quiz-Book_3

1. He insisted on quitting unless his club _________ him to another one.

A. transform

B. transit

C. transfer

D. transport

2. The title of the newspaper report only serves to ______ my impression of the present situation.

A. convince

B. confirm

C. concentrate

D. conduct

3. They have used the newspaper as a(n) ____ to express their views.

A. media

B. medium

C. aids

D. mean

4. His carelessness was ______ for the accident that caused a heavy loss to this factory.

A. charged

B. changed

C. branded

D. blamed

5. He was fast ______ when the thief broke into his house.

A. sleep

B. sleepy

C. asleep

D. sleeping

6. The travel was ______ by the storm and we decided to take it this week.

A. ridden

B. blamed

C. released

D. delayed

7. The scientists are working hard to find a new drug that can ______ the risks of heart attack.

A. produce

B. reduce

C. induce

D. appeal

8. The clerk(职员) told me that they have planes ________ for London every day.

A. deepening

B. attacking

C. approaching

D. departing

9. He had expected to further studies abroad, but ______ decided otherwise.

A. doom

B. fate

C. soul

D. adventure

10. Today, they are holding a meeting, trying to decide on whether to accept or _____ the new policy.

A. provide

B. renew

C. resist

D. reject

11. A report came to the mother, saying her child had been _______ for three days.

A. missing

B. missed

C. to miss

D. to be missed

12. I ______ the famous writer Zhang Ailing and has read a lot of her works.

A. advertise

B. appeal

C. admire

D. associate

13. I ______ that it would take another two months to finish the job.

A. found out

B. figured out

C. turned out

D. broke out

14. The ______ of skill assessment(评价) is to help students know how well they master a skill.

A. objecting

B. subject

C. objective

D. aiming

15. The second half of the performance will begin in two minutes, and you are kindly asked to _______ your seats.

A. renew

B. resume

C. replace

D. repeat

16. People usually _______ mother with tenderness and father with strength.

A. appreciate

B. appoint

C. associate

D. define

17. The store ______ in women’s fashionable clothes and bags.

A. buys

B. makes

C. specializes

D. sells

18. He followed up his phone call with a letter in order to ______ more information in this field.

A. advertise

B. gain

C. know

D. remember

19. He is keen ______ pop songs and has bought a lot of CDs.

A. in

B. off

C. on

D. of

20. The teachers should know to ______ their students and encourage them to learn more.

A. maintain

B. associate

C. motivate

D. move

21. ______ luck would have it, I did not catch the plane that exploded shortly after it took off.

A. As

B. Since

C. Although

D. Because

22. More than two hundred people were killed in the explosion (爆炸), but the ______ have not been named.

A. names

B. victims

C. people

D. sexes

23. The likely reactions to the delicate(微妙的) situations should be _______ upon.

A. reflected

B. thought

C. acted

D. worked

24. Don’t talk too much when your boss is _____ for chatting over the phone.

A. on no mood

B. on a good mood

C. in no mood

D. in a good mood

25. We were told to _____ our seat belts before the plane took off.

A. stick

B. fasten

C. admire

D. confirm