大学英语英语3选择题(含答案)

1. Fuel scarcities and price increases ____ automobile designers to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.

A) prompted B) persuaded C) imposed D) enlightened

2. As he was the only person who has the key, Simon felt himself ____ suspicion.

A) under B) in C) beyond D) upon

3. It was such a grand view that it ____ strong emotion in us sight-seers.

A) roused B) rose C) arose D) aroused

4. It was ____ of you not to play the piano while I was having a sleep.

A) considerate B) careful

C) considering D) considerable

5. Some of the old ____ about the space age are coming true.

A) fanta sies B) delusions

C) nightmares D) impressions

6. A lot of old buildings in the town were ruined during the earthquake, but they were beautifully ____ soon by the local people.

A) recovered B) restor ed C) resumed D) returned

7. Reading ____ the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

A) rectifies B)prolongs C) minimizes D) furni shes

8. While the development of the suburbs has created problems, it has also provided ____ modern housing for millions of people.

A) excessive B) immense C) memorable D) substan tial

9. She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would ____ her long effort.

A) ju stify B) testify C) rectify D) verify

10. Hunger could be his only for killing a living thing.

A) sensation B) cause C) purpose D) mot ive

11. I will ____ my lawyer to write out the agreem ent.

A) inform B) notify C) announce D) report

12. A benefit performance is a performance for which a charitable organization has bought out at a discounted price and ___ funds by selling tickets at a full price.

A)furnishes B)raises C) accumulates D) contributes

13. Although these people knew that their boss was in a difficult situation, they were still ____ him.

A) sticking to B) sticking with

C) sticking on D) sticking by

14. The secret agent concealed his real mission, so many local people were____ into thinking that he was a good person.

A) betrayed B) driven

C) deceived D) convinced

15. The coming of the railways in the 1830s ____ our society and economy.

A) transferred B) transfor med

C) transmitted D) transported

16. One day, you will have to ____ this foolish behavior. A)pay B)pay

for C) pay back D) pay off

17. The French pianist who had been praised very highly ____ to be a great disappointment.

A) turned up B) turned out

C) turned in D) turned down

18. He has never done this type of work before; I am not sure how he will fit _____ with it.

A) in B) on C) into D) up

19. She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.

20. Y our advice would be ___ valuable to him, who is at present at his wits’ end.

A) exceed ingly B) excessively

C) extensively D) exclusively

21. At first, the speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the cou ntry, but halfway in her speech, she suddenly ___ to another subject.

A) committed B) switc hed

C) favored D) transmitted

22. On hearing the bad news, she sprang up ______.

A) for a start B) with a start

C) at the start D) from the start

23. Wouldn’t it be wise to _____ the possibility of rain before planning the garden party?

A) check in B) check through

C) check out D) c heck on

24. It was such a solemn occasion that not even a child ____ a sound.

A) delivered B) utt ere d C) voiced D) spoke

25. My father seemed to be in no ____ to look at my school report.

A) emotion B) mo od C) attitude D) feeling

26. His face ____ with pain when badly hurt by the shopkeeper.

A) contracted B) was t wisted C) was twinkled D) twisted

27. The naughty boy ____ in his shoes when he saw the cane in his father’s hand.

A) s hivered B) trembled C) frightened D) feared

28. The st udents couldn’t _____ what the teacher was trying to explain.

A) grip B) seize

C) grasp D) snatch

29. The older New England villages have changed relatively little ____ a gas station or two in recent decades.

A) except for B) in addition to

C) except D) besides

30. Having come from a ____ society, Dick found it hard to adjust to a small town.

A) abundant B) w ealthy

C) sufficient D) large

UNIT2

1. The republication of th e poet’s most recent

works will certainly ____ his national

reputation.

A) magnify B) enlarge

C) strengthen D) enhance

2. Humidity (湿度) is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to ____ it.

A) maintain B) persist

C) e ndure D) sustain

3. The suspect’s fingerprints on the gun were the main ____ against him.

A) crime B) information

C) conviction D) ev idence

4. Most people who travel in the course of their work are given travelling ____.

A) income B) al lowances

5. Be careful with those fireworks; they are ____ to go off unexpectedly.

A) easy B) probable

C) available D) lia ble

6. He ran so fast that he was out of ____.

A) air B) oxygen

C) breath D) wind

7. When you go to the doctor he asks you to describe your ____ so that he can make a diagnosis (诊断).

A) indications B) signs

C) symbols D) s ymptom s

8. In general , the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth the total ____ for living expenses.

A) acceptable B) availabl e

C) advisable D) applicable

9. His inability to learn foreign languages was a(n) ____ to his career.

A) objection B) defect

C) o bstacle D) depression

10. The ratio of the work done by the machine ____ the work done on it is called the efficiency of the machine.

A) against B) with

C) to D) for

11. During the war she always kept a ____ of tinned food in the house.

A) load B) substitute

C) conservation D) r eserve

12. This machine works very well so long as no one ____ with it.

A) i nterferes B) disturbs

C) upsets D) interrupts

13. In Britain people ____ four million tons of potatoes every year.

A) c onsume B) swallow

C) exhaust D) dispose

14. That’s really ty pical ____ John. He say s he’ll come but he never turns up.

A) for B) of

C) to D) with

15. No effective ____ has been found for this fatal disease which claims thousands of lives each year.

A) settlement B) method

C) remedy D) prescription

16. She was _____ what she had written so as to make the theme stand out more clearly.

A) repairing B) revising

C) remedying D) reforming

17. The one pleasure that Einstein ____ his great fame was the ability it gave him to help others.

A) resulted from B) stirred up

C) turned out D) derived from

18. The rain was heavy and ____ the land was flooded.

A) consequently B) continuously

C) constantly D) consistently

19. The present difficulties _____ from our failure to deal with the problem when it first arose.

A) step B) stem

20. Universal peace would be ____ to all mankind.

A) beneficial B) valid

C) advisable D) worthy

21. The local government leaders are making every effort to ____ the problem of poverty.

A) loosen B) tackle

C) remove D) encounter

22. We have not ______ information to state

the exact damage.

A) abundant B) sufficient

C) plenty D) efficient

23. The court considers a financial ____ to be an appropriate way of punishing him.

A) option B) duty

C) obligation D) penalty

24. The explorers were told to ____ themselves with everything they would need for the voyage.

A) associate B) equip

C) retreat D) feed

25. What he ____ was that you didn’t tell the whole truth.

A) referred B) implied

C) inclined D) accorded

26. He hopes to ____ his paintings before the public in New Y ork very soon.

A) exhibit B) expose

C) express D) experience

27. German and Italian courses are held in Munich and Rome ____.

A) relatively B) reluctantly

C) respectively D) relevantly

28. This vast stock of computerized images has ____ the possibilities open to the artist.

A) speculated B) sponsored

C) generated D) multiplied

29. We don’t know a ll the circumstances, so it would be pointless to ____ on what happened.

A) infer B) speculate

C) guess D) infer

30. This is the first draft of the book. Please feel perfectly free to ____ on it.

A) cope B) complain

C) comment D) confirm

UNIT3

1. Y ou must take the _____ steps by yourself; after you have begun, I will help you.

A) primitive B) preliminary

C) primary D) practicable

2. How can you best ______ in your students the speech habits of the English language?

A) civilize B) cultivate

C) evolve D) train

3. After three hours of heated debate, the _____ bill was passed by a narrow majority .

A) virtual B) universal

C) controversial D) substantial

A) comprehensive B) integrated

C) redundant D) productive

5. Shaking hands when people meet each other for the first time is practiced as a _____ way of greeting.

A) conventional B) conservative

C) constant D) convenient

6. If you _____ a magnet-needle, its two ends can point North and South, and so it can be used to determine directions.

A) overtake B) fix

C) highlight D) suspend

7. I am afraid that you have to alter your _____ views in light of the tragic news that has just arrived.

A) indifferent B) distressing

C) optimistic D) pessimistic

8. Stamping on any country’s national flag is an _____ to its people.

A) inflation B) ingredient

C) insult D) invasion

9. When he was a young boy, a serious disease deprived him of the _____ of hearing.

A) organ B) possession

C) conduct D) faculty

10. If you _____ bright sunlight _____ dry wood with a glass, it will start burning.

A) expose … to B) concentrate … on

C) aim … at D) focus … on

11. The manufacturers refused to take all _____ for damage caused by misuse.

A) duty B) responsibility

C) obligation D) share

12. The noise was so faint that you had to ______ your ears to hear it.

A) stir B) strengthen

C) strain D) stride

13. We’ve done our ______ to make the process as simple as possible.

A) terminal B) utmost

C) extreme D) supreme

14. What he said was too ______ for me to understand.

A) compound B) complex

C) comprehensive D) conventional

15. Their products are frequently overpriced and ____ in quality.

A) influential B) inferior

C) superior D) subordinate

16. The old buildings blend with the new ones in perfect _____ so a walk along Nanking Road is an enjoyable discovery.

A) control B) order

C) harmony D) action

17. One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a _____ operation, he quickly recovered his sight.

A) delicate B) considerate

C) precise D) sensitive

18. If your baby is losing weight, you should _____ your doctor promptly.

A) advocate B) consult

C) enquire D) investigate

19. I have worked on three _____ Saturdays.

C) successive D) regular

20. With the introduction of _____ technology, information flows faster than it ever did.

A) involved B) complicated

C) sophisticated D) complex

21. The rest of the family had nearly reached the river, but Jane was _____ behind as usual.

A) declining B) delaying

C) lacking D) lagging

22. It will be safer to walk on the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash; virtually all financial _____ will be conducted by computer.

A) transformations B) transmissions

C) transitions D) transactions

23. While both plans were perfectly sensible, only one seemed _____ in China’s particular situation.

A) useful B) available

C) feasible D) desirable

24. Preliminary estimation puts the figure at around $110 billion, _____ the $160 billion the President is struggling to get through the Congress.

A) in proportion to B) in reply to

C) in relation to D) in contrast to

25. We _____ the cook because her cooking was so poor.

A) dismissed B) deserted

C) resigned D) withdrew

26. Dogs are often praised for their ______; they almost never abandon their masters.

A) faith B) loyalty

C) trust D) truthfulness

27. Most parents encourage their children to take an active part in social events, _____ those events do not interfere with t heir studies.

A) lest B) though

C) unless D) provided

28. We must _____ these trash ideas.

A) discard B) dispose

C) discharge D) dismiss

29. She can run 100 meters in 13 seconds without _____ herself.

A) executing B) inserting

C) exerting D) devoting

30. Our holiday plans _____ because of transport strikes.

A) fell out B) fell through

C) fell over D) fell behind

Unit4

1. If my plan isn’t ______ of by the committee, all my work will have been waste d.

A) approved B) consented

C) agreed D) admitted

2. Everybody ______ in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.

A) assembled B) accumulated

C) piled D) joined

3. Mr. Bloom is not ______ now, but he will be famous someday.

4. The bridge was named ______ the hero who gave his life for the cause of the people.

A) after B) with

C) by D) from

5. Most people were no longer listening to his long ______ story.

A) annoying B) boring

C) tiring D) exhausting

6. Each of them had a different ______ of what actually happened, but hers was by far more believable.

A) message B) theory

C) version D) comment

7. His latest piece of work was ______ by a song he heard on the radio.

A) released B) inspired

C) assessed D) composed

8. As we know, blood types A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. Type O can give to any other group; hence it is often called the _____ donor.

A) general B) popular

C) universal D) common

9. V ery few scientists _____ completely new answers to the world’s problems.

A) catch up with B) come up with

C) keep up with D) put up with

10. The socks were too small, and it was only by _____ them that he managed to get them on.

A) spreading B) extending

C) lengthening D) stretching

11. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is _____.

A) granted B) implied

C) exaggerated D) remedied

12. Of all the soldiers they had the _____ of being the fiercest, the most patriotic, the toughest.

A) recognition B) reservation

C) recreation D) reputation

13. She _____ along the path, glad to be able to take her time.

A) hurried B) marched

C) progressed D) wandered

14. The company has _____ over the years into a multi-million dollar organization.

A) involved B) resolved

C) evolved D) revolved

15. During the war, the government _____ many soldiers from the workers and farmers.

A) adopted B) collected

C) integrated D) recruited

16. Some of his suggestions have been adopted but others have been turned _____ as they are quite im practicable.

A) away B) back

C) out D) down

17. All the key words in the article are printed in _____ type so as to attract readers’ attention.

A) dark B) dense

C) black D) bold

18. This story is not real; it is only ______.

19. A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial ______.

A) mark B) feature

C) trace D) appearance

20. In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe _____ Europe into a great war.

A) imposed B) pitched

C) inserted D) plunged

21. He bought the house with a(n) _____ to making a quick profit out of it.

A) goal B) purpose

C) eye D) reason

22. I’m very sorry to have _____ you with so many questions on such an occasion.

A) interfered B) offended

C) impressed D) bothered

23. They are giving away free _____ of this new kind of cooking oil.

A) illustrations B) demonstrations

C) examples D) samples

24. The scientists made ______ plans for landing a man on the moon.

A) acute B) elaborate

C) virtual D) delicate

25. Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are stil l ______.

A) blank B) hollow

C) vacant D) bare

26. All the streets were ______ with flags to welcome the Chinese delegation.

A) supplied B) mended

C) decorated D) pasted

27. Y ou can’t drive a car unless you hold a driving ______.

A) permission B) ticket

C) pass D) license

28. Although the cyclist was unhurt, his bicycle was _____ between the lorry and the wall.

A) crushed B) clapped

C) split D) cracked

29. The wholesale price of this coat is $20 and the _____ price for it is $28.

A) virtual B) massive

C) retail D) singular

30. Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage _____.

A) relatively B) actually

C) annually D) comparatively

UNIT5

1. The children performed a very ____ dance for their parents.

A) precise B) smart

C) graceful D) successive

2. In the _____ paragraph some comments had been made of it.

A) proceeding B) preceding

C) progressing D) processing

3. The dog’s collar was so ____ that it came off over his head.

4. We finally managed to ____ the committee’s approval of our plans.

A) secure B) arouse

C) exert D) execute

5. Thousands of people died of starvation during the ____ in that African country.

A) objection B) poverty

C) consumption D) famine

6. Four people were seriously ____ in an accident on the motorway.

A) damaged B) harmed

C) injured D) wounded

7. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ____.

A) gaps B) lengths

C) distances D) intervals

8. While admitting that this forecast was _____ exaggerated, the scientists warned against treating it as a cry of wolf.

A) anyhow B) somewhere

C) somewhat D) anyway

9. The thief tried to open the locked door but _____.

A) in no way B) in vain

C) at a loss D) without effect

10. He had a ____ look in his eyes. He must have been shocked.

A) empty B) bare

C) blank D) hollow

11. Stone does not ____, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.

A) crack B) decay

C) destroy D) crush

12. The swimming pool is so ____ that it’s safe for small children.

A) stable B) smooth

C) superficial D) shallow

13. Being named the best athlete of the year was an important ____ in the baseball player’s life.

A) segment B) ingredient

C) contribution D) episode

14. Only hotel guests have the ____ of using the private beach.

A) occasion B) possibility

C) privilege D) habit

15. Many people save money to ____ for their old age.

A) supply B) offer

C) provide D) yield

16. Having decided to rent a flat, we ____ contacting all the accommodation agencies in the city.

A) went up B) went down

C) went out D) went about

17. American women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

A) ignored B) refused

C) neglected D) denied

18. The medicine the doctor gave me ____ my headache.

19. As I had earlier made up my mind to run for governor, I could not ____. I must go on with the fight.

A) vary B) withdraw

C) undergo D) discard

20. The water was so ____ that we could see the fish inside clearly.

A) transparent B) obvious

C) apparent D) visible

21. While studying he was financially dependent ____ his wife.

A) to B) of

C) on D) from

22. He ____ the medicine quickly and then drank some orange juice.

A) sucked B) swallowed

C) licked D) digested

23. Another big issue ____ the new republic is the problem of the education of its citizens.

A) confining B) confirming

C) conflicting D) confronting

24. I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite ____.

A) arbitrary B) rational

C) mechanical D) unpredictable

25. His parents no longer worry about him. He has a good job and can live ____ his own now.

A) at B) by

C) on D) with

26. Mr. Henderson was determined to remain _____. He neither stood on his wife’s side nor on his mother’s side.

A) natural B) neutral

C) nervous D) native

27. Do you believe these two ____ friends used to be bitter enemies?

A) intimate B) emotional

C) intense D) supreme

28. As he had worked in the army as an electrical engineer for many years, he had every ____ for the job.

A) privilege B) obligation

C) qualification D) commitment

29. She was very ____; she cried even when her husband left for another city on business.

A) sensitive B) indifferent

C) reluctant D) emotional

30. Y oung children soon ____ words they hear their elders use.

A) put forward B) look forward to

C) turn up D) pick up

Unit 6

1. Since many insects have already become ____ to DDT, scientists have to look for some new insecticide.

A) active B) resistant

C) tough D) gradual

2. It is a type of desert bush that can ____ extremes of temperature.

A) adapt B) withdraw

C) withstand D) shade

3. If a man is easily taken in by emotional traps, he will not be able to make ____ judgments.

C) sensible D) sensational

4. Whenever he writes to his parents, he ____ a cheque with his letter.

A) encloses B) contains

C) reserves D) invests

5. Y ou should save your work often as a ____ against computer failure.

A) sanction B) precaution

C) shield D) shelter

6. It took millions of years for order to grow out of the ____ of the universe.

A) adjustment B) change

C) chaos D) profile

7. According to the weather ____, it’s going to be fine today.

A) prediction B) indication

C) provision D) forecast

8. Accidents are of frequent ____ on this motorway because the traffic is extremely heavy here.

A) arrival B) proportion

C) scale D) occurrence

9. Her pulse was so weak that the doctor had difficulty ____ it.

A) inspecting B) detecting

C) touching D) contacting

10. There is need to check the ____ of the report.

A) frequency B) accuracy

C) emergency D) efficiency

11. The old man did not seem to attach any importance ____ the question.

A) to B) with

C) towards D) for

12. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all ____ our seat belts.

A) tied B) locked

C) fastened D) closed

13. Professor Collins was ____ of the latest developments in physics because he had been in hospital for several months.

A) unconscious B) negative

C) robbed D) ignorant

14. It has been revealed that some government leaders ____ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.

A) employ B) take

C) abuse D) overlook

15. Fertilizer will ____ the growth of these tomato plants.

A) accomplish B) accelerate

C) accumulate D) account

16. Y ears of ____ labor had hardened his muscles.

A) survival B) mental

C) restless D) manual

17. V ery few plants will ____ without water.

A) flourish B) fade

C) stem D) cultivate

18. We rarely perceive more than a minute ____ of the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs; the great majority p ass us by.

A) fiction B) function

19. I guess the whole paper has to be rewritten; only the first few paragraphs may be ____.

A) sustained B) contained

C) maintained D) retained

20. The police will give you a ticket if you ____ the speed limit.

A) break B) reject

C) suspend D) exceed

21. The wise man exercises ____ in his behavior and enjoyments.

A) limitation B) interest

C) restriction D) restraint

22. When Jack was eighteen 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 on

23. Which is the most expensive ____ training equipment, players’ personal equipment and uniforms?

A) in place of B) in terms of

C) by means of D) by way of

24. The survival of civilization, as we know, is ____ threat.

A) within B) under

C) towards D) upon

25. George took ____ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.

A) chance B) effect

C) occasion D) advantage

UNIT7

1. Gary has planned to take a tour around the Great Lakes in the coming summer vacation and _____ great pleasure from the visit.

A) acquires B) anticipates

C) recalls D) reckons

2. They are two dollars each but if you buy ten, you get a _____ of ten per cent.

A) discount B) recession

C) depression D) discharge

3. Money _____ as it goes from person to person.

A) speaks B) scatters

C) circulates D) distributes

4. His hope _____ when he heard that there were some survivors in the shipwreck.

A) highlighted B) soared

C) inspired D) flourished

5. I bought a washing-machine and asked to have it sent to my house. The manager of the store promised to make a prompt _____.

A) delivery B) relay

C) supply D) transport

6. He _____ his rose bushes carefully with ins ecticide every evening.

A) distributed B) discharged

C) spread D) sprayed

7. His company went _____ after he failed in the business.

A) decent B) negative

C) bankrupt D) acute

8. She always makes notes in the _____ of a book.

C) margin D) edge

9. A new spaceship was _____ at Cape Kennedy yesterday.

A) motivated B) released

C) transmitted D) launched

10. Don’t _____ this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.

A) relieve B) release

C) relate D) retain

11. The noise was caused by a dog _____ a cat through the garden.

A) chasing B) following

C) catching D) fighting

12. Although the two players are _____ in the tennis court, they are really good friends.

A) partners B) enemies

C) rivals D) companions

13. We can _____ the possibility of total loss from our calculations.

A) exclude B) prevent

C) excuse D) discard

14. I felt _____ to death because I c ould make nothing of the chairman’s speech.

A) fatigued B) tired

C) exhausted D) bored

15. The two friends said goodbye and then went their _____ ways.

A) relevant B) relative

C) reluctant D) respective

16. They _____ the flood after a heroic fight lasting five days and four nights.

A) conquered B) combated

C) won D) withdrew

17. Two men were _____ a large log over the rough ground with the help of a rope.

A) pushing B) drawing

C) dragging D) carrying

18. They claimed that _____ 1,000 factories closed down during the economic crisis.

A) sufficiently B) approximately

C) considerably D) properly

19. Everyone _____ around quietly to avoid waking the baby.

A) cracked B) crashed

C) crawled D) crept

20. Lower taxes would _____ investment and help economic growth.

A) harness B) highlight

C) spur D) soar

21. John always arrives on time. He’s so _____.

A) rapid B) timely

C) punctual D) likely

22. What’s the Chinese _____ for the English word “refer”?

A) equality B) equal

C) equivalent D) equation

23. The soldier was _____ of running away when the enemy attacked.

A) scolded B) charged

24. She _____ all criticism and calmly went on with the project.

A) smashed up B) left off

C) hung up D) shrugged off

25. Success now seemed very remote and Bernard felt _____.

A) pessimistic B) optimistic

C) positive D) objective

26. This is _____ the most difficult job I have ever tackled.

A) by rights B) by itself

C) by oneself D) by far

27. The price of beer _____ from 50 cents to $4 per liter during the summer season.

A) altered B) ranged

C) separated D) differed

28. Only the most sophisticated theories of modern physics can _____ this phenomenon.

A) account for B) count on

C) account of D) count for

29. On his back the man carried a heavy _____ of old clothes.

A) bulk B) bundle

C) stock D) mass

30. There was a 0.3 per cent rise in the cost-of-living _____.

A) mark B) grade

C) indication D) index

UNIT8

1. The boy cycling in the street was knocked down by a minibus and received _____ injuries.

A) fatal B) excessive

C) radical D) exaggerated

2. We are ____ from drinking alcohol during working hours.

A) subtracted B) prohibited

C) prevented D) blocked

3. When there are small children around, it is necessary to put bottles of piles out of ____.

A) hand B) reach

C) hold D) place

4. Airport security was extra tight ____ yesterday’s bomb attacks.

A) in the wake of B) since

C) in spite of D) during

5. When we have agreed broadly on what should be said, the secretary will produce a preliminary ____ for the committee’s appr oval.

A) project B) design

C) draft D) drawing

6. I have made _____ mistakes in my writing so that I can ask my students to find and correct them.

A) false B) intensive

C) deliberate D) accidental

7. He went ahead _____ all warnings about the danger of his mission.

A) in case of B) in place of

C) in spite of D) regardless of

8. There would be about 10 million other planets in the universe that could physically _____ the earth.

A) resemble B) disguise

9. Harry _____ his pants at the seams (接缝) when he bent over.

A) sliced B) split

C) cracked D) broke

10. How to dispose _____ the nuclear waste is a pressing problem for scientists and politicians alike.

A) of B) with

C) through D) behind

11. The synthetic vitamins are identical _____ those naturally present in our food.

A) for B) of C) as D) with

12. The tension _____ as the guest of honor was about to announce the winner.

A)mounted B) accented C) climbed D) raised

13. Doctors hope to _____ a human heart into the patient within the next few days.

A) transfer B) transform C) transplant D) transport

14. It is true that _____ a wild plant into a major food crop such as wheat requires much research time.

A) multiplying B) breeding

C) qualifying D) generating

15. Although Asian countries are generally more _____ in social cus toms than western countries, there have been several notable examples of women leaders in both China and India.

A) conservative B) confidential

C) comprehensive D) consistent

16. What these young men were doing _____ a threat to the safety of the whole neighborhood.

A) constructed B) contracted

C) constituted D) contributed

17. When she retired she did a lot of _____ work for the Red Cross.

A) valid B) portable

C) prosperous D) voluntary

18. The pioneers _____ their journey after a short rest.

A) assumed B) presumed

C) resumed D) consumed

19. I didn’t expect that he would take _____ of my failure to achieve his ow n goal.

A) chance B) effect

C) occasion D) advantage

20. Some creatures, for example, lizards (蜥蜴), can _____ lost parts of their bodies, but we human beings can not.

A) produce B) reproduce

C) recover D) cultivate

21. All units of measurement are _____, because space, time, weight, and other dimensions are not naturally divided into units.

A) objective B) traditional

C) artificial D) controversial

22. As you have seen, the value of a nation’s currency is a _____ of its economy.

A) reaction B) reflection

C) response D) reproduction

23. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents’ _____.

A) command B) conviction

C) consent D) compromise

24. Students often find _____ jobs during their summer holidays.

A) temporary B) terminal

25. As a girl Mary was vain, and this _____ in her character led to her ruin in later life.

A) error B) mistake

C) defect D) vacancy

A) reaction B) reflection C) response D)reproduction

26. _____ simplicity, we may put the theory briefly as follows.

A) As a result of B) For the sake of

C) In consequence of D) In terms of

27. Because of the good harvest, India had a large _____ of wheat that year.

A) donation B) supplement

C) barn D) surplus

28. The possession of language enables man to _____ his wisdom and experience to his children and grandchildren.

A) pass away B) pass off

C) pass by D) pass on

29. I soon _____ that I could not make him change his mind.

A) revealed B) received

C) perceived D) persuaded

30. The shop doesn’t have brown sugar in _____ at the moment, but they expect to have some tomorrow.

A) store B) storage C) stock D) portion

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1. They are sure they have all the facts they need to _____ the existence of a black hole.

A) obtain B) maintain C) display D) verify

2. They’re interviewing three _____ for the post of sales manager.

A) sponsors B) candidates C) advocates D) opponents

3. Harry was _____ by a bee when he was collecting the honey.

A) scratched B) bitten C) stuck D) stung

4. The doctor told Penny that too much _____ to the sun is bad for the skin.

A) exposure B) extension C) exhibition D) expansion

5. Y ou are not helping your child if you try to _____ him from every danger.

A) avoid B) shade C) shield D) conceal

6. I think we need to see an investment _____ before we make an expensive mistake.

A) guide B) cashier

C) consultant D) assessor

7. I didn’t write it. That is not my _____ on the cheque.

A) signal B) symbol

C) sign D) signature

8. The minister _____ the latest crime figures as proof of the need for more police.

A) referred B) recruited

C) cited D) imported

9. A well-written composition _____ good choice of words and clear organization among other things.

A) calls on B) calls for

C) calls up D) calls off

10. It’s too late to change your mind now, so there’s no point in _____ tears ove r it.

A) discarding B) streaming C) shedding D) flowing

11. These decisions will have a vital _____ on their attitude towards the West.

A) connection B) association C) bearing D) reference

A) debate B) dispute C) argument D) quarrel

13. The committee is under _____ to reach agreement before midnight.

A) possibility B) control C) influence D) pressure

14. The smith soon _____ three iron shoes for the horse.

A) forged B) formed

C) framed D) formatted

15. Governments make laws and the police _____ them.

A) compel B) compress

C) enforce D) reinforce

16. She fell ill and _____ a thorough examination at the hospital.

A) overtook B) undertook C) underwent D)withstood

17. Her clothes were too _____ for the occasion.

A) relaxed B) casual C) indifferent D) flexible

18. The speaker talked about sports in general and about football _____.

A) in brief B) in sequence C) in short D) in particular

19. Income tax rates are _____ to one’s annual income.

A) related B) dependent C) based D) associated

20. Y ou are only allowed to _____ in the fast lane on a motorway.

A) overtake B) overturn C) overrun D) overcome

21. Y ou didn’t have to write the essay if you didn’t want to. It was _____.

A) compulsory B) suitable C) alternative D) optional

22. Since the matter was extremely _____, we dealt with it immediately.

A) tough B) urgent

C) tense D) instant

23. It is much easier to talk about social change than to _____.

A) bring it on B) bring it out

C) bring it about D) bring it up

24. From this amount you need to _____ something to cover utility bills.

A) contribute B) attribute C) subtract D) contract

25. He made an excellent speech, and everything he said was to the _____.

A) sense B) meaning C) focus D) point

26. Franklin’s ability to learn from observations and experience _____ greatly to his success in pu blic life.

A) contributed B) owed C) attached D) related

27. Throughout his life, Henry Moore _____ an interest in encouraging art in the city of Leeds.

A) contained B) secured C) reserved D) maintained

28. Features such as height, weight, and s kin color _____ from individual to individual and from face to face.

A) change B) vary C) alter D) convert

29. By law, when one makes a large purchase, he should have _____ opportunity to change his mind.

A) accurate B) urgent

C) excessive D) adequate

30. The question of salary increases is high on the _____.

A) agenda B) procedure

C) schedule D) budget

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