英语专业综合英语第七册习题及答案

Unit 1

1.During the owners' absence, the lawn became dreadfully ______.

A. sloppy

B. slipshod

C. slovenly

D. unkempt

2.All my pupils are talented, but Susie is really ______.

A.exacting

B.stupendous

C.exceptional

D.scrupulous

3.The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary it is that the holder should be somewhat ______ in his observance of conventionalities.

A.punctilious

B.meticulous

C.fastidious

D.crapulous

4.The nurse ______ the wound for the injured before stitching it.

A.rinsed

B.clarified

C.cleansed

D.soaked

5.Trees in the schoolyard are regularly _____ by workers assigned for the job.

A.cut

B.clipped

C.snipped

D.trimmed

6.The Romans used to ____ criminals with a whip that had three knotted strands.

A.clutter

B.flagellate

C.salvage

D.recline

7.The lorry lost its _____ as it tried to ascend the steep hill.

A.momentous

B.momentum

C.memento

D.membrane

8.Negotiations between workers and management reached an _____ since neither side would compromise in any way.

A.impasse

B.impassion

C.impact

D.transpose

9.Geraniums thrive if you _____ them from indoors to your garden in hot weather.

A.substitute

B.institute

C.transplant

D.transpose

10.Only a(n) _____ senate committee can make a decision in this case.

A.bipartisan

B.biology

anic

anized

(D,C,A,C,D,B,B,A,C,A)

Unit 2

1. For street children, drugs offer the chance to _____ their hopeless poverty.

A.slur

B.blur

C.smear

D.smudge

2.A cry of _____ burst from her lips when the surgeon told her about her son's death.

A.anticipation

B.angst

C.angular

D.anguish

3.They advised that the president _____ a messenger to the neighboring country.

A.dispatch

B.deliver

C.transmit

D.transact

4.The other members of the Cabinet _____ the Secretary of Interior when he purchased Alaska because it was not considered valuable at that time.

A.derided

B.deterred

C.decried

D.depressed

5.The success of the play shows that the reviewers' fears were completely _____.

A.misguided

B.misfired

C.unjustified

D.ungrateful

6.Only an artist could _____ the fine shades of color in the painting.

A.polish

B.pursue

C.page

D.perceive

7.We will have to settle this in court if your father insists upon being _____.

A.abject

B.gauche

C.obstinate

D.indignant

8.When you have _____ your notes, please send a copy to Mrs.Baker and keep the original to our files.

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