a
house _____ their own.
A) in
B) of
C) all
D)
into
318. I t
wasn
‘
t such a good dinner
_____ she had promised us.
A) what
B)
which
C) as
D) that
319 When you write
an essay, please remember not to _____ off the
point.
A) wander
B) drop
C) stroll
D) walk
320. Mr. Smith
‘
s
article has been published in the latest _____ of
Science.
A) copy
B) volume
C)
magazine
D) issue
321.
The
U.S .is
known
as
a
great
―
melting
pot
‖
_____
its
people
are
of
different
nationalities
from all over
the world.
A) as
B)
since
C) for
D)
because
322. The destruction of these
treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of
money could
_____-.
A
)
come up with
B) stand up to
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C
)
put up with
D)
make up for
323. When environmental
conditions change radically, some life forms
_____.
A) die out
B)
die off
C) die hard
D) die back
324. _____
nobody was very enthusiastic, they decided to
cancel the trip.
A) Even though
B) As soon as
C) While
D) Seeing that
325. It is
because she is too inexperienced _____ she dies
not know how to deal with the situation.
A) so
B) therefore
C) that
D) so that
326. Stormy applause broke forth _____
Julius, a pop star, appeared on the stage.
A) one moment
B) at any moment
C) this moment
D) the moment
327. It is still in excellent condition
______it was built 600 years ago.
A)
provided that
B) supposing that
C) in that
D) considering that
328. In _____, the house is like the
letter S.
A) form
C)
shape
B) figure
D) pattern
329.
Aged and weak, Mrs. Maugham paid _____ visits to
her old friends lately.
A) scarce
B)
rare
C)
insufficient
D)
inadequate
330. Learning a foreign
language is a question of learning new skills, of
a question of _____ new
knowledge.
A) obtaining
B) attaining
C) getting
D) acquiring
331. After they had reached the top of
the mountain, they returned to the _____ camp.
A) basis
B) foundation
C) base
D) essence
332. It was said
that the Japanese once tried to purchase _____ in
California.
A) earth
B) ground
C) hand
D) soil
333. Timber is a
useful _____ for building houses.
A)
matter
B) object
C) substance
D) material
334.
Mary
‘
s white shirt was badly
_____ with ink as the ink bottle overturned and
spilt over.
A) marked
B) signed
C) stained
D) colored
335. When I ask you a question, I
expect a _____ answer.
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A) punctual
C) rapid
B) fast
D) prompt
336.
Some passengers were hurt when the two buses
_____on the corner.
A) hit
B)
knocked
C)
collided
D)
struck
337. Is there anyone who _____
the plans put forward by the committee?
A) differs
B) disagrees
C)
refuses
D) opposes
338. Because of his noble birth, he
claimed, he was _____ to a social position high
above those of
the commons.
A) given
B) credited
C) granted
D) entitled
339.
Make sure you _____ your food properly before you
swallow it.
A) bite
B)
chew
C) eat
D) bark
340.
Paper clips, drawing pins and safety-pins were
_____ all over the floor in her office..
A) sprayed
B) separated
C) disposed
D) scattered
341. The _____
of the lake is covered with reeds and rushes.
A) beach
B) shore
C) ban
D) coast
342.
The precious manuscripts were hopelessly _____ by
long exposure in the cold, damp cellar.
A) damaged
B) destroyed
C) harmed
D) ruined
343.
That country is again _____ its military force
which was defeated by the U.S. and its West
Allies in 1992.
A) building
up
B) building
C)
setting up
D) setting
344. God is
believed, in terms of religion, to have _____ the
universe out of darkness and chaos.
A)
produced
B) invented
C)
discovered
D)
created
345. used to be a Christian,
but he is now _____ to Buddhism.
A)
converted
B)
changed
C) transformed
D) reformed
346.
Now
that
he
has
retired,
he
lives
partly
on
his
pension
and
partly
on
the
_____
of
his
savings account.
A) income
B) fare
C) tip
D)
interest
347. Mr.& Mrs. Li _____ spend
their holidays in the mountains though
occasionally they go to the
seaside
instead.
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A)
usually
C) constantly
B) invariably
D) always
348. We have little _____ information
about the development of the West.
A) present
B) modern
C) up-to-date
D) contemporary
349. That sound
doesn
‘
t _____ in her mother
tongue so it
‘
s difficult for
him to pronounce.
A) happen
B) take place
C) occur
D) run
350. James Saxon has fallen into a
queer _____ of walking on his head.
A)
custom
B) tradition
C) convention
D) habit
351. After the
theft of her car put in an insurance ______ for
$$3,000.
A) estimate
B) assessment
C)claim
D) account
352. This author
begins by ______to the early history of India.
A) quote
B) mention
C)
indicate
D) refer
353.
Acting is very _____and you have got to push
yourself if you want to succeed.
A)
progressive
B)competitive
C)
aggressive
D) impressive
354. How can she be so ______ to the
sufferings of the victims of the flood disaters.
A) inferior
B)immune
C) indifferent
D)
indispensable
355.
I
‘
m in no ______ this
evening to listen to his silly jokes.
A) mood
B) emotion
C)
tendency
D) sense
356. The manager
asked me if I had any _____ experience.
A) earlier
B) before
C) preliminary
D)
previous
357.
She
longed
for
a
good
marriage,
a
secure
job
and
a
guranteed
income.
In
short,
he
wanted______.
A) safety
B) insurance
C)
stability
D) security
358. It is
against traffic _____ not to wear seat belts in a
car.
A) rule
B) regulations
C) law
D) order
359. It
is ______ well impossible to travel over these
mountains in winter.
A) pretty
B) nice
C) smart
D) fair
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360.
When
he
applied
for
a
______in
the
office
of
the
local
newspaper
he
was
told
to
see
the
manager.
A) career
B)
profession
C) location
D) position
361. All cigarette packets carry _____
about the effects of smoking on health.
A) an advice
B) an alarm
C) a warning
D) an alert
362. Tom met Mary at a party, and it
was love at first______.
A)
view
B) vision
C) sight
D)
look
363. All medicines should be kept
out of the _____ of children.
A)
contact
B) hand
C) touch
D) reach
364.
The government gave a very ______ explanation of
its plans for industrial development.
A) considerable
B) comprehensive
C) compound
D) complicated
365.
I
‘
m afraid I
haven
‘
t got time to _____
the matter right now.
A) go into
B)
get in with
C)
go around
D)
get into
366. It took the
soldier a long time to _____ the death of his
comrade.
A) get aound
B) get over
C) get across
D)
get through
367. That book has been out
of _____ for a long time.
A) press
B)
print
C) publication
D) copy
368.
Children often enjoy _____ in their
parents
‘
clothes.
A) making up
B)
stand up
C) dressing up
D) washing up
369. No matter
what happens, I will _____ you, so
don
‘
t be afraid.
A) stand up to
B) stand for
C) stand up for
D) stand by
370.
The man _____ fire to the department store
deliberately and so he was arrested by the police.
A) played
B) set
C) put
D)
caught
371. My boss insists
on seeing everything in _____ before he makes a
decision.
A) red and blue
B) green and
yellow
C) black and white
D)
black and blue
372. As a result of the
radio _____ for help for the earthquake victims,
over a million pounds has
been raised.
A) invention
B) advertisement
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C) programme
D) appeal
373.
He
_____
in
arguing
about
the
fine
points
in
the
contract
long
after
everyone
else
was
satisfied.
A) insisted
B)
held
C) stuck
D) persisted
374. The old man was _____ asleep in
his chair.
A) quite
B)
fast
C) completely
D) very
375.
This is not the ______ picture, but just a copy of
it.
A) real
B) actual
C) true
D) original
376. In fact the U.S. Congress _____ to
the British Parliament as they both have the right
to make
laws.
A) agrees
B) corresponds
C) matches
D) coincides
377. Negotiations about fixing the
______between the two countries are still going
on.
A) border
B) boundary
C) edge
D)
frontier
378. The work is not very
profitable _____ cash, but I am getting valuable
experience from it.
A) according to
B)
on the basis of
C) in terms of
D) in view of
379. Our
library is well equipped and students have easy
_____ to the books they want.
A) access
B)
way
C) path
D) road
380.
The
witness
‘
s
statement
about
the
accident
was
very
_____;
we
knew
almost
everything
about it now.
A) particular
B) specific
C) exceptional
D)
special
381. The two climbers was
______ from the top of the cliff on a rope held by
his friends.
A) suspended
B)
suspected
C) relieved
D) isloated
382.
They lay almost flat and _____ through the tube
like underground passage.
A) climbed
B) crawled
C) slid
D) glided
383.
Through
exposure
to
air,
water,
and
organic
matter,
rocks
_____
changes
known
as
weathering
（风化）
.
A) undergo
B) transform
C) undertake
D) underline
384. is paving the garden ______ with
flat stones of various shapes.
A) road
B)
way
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C) track
D) path
385. The gentle
sloping hills are ______ of northern Germany.
A
)
elementary
B)
characteristic
C
)fundamental
D) primary
386. They have
bought the cottage ______ renovating it and
reselling it at a profit.
A
) in view of
B) in respect of
C
) with a view
to
D)with respect of
387. There are many small
______ stores along the street in the area.
A
) specialized
B)special
C
) specialty
D)specialist
388. I
‘
m rather
busy today; I would like to accompany you to the
station, ______.
A) somehow
B) though
C)
therefore
D) otherwise
389.
Though_____ in Beijing, Mr. Li has always
preferred to record the plain facts of small town
life.
A) grown
B) raised
C) developed
D) cultivated
390. None of
the servants were ______ when Mrs. Smith wanted to
send a message.
A) available
B) practicable
C) approachable
D) applicable
391. The newest satellite can ______ a
thousand telephone conversations and a color TV
program
at the same time.
A)
carry
B) extend
C)
bring
D) take
392.
Don
‘
t ______ this news to
the public until we give you the go-ahead.
A) release
B) relieve
C) relate
D) retain
393. It has been tested plastics tend
to be ______ these acids.
A) resistant
to
B) responsible to
C) attached to
D) contrary to
394. You can ______ this
desk to the height of any child.
A)
treated
B)
adjusted
C) adopted
D) remedied
395. Children
who are over-protected by their parents may become
______.
A) hurt
B) damaged
C) spoiled
D) harmed
396. The captain
had an ______ leg, made of wood.
A)
false
B)
artificial
C) unnatural
D) unreal
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397. Our limited budget
makes it difficult for us to ______ their
extravagant
（奢侈的）
way of
living.
A) rate
B)
pace
C) speed
D) growth
398. American
women were ______ the right to vote until 1920
after many years of hard struggle.
A)
ignored
B) neglected
C) refused
D) denied
399. I can
‘
t give
you ______ for the type of car you sell because
there is no demand for it in the
market.
A) an expense
B)
a charge
C) an order
D) a purchase
400.
She
made
such
a
______
contribution
to
the
factory
that
they
are
naming
one
of
the
new
buildings after her.
A) genuine
B) minimum
C) modest
D) generous
401. In the
advanced course students must take performance
tests at monthly ______.
A) gaps
B) length
C) intervals
D) distance
402.
You can
‘
t afford to let the
situation get worse. You must take ______ to put
it right.
A) decisions
B) directions
C) sides
D) steps
403.
The ______ of blood always makes him feel sick.
A) sight
B)
look
C) view
D)
form
404. Free medical treatment in
this country covers sickness of mind as well as
______ sicknesses.
A) normal
B) regular
C) average
D) ordinary
405. This hotel
______ $$60 for a single room with bath a night.
A)claims
B)
demands
C) prices
D) charges
406. Although
he
had
looked
through
all
the
reference material
on
the
subject,
he
still
found
it
hard to understand this point and her
explanation only ______ to his confusion.
A) extended
B) added
B) amounted
D) turned
407. A
completely new situation will _____ when the
examination system comes into existence.
A) arise
B) rise
C) raise
D)
arouse
408. It took him several months
to ______ the wild horse.
A) tend
B) breed
C) cultivate
D) tame
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409. The view from the
other side of the mountain was even more ______.
A) productive
B)
impressive
C) positive
D) decisive
410. Americans ______ have eggs, some
meat, toast fruit and coffee at breakfast.
A) normally
B) continuously
C) consequently
D)
traditionally
411. They had an accident
on the road and didn
‘
t
______ at their hotel until after midnight.
A) enter
B) arrive
C)
check in
D)
reach
412. I bought this sixteenth-
century diamond ring at a quite ______ price.
A) dear
B) cheap
C) expensive
D) reasonable
413. This kind of trees cannot be grown
in such a cold ______ as ours.
A)
weather
B) climate
C)
air
D) season
414.
I
‘
ll be unable to join you.
Please _____ my name from the list.
A)
get rid of
B) take away
C)
remove
D) turn off
415.
My mother ______ my forehead and told me I had a
slight fever.
A) moved
B) touched
C)
sensed
D) felt
416.
It
‘
s true that many old
people in the United States have to _____
loneliness.
A) submit
B) receive
C) suffer
D) endure
417. Not long ago, a person whom I know
very well was ______ an accident.
A)
included in
B) related to
C) involved in
D) subjected to
418. The result were ______
in comparison with the effort required to achieve
them.
A) insignificant
B)
tiny
C) minor
D)
indispensable
419. Color-blind people
often find it difficult to ______ between blue and
green.
A) compare
B) separate
C) contrast
D) distinguish
420. Cambridge has announced plans to
establish a business school ______ the
master
‘
s degree in
business administration.
A)
representing
B) presenting
C) offering
D)
supplying
421. There are
certain
______
when
you
must
interrupt
people
who
are
in
the
middle
of
doing
something.
A) situations
B) occasions
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C)conditions
D) environment
422. Pupil
who pass the test will be ______ to the next
grade.
A) progressed
B) proceeded
C)
promoted
D)
proposed
423. There was a ______ drop
in support for the Union in the 1974 election.
A) delicate
B)
distinct
C) distant
D) downward
424.
Throughout his life, Henry Moore ______ an
interest in encouraging art in the city of Leeds.
A)contained
B) secured
C) reserved
D)
maintained
425. What he told us about
the affair simply doesn
‘
t
make any ______.
A) sense
B) idea
C) meaning
D) significance
426. Hitler set out to conquer all of
Europe in the belief that the Germans were the
master ______.
A) race
B)
human
C) blood
D) brain
427. He
is uninterested in education and seemingly unfit
for other ______.
A) purposes
B) employment
C) pursuits
D) benefits
428.
In the past twenty
–
five
years, workers attained a new ______ of human
dignity.
A) statue
B)
station
C) status
D)
state
429.
Scholarships
are
too
few
to
______
the
high-school
graduates
who
deserve
a
college
education.
A) meet
B) feed
C) adopt
D)
accommodate
430. The life I lived
______ me into a new kind of human being.
A) shaped
B) led
C) contributed
D)
guided
431. The price of the article is
______to its value.
A) place
B) question
C)
way
D)
proportion
432. His wife left him after
a number of ______ attempts to persuade him to
give up taking drugs.
A) vain
B)
inefficient
C) lost
D)
missing
433. At the interview for the
job, he gave a good _____ of himself.
A) opinion
B) idea
C) account
D)
appearance
434. All these children are
well-disciplined and highly ______ to their
teachers and parents.
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A) respectful
C) amusing
B)
pleasing
D) admirable
435.
Mr. Keller went over the table again very
carefully for fear of ______ any important data.
A) skimming
B) overlooking
C) ignoring
D)
slipping
436. The government spokesman
of the country has told the press that the peace
talk between the
president and the
leader of the rebel force has to be ______ for
another two days.
A) delayed
B) postponed
C)
stretched
D) prolonged
437. There is too great a ______ of
beer in Italy.
A) drink
B) use
C) consumption
D)
sale
438. In Chinese universities,
English is a _____ course for all students.
A) comparative
B) selective
C)
impulsive
D) compulsory
439. The problem will be discussed at
length in _____ chapters.
A) late
B)
consequent
C) final
D) subsequent
440. His father ______ at his rude
words and slapped him across the face.
A) shouted
B)
cried
C) flared up
D) flew up
441. The judge
dismissed the case because there was not ______
evidence.
A) adequate
B) plenty
C) efficient
D) abundant
442. Fishing is a hobby which needs a
good deal of _____.
A) stiffness
B)
intelligence
C) patience
D) strength
443.
Mr. Blake was among the few _____ men who refused
to indulge in the foolish trade of the
day.
A) senseless
B) sensible
C) sensitive
D) sensational
444. Chistopher Columber reached the
new World in 1492 after he went through all the
hardships
_____ on the trans-Atlantic
voyage.
A) imaginable
B) imaginative
C) imaginary
D) imagination
445. As civilization _____ in the
direction of technology, it passes the point of
supplying all the
basic essentials of
life __ food, shelter and clothes.
A) processes
B) suspend
C)
proceeds
D) exceeds
446.
The carriage shot
past
（飞速驶过）
, leaving a _____
of dust behind it.
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A) track
C) trace
B) trail
D) train
447.
Only a very rich man could afford to buy these
_____ paintings by Raphael.
A)
valueless
B)
priceless
C) worthless
D)
useless
448. The village is well-known
for its impressive mountainous _____.
A) views
B) scenes
C) scenery
D) sights
449. One of the tigers has got _____.
Warn everyone of the danger.
A) lose
B)
loosen
C) loose
D)
lost
450. The road lay ahead of him, a
____ grey line stretching to the horizon.
A) continual
B) continuous
C) prolonged
D) lengthy
451. Some birds _____ twice a year
between hot and cold countries.
A)
immigrate
B) migrate
C) slip
D) glide
452.
It
is
clear
from
the
demonstration
that
the
students
no
longer
_____
the
authority
of
the
university staff.
A) recollect
B) recognize
C)
receive
D) recover
453. it is very
difficult for people in some remote towns to have
a telephone______, and they have
to
wait a long time before they can get a phone.
A) installed
B)equipped
C)fixed
D) assembled
454. The
patient
‘
s progress was very
encouraging as he could _____get out of bed
without help.
A) only
B) nearly
C) merely
D) barely
455. The headmaster has _____ to
improve the lighting in the school corridors.
A) accepted
B) allowed
C) agreed
D)confirmed
456. All the food in that little cafe
is _____.
A) home-grown
C) home-made
B) self-made
D) home-bred
457. Because of the increasing interest
in horse ridding, there is a growing need for
_____.
A) goldsmiths
B) locksmiths
C)
silversmiths
D) blacksmiths
458. The
playing of the national
anthem
（国歌）
______ all sports
events.
A) proceeds
B) advances
C)
processes
D) precedes
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459. A person who can hold his anger
back is _____.
A) self-assured
B)
self-controlled
C) self-important
D) self-
conscious
general manager told his
secretary that he had suffered from heart disease,
but he would
not admit it ______.
A)in public
B)in private
C) in secret
D)in detail
461
．
People
who
live
in
small
towns
often
seem
more
friendly
than
those
living
in
______
populated areas.
A) intensely
B) densely
C)
highly
D) abundantly
462. When he asked you a question, he
expected a _____ answer.
A) prompt
B)
fast
C) rapid
D)
punctual
463. A university is an
educational institution which awards degrees and
_____ research.
A) carries about
B)
carries out
C) carries off
D) carries through
464. In that country,
guests tend to feel they are not highly _____ if
the invitation to a dinner party
is
extended only three or four days before the party
date.
A) admired
B)
regarded
C) expected
D) worshipped
465. A man has to make _____ for his
old age by putting aside enough money to live on
when old.
A) supply
B) assurance
C)
provision
D) adjustment
466. It is
well-known that the retired workers in our country
are _____ free medical care.
A)
entitled to
B) involved in
C) associated
D) assigned to
467. The farmers were more anxious for
rain than the people in the city because they had
more at
_____.
A )danger
B) stake
C) loss
D) threat
468. I felt _____ to death because I
could make nothing of the
chairman
‘
s speech.
A) fatigued
B) tired
C)
exhausted
D) bored
469. Your advice
would be _____ valuable to her who is in trouble
now.
A) exceedingly
B) excessively
C) extensively
D) exclusively
470.
People
_____
that
vertical
flight
transports
would
carry
millions
of
passengers
as
do
the
airliners of today.
A) convinced
B) anticipated
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C) resolved
D) assured
471.
In
spite
of
the
wide
range
of
reading
material
specially
written
or
_____
for
language
learning purposes, there is yet no
comprehensive systematic programme for the reading
skills.
A) adapted
B) provided
C) assembled
D) appointed
mother said she would _____ her son washing the
dishes if he could finish his assignment
before supper.
A) let down
B)
let alone
C) let off
D) let out
473.
We should always keep in mind that _____ decisions
often lead to bitter regrets.
A) urgent
B) hasty
C)
instant
D) prompt
474.
John complained to the bookseller that there were
several pages _____ in the dictionary.
A) missing
B)
losing
C) dropping
D) leaking
475. In the past, most foresters have
been men, but today, the number of women _____
this field is
climbing.
A)
engaging
B) devoting
C)
registering
D) pursuing
476.
When confronted with such questions, my mind goes
_____, and I can hardly remember my
own
date of birth.
A) dim
B) blank
C)
faint
D) vain
477. Evidently,
there has been a ______towards simpler styles in
women
‘
s dresses.
A) fashion
B) intend
C)tendency
D) trend
478. Some of the
most important concepts in physics _____ their
success to these mathematical
systems.
A ) oblige
B)
owe
C) contribute
D) attribute
479. As your instructor advised, you
ought to spend your time on something ______
researching
into.
A)
precious
B) worth
C) worthy
D) valuable
480. As we know,
the satellite moves in the ______ space.
A) external
B) outward
C)
outside
D) outer
481.
One reason for the successes of Asian immigrants
in the U.S. is that they have taken great
_____ to educate their children.
A) efforts
B) pains
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C) attempts
D) diligence
482. If any man here does not agree
with me, he should _____ his own plan for
improving the
living conditions of
these people.
A) put on
B) put out
C)
put in
D) put forward
483. The
meeting was ______ when the president fell ill.
A) put down
B) cut short
C) fall down
D)
shut out
484. Your improper words will
give _____ to doubts concerning your true
intentions.
A) rise
B) reason
C) suspicion
D) impulse
485. In the disastrous flood many towns
and villages were _____ to ruins.
A)
lessened
B)
diminished
C) decreased
D)reduced
486. You should
put a ______ on your luggage, with full name and
address.
A) label
B) note
C)
signal
D) sign
487. It is said that there is a
______of a thousand dollars offered for the
capture of the murderer.
A) prize
B) reward
C)
credit
D) award
488. All the information we have
collected in relation to that case _____ very
little.
A) makes up for
B)adds up to
C) comes up with
D) puts up with
489.______ that there is no opposition,
I will act as representative of our class.
A)provided
C) though
B) unless
D) until
490. The day he got married is a day he
always _____.
A) look up to
B)
look forward to
C) look back on
D) look down upon
491. Dark glasses serve to _____ eyes
from the glare of the sun.
A) save
shelter
C) shield
D) cover
492.
The final exam is divided into three ______,
namely, reading, writing and translation.
A) fractions
B) fragments
C) portions
D)
sections
493. We cannot always _____
the wind, so new windmills should be so designed
that they can
also be driven by water.
A) hang on
B) count on
C) hold on
D) take on
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494.
Californians
and
New
Englanders
speak
the
same
language and
_____by
the
same
federal
laws.
A)
stand
B)
conform
C)
abide
D) sustain
495. The
engineers are going through with their highway
project, _____ the expenses have risen.
A) even though
B) just because
C) now that
D) as though
496.
Although
we
had
told
them
not
to
keep
us
waiting,
they
made
no
_____
to
speed
up
deliveries.
A) trial
B)
attempt
C) action
D) progress
497.
Stressful environment lead to unhealthy behaviors
such as poor eating habits, which _____
increase the risk of heart disease.
A) in turn
B) in return
C) by chance
D)
by turns
498. The tourist who
doesn
‘
t have _____ passport
is prevented from entering a country .
A) an operative
B) a valid
C) an
efficient
D)
an effective
499. I like to go to the
cinema when I am in the _____ for it.
A) motive
B) mind
C) mood
D) intention
500. Circus tigers, although they have
been tamed, can _____ attack their trainer.
A) unexpectedly
B)
deliberately
C)reluctantly
D)
subsequently
501. There is not much
time left so I
‘
ll tell you
about it _____.
A) in detail
B) in brief
C) in short
D) all in all
502. In this factory, suggestions often
have to wait for months before they are fully
_____ .
A) admitted
B) acknowledged
C)
absorbed
D) considered
503. Jim isn
‘
t
_____, but he did badly in the final exams last
semester.
A) gloomy
B) dull
C)
awkward
D) tedious
504. The
perfection to which the pianist had _____ was
achieved only by years of hard work.
A)
assumed
B) accomplished
C) attained
D) completed
505. _____ the
English examination I would have gone to the
concert last Sunday.
A) In
spite of
B) But for
C) Because of
D)
As for
506. Bob was completely _____ by
the robber
‘
s disguise.
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A) taken away
C)
taken to
B) taken down
D) taken in
507. Even if they are on
sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to,
if not more expensive than,
_____ at
the other store.
A) anyone
B) the others
C)
that
D) the ones
508. He has
spent five years as _____ to a master-builder so
that he might learn the trade.
A)
learner
B) applicant
C)
apprentice
D) sustitute
509. Those
people _____ a general understanding of the
prescient situation.
A) lack of
B)
are lacking of
C) lack
D) are in lack
510. The book contained a large _____
of information.
A) deal
B) amount
C)
number
D) sum
511. When she saw the
clouds she went back to house to _____ her
umbrella.
A) carry
B) fetch
C)
bring
D) reach
512. We must _____ that the experiment
is controlled as rigidly as possible.
A) assure
B) secure
C) ensure
D)
issue
513. He was knocked down by a car
and badly _____.
A) injured
B) damaged
C) harmed
D)
ruined
rial growth is _____ the wealth
of a nation
‘
s economy.
A) typical of
B) dependent on
C) essential to
D) responsible for
was a
long time, however, before man began to build
_____ shelters, because, until man
learned to farm, he lived by hunting.
A) permanent
B) persistent
C) eternal
D) perpetual
516. He is indifferent _____ hardships
and danger.
A) of
B) at
C) in
D) to
517. Please allow me to enter; I know
you close the shop at noon, but
it
‘
s _____ noon yet.
A) hardly
B) already
C) almost
D) nearly
518. In reading this document one
should pay attention to even the _____ detail.
A) smallest
B) least
C) faintest
D)
weakest
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519.
Because the government was weak, the army became
the _____ ruler of the country.
A)
obvious
B)
appropriate
C) alternative
D)
virtual
520. His compass proved _____
to him when he was lost in the unknown country.
A) valuable
B) expensive
C) precious
D) costly
521. Choose furniture that is______
with the modern style of the house.
A)
continuous
B) consequent
C) consistent
D)
considerate
522. On her
face there was a look of the _____ despair.
A) heaviest
B) thickest
C)
longest
D)
deepest
were _____ going to bed when
the door bell rang.
A) by
virtue of
B) on the point of
C) at the mercy of
D) on account of
524. You have to be patient because
there are a lot more applications _____ yours.
A) up to
B) due to
C) prior to
D) as to
525. The ceremony was not for the _____
of the dead, but for the comfort of the living.
A) sake
B) purpose
C) respect
D) impression
526. Mr. Smith refused to ______ the
car keys to her husband until he had promised to
wear his
safety belt.
A)
hand in
B) hand
over
C) hand out
D) hand back
527. Using the right hand to shake
hands is a ______.
A) custom
B)
habit
C) practice
D) convention
528. More and more students take law as
their major because lawyers
‘
_____ are rather high.
A) salaries
B)
wages
C) fees
D) charges
529.
Any _____ to his illness as an excuse of his
absence would only add to the
teacher
‘
s doubt.
A) reference
B) consent
C) introduction
D) exception
530. Please join us if you have a
_____for some wine tonight.
A)
attraction
B)
appeal
C) fancy
D) regard
531. The dress is
available in a wide _____ of colors.
A)
line
B) scale
C) range
D)extent
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