Vocabulary:
Section A: Multiple-Choice:
( B ) 1. We buy our ________ at a large ________ store.
A. clothing, clothes
B. clothes, clothing
C. clothes, dresses
D. clothes, suits
( C ) 2. If you can’t remember, let me try to ________ your memory.
A. awaken
B. stimulate
C. refresh
D. arouse
awaken: v. 醒来，唤醒，唤起；stimulate: 刺激，激励；refresh: v. (使)精神振作，(使)精力恢复，更新；arouse: v. 唤醒，唤起，鼓励；睡醒
( D ) 3. Mother is preparing a meal while keeping ________ the baby.
A. eyes on
B. eye on
C. an eye for
D. an eye on
keep an eye on: 照看，密切注意
( A ) 4. He braked hard ________ a sudden panic.
A. in
B. into
C. from
D. with
be in a panic: 在惊慌中
( C )5. I didn’t expect you to finish so soon. How long did the work ________ ?
A. continue
B. endure
C. take
D. go
How long did the work take? 这份工作要多久才能做完？
( D ) 6. The muffled (消音的，压抑的) cry seemed to come ________ the wall which was 15 inches thick.
A. behind
B. from
C. after
D. from behind ( D ) 7. No one could explain how it had ________ that he survived the air crash.
A. become
B. arrived
C. resulted
D. come about
become: 变得，成为；arrive: 到达，抵达；result: 起因，由于，导致；
come about: 出现，发生；转向
( B ) 8. Even a mighty express train can be ________ by signals.
A. slowed up
B. held up
C. prevented
D. kept up
slow up: (使)慢下来；hold up: 举起，支撑，继续下去，阻挡，拦截；
prevent: 防止，预防；keep up: 维持，继续
( C ) 9. Microcomputers ________ with the invention of microchips.
A. appeared
B. turned up
C. came into being
D. were rezlized
appear: 出现，出版，发表；turn up: 找到，发现，出现；come into being: 形成，产生；realize: 认识到，了解，实现，实行
( D ) 10. The small lake was only four miles ________.
A. wide
B. large
C. cross
D. across
across: from one side to the other 从一边到另一边cross: adj. 交叉的，相反的，乖戾的
( B ) 11. You’ve made some progress. Keep it ________.
A. on
B. up
C. off
D. down
keep on: 继续，穿着…不脱，为留待后用保留着；keep up: 保持良好状态，保持，继续，并行，不落后，赶上；keep off: 避开，躲开；keep down:
压制，镇压，阻止…成长
( D ) 12. The old lady lost her cat last week and it miraculously turned ________ yesterday in her back yard.
A. on
B. in
C. back
D. up
turn on: 打开，开始展示，开始或使开始吸毒，使兴奋；keep in: 上交，上床睡觉，检举，陈述，完成；turn back: 折回，往回走，阻挡，翻转；
turn up: 开大，调高音量，发现，找到，出现
( B ) 13. He chose a tie which would ________ his suit.
A. suit
B. go with
C. fit
D. agree
suit: 适合，使适宜，相配(vi.)；go with: 伴随，与…相配，和(异性)交朋友；fit: 适合，使合身，使适应，使合格；agree: 同意，赞成…的意见( A ) 14. The couple never got ________ the loss of their son.
A. over
B. on
C. from
D. down
get over: 超过，痊愈，熬过；get on: 相处和谐，生活，进步，年纪增长；
get down: 下降，认真，疲惫，泄气，写下
( D ) 15. Aleko denied ________ Mary’s little lamb.
A. to steal
B. to have stolen
C. having to steal
D. stealing ( C ) 16. ________ him go out if he wants to.
A. Allow
B. Make
C. Let
D. Permit
( D ) 17. How much would you ________ me for repairing my bike?
A. pay
B. take
C. cost
D. charge
( B ) 18. You won’t be seeing Jane any more. The boss fired her. She’s gone ________.
A. for all
B. for good
C. for the time
D. for days
for all: 尽管for good: 永久地，一劳永逸地for the time being: 暂时的for days on end: 一连好几天
( A ) 19. She spent the ________ day washing and cleaning.
A. whole
B. all
C. full
D. complete ( D ) 20. I won’t go if it ________ changing trains in London.
A. cares
B. indicates
C. wants
D. means ( C ) 21. He prefers ________ as a businessman so as to avoid being recognized.
A. to dress
B. to be dressed
C. to be dressed up
D. dressing ( A ) 22. ________, a policeman came to the scene.
A. Shortly afterwards
B. Not long
C. Sooner
D. Lately
shortly afterwards: 不久之后；not long: 不久lately: 近来，最近
( B ) 23. I love my country so much that I am prepared to ________ her.
A. devote to
B. devote my life to
C. devoting my life to
D. to devote my life for
( C ) 24. City born and city bred, he always thinks city life is ________ country life.
A. superior than
B. inferior than
C. superior to
D. inferior to ( D ) 25. The idea of spending the rest of my life there never ________ me.
A. appeals
B. attracts to
C. appeals for
D. appeals to
appeal to sb.: 呼吁，恳求，吸引appeal for sth: 呼吁，号召
( D ) 26. She looked ________ to make sure that I was not telling a lie.
A. at me in the eye
B. me in my eye
C. at me in my eyes
D. me in the eye
look sb in the eye: 正视某人
( C ) 27. Good advice is ________ price.
A. for
B. no
C. beyond
D. without
( C ) 28. He ________ talking about his experience in Japan.
A. is never tired
B. is never tiring of
C. never tires of
D. is never tiring when
( A ) 29. His mind was ________ on one thing: How to win the game.
A. concentrated
B. observed
C. indicated
D. declared ( B ) 30. We didn’t know what had happened to her until we ________ the accident in the newspaper.
A. read
B. read of
C. read over
D. read from
read of: 籍助阅读发现某人/某物的情况
( A ) 31. If someone is competent for his job, we say he is ________.
A. worth his salt
B. worthy of his salt
C. worthwhile his salt
D. whorth salt
worth one’s salt: 称职，胜任
( B ) 32. What did you ________ my book? I can’t find it.
A. do about
B. do with
C. leave
D. put
( C ) 33. She ________ her jewels ________ money.
A. changed … for
B. changed … with
C. exchanged … for
D. exchanged … with
( D ) 34. He took a nap to ________ the loss of sleep the night before.
A. compensate
B. make for
C. compensate up
D. compensate for ( A ) 35. Houses there ________ paper to keep cold out.
A. are insulated with
B. insulate with
C. are insulated of
D. insulate of
insulate: ~ (from/against sth) (with sth) 使绝缘，使隔离
( C ) 36. Some people did not go to university ________ their own choice.
A. from
B. by
C. of
D. in
of one’s choice: 某人所选定的，自己选择的，出于自愿的
( B ) 37. He is the only one ________ these files.
A. to access to
B. to have access to
C. to have access
D. to be accessible to
( C ) 38. We offer four courses, each ________ two weekly programmes.
A. consisted of
B. made up
C. consisting of
D. was made up of ( D ) 39. The amount of the money they received ________ from person to person.
A. changed
B. differed
C. moved
D. varied
( B ) 40. Another subway has been ________ operation since last December.
A. under
B. in
C. on
D. with
in operatin: 运转着，生效
( B ) 41. Can you tell us how you ________ the earthquake?
A. were survived
B. survived
C. survived in
D. survived after ( D ) 42. It was midnight when Uncle Podger at last had the picture ________ in the living-room.
A. hanged
B. hanging
C. hang
D. hung
( D ) 43. The weather was very good on the first day. It rained for ________.
A. the other time
B. the rest time
C. the rest of time
D. the rest of the time
( B ) 44. The lawn-mower (割草机) broke ________ last month and it failed to operate.
A. off
B. down
C. up
D. away
( C ) 45. The General Store sells clothing and many other things ________ food.
A. in addition
B. except for
C. apart from
D. beside
( A ) 46. About 2000 years ago, the Chinese paper was made ________ the hair-like parts of cerrtain plants.
A. from
B. of
C. into
D. out of
( D ) 47. The ________ between the rich and poor regions is being bridged.
A. space
B. distance
C. room
D. gap
( B ) 48. You have no right to ________ more information than you should.
A. give way
B. give away
C. give out
D. give way to
give way: 撤退，让步，垮台，屈服，跌价give away: 分发，送掉，放弃，泄露，出卖，让步，陷下give out: 分发, 发出(气味、热等), 发表, 用尽, 精疲力竭
( D ) 49. He has been a valued (尊贵的) ________ of our company for many years.
A. customer
B. professor
C. businessman
D. client
client: 顾客，客户，主顾；customer: 主顾，消费者
( B ) 50. “Are you still homesick? Believe me, you’ll soon ________ .”
A. get it over
B. get over it
C. recover
D. recover it
get over: 爬过, 克服, 熬过, 恢复, 原谅recover: vt.重新获得, 恢复, 使改过; vi. 痊愈, 复原, 胜诉
( C ) 51. Everything will be all right, Jane. ________ easy.
A. Take
B. Let it
C. Take it
D. Keep it ( D ) 52. One possible solution ________ the population problem has been suggested by an American scientist.
A. about
B. in
C. for
D. to
( A ) 53. Father insisted on sending to Harrow to ________ me a good education.
A. ensure
B. make sure
C. make sure of
D. ensure of
make sure: 确定，确信，证实ensure: 保证, 担保, 使安全, 保证得到( C ) 54. Three Day To See________ my interest in knowing more about Helen Keller.
A. rose
B. arose
C. aroused
D. raised
rise: vi. 升起，起身，起源，高耸，增长，上升，vi. 使飞起；arise: vi. 出现，发生，起因于arouse: vt. 唤醒，唤起，鼓励，引起，vi. 睡醒raise: vt. 升起，唤起，提高，使出现，饲养，筹集，使复活
( B ) 55. Not knowing what to reply ________ such a question, we kept silent.
A. /
B. to
C. with
D. on
( C ) 56. The four-wheeler was lost to sight, the sound of the slow wheels ________.
A. died away
B. died off
C. dying away
D. dying off
die away: (风, 声音)渐息, 渐弱, (树木等)渐渐凋零, 枯萎(根未死), 假死;
die off: 相继死去直至死光
( D ) 57. ________ objective tests, they use “essay” tests.
A. Along to
B. In addition with
C. Together to
D. In addition to ( D ) 58. He ________ the gap in his education ________ lack of opportunity.
A. owed … to
B. owned … to
C. contributed … to
D. attributed … to
owe…to: 应感激，归功于…，对某个人/某些人怀有(特殊的感情)；
contribute… to: 捐助，贡献，投稿，有助于attribute sth to sth/sb: 认为某事物是由于某人或某物引起或产生
( B ) 59. The doctor advised him to ________ fattening food.
A. reduce on
B. cut down on
C. crease
D. cut off
cut down on: 减少reduce: vt. 减少, 缩小, 简化, 还原crease: v. 折，弄皱；cut off: 切断, 断绝, 剥夺继承权
( A ) 60. Summer here is so hot that most people try to ________ somewhere.
A. get away
B. get off
C. leave away
D. move off
get away: 逃脱, 离开, 把...送走get off: 下来, 脱下, 出发, 被容忍, 动身, 开始leave: 出发, 离开, 生叶, 动身move off: 离开，死，畅销( D ) 61. My mother manages the entire ________, inluding taking care of my grandfather.
A. family
B. home
C. house hold
D. household
family: 家庭, 家族, 家属, 亲属, 子女, 僚属home: 家, 住宅, 家乡, 本国, 产地, 避难所household: 一家人, 家庭, 家族, 王室
( A ) 62. She wore a dress for that occasion in the prettiest fashion ________.
A. imaginable
B. imaginative
C. imaginary
D. imagining ( B ) 63. ________ open for an exercise book with a blue cover for me.
A. Keep your eye
B. Keep your eyes
C. Keep an eye
D. Keep eyes
keep one’s eyes open: 注意，留心
( C ) 64. He failed to ________ himself to the new environment.
A. adopt
B. adept
C. adapt
D. addict
adopt: vt. 采用，收养adept: adj. 熟练的，拿手的n. 老手，擅长者adapt: vt. 使适应，改编addict: vt. 使沉溺，使上瘾
( C ) 65. If tomorrow is fine, we shall go on a trip ________.
A. altogether
B. get-together
C. all together
D. all-together
altogether: adv. 完全地，总而言之get-together: 联欢会all together: 一起
( D ) 66. I was sick ________ his way of speaking.
A. with
B. off
C. against
D. of
sick with: 为…所忧虑，担忧sick of: 厌倦，厌烦
( B ) 67. My parents are not interested in pop music. They are ________ the times.
A. before
B. behind
C. against
D. after
behind the times: 过时，落伍，赶不上时代behind the time: 不合时宜( D ) 68. His repeated efforts did not ________ a miracle.
A. make
B. get
C. promote
D. work
work: 创造，实现：尽力使用自己的体力或脑力以便做、干或完成某事
make: 使存在，使发生：导致存在或发生；使发生；创造：
get: 获得, 变成, 收获, 使得, 挣得, 受到(惩罚,打击等), 染上, 抓住
promote: 促进，发扬，提升，晋升
( B ) 69. You are always ________ fault with him. Please don’t be too hard on him.
A. making
B. finding
C. looking
D. getting ( C ) 70. I saw a ________ of fish in the pond.
A. group
B. crowd
C. school
D. swarm
school: 鱼群：大群水生动物，尤指成群游动的鱼group: 团体, 组, 团, 群, 批, [地]界, [化]基crowd: 人群，群众，一堆(东西)，一伙swarm: 蜂群，一大群
( D ) 71. As the bus is so ________, we had better go home on foot.
A. crowdy
B. crowding
C. crowd
D. crowded
crowding: 拥挤现象crowdy: (苏格兰)麦片粥crowded: 拥挤的，塞满的
( A ) 72. When will you ________ this new policy?
A. adopt
B. adapt
C. addict
D. adorn
adopt: 采用，收养adapt: 使适应，改编addict: 使沉溺，使上瘾adorn: 装饰
( B ) 73. I still cannot figure ________ the sum I require.
A. in
B. out
C. up
D. over
( D ) 74. Signpost ________ along the way directed us to the town.
A. elected
B. corrected
C. collected
D. erected
elect: 选举，推选correct: 改正，纠正，告诫collect: 收集，集中erect: 盖，使直立，树立，建立
( C ) 75. Smoking in this five-star hotel is ________.
A. declined
B. prevented
C. prohibited
D. refused ( D ) 76. The music they are playing is not at all ________ me.
A. for
B. in
C. with
D. to
( A ) 77. How did you while ________ your time during the holiday?
A. away
B. off
C. over
D. for
while away: 消磨
( B ) 78. I don’t like him; he always pokes his ________ into other people’s affairs.
A. fingers
B. nose
C. hands
D. foot
( D ) 79. You are unlikely to succeed unless you ________ his advice.
A. ignore
B. understand
C. remember
D. follow ( C ) 80. Have you brought the old man his stick, which he can never do ________ when walking?
A. for
B. with
C. without
D. away Section B: Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given words in brackets.
1. Although he has lived here for several years, he is still ________ to the way of life here. (accustom)
2. Jack’s father is a ________ general respected by many people. (prestige)
3. In that remote village, no other ________ was ever required of a teacher beyond
“writing and reading”. (qualify)
4. When he returned form Britain, he used his ________ to buy a ring for his wife. (save)
5. The lady insisted that the coat was too ________ to afford. (cost)
6. they learn English without any ________ but under the pressure of necessity.
(motive)
7. On his friend’s ________, he closed the store. (recommend)
8. The ________ news that her daughter was lost kept her worried all the morning. (disturb)
9. A ________ of children want to sing while the majority want to dance. (minor)
10. In China parents are under an ________ to send their children to school until they
are 18. (oblige)
11. What he is saying is ________ to the point under discussin. (irrelevance)
12. She has been working very hard and her schoolwork has shown much ________
since this year. (improve)
13. It’s difficult to teach students of different ________ in one class (able)
14. You should take the medicine twice ________. (day)
15. When Tom applied for jobs, he found he was always at a ________ because he
could not speak English. (advantage)
16. She needs some comfort but I really can’t think of anything ________ to say.
(suit)
17. This writer’s ________ style has made his book interesting to even children.
(converse)
18. I failed to answer half the questions through ________. (nerve)
19. In his ________ to please everyone he satisfies no one. (eager)
20. He failed in the exam because of ________. (lazy)
21. The woman spent all her life in a home for the ________. (age)
22. Freedom of speech and freedom of action are ________ without freedom to think.
(meaning)
23. We met an aged woman who was ________ and bent. (wrinkle)
24. John is so ________ that he never seems to feel tired. (energy)
25. We find it ________ to compromise as we have different ideas in mind. (possible)
26. Your plan sounds ________, but we’ll have to discuss it. (reason)
27. We are still in February, it’s really ________ for us to have such hot weather at
this time of year. (usual)
28. My advice met with a polite ________. (refuse)
29. He is a ________ professor in this famous university. (knowledge)
30. they bought a second-hand car for ________ reasons. (economy)
31. His ________ deprived him of a chance to study abroad. (ill)
32. The ________ we live in has many converiences such as a bank and a
supermarket. (neighbor)
33. To realize our dreams, we can share our ________ with each other. (wise)
34. He will be left alone sooner or later if he is always ________. (friend)
35. The photograph of the film is excellent but tha’s just my ________ opinion.
(person)
36. I think it ________ that the parents should maltreat their own son. (believe)
37. His ________ speech made everyone here borde. (end)
38. We are still ________ how he managed to win the game. (certain)
39. Even though he knew the trip was going to be ________, he still made up his
mind to go. (danger)
40. If we make a ________ between hotels in London and those in Paris, we’ll find
they differ widely. (compare)