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第三版《新视野大学英语读写教程》第三册词汇同步练习

Unit 1 , Book 3 The way to success

1. The Qin triumphed ______six rival states and emerged as the only power poised to unify China. (U1----A)

A. of

B. over

C. to

D. against

2. I would like to ______you for the support you give with your excellent articles to rural artists and craftspeople. (U1----A)

A. commend

B. commit

C. command

D. comment

3. She ______all her efforts on the care of home and children. (U1----A)

A. expanded

B. expended

C. extended

D. spent

4. He was hospitalized last week, the next day after he was appointed ______ the finance ministry. (U1----A)

A. as

B. in

C. to

D. on

the earthquake happened, foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the ______ areas. (U1----B)

A. strike

B. stricken

C. stroke

D. stroked

6. Remains of plants on the ground serve ______ a natural fertilizer and help support the roots of future crops. (U1----B)

A. of

B. to

C. as

D. for

7. Military intervention will only ______ the conflict even further. (U1----B)

A. exaggerate

B. aggravate

C. alleviate

D. deviate

8. What brings us together is that we have common interests which ______ those differences. (U1----A)

A. ascend

B. descend

C. transcend

D. resend

9. If it's a sales position, go all out to show how well-spoken and ______ you are. (U1----B)

A. persuasive

B. prospective

C. persuaded

D.

protective

10. Those who have a life compass in their mind will never ______ from the correct course. (U1----A)

A. deviate

B. derive

C. alleviate

D. pursue

11. The bad cold ______him ______ attending the meeting. (U1----A)

A. included...in

B. concluded...from

C. precluded...from

D. excluded...away

12. He feels that he was ______become a musician of top class. (U1----B)

A. alert to

B. doomed to

C. intended to

D. destined to

13. This strict supervision of their activities will make them less decisive and may ______from giving orders or taking charge of the situation. (U1----A)

A. inhabit

B. exhibit

C. inhibit

D. prohibit

14. It is said that they wrote their marriage______.(U1----A)

A. off

B. back

C. of

D. on

15. She moved to London in pursuit of ______ and fortune. (U1----A)

A. fame

B. renown

C. prestige

D. reputation

16. A bird had been locked in and was by now quite______.(U1----B)

A. fantastic

B. fantasy

C. frantic

D. freak

17. The best way to learn to see a world of possibilities is to______ people that spend most of their time actively creating things. (U1----B)

A. go out with

B. hang out with

C. find out with

D. hung out with

company is ______ extra staff to cope with the growing work load due to increasing demand for their products. (U1----B)

A. taking on

B. working on

C. firing off

D. dismissing of

19. The government will offer incentives to people with ______ in technology to go working in these underdeveloped regions. (U1----B)

A. professional

B. skill

C. expertise

D. experts

20. The discovery of gold ______ wealth and immigration in this region. (U1----A)

A. spurred

B. precluded

C. upheld

D. adored

Unit 2, Book 3 Beat your fear

1.With the passage of time, my unhappy memories of that place________. (U2-A)

A.conceded

B. receded

C. preceded

D. exceeded

2.My car broke down, but luckily someone gave me a _________. (U2-A)

A.tow

B. tide

C. toe

D. toll

3.The police have been involved but are reluctant to ________in family conflicts.

(U2-A)

A.interact

B. interface

C. interfere

D. intervene

4.If you want to know how much this old painting is worth, have it ________ by an

art dealer. (U2-A)

A.appraised

B. assessed

C. evaluated

D. estimated

5.She had a special VIP pass and plowed ________ the waiting crowd in front of the

theater. (U2-A)

A.from

B. in

C. through

D. off

6.The air thins as we _________ high to the top of the mountain. (U2-A)

A.descend

B. ascend

C. transcend

D. resend

7.People who are not properly prepared for climbing very high mountains can suffer

from “_________ sic kness”. (U2-B)

A.attitude

B. aptitude

C. latitude

D. altitude

8.Small fish are vulnerable ______ predators. (U2-B)

A.against

B. to

C. of

D. in

9.Despite the circumstance, there was no angry emotion or tension in her voice, and

this calm voice _____ a calm in me that quieted some of my fear. (U2-B)

A.evoked

B. paralyzed

C. dismayed

D. dreaded

10.I was paralyzed _____ fear, but I forced myself to move toward with this impromptu

resuce. (U2-A)

A.to

B. in

C. with

D. on

11.Nothing scares me ________ speaking English in public. (U2-B)

A.As many as

B. as much as

C. as big as

D. as large as

12. No one is immune ______ his immense charm. (U2-B)

A.to

B. by

C. from

D. of

13.The harsh weather conditions, the bridge swept away and the water levels being

so high forced the scientific expedition to ______ the plan. (U2-B)

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B. evoke

C. abort

D. evaporate

14. The whole world looked to her as a symbol of triumph ________ evil. (U2-B)

A.against

B. over

C. of

D. for

15.________ the event of rain, the game will be postponed. We had a lot of wine, but

we didn’t drink enough to black _____. (U2-A)

A.In

B. At

C. Under

D. Within

16. One should not ________ the consequences of the world’s population explosion.

(U2-A)

A.estimate

B. overestimate

C. underestimate

D. underline

17. This was a wicked crime that was particularly _______ and brutal. (U2-A)

A.virtual

B. virtuous

C. vicious

D. vital

18. The country was _______ the brink of a constitutional crisis. (U2-A)

A.by

B. at

C. against

D. on

19. By the time the police arrived, the victim had become_______. (U2-B)

A.pathetic

B. hysterical

C. notorious

D. rebellious

20. I will never know ______ sure whether I was encouraging or discouraging my son’s interest in technical work by my example. (U2-B)

A.within

B. under

C. with

D. for

Unit 3, Book 3 Life stories

1. In spite of the widespread international terrorism, the president still urges the soldiers not to ______ peace efforts. (U3---A)

A. give in

B. give away

C. give off

D. give up on

2. The UN flag was raised at the airport yesterday to ______ that control has passed into its hands. (U3---A)

A. intensify

B. classify

C. signify

D. qualify

3. Her friends and neighbors watched her ______from a shy local girl to a famous movie star. (U3---A)

A. transcend

B. transform

C. transfer

D. transport

4. The captain decided to ______ the terrible news even from his senior officers. (U3---B)

A. withstand

B. withdraw

C. withhold

D. uphold

5. Since then he lived alone and immersed himself ______ his career. (U3---B)

A. on

B. at

C. in

D. of

6. The monitor is a source of encouragement to others and always ready to ______ by example . (U3---B)

A. set

B. take

C. lead

D. carry

7. He told his supporters to ______ over the next few vital days and continued to vote for him. (U3---A)

A. stand fast

B. stand out

C. stand by

D. stand for

8. Comrade Lei Feng passed away in 1962, but his spirit of social responsibility and dedication still ______. (U3---A)

A. lives up

B. lives down

C. lives on

D. lives with

9. For several decades Italy has been ______ by political corruption. (U3---A)

A. affluent

B. inflicted

C. conflicted

D. afflicted

10. The President is focusing on nuclear energy now because he needs to ______ public attention from his economic record. (U3---B)

A. revert

B. divert

C. convert

D. invert

11. The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate______many people of job opportunities.

A. deprives

B. strives

C. contrives

D. drives

12. The whole world looked to her as a symbol of good triumphing ______evil. (U3---A)

A. at

B. on

C. in

D. over

13. I don’t think it’s a(n) ______ that three of the leading men we’ve talked about today all have tremendous stage experience.(U3---B)

A. coincidence

B. occurrence

C. incidence

D. incident

14. Governments in rich countries now accept that their pension and health-care promises will soon become unaffordable, and many of them have ______ on radical economic reforms. (U3---A)

A. initiated

B. embarked

C. commenced

D. established

15. My light-hearted temperament makes me able to greet and also to ______ each day ______ a smile. (U3---B)

A. end ... up

B. end … by

C. end … with

D. end … in

16. To ____someone on their appearance , for example , a new hairstyle , you can say :

I like your hairstyle (U3---A)

A. compliment

B. complement

C. comprise

D. complain

17. He and his wife left their motherland and arrived in London as rich ______ and led a happy life together. (U3---A)

A. emigrants

B. immigrants

C. migrants

D. migrations

18. Nothing can ______ a willing heart from achieving success. (U3---A)

A. preclude

B. include

C. exclude

D. conclude

19. Right now there is no evidence that those flu viruses that ______our pets are contagious to us. (U3—B)

A. effected

B. affected

C. infected

D. injected

20. China will inevitably retrogress into semi-feudalism and semi-colonialism if we ______ from socialism. (U3---A)

A. alleviate

B. aggravate

C. deviate

D. simulate

Unit 4, Book 3 Let’s go

1.He the problem before making a final decision.(U4-A)

A. contaminated

B. contemplated

C. thought

D. reckoned

2.I used to be one of the most and impatient individuals on the planet; I quit my job to travel.(U4-A)

A. fortunate

B. stubborn

C. illicit

D. finite

3.They tried to the old woman whose daughter died in an air crash. (U4-A)

A. saturate

B. irritate

C. console

D. encourage

4.You must go; it’s and you will be fined if you don’t.(U4-A)

A. compulsive

B. compulsory

C. complimentary

D. complicate

5.A translation is not always the closest to the original meaning.(U4-A)

A. literal

B. literate

C. illiterate

D. literary

6.As a psychologist, professor Li tried to study the way people think.(U4-A)

A. inductive

B. cognitive

C. primitive

D. instructive

7.He was for 18 months on charge of theft.(U4-A)

A. impressed

B. improved

C. imprisoned

D. prison

8.Mangoes from Thailand and other fruits sell good in our country.(U4-A)

A. exotic

B. toxic

C. pathetic

D. domestic

9.Nature has her with beauty and intelligence.(U4-A)

A. conferred

B. endowed

C. equipped

D. bestowed

10.In the middle to high rainfall has risen steadily over the last 20--30 years.(U4-A)

A. longitudes

B. latitudes

C. attitudes

D. altitudes

11.He takes his sprayer in his hand, appreciating the garden’s beauty and .(U4-B)

A. fragrance

B. fragment

C. fracture

D. fraction

12.That lady, a very famous writer, my grandmother, lived with us in Port of Spain, in Woodbrook. (U4-B)

A. vulnerable

B. voluntary

C. various

D. venerable

13.Officials in Shanghai are urging eligible couples to have two children amid concerns over an aging population. This is the first time in decades that Chinese has encouraged couples to .(U4-B)

A. conceal

B. concede

C. conceive

D. conclude

14.He finally looked at her, and his glance was sharp and full of .(U4-B)

A. misery

B. sympathy

C. affection

D. menace

15.The rebellion against the government has been by the government troops.(U4-B)

A. compressed

B. suppressed

C. oppressed

D. depressed

16.Family commitments and low expectations often women from engaging in a challenging career.(U4-B)

A. constrain

B. restrain

C. refrain

D. confine

17.Strategically we should all our enemies, but tactically we should take them all seriously.(U4-B)

A. ignore

B. neglect

C. despise

D. leave out

18. The _______ news report didn't have much effect on them .(U4-B)

A. sensitive

B. sensible

C. sensational

D. sentimental

19.From the way they talked I them to be married.(U4-B)

A. consumed

B. assured

C. resumed

D. presumed

20.Staying in an American family is a good way to improve your English and have a rare insight _______ American culture. (U4-B)

A. off

B. into

C. to

D. toward

Unit 5, Book 3 When work is a pleasure

1.The examination supervisor warned students not to ______ themselves by cheating

on the exam. (U5-A)

A. dedicate

B. contemplate

C. degrade C. upgrade

2. The city has a few modern buildings in the central area which do not ______ with

the style of the city’s overall character. (U5-A)

A. confirm

B. confront

C. conform

D. confine

3. Every decision is made of a person’s free will, and is ______, unless it is

effected by compulsion. (U5-A)

A. voluntary

B. extraordinary

C. contrary

D. contemporary

4. Rising temperatures and the associated earlier spring snowmelt ______ with

increasing amounts and size of wildfires in the western United States. (U5-A)

A. connect

B. correlate

C. cooperate

D. designate

5. The newspaper ______ three whole pages to pictures of the princess. (U5-A)

A. alleviate

B. addicted

C. designate

D. dedicated

6. To improve the ______ of gene testing, scientists needed to spell out the actual

DNA sequence of disease-fostering genes. (U5-A)

A. decision

B. precision

C. revision

D. vision

7. My girlfriend’s interest in my job gave me an ______, so I worked twice as hard.

(U5-A)

A. inventive

B. incentive

C. intensive

D. creative

8. If you want to ______ pubic opinion about the war, look at the local media coverage

concerning the death of the soldiers. (U5-A)

A. gauge

B. underestimate

C. coordinate

D. divert

relish

9. I have seen ______ manuscripts in which one word is spelled four different ways

on a single page.

A. integral

B. trivial

C. medieval

D. cordial

10. International financial experts committed to ______ from competitive devaluation

of our currencies and decided to promote a stable and well-functioning international monetary system. (U5-A)

A. retaining

B. refraining

C. containing

D. maintaining

11. He was knocked out by a stone ______ at him from the other side of the road. (U5-A)

A. hurled

B. hailed

C. upheld

D. afflicted

12. One example should ______ to illustrate my point. (U5-A)

A. slice

B. sacrifice

C. dice

D. suffice

13. After ______ at the computer keyboard, you then still have to write notation signs

by hand, the old-fashioned way. (U5-A)

A. slaving off

B. slaving away

C. slaving on

D. slaving up

14. If they would take a few seconds to understand the problem ______, they would most

likely find an easy answer and without needing a calculator. (U5-A)

A. at hand

B. in hand

C. on hand

D. of hand

15. The ceasefire must be ______ with the withdrawal of forces. (U5-A)

A. glamorous

B. impromptu

C. simultaneous

D. instantaneous

firm is too small to ______ with large multinational corporations. (U5-A)

A. ascend

B. descend

C. transcend

D. contend

______ her son’s education to a private tutor. (U5-B)

A. trusted

B. mistrusted

C. distrusted

D. entrusted

hard part was writing songs that could ______ their promise. (U5-B)

A. live up to

B. live on

C. live off

D. live by

19. People were very excited when the television station’s management was ______ free

tickets to the filming of a very popular show. (U5-B)

A. giving away

B. giving up

C. giving out

D. giving in

20. Some distance away, sharp sirens ______ the silence of the dark night. (U5-B)

A. drilled

B. pierced

C. sharpened

D. pointed

Unit 6, Book 3 War and peace

practical standpoint, how can you reduce production costs and at the same time minimize the risks involved? (U6---A)

A. In

B. At

C. From

D. Of

2. With Spring Festival drawing nearer, people are glowing with happiness, and are

full of hope; this excitement is _______before New Year’s Eve. (U6---A)

A. invasive

B. pervasive

C. dissuasive

D. persuasive

3. Happiness radiated ______Mary as she proudly told her parents about her remarkable

success in achieving her career goals. (U6---A)

A. of B from C. on D. for

4. I bought a second-hand pocket English-English dictionary; it’s been very useful

and cost me ______.

A. next to something B next to nothing C. next in something C next in nothing

5. Many people can’t ______of a dinner without meat or fish. (U6---A)

A. perceive

B. receive

C. deceive

D. conceive

6. Stop running______, and organize your time so that you are more productive at the job and in your life. (U6---A)

A. to circles

B. in circle

C. to circle

D. in circles

7. A______ spread across her face when she realized that it was she who was the object of their joke.

A. flesh

B. fresh

C. flush

D. brush

8. The area where most refugees are waiting is exposed to ______. (U6---A)

A. an element

B. the elements

C. the element

D. elements

9. Because of the war, we have to ________ the city and run away in the night like convicts. (U6---A)

A. radiate

B. alleviate

C. evacuate

D. contemplate

10. Don’t complain any longer. You should be more jealous ______all that you possess at the moment. (U6---A)

A. in

B. of

C. at

D. about

11. The new regulation will limit the number of ______dogs in the area. (U6---A)

A. appalling B stray C. vulnerable D. frantic

12. With the loan from the bank, the struggling company sprang ______life again. (U6---B)

A. to

B. in

C. of

D. from

as I might, I still can’t understand what we could have done to justify all the suffering war inevitably _______. (U6---A)

A. inflicts

B. infects

C. afflicts

D. affects

14. Painfully shy, he finally ______up courage to ask her to a game. (U6---A)

A. huddled

B. summoned

C. overturned D dispatched

15. The old lady_______ with her daughter to come back home. (U6---B)

A. pleaded B populated C pledged D. pleased

16. The responsibility of the Finance Committee is to ______the allocation of funds to particular projects in line with financial and economic policies. (U6---B)

A. revise

B. supervise

C. invite

D. devise

17. Next time you have a problem, think about how you can improve the situation instead of ______on all the negative aspects. (U6---B)

A. dwelling

B. staying

C. putting

D. taking

18. It is odd that people consider Peter to be a very easy-going and open-minded person because he is ______essence a very shy and conservative person. (U6---B)

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. to

19. He resigned, depressed at the way that war and revolution have torn the country and families______. (U6---B)

A. apart

B. through

C. into

D. together

20. After the rain, the air was filled with the ______of grass and flowers. (U6---B)

A. content B scent C. descent D. present

Unit 7, Book 3 Economy: Power behind everyday life

1. He had never _______spending the whole of his working life in that particular job (U7—B)

A. evicted

B. evacuated

C. envisaged

D. assimilated

2. According to this senior official, any abuse of office __________ from the seed of lust for more.

(U7—A)

A. appreciates

B. negotiates

C. originates

D. initiates

3. Believe it or not, friendship is apt to _______in times of crisis. (U7—A)

A. deteriorate

B. deviate

C. allocate

D. donate

4. To balance the budget without increasing taxes would obviously ______ cutting spending. (U7—A)

A. tail

B. detail

C. retail

D. entail

5. He has been living illegally in the United States after his visitor's visa ______last year.(U7—A)

A. aspired

B. desired

C. inspired

D. expired

disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ______ relations between the two countries. (U7—A)

A. tumble

B. jeopardize Ｃ.manipulate D. intimidate

7. In fact, your _______words amount to a refusal. (U7—A)

A. bilingual

B. ambiguous

C. literal

D. dubious

drugs must ______ in every way to the standards set up by the government. (U7—A)

A. conform

B. confirm

C. comply

D. correspond

9. The standard of living today is on the edge of ______. (U7—A)

A. consistence

B. existence

C. subsistence

D. persistence

10. _______, he would encounter no one here. (U7—A)

A. In all likelihood

B. As a result

C. Out of sight

D. Next to nothing

11. Moreover, the ______ message is that the family's native language is not important or valued. (U7—B)

A. capital

B. vital

C. basic

D. underlying

12. Her anxiety about the world was ______ her personal fears about her future. (U7—B)

A. enlarging

B. amplifying

C. expanding

D. multiplying

13. China needs to _______a good

deal of foreign progressive culture, but she must not swallow anything and everything uncritically. (U7—B)

A. associate

B. assimilate

C. alleviate

D. aggravate

are being made to______ war and find a diplomatic solution. (U7—B)

A. avert

B. convert

C. divert

D. alert

15.The other banks are going to be very eager to help, ______ that they see that he has a specific plan. (U7—B)

A. if

B. provided

C. dividing

D. Giving

16 . Another thing to keep in mind is that extrinsic motivation is in violent conflict with _____motivation. (U7—B)

A. absurd

B. intrinsic

C. eternal

D. offensive

17. They had an argument, which _______ in Tom’s getting drunk (U7—B)

A. entailed

B. allocated

C. defaulted

D. culminated

18The company is in ______ on its loan agreement. (U7—B)

A. default

B. succession

C. breach

D. legitimate

19. Winter is ______ and the population is facing food and fuel shortages. (U7—B)

A. setting back

B. setting off

C. setting out

D. setting in 20．He bought an investment property for $100,000 and______ $20,000. (U7—A)

A. put out

B. put down

C. put up

D. put aside

Unit 8, Book 3 The art of parenting

1. The mystery that ______ him most was Jos’ sudden disappearance from the lakeside

cottage. ( U8---A)

A. baffled

B. cradled

C. entrusted

D. offset

2. You can apply for a license from your local council, which means that you can ______ the formality( U8---A)

A. correlate with

B. coincide with

C. correspond with D dispense with

3. After you have ______ yourself on all food, you will be too tired to go out with us and have fun. ( U8---A)

A. filled

B. gorged

C. entertained

D. stuffed

4. I already know what everyone is saying about me; So, you know you don’t have to ______ that subject with me. ( U8---A)

A. look around

B. turn around

C. tiptoe around

D. go around

5. Luke never could ______ lying to his mother. ( U8---A)

A. get along with

B. get across to

C. get down to

D. get away with

6. All around the world, extremely wealthy people live a rather protected lifestyle and are ______ from the suffering lives of the poor people around them. ( U8---A)

A. stimulated

B. insulated

C. irritate d

D. graduated

7. Our students have almost limitless resources _______, like a well- equipped library, air-conditioned classrooms and a large computer center. (U8---A)

A. on one’s own

B. at their disposal

C. at will

D. at ease

8. I tried to eat the tablets. They are so ______ that I spit them out again. ( U8---A)

A. delicious

B. pleasant

C. gross

D. boring

9. I don’t see why we can’t open up a new community center; it should be easy with all the resources that we have at our ______. ( U8---A)

A. proposal

B. disposal

C. preposition

D. disposition

10. I want you to have your own thoughts and feelings, even if they _______ with mine. ( U8---A)

A. clash

B. crash

C. crush D rush.

11. It suggested that second marriages would substantially ______ the rights of

inheritance of the members of the first family. ( U8---A)

A. inflict

B. intervene C infringe D. inhibit

12. The police officers and body guards have to protect speakers who may arouse audience ______ or worse. ( U8---A)

A. destination

B. indignation

C. resignation

D. reservation

13. The children happen to be born in a country where birth ______ the right of citizenship.( U8---A)

A. refers

B. prefers

C. transfers

D. confers

14. The people felt that the prime minister was trying to _______ peace and tolerance rather than to explain the steps he would take to accomplish the important endeavor. ( U8---A)

A. plead

B. preach

C. permeate

D. portray

15. The way you approach practice greatly affects how much you improve, ______ your talent. ( U8---A)

A. in terms of

B. in case of

C. irrespective of

D. in spite of

16. The doctor ______ the success of the operation to the perfection of a new instrument used. (U8---B)

A. ascribed

B. described

C. prescribed

D. scribed

17. Every now and then she feels the urge to do something exciting and _________.(U8---B)

A. out of order

B. out of touch

C. out of character

D. out of date

18. As she took her wedding ________ , she was saying goodbye to her life as an independent woman. (U8---B)

A. vows

B. statements

C. speech

D. declaration

19. To______ the life of your knives, wash them by hand and then store them in a knife block that keeps the blade separate. (U8---B)

A. ponder

B. prolong

C. preclude

D. perish

20. Both partners started young and had to _______ a range of personal problems and private defeats until they eventually succeeded. (U8---B)

A. pull through

B. look through

C. work through

D. go through

Key to supplementary Vocabulary Exercises (Book III)

Unit 1

1--5: BABCB 6--10: CBCAA 11--15: CDCAA 16--20: CBACA

Unit 2

1--5: BADAC 6--10: BDBAC 11--15: BACBA 16--20: CCDBD

Unit 3

1--5: DCBCC 6--10: CACDB 11--15: ADABC 16--20: ABACC

Unit 4

1--5: BBCBA 6--10: BCABB 11--15: ADCDB 16--20: ACCDB

Unit 5

1--5: CCABD 6--10 : BBACB 11--15: ADBAC 16--20: DDACB

Unit 6

1--5: CBBBD 6--10: DCBCB 11--15:BAAB A 16--20: BABAB

Unit 7

1--5: CCADD 6--10: BBACA 11--15: DBBAB 16--20: BDADB

Unit 8

1--5: ADBCD 6--10 BBCBA 11--15 CBDBC 16--20 ACABC