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1 Vocabulary 1. He was ______ as the best model football player of 2002. A. designated B. asserted C. named D. rejected 2. The government is ______ about what should be done to solve the problem. A. regulating B. diagnosing C. deliberating D. wandering 3. You must ______ your paper by the end of this month. A. draft B. submit C. modify D. revise 4. Now in China many large stores use discount coupons as ______ to attract customers. A. motives B. incentives C. awards D. rewards 5. He was regarded as a great ______ to the committee. A. asset B. profit C. prosperity D. interest 6. According to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, wisdom comes from the ______ of maturity. A. achievements B. fulfillment C. establishment D. accomplishment 7. The fight could have been avoided if both of you had been able to ______ your anger. A. hold back B. hold on C. hold out D. hold up 8. In speaking, the choice of words is of the utmost importance. But too often careless use of words ______ a meeting of the minds of the speakers and the listener. A. prevents B. stirs C. destroys D. offers 9. He always acts on his own ______. A. initiative B. creative C. infinitive D. aggressive 10. Football, baseball and basketball are ______ sports --- that is, only a few people actually take part in them while many more only watch them. A. spectator B. spectacle C. spectrum D. spectacular 11. Sally wanted to go to Florida for the holiday, but her husband thought ______, saying that they would go to New York to join his parents for Christmas. A. likely B. likewise C. meanwhile D. otherwise 12. We are trying to make people more ______ to the difficulties faced by the laid-off workers. A. sensible B. sensational C. sentimental D. sensitive 13. Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to ______ or at least weaken, the trends that emerged in the 1980s. A. revolve B. revolt C. revive D. reverse 14. Traditional Chinese medicine is famous for using herbs with healing ______. A. possessions B. estate C. purpose D. attributes 15. To a first-year student, the doctoral degree is a distant ______. A. aspect B. respect C. spectacle D. prospect 16. The strong wind with sand comes from the ______ hill in front of their house. A. empty B. isolated C. remote D. bare 17. At the meeting, John argued ______ in favor of the proposal. A. warmly B. severely C. heavily D. forcefully 18. He gave a brief ______ of the history of the university before the opening of the conference. A. reference B. statement C. comment D. account 19. The picturesque scenery of his hometown has often ______ him to write poems. A. excited B. induced C. attracted D. inspired 20. Please come and help me with this form because I don’t know how to ______ it. A. set off B. set aside C. set up D. set about 21. The engine has more than 300 ______, made of a number of different materials. 2

A. compositions B. compounds C. constitutions D. components 22. A ______ of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval. A. scratch B. scheme C. schedule D. sketch 23. The salesman’s ______ annoyed the old lady, but finally she gave in. A. endurance B. assistance C. resistance D. persistence 24. My supply of confidence slowly ______ as the deadline approached. A. withdraw B. eliminated C. exterminated D. diminished 25. Tom went to the cinema without his parents’ ______. A. command B. conviction C. compromise D. consent 26. I could just see a bike in the distance, but I couldn’t ______ what color it is. A. make sense B. make for C. make way D. make out 27. Listen carefully, the voice on this tape are barely ______. A. visible B. sensible C. accessible D. audible 28. ______ your poor record in school, we think you should study harder. A. In spite of B. In charge of C. In case of D. In view of 29. People have found that walking is one of the best ways for a person to ______ healthy. A. maintain B. reserve C. preserve D. stay 30. Though ______ in London, Jack had always preferred to live in a small town. A. grown B. developed C. entitled D. raised 31. Our research has focused on a drug which is so ______ as to be change brain chemistry. A. influential B. powerful C. multiple D. energetic 32. We hadn’t realized that there would be a power cut so we were astonished when the whole house was ______ into darkness. A. dropped B. plunged C. dived D. drown 33. To my surprise, the house which looked rather shabby outside was luxuriously and ______ furnished inside. A. artificially B. artistically C. arbitrarily D. approximately 34. Sometimes they ______ their students’ poor comprehension to a lack of intelligence. A. distribute B. attribute C. contribute D. consider 35. Any nation that interferes in the internal affairs of another nation should be ______ condemned. A. verbally B. universally C. visually D. wickedly 36. Americans are highly ______, and therefore may find it difficult to become deeply involved with others. A. moving B. mobile C. movable D. motive 37. If a country wants to develop its economy successfully, there has to be a clear ______ of its social needs. A. appreciation B. assessment C. assurance D. assumption 38. He failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to ______ the consequences. A. run into B. answer for C. abide by D. step into 39. In spite of the damaged wheel, the plane ______ safely in the hands of her skilled pilot. A. settled down B. touched down C. played down D. brought down 40. Economics involves the study of topics like wealth and power, money and banks, incomes, taxes, prosperity and depression, and hundreds of other matters that ______ affect the way we live. A. tenderly B. intimately C. passionately D. physically 41. All his attention was ______ on one thing only --- how to solve the problem of water shortage.