词汇练习一

词汇练习一

Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

1.It's a pity the two concerts ________________; I wanted to go

to both of them.

A. clash

B. crash

C. crush

D. collide

2.John's black eyes ________________ rumors that he had

been in a fight.

A. contributed to

B. came to

C. gave rise to

D. attributed to

3.The ________________ of the system of regional autonomy

for ethnic minorities has undergone long periods of

exploration and practice.

A. foundation

B. settlement

C. setting

D. establishment

4.They heard the ________________ of swords and realized

that the fighting began.

A. clash

B. crash

C. crush

D. collision

5.The company's ________________ to providing quality at a

reasonable price has been vital to its success.

A. promise

B. agreement

C. consent

D. commitment

6.The council has________________ large amounts of money

to housing projects.

A. spent

B. used

C. consumed

D. committed

7.The most risky sports for women, in ________________ order

of magnitude, are basketball, athletics, and tennis or squash.

A. dropping

B. descending

C. falling

D. decreasing

8.I'd like to give you a ________________ of how to cook this

delicious dish.

A. show

B. display

C. illustration

D. demonstration

9.It just doesn't ________________; why would she do a thing

like that?

A. make meaning

B. make point

C. make sense

D. make out

10.They plotted the ________________ of the government.

A. overturn

B. overrun

C. overthrow

D. overtake

11.Scientists know that our brain________________ with aging.

A. deteriorates

B. contracts

C. decreases

D. shrinks

12.Will this woolen sweater ________________ when washed in

hot water?

A. fade

B. vanish

C. shrink

D. contract

13.The postal administration ________________

commemorative stamps every year.

A. issues

B. distributes

C. contributes

D. dispatches

14.There is no immediate ________________ of peace. People

living at the boarders will have to continue suffering.

A. opportunity

B. chance

C. prospect

D. promise

15.She doesn't like the ________________ of living alone.

A. prospect

B. future

C. hope

D. perspective

16.This system is extremely ________________ because it runs

on half price electricity.

B. economical

C. thrifty

D. saving

17.We are willing to make any concessions to that

________________.

A. purpose

B. goal

C. aim

D. end

18.The local government ________________ a campaign

against waste.

A. established

B. launched

C. initiated

D. developed

19.Their research appears in the October 19 ________________

of the journal Nature.

B. edition

C. series

D. issue

20.The scientist ________________ that nuclear power was a

safe and unpolluted energy source.

A. assured

B. asserted

C. assumed

D. assaulted

21.He had hoped to set a new world record, but was

________________ by bad weather.

A. defeated

B. destroyed

C. disappointed

D. frustrated

22.Have you seen the latest ________________ of the

periodical?

B. issue

C. version

D. edition

23.In recent years a number of ________________ satellites

have been put into orbit.

A. communication

B. transportation

C. transportations

D. communications

24.The ________________ from the balcony was breathtaking.

A. perspective

B. prospective

C. prosperity

D. prospect

25.He hopes to ________________ this city into a centre for

trade and tourism in the Middle East.

B. transmit

C. transport

D. transform

26.The two cars ________________ into each other in the

middle of the road. Fortunately nobody was seriously injured.

A. crushed

B. clashed

C. crashed

D. collided

27.He ________________ suicide at the peak of his career,

which was unexpected and surprising.

A. committed

B. performed

C. made

D. did

28.Both sides ________________ themselves to settle the

dispute peacefully.

B. promised

C. agreed

D. devoted

29.The initials, WWF, ________________ World Wide Fund for

Nature.

A. stand out

B. stand for

C. stand up

D. stand up for

30.He is a very good student, being both ________________

and intelligent.

A. industrial

B. smart

C. industrious

D. conscious

31.Mr. Jones has ________________ himself as one of the

foremost doctors treating cancer patients.

A. established

B. strengthened

C. verified

D. confirmed

32.Running around the corner, Mike ________________ with

another boy.

A. crashed

B. smashed

C. collided

D. crushed

33.Some diseases are ________________ by certain water

animals.

A. transplanted

B. transformed

C. transported

D. transmitted

34.In children's minds the Spring Festival is ________________

with nice food and presents.

A. related

B. joined

C. associated

D. combined

35.An economic crisis usually comes in ________________ with

serious unemployment in a country.

A. connection

B. relation

C. association

D. combination

36.The ________________ in big cities is controlled by red and

green lights.

A. traffic

B. transport

C. communication

D. transportation

37.The ________________ of the new international economic

order is the essence of his article.

B. institution

C. foundation

D. construction

38.The article appeared in the fourth ________________ of the

magazine.

A. version

B. edition

C. print

D. issue

39.The car salesman took the customer for a drive in the new

model in order to ________________ its improved features.

A. advocate

B. exhibit

C. demonstrate

D. reveal

40.The workers marched in ________________ to the Minister's

office.

B. petition

C. demonstration

D. passion