雅思入学测试笔试试卷_普通卷

雅思入学测试笔试试卷

Vocabulary I

Choose the most suitable answer to complete the following sentences.

1 It was not a serious accident; the car needs only some ________ repairs.

A major

B secondary

C minor

D primary

2 With the population explosion, scientists will have to ________ new methods of increasing the

world’s food supply.

A lead to

B carry out

C come up with

D stick to

3 The airplane arrived one hour behind ________.

A timetable

B plan

C date

D schedule

4 Television keeps us informed about ________ events and the latest developments in science

and politics.

A current

B fashionable

C brand-new

D previous

5 At the beginning of this semester, our history professor ________ a list of books for us to

read.

A singled out

B fished out

C passed out

D made out

6 The police investigation discovered that three young men were ________ in the armed robbery.

A caught

B involved

C connected

D tightened

7 Only guests of the hotel enjoy the ________ of using the private beach.

A privilege

B possibility

C favor

D advantage

8 The ________ power in this town has been decreasing because most young people have left

for the bigger cities in the country.

A shopping

B purchasing

C enduring

D spending

9 I received a ________ parcel yesterday and I am still wondering who may have sent it.

A sincere

B dull

C complicated

D mysterious

10 It is the boy’s laziness that ________ his failure in the exams.

A resulted from

B brought in

C resulted in

D led into

11 At the conference he expressed some personal views which later brought him into ________

with the party leadership.

A action

B crisis

C conflict

D power

12 Don’t ________ to let me know if there is anything I can do for you.

A reject

B prevent

C hesitate

D refuse

13 Unfortunately, very few sheep ________ the severe winter last year.

A survived

B endured

C spent

D remained alive

14 They discussed the problem three times, but could come to no ________.

A end

B conclusion

C result

D judgment

15 No one has yet succeeded in explaining the ________ of how life began.

A problem

B cause

C puzzle

D logic

Vocabulary II

Choose the one that is closest in meaning to the underlined part.

16 Living on an isolated farm, they have not seen anybody for weeks on end.

A in the end

B continuously

C off and on

D endlessly

17 He claimed that he could create live fish out of chemicals.

A asserted

B demanded

C disagreed

D thought

18 That way of speaking is peculiar to people in this part of the country.

A strange to

B odd to

C characteristic of

D particular about

19 Mrs. Jones identified the suspect by the scar on his face.

A recognized

B found out

C discovered

D coincided

20 What he is after is neither money nor fame, but the satisfactions of seeing his students grow up into useful builders of the society.

A in pursuit of

B looking after

C trying to do

D advocating

21 Foreigners can change their money into the local currency at this bank.

A transform

B alter

C vary

D convert

22 Do you really think that he is justified in receiving kickbacks in business dealings?

A has good reasons for

B is inexcusable in

C is privileged to

D has legal protection in

23 The company wanted to close down the railway line, but the local residents objected.