大学英语等级考试B级试题库一

Part II V ocabulary

1. It is highly _____ that the project will be of great use in solving the water pollution problem.

A. probably

B. possibly

C. likely

D. certainly

2. You should be _____ of yourself for telling such a lie.

A. afraid

B. sorry

C. ashamed

D. regretful

3. Obviously the steak is overdone. I can hardly _____ it.

A. swallow

B. chew

C. eat

D. taste

4. His newly published novel, _____ spoken of by both experts and common readers, is a great success.

A. exactly

B. awfully

C. highly

D. appropriately

5. You might consider _____ work before you decide what you want to do.

A. lifelong

B. present

C. permanent

D. temporary

6. At least six times since the end of the last ice age, the Mississippi River has dramatically altered its _____.

A. course

B. road

C. way

D. channel

7. The purpose of this program is to measure students’ _____ to learn instead of their present achievement.

A. determination

B. capacity

C. process

D. attitude

8. Words failed to _____ her excitement when she was told she had won the first prize in the music competition.

A. explain

B. convey

C. conduct

D. transmit

9. Please write your name in the _____ space at the top of the form and then hand it back to me.

A. empty

B. bare

C. blank

D. hollow

10. There will be a series of _____ on the British legal system in our department.

A. speeches

B. classes

C. address

D. lectures

11. It is the _____ for the bride’s father to pay for the wedding.

A. custom

B. habit

C. hobby

D. pattern

12. The refrigerator will be sent to your house within three days free of _____.

A. expense

B. charge

C. payment

D. cost

13. Creating a new festival may seem an unusual way to celebrate history and culture, but we are _____ all creating new festival every year.

A. in fact

B. in a word

C. in general

D. in turn

14.If you do n’t want to be down and out, you’d better try your best to _____ the fast pace of modern society.

A. make up for

B. live up to

C. keep up with

D. put up with

15. None of us expected Doctor King to _____ at the meeting. We thought he was still in America.

A. turn down

B. turn off

C. turn to

D. turn up

16. The plain silver ring was her favorite; it was _____ to her form her great-grandmother.

A. handed out

B. handed down

C. handed over

D. handed in

17. On seeing the old lady crossing the road, she _____ her car immediately.

A. pulled up

B. pulled down

C. pulled in

D. pulled off

18. Glass-fiber cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations _____.

A. at length

B. at the moment

C. at the same time

D. at intervals

19._____ this sad event, we have cancelled the 4th of July celebrations.

A. In regard to

B. In light of

C. In line with

D. In terms of

20. This kind of vegetable is extremely expensive in winter because it is _____.

21. Henry insisted that everything would be OK. _____, I couldn’t help feeling worr ied

A. Anyway

B. Nevertheless

C. Therefore

D. Consequently

22. It was Richard’s first day to go to work, and he was determined to create a good _____ on his colleagues

A. reaction

B. expression

C. reflection

D. impression

23. The Browns asked me to _____ their plants when they were away on vacation

A. look into

B. look after

C. look over

D. look through

24. If I were you, I wouldn’t believe all those stories – Big Sam loves _____ things up.

A. making

B. turning

C. mixing

D. keeping

25. I hope I haven’t _____ you in any way. I really meant to help you out of trouble

A. excited

B. tolerated

C. bored

D. offended

26. Not finding the key, the firemen had to _____ the door to get into the burning house.

A. break off

B. break out

C. break down

D. break up

27. It is half a year since the traffic accident, but she still can’t _____ the death of her son.

A. get over

B. get by

C. get rid of

D. get off

28. The snow was now two feet deep, making it difficult, _____, to get the car out.

A. if necessary

B. if at all

C. if not impossible

D. if ever

29. The plane was delayed, so the passengers _____ time by playing cards and watching TV

A. killed

B. spent

C. wasted

D. lost

30. Art books are expensive to produce, _____ if they contain color illustrations.

A. especially

B. possibly

C. remind

D. similarly

31. Do you think if it would make _____ for the city authorities to further restrict parking?

A. way

B. progress

C. sense

D. point

32. How can you expect her to _____ exactly what happened fifteen years ago?

A. reserve

B. recall

C. remind

D. repeat

33. Frank is having a tough time deciding whether to dress _____ or formally for the party tomorrow

A. plainly

B. carefully

C. smartly

D. casually

34. We have learned to vary our language and our behavior to _____ the needs of different circumstances.

A. feel

B. satisfy

C. urge

D. create

35. Please calm down! I know what you’re saying – there is no need to _____ your voice.

A. raise

B. lower

C. lose

D. soften

36. After staying at home for several days, Mary felt _____ to go out for some fresh air.

A. relaxed

B. tempered

C. tired

D. encouraged

37. Many people spend a lot of time on the way to the office, but there is a growing _____ for people to wok at home.

A. influence

B. prediction

C. tendency

D. concern

38. The shop assistant promised that the color of the dress would never _____. But you see what my dress looks like now.

A. dye

B. vanish

C. lose

D. fade

39. You could become a good musician, but your lack of practice is _____.

A. holding you back

B. holding you on

C. holding you out

D. holding you up

40. We will help her if she can _____ her promise to work harder.

A. break

B. fulfill

C. make

D. withdraw

41. The old lady was sitting in the _____ of a large tree looking very relaxed and happy.

A. shape

B. shelter

C. shade

D. shadow

42. Good parents should let the children make their own decisions instead of _____.

A. interfering

B. interrupting

C. interpreting

D. interviewing

43. After filling in the application form, I was requested to _____ a recent photograph to the form.

A. attach

B. obtain

C. attain

D. retain

44. These changes will affect all managers and to a lesser _____ some ordinary workers.

A. range

B. scale

C. degree

D. scope

45. We are still dealing with problems _____ errors made in the past five years.

A. leading to

B. resulting from

C. bringing about

D. coming across

46. The contract is very important for our company, so let’s _____ the details carefully.

A. go after

B. go off

C. go through

D. go for

47. The young actress is very _____ about her success; she says it’s as muc h the result of good

A. anxious

B. shy

C. modest

D. sensitive

48. The age of the students in night school ranged from 19 to 45 with a(n) _____ age of 34.

A. middle

B. same

C. average

D. legal

49. Yesterday I put my woolen skirt in the washing machine by mistake and now it has _____.

A. shivered

B. shined

C. shifted

D. shrunk

50. Foley will retire in two weeks. No one knows who will _____ him as Speaker of the House.

A. hold

B. succeed

C. take

D. follow

51. With her own car, she is now much more _____ than before.

A. mobile

B. active

C. movable

D. altered

52. The rent for the apartment is 100 dollars a month _____ service charges.

A. containing

B. involving

C. bearing

D. including

53. It is difficult for small, independent bookstores to _____ with the big national chains.

A. concern

B. compete

C. connect

D. communicate

54. In this country, our company has the _____ rights to market Elton John’s records.

A. only

B. unique

C. sole

D. absolute

55. The _____ value of labor in capitalist society does not represent the real value of labor.

A. actual

B. true

C. genuine

D. real

56. I hadn’t seen Julia for years, but I _____ her voice on the phone immediately.

A. realized

B. recognized

C. recalled

D. recovered

57. The professor wrote a letter of _____ for his student who was applying to a famous company for the post of a secretary.

A. protest

B. recommendation

C. credit

D. complaint

58. The law requires equal treatment for all, _____ of race, religion, or sex.

A. regardless

B. aware

C. doubtful

D. innocent

59. Yesterday evening the old wooden house was burned and the mother died trying to _____ her child from the fire.

A. hide

B. rescue

C. help

D. prevent

60. Neither the children nor the old like having their daily _____ upset

A. routine

B. habit

C. custom

D. practice

61. The general manager is always busy. You should phone his secretary to make an _____ if you want to see him.

A. appointment

B. offer

C. interview

D. opportunity

62. My suitcase was so full that it didn’t have _____ for anything else.

A. spot

B. room

C. place

D. area

63. You are a little overweight. I suggest you _____ Rosie’s example and start doing regular exercise.

A. set

B. copy

C. follow

D. give