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第三册第1课正文后词汇练习：p121. What monstrous _____ of the human spirit leads a sniper to open fire on a bus carryingchildren?A. premiseB. fraudC. divideD. perversion2. His writing is so _____, obscure and overwrought that it is difficult to make out what it is heis trying to say.A. orthodoxB. diffuseC. congruentD. humane3. We were in a hurry so we decided to _____ Canterbury because we knew there'd be a lot oftraffic there.A. deviateB. traverseC. bypassD. transcend4. The office director insisted that there was no question as to the _____ of how the benevolentfunds were raised.A. proprietyB. compassionC. perspectiveD. thrust5. Hector has been trying to get his job _____ for years, but management won't because they'dhave to pay him more.A. upgradedB. compressedC. manipulatedD. recaptured6. As a resolute young man, John never _____ in his opinions when he is going to do something.A. quiversB. echoesC. oscillatesD. materializes7. How successful they were would _____ the speed with which the product could be distributedto the shops.A. model afterB. compensate forC. dispense withD. hang on8. Judging by the books sold, this young writer seems to have a strong _____ over the readingpublic.A. personalityB. disgustC. antipathyD. hold9. If I were you, I would never allow my daughter to attend such a school where _____ existsamong both the students and teachers.A. complexityB. apathyC. supervisionD. endeavor10. She rose, came up to me and said: "Could you provide me with a clear _____ for taking thiscourse of action?"A. rationaleB. aptitudeC. hierarchyD. compliance第三册第2课正文后词汇练习：p481. My little son doesn't feel well _____ towards my neighbors ever since their dog bit him lastyear.A. embossedB. disposedC. obsessedD. enraptured2. Both Isabel and Irma couldn't _____ this new situation or size up what Mrs. Curry's revelationmeant to them.A. drop in onB. lust forC. take inD. poke around3. We must all do something to help rather than merely _____ our hands in despair and sayinghow awful the situation is.A. wringingB. promptingC. arrestingD. flicking4. This group was accused of _____, turning their backs on society and its problems to developtheir own interests.A. humanityB. emanationC. latitudeD. introversion5. If an extraterrestrial object had hit the Earth, it would have made a crater 100 miles across and_____ an immense cloud of dust.A. thrown upB. broken intoC. pulled upD. turned in6. We all know Mr. Roger's overseas investments were made as a _____ against rising inflationin this country.A. creditB. criterionC. heirloomD. hedge7. When asked by the investigator, the man replied: "All I know about is Antony's own financialdealings, which are always _____."A. genteelB. unstylishC. aboveboardD. tenuous8. My spirits _____ when I realized I couldn't afford the new car on my salary, which I hadpromised to buy for my fiancée.A. scaredB. floggedC. sankD. transmitted9. In some countries, especially in the United States, being an unmarried mother no longercarries the social _____ that it used to.A. stigmaB. affrontC. obsessionD. convention10. The council's answer to the population expansion is to build high blocks of fiats, but that'swhere the plan _____ who wants to live in them?A. fits inB. emanates fromC. falls to the groundD. drops off第三册第3课正文后词汇练习：p941. Keats’s poetry describes the beauty of the natural world and art as the vehicle for his poeticimagination and his skill with poetic imagery and sound reproduces this _____ experience for his reader.A. subjectiveB. sensuousC. sensitiveD. sensational2. Some industry circles felt that shorter workweeks without _____ increases in laborproductivity would inevitably result in even higher steel prices.A. commensurateB. expressiveC. commensurableD. objective3. Because of the heavy concentration of unemployment in these industries, some states thatdepend heavily on them suffered _____ recession.A. disproportionateB. properC. proponentD. proportional4. Given safety and security, the informed dying patient can achieve an appropriate death, onemarked by dignity and _____.A. sentimentB. clarityC. serenityD. capacity5. Amos has such a sense of superiority that he often _____ everything he encounters; as a result,he is not well-received by his friends.A. deridesB. abusesC. grinsD. sneers6. _____ Keith's new job as an area manager of a well-known overseas-funded enterprise, doeshe tell you how much he is earning?A. Equivalent toB. According toC. Concerned withD. Apropos of7. It is wrong to _____ anyone of the candidates at the moment, for one of them might turn outto be a dark horse in the general election.A. denyB. outshineC. belittleD. grudge8. Something unexpected happened to the mountain climber, but he was calm enough to _____the protruding rock.A. size upB. hang ontoC. pack inD. break up9. _____ by size and feeding behavior, similar to that of many large whales, the 13-ton,school-bus-sized whale shark earned its name.A. SheerlyB. MechanicallyC. NecessarilyD. Definitely10. I sometimes see him flash past in his sports car as I _____ my weary way to work.A. strokeB. swarmC. treadD. shade《研究生综合英语》第3册p1311. In my opinion, the electric chair is just as inhumane as banging, a(n) _____ way of executinga criminal.A. authenticB. archaicC. opaqueD. temporary2. In a divorce petition filed on Friday in Los Angeles, Aniston cited _____ differences as thereason for the breakdown of her marriage to Pitt.A. irresistibleB. irreversibleC. irreconcilableD. irrational ( )3. The frequent recurrence of his wife’s illness served to increase Owen’s pessimism _____ thefuture.A. in the light ofB. with a view toC. with regard toD. by virtue of4. All states should negotiate and conclude an international convention on the complete _____and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons.A. prohibitionB. retaliationC. probationD. rehabilitation5. The local isolation and the economic self-sufficiency of the plantations were _____ to themodern development of the towns.A. fanaticalB. antagonisticC. probationD. rehabilitation6. I know of no other qualities than thinking which makes for the perfection of the mind _____ italone makes us men and distinguishes us form the beasts.A. inasmuch asB. providing thatC. incaseD. for all that7. The man was charged with using social engineering techniques to _____ acquire sensitiveinformation, such as password and credit card derails, in an electronic communication for illegal purposes.A. unfeasiblyB. relentlesslyC. irrationallyD. fraudulently8. The philosophy of Christianity was to protect its belief and emphasize the impotence ofreason and the _____ of God.A. reminiscenceB. omnipotenceC. omniscienceD. malignance9. Some journalists form the foreign media and people who _____ themselves as firm supportersof freedom, democracy and human rights, often ridicule Singapore as a place with strict control over all aspects of life and where fines are imposed freely.A. acclaimB. disclaimC. reclaimD. proclaim10. What the legal system cannot do, however, is address the root of the problem: the fact thatblack and Latino students still _____ their white counterparts.A. drop offB. step downC. lag behindD. fall back on第三册p1731. No other contemporary playwright has had more of an effect on the language of Americandramatic literature than David Mamet whose short _____ sentences effectively capture the rhythm of daily conversation.A. abruptB. crucialC. diffuseD. succinct2. The reason for this decrease in greenery is very simple: The overabundance of plantsgathering sunlight at the top of the forest blocks most sunlight form reaching the bottom of the forest, making it difficult for even _____ plants to thrive.A. faddishB. robustC. austereD. ardent3. The result is that the Court is becoming even more _____ in helping Big Business intereststransform the legal system into their profit spear rather than a shield protesting America’s citizens.A. complicitB. earthyC. prerogativeD. illusive4. Despite mush lip service to the contrary, decision making remains the _____ of top managers.A. pejorativeB. precedentC. prerogativeD. prejudice5. Sometimes when television set doesn’t work, you can _____the wires and gadgets inside andit comes right.A. philander withB. fiddle withC. poke aboutD. prejudice6. I made no efforts to figure out the reason for her decision, for I knew too well that it was amatter of time for her to find out the true facts and before that my explanation was nothing buta _____ excuse.A. ready-madeB. feebleC. retroactiveD. pathological7. If businessmen spend as much as they can on advertising, it must be because people areknown to _____ persuasion through the media.A. object toB. pertain toC. succumb toD. cling to8. Many people believed that native American manners and customs were rapidly disappearingand that it was important to preserve for _____ as much information as could be adequately recorded before the cultures disappeared forever.A. posterityB. prosperityC. practicabilityD. proximity9. When an attractive woman says you look like her fiancé, it is _____ saying that if she werenot engaged, you would be qualified to win her love.A. alternative toB. substitutable forC. coincident withD. tantamount to10. Partial or total loss of the ability to _____ ideas or comprehend spoken or written languageresults form damage to the brain caused by injury or disease.A. articulateB. embellishC. preachD. prevaricate第三册p2201. While we pay all due obedience to men in authority, we ought, at the same time, to be uponour guard against power wherever we _____ that it may affect ourselves or our fellow subjects.A. seekB. apprehendC. confirmD. reprehend2. A war of great magnitude and the production required by it, where time was the essentialelement, had created a _____ employment situation which came to its climax in 1945.A. retortedB. disaffectedC. distortedD. disallowable ( )3. For _____, there was always the work, and plenty of it, and I resorted more and more to thesolace of books, which would offer most solid entertainment in a small space since the life itself precludes carrying anything like a library.A. contrivanceB. discriminationC. deviationD. diversion4. _____ arises in the course of seeking that solution, which places the detective and people inpursuit of the villain in jeopardy.A. FantasyB. SuspenseC. suspensionD. Curtailment5. Patents on new products and copyrights on books and movies give one producer the _____right to sell or license the distribution of a product for 17 or more years.A. inclusiveB. exclusiveC. conclusiveD. erosive6. In India a project was under way to develop good quality soybean milk and curd and to studytheir _____ value as compared with that of cow’s milk.A. nutritiveB. indispensableC. enduringD. virtuous7. Some primary goals of the program are to _____girls the workplace environment, to provideinformation about career opportunities, and to enhance girl’s self-esteem by demonstrating their future potential in the workforce and in society generally.A. stick toB. lie inC. bear onD. press home on8. Philosophers have attempted to determine goodness in conduct according to two chiefprinciples, and have considered types of conduct either good in themselves or good because they _____ to a particular moral standard.A. conferB. conformC. tallyD. comply9. The increased use of electricity led to the _____outdoor poster; photoengraving and othermodern printing inventions helped both the editorial and advertising departments of printed journals.A. illuminatedB. paintedC. illustratedD. adorned10. There is evidence that downward social mobility can produce individuals who look al tooreadily to political authoritarianism for surcease from their ills and who dedicate themselves to a kind of political nihilism that _____ as conservatism.A. masqueradesB. proceedsC. exaggeratesD. sustains第三册第7课正文后词汇练习：p2551. Spiro's use of the term "superhuman", unlike Tyor's "spiritual beings", emphasizes an _____of omnipotence unknown to the living.A. insigniaB. auraC. aversionD. edge2. Two of his books, Airport and Wheels, were so popular in that country that even _____translations sold for as much as $45 a copy.A. tatteredB. deliberateC. sartorialD. gorgeous3. John and Jack have been working together in an automobile factory for over 10 years and theyhave both become a little _____.A. staleB. aptC. shabbyD. lavish4. Mother _____ Johnny's excuses not to go to bed on Christmas Eve, she knew he wanted tostay up late to see Santa Claus.A. saw overB. saw throughC. saw toD. saw off5. We would have to get a good lodgment before the enemy could bring up sufficient reserves to_____ usA. turn...roundB. turn...asideC. turn...outD. turn...on6. On New Year's Day the Queen _____ noble titles on those generals who had fought bravelyfor the country and made great contributions to the nation during the war.A. labeledB. conferredC. designatedD. trimmed7. You can't imagine what it's like to feel that all your brilliant and ambitious plans for the futurehave _____.A. broken awayB. broken inC. broken downD. broken forth8. Some industrial experts predict that demand for cars in the developed world will have reached_____ point within 20 years.A. vantageB. fusionC. maximumD. saturation9. Sabrina is very fashion-conscious; she has discarded her habitual boiler suit and is _____ inblack mini and tights.A. wornB. decoratedC. arrayedD. adorned10. In ordinary language such terms as "_____" and "epicurean" are often used to describepersons who live primarily for physical gratifications.A. conspicuousB. superfluousC. pretentiousD. conspicuous第三册第8课正文后词汇练习：p2941. The crime received extensive media coverage, in part because of its ferocity and its racial_____ but also because of its apparently random nature.A. claimsB. overtonesC. premisesD. commitments2. If you can provide any further information or _____ any of the issues raised by the group,please do not hesitate to contact me.A. deviseB. retainC. enmeshD. clarify3. In each of these examples, the _____ is too fugitive to provide an uncontroversial basis fordiscussion.A. residueB. breachC. nuanceD. indoctrination4. "The College Freshman Survival Guide" is a video crammed with good advice andinformation for new students about _____ to avoid.A. pitfallsB. curriculumsC. associationsD. concessions5. Labor shortage, by contrast, affects all sectors and is a much more _____ explanation for theprofits squeeze.A. confidentialB. intangibleC. regressiveD. plausible6. She said goodnight a second time and ran downstairs again to _____ all her preparations forthe morrow.A. turn onB. account forC. wrestle withD. let down7. You are unlikely to make _____ toward resolving your differences if you two refuse to makeconcessions to each other.A. conclusionB. impactC. resolutionD. headway8. Managers who are permitted to trade on inside information have an _____ to acquire ordevelop value information, which involves risks.A. incentiveB. orientationC. argumentD. identity9. The opinion polls show the Socialist well in the lead, and their supporters are apparently twiceas determined to _____ and vote on election day as New Democracy's are.A. rest onB. turn outC. take upD. carry out10. This principle, in fact, _____ all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with theirdevelopment, and is the basis of work in child clinics.A. besetsB. preachesC. eradicatesD. underlies第三册p3411. 1984, Los Angeles gained great _____ in the global community through its successful hostingof an Olympics where goodwill and financial success contrasted sharply with the economic burdens of previous Olympics.A. stateB. statueC. statureD. statute2. The nation shall implement a time-limited system for the elimination of _____ productiontechnologies, processes, equipment and products gravely hazardous to environments and wasteful of resources.A. obscureB. obsolescentC. obstinateD. obsessive3. Jane Austen’s authentic representation of early 19th century middle-class provincial life,written with forceful insight and gentle irony, makes her novels the enduring works on the _____ and manners of her time.A. moresB. obsolescentC. obstinateD. obsessive4. Scientists are studying a deadly virus as a way to kill rabbits, and have embarked on long-termresearch into genetically engineered viruses that would make rabbits and foxes _____.A. sterileB. strenuousC. nostalgicD. indigenous5. The Secretary General threatens to impose increasingly severe sanctions against that countryif it continues to _____ the U.N. resolution.A. denoteB. deliberateC. defyD. detract6. While attaining world peace remains within the realm of possibility, the prevailing trendrevolves around regional conflicts and internal _____ in many countries.A. tranquilityB. strifeC. antipathyD. conflagration7. He has been scathing in his _____ of corrupt and incompetent politicians.A. announcementB. denunciationC. pronunciationD. renunciation8. The outlying island that belongs to this _____ metropolis is an oasis where green prevails andtraditions hold fast.A. bustlingB. whistlingC. rufflingD. rustling9. In a small community it is the normal man, the man without _____ or genius, who seems mostlikely to succeed.A. decencyB. obligationC. complianceD. eccentricity10. The aim of making self-criticisms for the mistakes is to help us _____ so that we shall notrepeat them later.A. show offB. hold outC. measure upD. sober up第三册p3781. Recently, programs have been developed for such special problem areas as abusive families,divorce and for specific groups such as minorities and physically and mentally _____ people.A. orientedB. retardedC. patronizedD. induced2. As a regional magazine in the U.S., New Jersey Monthly features interviews with importantresidents and _____ articles about living a “better” life in New Jersey, along with regular columns on sports, media and arts.A. manualB. decentC. how-toD. morbid3. Some of the early explorers thought of the local people as _____ savages who could beexploited.A. consumedB. delightedC. enlightenedD. benighted4. As most men’s unconscious urges conflict with the value imposed on them by a _____ society,they will inevitably suffer from a hopeless personality disorder.A. brainwashedB. whitewashedC. recreationalD. virtuous5. Many households in the neighborhood of the university add to their income by _____students.A. taking inB. hunting downC. seeing throughD. calling up6. He holds that marginalization, poverty and women’s subordinate status need to be tackled as away of making society as a whole less _____ to HIV over the long term.A. skepticalB. affluentC. vulnerableD. verifiable7. Jane found that threats brought no result, and so decided to use a persuasive _____.A. gypperyB. ployC. conspiracyD. latitude8. Some people are of the opinion that we are more gullible and _____ today than in the past, butI don’t agree with the.A. facileB. superstitiousC. latentD. psychological9. This book is about change and how we adapt to it; it is about those who seem to _____ on it,as well as those multitudes of other who resist it or seek fight from it.A. manipulateB. depriveC. suspendD. thrive10. Oscar Wilde was a great Irish poet, dramatist, essayist and critic, and his name is _____ wit.A. synonymous withB. compatible withC. autonomous ofD. subordinate to。