专四英语词汇测试练习

Test 1

Section A

1. We left the city for a ___ home.

A. local

B. native

C. rural

D. natural

2. He heard soft ___ coming up the stairs.

A. footprints

B. paces

C. walking

D. footsteps

3. He __ a short tour in the South.

A. went for

B. went with

C. went around

D. went about 4. Russian is a difficult language to _____.

A. catch

B. hold

C. master

D. grab

5. The tiger is pacing _____ in his cage.

A. here and there

B. back and forward

C. again and again

D. back and forth 6. Andrew stood with his head ____ , silent.

A. dropped

B. fallen

C. lowered

D. bent

7. ____, I agree with your estimate of the situation.

A. In the way

B. On the way

C. In a way

D. In any way 8. I've never seen so much

A. mass

B. mess

C. mixed

D. messy

9. Please

A. take

B. look for

C. carry

D. fetch

10. She still has a

A. correct

B. delicate

C. perfect

D. bright

11. When the thermometer is below zero water will ____.

A. boil

B. freeze

C. steam

D. cool

12. Germany ____ Poland in 1939, and that started the Second World War.

A. introduced

B. invaded

C. invested

D. invited

13. He is so proud of his promotion that he ____ all his former friends.

A. looks into

B. looks at

C. looks about D . looks down upon 14. The weather's so

A. awful

B. favorable

C. agreeable

D. charming

15. It won't make much ____whether you go today or tomorrow.

A. relation

B. difference

C. interrelation

D. interpretation 16. He was deeply ____ over his son's financial difficulties.

A. troubled

B. anxious

C. concerned

D. careful

17. The newspaper has a very good

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A. analyse

B. analysis

C. comment

D. report

18. Officially he is in charge, but ____ his secretary does all the work.

A. in fact

B. in particular

C. in case

D. in some sense

19. They will give you,

A. at most

B. at all

C. at any cost

D. at the best

20. The

A. mixture

B. connection

C. joining

D. combination

21. Both captains thought that it was larger than their own ships, about one hundred metres in __. A. depth B. long C. length D. high

22. Eric is such____ that at the first sign of danger he runs away.

A. a traitor

B. a coward

C. a fool

D. an idiot

23. The management has authorized wage increases for all ____.

A. employers

B. citizens

C. employees

D. residents

feeling of satisfaction.

A. invest

B. irritate

C. introduce

D. improve

25. Peter invented a device for ____the light automatically.

A. turning down

B. putting through

C. turning off

D. switching back 26. A single act or incident is not enough to__ judgment. One swallow does not make a summer. A. form B. exercise C. pass D. exert

27. Her parents were very

A. responsible

B. sorry

C. worried

D. overcome

28. After her illness, the old woman was advised to ____ gardening as a hobby.

A. engage

B. take up

C. occupy

D. change into

29. The Missouri River ____ eastward into the Mississippi.

A. flows

B. meets

C. unites

D. contributes

30. The motion picture business in Hollywood gave the area a

A. manner

B. form

C. style

D. touch

Section B

A. laid out

B. hatched

C. raised

D. grown up

A. disagree

B. distinguish

C. dislike

D. vary

A. in return

B. by turn

C. in turn

D. in your turn

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A. encountered

B. charged.

C. solved

D. overcome

A. anger

B. frighten

C. sorrow

D. fright

A. flats

B. roads

C. directions

D. playgrounds

A. close

B. expensive

C. precious

D. essential

A. quitted

B. lost

C. paused

D. retired

A. efficient

B. sufficient

C. confident

D. proficient

A. a surprising

B. an odd

C. a rare

D. an uneven

Test 2

Section A

1. He is

A. strong

B. obstinate

C. severe

D. stem

A. overthrew

B. overset

C. overtook

D. overwhelmed 3. A little puff of air

A. revived

B. renewed

C. restored

D. reinforced

A. grabbed

B. insured

C. imposed

D. lodged 5. She always ____ when she is embarrassed.

A. claps

B. clashes

C. blushes

D. hushes 6. We ____ away the time by talking and playing cards.

A. passed

B. took

C. whiled

D. afforded A. deterred B. obstructed C. refrained D. prevented

A. saying

B. murmuring

C. muttering

D. chattering 9. The theory he put forward is quite

A. invalid

B. void

C. vacant

D. empty 10. He was

A. described

B. absorbed

C. obliged

D. used

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A. in shape

B. in store

C. in step

D. in stock

12. Before the war of 1914, over a million persons a year emigrated ____ from Europe.

A. foreign

B. overseas

C. away

D. alien

13. Cut off by the storm, they were forced to

A. go in for

B. go under

C. go without

D. go out

House of Representatives.

A. patent

B. job

C. post

D. patience

A. fur

B. kidneys

C. loan

D. portraits

A. gazed

B. jumped

C. perched

D. located

17. Walking exercises give you a chance to

A. furnish

B. look

C. lose

D. observe

18. Freedom means that there isn't anything ___you ___ from striving to make your finest

dreams come true.

A. leaving… out

B. putting … aside

C. holding… back

D. picking … out

A. housed

B. generated

C. insured

D. opposed

A. gathers

B. gestures

C. mends

D. recommends

A. animal

B. snake

C. turtle

D. bird

22. I’ ve got so fat that I'll have to ____ the waistband ___ several inches.

A. make out

B. take out

C. turn out

D. let out

23. The teachers ___ themselves with planning out the work of the coming semester.

A. employed

B. involved

C. occupied

D. engaged

24. His refusal to walk through the metal detector before boarding the plane ___ the guard's suspicion.

A. asserted

B. aroused

C. pinched

D. predicted

A. embarrassing

B. disgusting

C. awful

D. awkward

26. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more __. A. off hand B. at stake C. at sight D. at worst

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27. Downley Road is lit by fluorescent lamps, standing on ___sides of the road every 2000 feet. A. comparative B. intermediate C. complicated D. alternate

28. We do not go to the movies unless at least one famous critic has found the cinematography ____.

A. superior

B. well

C. superb

D. better

29. If a restaurant fails to ___ the rules, the law makers must decide what type of legal action must be taken.

A. abide by

B. lean against

C. pick up

D. mix up

30. In cahokia. Zuinois, archaeologists found the ___ of a city.

A. hint

B. remains

C. ruins

D. shops

Section B

1. The intense competition between the different members of a plant community is at first A. accept B. imagine C. think D. believe

A. merchants

B. traders

C. customers

D. persons

A. conflicted

B. competed

C. conquered

D. compelled

4. Turbulent motions also plant seeds, viruses, and other organisms throughout the troposphere.

A. scatter

B. sprout

C. sow

D. strew

A. twinkled

B. glittered

C. flashed

D. winked

A. paused

B. hesitated

C. thought

D. stayed

A. occupied with

B. as far as'

C. required from

D. capable of

A. ends

B. processes

C. results

D. proposals

A. wasps

B. swans

C. reptiles

D. brutes

reminder of the fundamental homogeneity of the original data of science.

A. harmful

B. helpful

C. wholesome

D. clean

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Test 3

Section A

1. He had a narrow escape when his boat was turned over by a ___ gust of wind.

A. close

B. breathtaking

C. sudden

D. obscure

2. In a court trial, there must be a jury composed of 12 men and women, who are given

instructions and advice by a ____.

A. referee

B. arbiter

C. umpire

D. judge

3. Needing money urgently, he arranged a mortgage on his house, to be ___ in ten years. A. paid back B. paid out C. turned back D. turned out

4. I had little hope of winning the next game as my ___ was an Olympic gold medalist.

A. contestant

B. antagonist

C. opponent

D. rival

5. Many of the shopkeepers are poor. There isn't much ___ in this town.

A. prosperity

B. advantage

C. failure

D. indigence

6. A labour officer was sent to negotiate a new ___ with the union.

A. bargain

B. act

C. contract

D. limitation

7. The little girl had her money for lunch in a ___she carried in her pocket.

A. purse

B. wallet

C. packet

D. handkerchief

8. Cooperation depends upon the existence of some kind of sign system, ___ which can take a variety of forms, for instance, you can whistle for a dog.

A. signals

B. shrills

C. cries

D. shouts

9. He was bankrupt, so he committed ____.

A. killing

B. death

C. murdering

D. suicide

10. There is nothing mysterious about disappearances in this ___ section of the Ocean.

A. particular

B. attentive

C. abstract

D. specific

11. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements, for they exert a ___ influence on us. A. dark B. subtle C. light D. vague

12. The boys are playing with a basketball. The first ___ to the next, and so on down the line. A. gives it on B. hands it on C. pushes it D. puts it on

13 It is quite strange that he should be utterly ___ to public criticism.

A. surprised

B. concerned

C. indifferent

D. uninterested

14. He awaited the verdict of the ___ with dread as so little seemed to have been achieved in proving his innocence.

A. dispute

B. negotiation

C. issue

D. case

15. The ___ which must be followed at all stages of a Parliamentary election has changed little over a long period.

A. process

B. procedure

C. proceeds

D. progress

16. Studies of motorway accidents have ___ startling evidence that 98 percent of drivers ignore all warnings of imminent danger, particularly fog.

A. revealed

B. exhibited

C. exposed

D. uncovered

17. The boy had to go downtown on ____ for his mother every week.

A. duties

B. assignments

C. missions

D. errands

18. We know that the shape of the moon is ___ ; however, its surface is quite rough..

A. spherical

B. circle

C. solid

D. solitary

19. By __ his presence on the meeting, the director prevented free expression of opinion.

A. showing

B. attending C making D. imposing

20. A university education usually follows an educational scheme that ___ a degree in a particular field of study.

A. ends to

B. reaches to

C. gives to

D. leads to

21. We will __ the good news among the students by passing out a notice as the students leave school.

A. entertain

B. deliver

C. circulate

D. announce

22. They were interested in everything that fell within the___ of their enquiry.

A. degree

B. scope

C. length

D. place

23. As soon as the question of prestige ___, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. A. rises B. raises C. arises D. roused

24. He intends to replace the secretary he has dismissed by a less glamorous but rather more __ one. A. efficient B. effective C. extravagant D. industrial

25. tests in the United States institutions can be a new and frightening experience for many foreign students.

A. frequency

B. presence

C. efficiency

D. confidence

money is artificially expanded.

A. money

B. merchandise

C. coin

D. currency

27. Teresa will ___ at the meeting, and anyone who wants to ask a question or make

a remark will have to have her consent.

A. preside

B. elect

C. represent

D. assign

28. The ray of light given out by the torch ____ the darkness.

A. fierced

B. pierced

C. lighted

D. extinguished

29. The ___ sound of surreptitious movements in the kitchen suggested that the children were secretly helping themselves to the chocolate cake.

A. vague

B. faint

C. slender

D. dim

30. Long sentences and difficult sentence patterns in this novel have been ___, but it still keeps much of the charm and flavour of the original.

A. simplified

B. applied

C. adopted

D. polished

Section B

A. depiction

B. sketch

C. pattern

D. line

A. remarkable

B. reasonable

C. queer

D. ordinary

A. tread

B. sit

C. stroll

D. stretch

A. promising

B. expansive C: worthwhile D. exciting

A. version

B. proof

C. phrase

D. proverb

6. In order to buy a colored TV

A. set about

B. set back

C. set aside

D. set off

7. The Egyptians saved and stored their grain so that during years of shortage they could trade A. commodities B. expenditure C. possession D. transaction

A. cordially

B. cautiously

C. coldly

D. gently

A. stone

B. river

C. mountain stream

D. barrier of wood or wire

A. cuts down

B. cuts short

C. leaves out

D. leaves off

Test 4

Section A

1. Even when magnified, the two organisms are difficult to

A. share

B. leave

C. tell

D. divide

A. thoughtful

B. grateful

C. doubtful

D. respectful

3. The ___ arts include painting and dancing, as opposed to music.

A. modern

B. audio

C. visual

D. liberal

4. The prisoner

A. implied

B. explored

C. implored

D. employed

5. Coins are struck at the ____.

A. Mint

B. Mine

C. Meat

D. Metal

A. poles

B. pulses

C. pores

D. punches

7. By definition, a

A. major

B. minor

C. lunar

D. fresh

8. In her remarks on child care, she ___ the importance of nutrition.

A. touched with

B. touched on

C. touched down

D. touched off

9. His trial for smuggling cocaine was a

A. label

B. stain

C. sign

D. stamp

10. The mother ____ the child's long hair round her fingers to make it curl.

A. combed

B. shampooed

C. ironed

D. twisted

11. In his first formal address to the College Paul

A. outlined

B. output

C. outlet

D. outbroke

12. Please don't

A. go through

B. go back on

C. go over

D. go by

13. John hasn't been working hard and I dare to say that he will not ____ his examinations. A. get over B. get across C. get down to D. get through

14. The window was open, but the rain ___ the air as effectively as a curtain.

A. shut down

B. shut up

C. shut out

D. shut away

15. I'm not quite sure of it, for I ____ him saying that he was closing down his shop.

A. caught

B. disliked

C. advised

D. overheard

16. He was a most ____ man, who attended Mass in the local church every other week. A. optimistic B. pious C. jealous D. muscular

17. Since the couple could not ___ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.

A. correspond

B. apologize

C. frustrate

D. reconcile

18. He thought he could prevent himself from being influenced by the opinion that ___ him. A. surrendered B. sustained C. surrounded D. subdued

19. When she thought no one was looking she opened the cupboard and took a few sweets __. A. on the whole B. on the sly C. on second thought D. on the side

20. The students felt a __ of achievement in their writing ability at the end of the semester. A. sense B. mind C. thought D. sentiment

21. Conditions everywhere have been seriously worsened, owing to the postwar __ in prices. A. lift B. promotion C. raise D. rise

22. Cowboys ___ their ropes round and round above their heads before throwing them.

A. whirl

B. wind

C. rotate

D. reel

23. The policeman had to ____ with the criminal in order to get the handcuffs on him.

A. consult

B. wrestle

C. argue

D. compete

24. Soon after we gathered in all the wheat crop, we began to ___ it by using a machine.

A. thrash

B. shield

C. shed

D. thresh

25. There is a __ resemblance between Jane and Mary, who are just in the same class.

A. inspiring

B. striking

C. exciting

D. overwhelming

26. The king

A. reigned

B. governed

C. controlled

D. mastered

27. Every year at sunrise on a May morning the choir gather on the top of the tower to sing a __. A. tune B. rhythm C. prayer D. hymn

28. The check-out girl always puts the bread on top of the other groceries so that it does not get __ . A. depressed B. condensed C. squeezed D. squashed

29. A ___ of experts gave its opinion on ways to solve the traffic problem.

A. panel

B. parcel

C. patrol

D. penal

30. The bank of the river was covered in ____.

A. mood

B. moss

C. mock

D. moisture

Section B

A. mayor

B. lawyer

C. judge

D. jury

A. throne

B. tyrant

C. sheriff

D. sovereign

A. Numbers

B. Account

C. Schoolmaster

D. Calculations

A. showed

B. preserved

C. relaxed

D. verified

A. carrying off

B. carrying out

C. carrying on with

D. carrying over

A. a parrot

B. a pigeon

C. a squirrel

D. an eagle

A. meaningless

B. weak

C. insignificant

D. unexpected

A. mistakes

B. worthiness

C. proverbs

D. plots

A. tight-fisted

B. loose-tongued

C. light-headed

D. fat-witted

A. passed

B. manipulated

C. laid

D. thrown

Test 5

Section A

1. The dog pricked up its ears at the ____ of its master's keys.

A. jungle

B. bell

C. jingle

D. ring

2. The swimmer __ from the rolling water and climbed on the raft.

A. floated

B. emerged

C. swayed

D. whirled

3. He is very wealthy and lives in fear of his children being___.

A. hijacked

B. plundered

C. robbed

D. kidnapped

4. The campfire ___ in the sudden wind, and sparks flew out from it.

A. warmed up

B. kindled up

C. flared up

D. ignited up

5. The injured complained that the pain grew worse as the muscles____.

A. contacted

B. contracted

C. contested

D. contrasted

6. You must ___ of losing your books, for we have no more books spared to offer you. A. aware B. swear C. ware D. beware

7. I can hardly think of another compound which ___ as quickly as salt in water.

A. absorbs

B. isolates

C. resolves

D. dissolves

8. The entrance to a mine is called a ___, which is a hole leading down into a mine.

A. lane

B. canal

C. tunnel

D. shaft

9. My brother is going from New York to California ____ the Panama Canal.

A. along

B. via

C. through

D. across

10. After sunset, hungry wolves would ___ the forest in search of food and water.

A. inhabit

B. moan

C. migrate

D. roam

11. After the big job was finished the builder ___ the number of men working for him. A. cut out B. cut across C. cut off D. cut back

12. Obviously, the atomic bomb has changed the whole ___ of victory and defeat in war. A. concept B. concert C. concern D. conception

13. Seeing her boy's back was bleeding, the mother hurried to fetch a roll of ___ .

A. luggage

B. baggage

C. bandage

D. hostage

14. The whale, such as sperms and humpbacks, ___ water from his blow hole while breathing. A. submerges B. sucks C. expels D. identifies

15. The ___ weight of the box of chocolates is more than the weight of the chocolate alone. A. gross B. heavy C. glossary D. general

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16. Money was to be provided for the playground through the ___ decision of the town councilors. A. harmonious B. agreeable C. uniform D. unanimous

17. Soldiers serving overseas arranged to ___ part of their pay to their wives and families.

A. dispose

B. deposit

C. loan

D. remit

18. This is a saline land, so the farmers want to ___ it to make crops grow better on it this year. A. mend B. drain C. perish D. remit

19. Miss Pamela is not well enough, and there is only one ___ of medicine left in this bottle. A. doze B. dozen C. dosage D. dose

20. A loud noise ___ my attention from cooking and everything was burnt.

A. diverted

B. focused

C. divided

D. linked

21. To receive more people, the hostess has ___ her large house into four separate flats.

A. converted

B. confined

C. concentrated

D. constructed

22. Mary felt a little bit of headache so she went to lie on the ___ in her living room.

A. couch

B. ceiling

C. cement

D. studio

23. We passed the house without calling, for we assumed that at that hour all the family

A. worship

B. funeral

C. sensation

D. sermon

24. The day-to-day management of the firm has been ___ to someone appointed from outside the company.

A. turned up

B. turned out

C. turned over

D. turned down

25. A ___ of heart specialists is meeting in New York to discuss the latest developments in that field.

A. board

B. corporation

C. congress

D. constitution

26. People here often salesclerks to make sure they get attractive items when they come to the store.

A. bribe

B. shame

C. prick

D. prescribe

27. I would not employ anyone just to ___ the grass out of the rose garden-----I really want someone to dig it.

A. mow

B. pluck

C. weed

D. wipe

28. The rubber production from wild trees in South America ___ because the plantation system was more economical.

A. hampered

B. flourished

C. declined

D. succeeded

29. Sweat came down from his forehead, so he took out a silk handkerchief and wiped his huge, A. cheeks B. jaws C. brows D. chin

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four thin metal balls.

A. proposed

B. composed

C. disposed

D. comprised

Section B

A. forsake

B. pluck

C. offend

D. condemn

A. concealed

B. revealed

C. substituted

D. proclaimed

A. hero

B. agent

C. killer

D. pilot

4. Yesterday I happened to see a documentary about Yorkshire coal miners.

A. museum

B. product

C. strike

D. film

A. cast

B. melted

C. bent

D. cut

A. dim

B. cool

C. curious

D. frightful

A. a few nights

B. two months

C. four weeks

D. fourteen days A. lubricant B. turbine C. raw D. petroleum

A. timber

B. cereal

C. hay

D. melon