1.As Kara happily flipped through her college catalogues, her parents looked on in
dismay, mentally calculating the total ____ costs.
A.fare
B. wage
C. tuition
D. fee
2.I attribute her success in science ____ the encourage she received from her
parents.
A.on
B. to
C. with
D. into
3.Even when it was ____ for her to keep her mouth shut, she was always ready with
a retort.
A.advise
B. advisable
C. advisory
D. advising
4.It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of the riots because of the way
some reporters distort and ____ the actual events.
A.exaggerate
B. enlarge
C. widen
D. overtake
5.Over the last fifteen years, running has become a popular ____ for 30 million
participants of all ages.
A.fantasy
B. pastime
C. symposium
D. penalty
6.In her hometown, she was a big fish in a small ____, but after she moved to New
York, she was just only one among many millions.
A.pond
B. sea
C. ocean
D. lake
7.Although he thought he was helping us with the job, he was only ____.
A.in a way
B. in the way
C. on the way
D. by the way
8.Because these lines are taken out of context, they do not ____ the message the
author intended.
A.convert
B. transfer
C. exchange
D. convey
9.Inability to relax, to ____ a problem, often prevents its solution.
A.let off on
B. let up on
C. let go of
D. let down in
10.Try to be ____ in your eating this holiday season; if you control your appetite, you
won’t gain too much weight.
A.temperate
B. terminal
C. tranquil
D. tender
11.Spanish women ____ just 4.1% of corporate boards, according to a study by the
European Professional Women’s Network.
A.make off
B. make for
C. make out
D. make up
12.If you don’t eat more ____ dinner, you’ll be hungry later on.
A.vast
B. considerate
C. resourceful
D. substantial
13.On or vacation we ____ an interesting antique store.
A.chanced upon
B. concentrated upon
C. counted upon
D. congratulated
upon
14.Now, there’s absolutely no question in any objective observer’s mind that entry to
Oxford and Cambridge is ____ competitive.
A.finely
B. firmly
C. fiercely
D. flexibly
15.The new Lenovo laptop with the butterfly keyboard and the built-in FAX modem
is a pretty ____ machine.
A.profound
B. significant
C. fundamental
D. sophisticated
16.A dog’s ____ to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite
household pet.
A.accuracy
B. fidelity
C. hospitality
D. ingenuity
17.The tenant must be prepared to decorate the house ____ the term of the contract.
A.in the vicinity of
B. in quest of
C. in accordance with
D. in collaboration
with
18.Alice’s blog contains ____ photographs and hundreds of articles and short videos
from her trip around the globe.
A.prosperous
B. gorgeous
C. spacious
D. simultaneous
19.After the quarrel, Tina said nothing could ____ her to talk to Tony again.
A.deduce
B. tempt
C. excite
D. induce
20.Up until that time, his interest had focused almost ____ on fully mastering the
skills and techniques of his craft.
A.restrictively
B. radically
C. inclusively
D. exclusively
21.She is ____ at every aspect of the job; all she lacks is imagination.
A.sufficient
B. adequate
C. proficient
D. ample
22.He was so committed to the ____ of his faith that he was unable to evaluate them
impartially.
A.credits
B. doctrines
C. certificates
D. documents
23.It would be imprudent of you to ____ from your present job before you are
offered another.
A.resign
B. reject
C. retreat
D. retire
24.When it comes to fishing, I beat him by ____.
A.kilometers
B. grams
C. meters
D. miles
25.The wood was so rotten that, when we pulled, it ____ into fragments.
A.broke off
B. broke away
C. broke through
D. broke up
26.His speech was confusing and full of ____.
A.contrary
B. conflict
C. contrast
D. contradiction
27.The statute of limitations sets limits on how long you have to take legal actions in
____ cases.
A.eccentric
B. specific
C. unique
D. odd
28.Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre-literate societies in order to
attract good health or to ____ disease.
A.set aside
B. ward off
C. shrug off
D. give away
29.At last they had to resort ____ forcing the door to rescue the boy.
A.with
B. against
C. from
D. to
30.The criminally insane are said to have lost the ability to ____ between good and
evil.
A.tell
B. discriminate
C. classify
D. categorize
31.No matter how ____ the patient’s mutterings may seem, they give us some
indications of what is on his mind.
A.irrelevant
B. irresistible
C. invisible
D. intolerable
32.In certain countries the law ____ parents to send their children to school.
A.imposes
B. obliges
C. conforms
D. submits
33.Supporters of the death penalty argue that the regulation would ____ criminals
from carrying guns.
A.detach
B. deter
C. desert
D. destine
34.Despite their lack of success so far, research scientists have ____ in their research
for a cure for AIDS.
A.maintained
B. retained
C. insisted
D. persevered
35.The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally ____.
A.pulled together
B. pulled up
C. pulled through
D. pulled over
36.Rosa was such a last-minute worker that she could never start writing a paper till
the deadline was ____.
A.emergent
B. adjacent
C. compulsory
D. imminent
37.When a number of people ____ together in a conversational knot, each individual
expresses his position in the group by where he stands.
A.pad
B. pack
C. squeeze
D. cluster
38.They are talking ____ steps in preparation for a possible war.
A.primitive
B. preliminary
C. productive
D. progressive
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thought, but they are inseparable in fact.
A.indistinctly
B. separately
C. irrelevantly
D. independently
40.Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial
system will ____ down the economy.
A.put
B. settle
C. drag
D. knock
41.He drew on his cigarette and blew out a ____ of smoke.
A.flash
B. stream
C. storm
D. circle
42.The beauty of Venice largely ____ the style of its ancient buildings.
A.consists in
B. relies on
C. composes of
D. comprises in
43.The wealth of a country should be measured ____ the health and happiness of its
people as well as the materials goods it can produce.
A.in line with B, in terms of C. in regard with D. by means of
44.He was very sick and his life was hanging by a ____.
A.rope
B. thread
C. cord
D. string
45.I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat ____.
A.disapproval
B. rejection
C. refusal
D. decline
46.Although her early poetry was clearly ____ in nature, the critics thought she had
promise and eventually would find her own voice.
A.destructive
B. digestive
C. distinctive
D. derivative
47.The future of this company is ____: many of its talented employees are flowing
into more profitable net-based businesses.
A.at odds
B. in trouble
C. in vain
D. at stake
48.Don’t bring Robert to the picnic. He’s such a wet ____.
A.sheet
B. carpet
C. blanket
D. bedclothes
49.The police fired tear gas into the crowd to ____ the protesters.
A.distribute
B. disperse
C. spread
D. stretch
50.After her appointment ____ this eminent position, she seldom had time for her
former friends.
A.to
B. with
C. at
D. over
51.Mike’s strong desire to outshine his elder sister was all the ____ he needed to do
well in school.
A.incentive
B. attraction
C. temptation
D. appeal
52.He felt ____ at the ill-treatment of helpless animals.
A.indignity
B. indignation
C. indulgence
D. inconvenience
53.One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships ____
follow traffic rules in busy harbors.
A.cautiously
B. dutifully
C. faithfully
D. skillfully
54.She thought of her retirement day as the light at the end of the ____.
A.tube
B. tub
C. tunnel
D. channel
55.Despite the monthly lovers’ quarrels, we always manage to ____.
A.adjust
B. reconcile
C. modify
D. vary
56.Henry doesn’t know what to ____ at the university; he can’t make up his mind
about his future.
A.take in
B. take up
C. take over
D. take after
57.I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a ____ character.
A.gracious
B. suspicious
C. skeptical
D. passive
58.When I ____ my senses, I found myself wrapped up in bed in my little room, with
Grandma bending over me.
A.woke up
B. took to
C. picked up
D. came to
59.His ____ greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start.
A.isolated
B. solo
C. distant
D. private
60.The chairman of the board ____ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good
workers the firm can no longer afford to employ.
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B. posed
C. pressed
D. tempted
61.The ____ of the U.S.S.R. has been the most momentous event of the last quarter
of the 20th century.
A.solution
B. resolution
C. distillation
D. dissolution
62.The bandits desolated the countryside, burning farms and carrying ____ harvest.
A.out
B. off
C. on
D. through
63.Stella held her ground against several attempts to ____ her as secretary of the
club.
A.remove
B. shift
C. cancel
D. transmit
64.Soon after the shooting, “No Trespassing” signs appeared in ____ colors around
the preserve.
A.conspicuous
B. suspicious
C. spacious
D. conscientious
65.It is through learning that the individual ____ many habitual ways of reacting to
situations.
A.retains
B. gains
C. achieves
D. acquires
66.Both parties promised to ____ their contract to be signed the following day.
A.keep with
B. tangle with
C. adhere to
D. devote to
67.Some insects have a life ____ of no more than a few hours.
A.potential
B. span
C. scale
D. scope
68.The ____ newspaper accounts of the marital problems of the royal couple
fascinated many readers but made others a little uncomfortable.
A.sensitive
B. sensible
C. sentimental
D. sensational
69.I needed more money and so I decided to make the ____ by the horns and ask my
boss for more pay.
A.bull
B. cow
C. goat
D. wolf
70.Failure in a required subject may ____ the denial of a diploma.
A.result from
B. bring down
C. result in
D. bring out
71.The limestone was eroded by the ____ water until only a thin shell remained.
A.spilling
B. dropping
C. dripping
D. leaking
72.These areas rely on agriculture almost ____, having few mineral resources and a
minimum of industrial development.
A.respectively
B. extraordinarily
C. incredibly
D. exclusively
73.The ranch owners appropriate the lands that had originally been ____ for the
Indian s’ use.
A.set away
B. set aside
C. set back
D. set out
74.The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and
capable ____ his financial situation.
A.with respect to
B. in accordance with
C. regardless of
D. in terms of
75.Too polite to laugh in anyone’s face, Roy did his best to ____ his laughter at Ed’s
inane remark.
A.distress
B. oppress
C. impress
D. suppress
76.Digby’s embarrassment when he met Madonna was ____: his ears turned bright
pink and he kept scuffing one shoe in the dirt.
A.acute
B. manifest
C. keen
D. severe
77.Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ____.
A.simultaneously
B. spontaneously
C. homogeneously
D. contemporarily
78.I am afraid that his border raid is the ____ to more serious attacks.
A.symptom
B. reference
C. prelude
D. inference
79.The elderly Russians find it hard to live ____ their state pensions.
A.on
B. through
C. with
D. up to
80.The farmers have taken strenuous pains to turn the ____ land into fertile fields.
A.bald
B. void
C. blank
D. barren
81.Even though the Red Cross had ____ a large sum for the relief of the sufferers of
the disaster, many people perished.
A.indicated
B. allocated
C. designated
D. appointed
82.Individual supports are run by over 370 independent government bodies whose
functions usually include ____ rules, holding events and promoting international links.
A.drawing on
B. drawing in
C. drawing up
D. drawing down
83.I think you have permitted your son too much ____ in this matter.
A.attitude
B. altitude
C. latitude
D. aptitude
84.The deaths of such ____ actors as John Candy and George Burns tell is that the
galaxy of Hollywood superstars is rapidly disappearing.
A.obvious
B. conspicuous
C. noticeable
D. renowned
85.As the mountains were covered with a ____ of cloud, we couldn’t see their tops.
A.coating B, film C. veil D. shade
86.The college is about to ____ a program for reducing math anxiety among students.
A.generate
B. initiate
C. yield
D. bear
87.The children can repeat the poem they’re just learnt by ____.
A.chance
B. heart
C. sight
D. experience
88.There are many who believe that the use of force ____ political ends can never be
justified.
A.in search of
B. in pursuit of
C. in view of
D. in light of
89.The government are trying to ____ their involvement in the affair.
A.play down
B. go off
C. read up
D. take out
90.They claim that they can ____ worn shoes so that they look like new ones.
A.refresh
B. innovate
C. renovate
D. modernize
91.I will ____ to this opinion until proof that I am wrong is presented.
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B. confirm
C. adhere
D. accord
92.If you go to the park every day in the morning, you will ____ find him doing
physical exercise there.
A.logically
B. persistently
C. ordinarily
D. invariably
93.Even after she’d retired from work, she kept up her habitual practice of rising at
the ____ of dawn.
A.beginning
B. crack
C. track
D. break
94.He is the only person who can ____ in this case, because the other witnesses were
killed mysteriously.
95.The table linen was neatly folded up and ____.
A.put away
B. break away with
C. pass away
D. do away with
96.If you pay authors by the word, you tempt them to produce ____ manuscripts
rather than brief ones.
A.tedious
B. boring
C. diffuse
D. monotonous
97.Some American colleges are state-supported, others are privately ____ and still
others are supported by religious organizations.
A.ensured
B. attributed
C. authorized
D. endowed
98.Drops of supplies are being made to villages still ____ by the snow.
A.cut off
B. cut short
C. cut into
D. cut up
99.In ____ with our rules and regulations, I am calling a meeting of our organization.
A.approval
B. treaty
C. conformity
D. harmony
100.She has recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the company’s client data, which she intended to ____ in starting her own business.
A.dwell on
B. come upon
C. base on
D. draw upon
101.During the period of ____ from oil heat to gas heat the furnace will have to be shut off.
A.transfer
B. transmission
C. transition
D. transportation
102.There is a ____ difference in meaning between the words surroundings and environment.
A.gentle
B. subtle
C. feeble
D. humble
103.I have ____ in my stomach before I go on a first date with a girl.
A.dragonflies
B. bees
C. butterflies
D. birds
104.Your fears are ____ because no such animal as you have described exists.
A.fanatic
B. fascinating
C. fantastic
D. favorable
105.The terrorists had ____ their prisoner in a small room. However, they had not chained him to the wall.
A.restrained
B. refined
C. confined
D. restricted
106.The government has the right to ____ undesirable aliens.
A.deport
B. abolish
C. abandon
D. desert
107.In an inventive mind, imagination often serves as a necessary ____ to reason.
https://www.doczj.com/doc/fd17976576.html,pliment
B. resource
C. complaint
D. complement
108.Why don’t you ____ smoking for a while until your cough gets better?
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B. lay off
C. lay aside
D. lay down
109.After his vacation in this ____ section, he felt soothed and rested.
A.plausible
B. placid
C. plain
D. plump
110.Todd ____ payments on the car until the company had corrected the mechanical defects.
A.dispensed
B. suspended
C. appealed
D. compressed
111.It really got Mr. Brown’s ____ when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets.
A.sheep
B. goat
C. horse
D. cow
112.His ____ directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.
A.ambiguous
B. complicated
C. arbitrary
D. intricate
113.After learning more about the sufferings of the refugees, they felt ____ to make contributions to the relief agencies.
A.dispelled
B. repelled
C. compelled
D. reinforced
114.He tried and tried but all his efforts were ____.
A.in no way
B. on the contrary
C. at a loss
D. of no avail
115.The terrorists might have planted a bomb on a plane in Athens, set to ____ when it arrived in New York.
A.go off
B. get off
C. come off
D. carry off
116.I was impressed by the range of ____ accessories of my microcomputer that were available.
A.acceptable
B. compulsory
C. optional
D. random
117.Don’t answer ____ the elders; it’s not polite.
A.to
B. for
C. back
D. about
118.She remains confident and ____ untroubled by our present problems.
A.indefinitely
B. infinitely
C. optimistically
D. seemingly
119.Because Jack had based his argument upon a faulty ____, his opponent cheerfully pointed out the holes in his logic.
A.promise
B. prelude
C. premise
D. preface
120.The helicopter ____ a light plane and both pilots were killed.
A.coincided with
B. stumbled on
C. conflicted with
D. collided with
121.Doctors often make higher ____ for their works than they should.
A.bills
B. costs
C. charges
D. payments
122.I know you can ____ any difficulties that may stand in the way of your getting an education.
A.surmount
B. deal
C. cope
D. manage
123.The defense called several ____ witnesses who were able to refute the false testimony of the prosecution’s only witness.
A.respectful
B. respective
C. respectable
D. respecting
124.The younger person’s attraction to stereos cannot be explained only ____ familiarity with technology.
A.in quest of
B. by means of
C. by virtue of
D. in terms of
125.I caught a ____ of the car before it disappeared around the corner of the street.
A.glance
B. glare
C. glimpse
D. gleam
126.Some well-know scientists believe that there is not enough oxygen on Mars to ____ human life.
A.remain
B. sustain
C. retain
D. last
127.How do I know what he’s going to do? His intentions are always as clear as ____.
A.soil
B. day
C. water
D. mud
128.They are convinced ____ the singularity of their good taste.
A.of
B. on
C. over
D. at
129.Frequently single-parent children ____ some of the functions that the absent adult in the house would have served.
A.take off
B. take after
C. take on
D. take in
130.As a defense against air-pollution damage, many plants and animals ____ a substance to absorb harmful chemicals.
A.relieve
B. dismiss
C. release
D. discard
131. A ____ editor, she checked every definition for its accuracy.
A.conscious
B. conscientious
C. contagious
D. contemptuous
132.Why do you have to ____ adhere to such out-dated ideas?
A.harshly
B. tightly
C. bitterly
D. rigidly
133.Since it is too late to change my mind now, I am ____ to carrying out the plan.
A.obliged
B. committed
C. engaged
D. resolved
134.He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any ____ on what he promises.
A.faith
B. belief
C. credit
D. reliance
135.Ted knows all about servicing cars but his ideas don’t always ____.
A.get over
B. get away
C. get off
D. get across
136.Officials working behind the ____ urged them to avoid further confrontation.
A.scenes
B. sights
C. views
D. scenery
137.Katya’s ____ love of justice caused her to champion anyone she considered to be treated unfairly by society.
A.descended
B. inherent
C. derivative
D. blessed
138.Such specialists teach phobic people how to deal with their fears and, eventually, ____ them.
A.overlook
B. overcome
C. overtake
D. overthrow
139.Astronauts are ____ all kinds of tests before they a re actually sent up in a spacecraft.
A.inclined to
B. subjected to
C. prone to
D. bound to
140.Physical education is an ____ part of our curriculum; a sound mind and sound body are complementary.
A.fractional
B. comprehensible
C. intact
D. integral
141.Exposure of the body ____ strong sunlight can be harmful.
A.of
B. with
C. to
D. by
142.The club will ____ new members the first week in September.
A.enroll
B. subscribe
C. absorb
D. register
143.As the boat leaves only on ____ days, you leave no choice but to stay here overnight.
A.successive
B. subsequent
C. alternate
D. alternative
144.He said that they had ____ been obliged to give up the scheme for lack of support.
A.gravely
B. regrettably
C. forcibly
D. graciously
145.The slow ____ of the flood waters created problems for the crews working to restore power to the area.
A.recycle
B. recess
C. recovery
D. recession
146.Don’t let such a ____ matter as this come between us so that we can concentrate on the major issue.
A.trivial
B. slight
C. partial
D. minimum
147.The detective and his assistant have begun to ____ the mysterious murder.
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B. look into
C. make over
D. see to
148.The farmers successfully ____ some of the river water to irrigate their crops during the drought.
A.divert
B. convert
C. alter
D. reverse
149.____ the danger from enemy action, people had to cope with a severe shortage of food, clothing, fuel and almost everything.
A.As far as
B. As long as
C. As well as
D. As soon as
150.In devoting herself to the study of gorillas, Dian Fossey ____ on a course of action that was to cost her life.
A.boarded
B. embarked
C. mounted
D. ascended
151.We are ____ both by water and land, without either fleet or army.
A.sensitive
B. susceptible
C. vulgar
D. vulnerable
152.The urge to wider voyages caused men to ____ upon New America.
A.stun
B. stumble
C. stammer
D. stagger
153.The people had given him their command, and to the people alone he was ____.
A.suitable
B. dependent
C. favorable
D. responsible
154.It is announced that a wallet has been found and can be ____ at the manager’s office.
A.declared
B. obtained
C. reclaimed
D. recognized
155.They have always treated us with a(n) ____ hand, so we must be generous in return.
A.open
B. heavy
C. iron
D. full
156.The bird watchers were on the ____ for the rare species.
A.alter
B. alert
C. alike
D. altar
157.When he realized the police had spotted him, the man ____ the exit as quickly as possible.
A.made for
B. made off
C. made up
D. made out
158.All the finished products are stored in a ____ of the delivery port and shipping is available at any time.
A.garage
B. cabinet
C. capsule
D. warehouse
159.Satellite communications are so up-to-date that even when ____ in the middle of the Pacific, businessmen can contact their offices as if they were next door.
A.gliding
B. cruising
C. piloting
D. patrolling
160.Without telephone it would be impossible to carry on the functions of ____ every business operation on the whole country.
A.practically
B. preferably
C. precisely
D. presumably
161.Tony is a day laborer, ____ from town to town.
A.flowing
B. spilling
C. drifting
D. splitting
162.Mary wants her identity to be kept in ____.
A.black
B. dark
C. purple
D. blue
163.Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss ____ the bread-winner’s death.
A.at the cost of
B. on the verge of
C. as a result of
D. for the sake of 164. A large percentage of the population in this country is ____.
A.illogical
B. illegimate
C. illiterate
D. illegible
165.The ____ of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can succeed in understanding the universe.
A.essence
B. content
C. texture
D. threshold
166.Did you ____ on the insurance after your car accident?
A.proclaim
B. exclaim
C. acclaim
D. claim
167.Attempts to persuade her to stay after she felt insulted were ____.
A.in no way
B. on the contrary
C. at a loss
D. of no avail
168.When you worry you tend not to be able to fall asleep and when you can’t fall asleep you worry even more. It’s a ____ circle.
A.repetitive
B. bad
C. round
D. vicious
169.By the last quarter the fans were ____ to losing, but two miraculous touch-downs snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
A.restrained
B. resumed
C. resigned
D. retired
170.After the harvest, the peasants began to ____ and enjoy the results of hard
work.
A.set back
B. settle down
C. load down
D. sit back
171.In this factory the machines are not regulated ____ but are jointly controlled by a central computer system.
A.independently
B. individually
C. irrespectively
D. irregularly
172.The city is an important railroad ____ and industrial and conversation center.
A.conjunction
B. network
C. junction
D. link
173.I should like to get rid of the responsibility for this job, but there doesn’t seem to be anyone fit to ____ to.
A.hand in
B. hand out
C. hand down
D. hand over
174.I’ll help as much as I can, but there is a limit ____ what I can do.
A.to
B. in
C. through
D. on
175.If you know what the trouble is, why don’t you help them to ____ the situation?
A.simplify
B. modify
C. verify
D. rectify
176.I was unaware of the critical points involved; so my choice was quite ____.
A.arbitrary
B. rational
C. mechanical
D. unpredictable
177.Was it just a(n) ____ that John and she had met at the market for three days running, or was he deliberately trying to seek her out?
A.coincidence
B. occasion
C. incidence
D. accident
178.When you define a new word, be ____; the shorter the definition, the easier it is to remember.
A.precise
B. concise
C. credible
D. relevant
179.Everything that we’re doing is all perfectly above ____.
A.timber
B. log
C. board
D. lumber
180.According to what you have just said, am I to understand that his new post ____ no responsibility with it at all?
A.shoulders
B. possesses
C. carries
D. shares
181.The biologist, the philosopher, and the astronomer all try in their ways to understand the ____ of the cosmos.
A.mysteries
B. myths
C. riddles
D. fiction
182.People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in ____ populated areas.
A.densely
B. intensely
C. abundantly
D. highly
183. A lack of appetite may be ____ of a major mental or physical disorder.
A.symbolic
B. addictive
C. indicative
D. informative
184.John said that he didn’t quite ____ and asked me to repeat what I had said.
A.snatch up
B. summon up
C. catch up
D. watch out
185.When I finally secured a small part in a television play my mother was as proud as a ____ and told all the neighbors about it.
A.goose
B. peacock
C. swan
D. duck
186.The 215-page manuscript circulated to publishers last October, ____ an outburst of interest.
A.flared
B. glittered
C. sparked
D. flashed
187.The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that ____ the speakers stopped for refreshments.
A.at large
B. at intervals
C. at ease
D. at random
188.Even though the young team did not win in the tournament, they turned in a ____ performance in the playoffs.
A.predictable
B. profitable
C. creditable
D. credible
189.Mr. Smith had an unusual ____: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher.
A.profession
B. occupation
C. position
D. career
190.Some of her suggestions have been adopted, but others have been turned ____ as they are not practical enough.
A.down
B. away
C. out
D. back
191.Some species of animals have become extinct because they could not ____ to the environmental change.
A.adept
B. adopt
C. adapt
D. adhere
192.I think I remembered to switch the oven off but you’d better ____ that I did.
A.look into
B. look up
C. account for
D. check up
193.Watching Tweed and Jeffery battle, Alice wondered what had caused this pointless ____.
A.accord
B. discord
C. accusation
D. discourse
194.The Oscar best actor ____ his success more to luck than to ability.
A.contributed
B. celebrated
C. committed
D. owed
195.When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, the body immediately recognizes it as ____.
A.external
B. strange
C. alien
D. foreign
196.The beauty of the article’s style ____ in its simplicity.
A.assists
B. consists
C. insists
D. resists
197.Blackberry stickers are the most ____ weeds I know: once established in a yard, they’re extremely hard to root out.
A.rigorous
B. stern
C. obstinate
D. harsh
198.Four years of prep school should ____ those children.
A.wax
B. purify
C. polish
D. filter
199.Because of its intimacy, radio is usually more than just a medium; it is ____.
A.firm
B. company
C. corporation
D. enterprise
200.South Asia continues to be the most ____ economic region in the world.
A.dynamic
B. fictional
C. vivid
D. illuminating
专四词汇语法练习（24） 1. If only the arbitration court __A__ the dispute. A. resolve B. will resolve C. can resolve D. would resolve 1．A) 【句意】但愿仲裁庭解决这些争议。 【难点】If only意为“只要，但愿”，后边引出的句子往往用虚拟语气，表示与将来事实相反或将来不可能发生的事情时谓语通常采用(should)+动词原形。 2. I advise you __B__ of ____out such a dangerous plan. A. to stop to think... carry B. to stop thinking... carrying C. to stop thinking... carry D. to stop thinking... to carry 2．B) 【句意】我建议你不要想着去执行这样危险的计划。 【难点】advise 一般用于句型“advise(sb)that 或advise sb to do sth，意为“建议…做”。stop 后跟动名词或名词时，意为“不再做某事，停止正做的事”。如果stop后跟动词不定式，则表示停止一件事情而开始做另一件事情。 3. She bought _A__plates. A. one dozen beautiful pale blue dinner B. one dozen pale blue beautiful dinner C. beautiful one dozen pale blue dinner D. one dozen dinner beautiful pale blue 3．A) 【句意】她买了十二个漂亮的浅蓝色餐碟。 4. More and more advanced farm machines __C__ , the agricultural production increased tremendously. A. using B. having used C. having been used D. to have been used 4．C) 【句意】由于使用了越来越多的先进农业机械，农业产量大幅提高。 【难点】本句的原因状语采用现在分词表示独立主格结构，由于主句和从句的主语不一致，故在作状语的现在分词之前加了其逻辑主语more and more advanced farm machines ;从时间上看，产量的提高发生在使用先进机械之后，所以需要用完成时，而且必须构成被动语态才能够阐述所要表达的意思。 5. I think you are supposed __B__ your graduate study last year. A. to be finishing B. to have finished C. to finish D. to have been finished 5．B) 【句意】我认为你去年就应该完成研究生学业。 【难点】be supposed to 相当于should，后跟完成时，表示一种与过去事实相反的虚拟语气。 6. The paper ____ several persons are risking their lives is an important report on missiles. A. after which B. for which
2020届英语专四专八语法与词汇练习题 （后附详细答案） Flight simulator （飞行模拟器）refers to any electronic or mechanical system for training airplane and spacecraft pilots and crew member by simulating flight conditions. The purpose of simulation is not to completely substitute （1）_____ actual flight training but to thoroughly familiarize students with the vehicle （2）_____ before they （3）_____ extensive and possibly dangerous actual flight training. Simulations also is useful for review and for familiarizing pilots with new （4）_____ to existing craft. Two early flight simulators appeared in England within a decade after the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright. They were designed to enable pilots to stimulate simple aircraft （5）_____ in three dimensions：nose up or down；left wing high and right low，or vice versa；and （6）_____ to left or right. It took until 1929，however，for a truly effective simulator，the Link Trainer，to appear，devised by Edwin A. Link，a self-educated aviator and inventor from Binghamton，New York. （7）_____，airplane instrumentation had been developed sufficiently to permit “blind” flying on instruments alone，but training pilots to do so involved （8）_____ risk. Link built a model of an airplane cockpit equipped （9）_____ instrument panel and controls that could realistically stimulate all the movements of an airplane. Pilots could use the device for instrument training，manipulating the controls （10）_____ instrument readings so as to maintain straight and level flight or （11）_____ climb or descent with no visual reference （12）_____ any horizon except for the artificial one on the instrument panel. The trainer was modified （13）_____ aircraft technology advanced. Commercial airlines began to use the Link Trainer for pilot training，and the US government began purchasing them in 1934，（14）_____ thousands more as World War II approached. Technological advances during the war，particularly in electronics，helped to make the flight simulator increasingly （15）_____. The use of efficient analog computers in the early 1950s led to further improvements. Airplane cockpits，controls，and instrument displays had by then become so individualized that it was no longer feasible to use a generalized trainer to prepare pilots to fly anything （16）_____ the simplest light planes. By the 1950s，the US Air Force was using simulators that precisely （17）_____ the cockpits of its planes. During the early 1960s （18）_____ digital and hybrid computers were adopted，and their speed and flexibility revolutionized simulation systems. Further advances in computer and （19）_____ technology，notably the development of virtual-reality simulation，have made it possible to （20）_____ highly complex real-life conditions. 1. A. for B. to C. with D. on
历年(1994-2012专四语法词汇题汇总及答案附 714 道词汇模拟题2012 年 51.Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT A.Twenty miles seems like a long walk to him.B.No one except his supporters agree with him.C.Neither Julia nor I were going to the party.D.Few students in my class are really lazy.52.Which of the following determiners限定词can be placed before bothsingular count nouns and plural count nouns A.many a B.few C.such D.the next 53.Which of the following reflexive pronouns 反身代词is used as anappositive同位语A,He promised himself rapid progress.B.The manager herself will interview Mary.C.I have nothing to say for myself.D.They quarreled themselves red in the face.54.My boss ordered that the legal documents ____ to him before lunch.A.be sent B.were sent C.were to be sent D.must be sent 55.Which of the following sentences expresses WILLINGNESS A.By now she will be eating dinner.B.I shall never do that again.C.My brother will help you with the luggage.D.You shall get a promotion.56.Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT A.How strange feelings they are B.How dare you speak to me like that C.What noise they are making D. What a mess we are in 57.which of the italicized parts functions as a subject A.We never doubt that her brother is honest.B.The problem is not who will go but who will stay.C.You must give it back to whoever it belongs to。 D.It is clear that the crime was done deliberately.58.which of the italicized parts functions as an object A.He doesn’t like the idea of my speaking at the meeting.B.It is no use your pretending not to know the matter.C.My parents strongly object to my going out alone at night.D.Her falling into the river was the climax of the whole trip.59.All the following sentences have an appositive EXCEPT A.She bought herself a pair of new shoes.B.Only one problem still remains-the food.C.My friends all understand and support me.D.She liked her current job,teaching English.60.Which of the following best explains the meaning of“Shall we buy the tickets first” A.He said that we were going to buy the tickets first.B.He requested that we buy the tickets first.C.He suggested that we buy the
1.She did her best to stay awake, but the performance was so boring that she just ____ to sleep. a. dropped in b. dropped out c. dropped off d. dropped down 2. Paul was a very lively child, always in _____. a. excellent spirits b good spirits c. high spirits d. bright spirits 3. Lily made no attempt to ___ the problem. a. tackle b. try c. undertake 4. The boy began to cry and tears slowly_____ down his face. a. oozed b. trickled c. dribbled d. leaked 5. On January 1st, many people make a New Year_____. a. intention b. determination c. dedication d. resolution 6. In this country it is against the ______ not to wear seat belts in the car. a. rule b. regulation c. law d. order
7. Johnny’s parents always let him have his own _______. a. will b. way c. wish d. demand 8. Our telephone has been ____ for a month. a. out of order b. out of line c. out of touch d. out of place 9. She was extremely_____, always ready to agree with other people’s wishes. a. mellow b. moderate c. adaptable d. supple 10. The woman triple over the uneven pavement and _____her elbow. a. distorted b. dislodged c. disabled d. dislocated 11. He knew that he couldn’t change anything so he just______ himself to the situation. a. assigned b. resigned c. retired d. kept 12. Game pie was a(n) ______ of this famous restaurant. a. singularity b. particularity c. speciality d. originality
2014年英语专四语法词汇练习题（一） 1. Although ____ Spanish， he attended the course. A. he was knowing B. he is knowing C. having a knowledge of D. knows 2. You ____that letter to James. However，you didn’t. A. ought to write B. ought to have written C. should write D. should be writing 3. Joseph was very lucky ____ with his life； he almost did not get out of the room. A. to escape B. to have escaped C. to escaping D. to be escaping 4. Bread and butter ____liked by Westerners. A. is B. are C. were D. be 5. The back garden of our house contains a lawn， ____very pleasant to sit on in summer. A. which is B. which it is C. it is D.where it is 6. He set up in business ____ his own and was very successful. A. in B.of C.on D. by 7. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class； he ____ last night. A. must study B.charged C.punished D.posed 14. Modern ___perhaps causes more problems than it solves. A. technique B.technology
1.Over the past decades, sea ice _____ in the Arctic as a result of global warming. A. had decreased B. more than C. attach D. apply 2.The good thing about children is that they _______ very easily to new environments. A. adapt B. appeal C. attach D. apply 3. Just as Professor Scotti often it, success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. A. gets B. makes C. puts D. means 4. We tried to find a table for seven，but they were all . A. given away B. kept away C. taken up D. used up 5. We are at your service. Don’t to turn to us if you have any further problems. A. beg B. hesitate C. desire D. seek 6. Would you please ______ the paper for me and see if there are any obvious mistakes? A. look around B. look into C. look up D. look through 7. During the war there was a serious lack of food. It was not unusual that even the wealthy families had to ______ bread for days. A. eat up B. give away C. do without D. deal with 8. The loss has not yet been ______ accurately, but it is believed to be well beyond a hundred million dollars. A. calculated B. considered C. completed D. controlled 9. Some parents are just too protective. They want to ______ their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined. A. spot B. dismiss C. shelter D. distinguish 10. It is reported that the police will soon ____ the case of two missing children. A. look upon B. look after C. look into D. look out 11. I tried phoning her office, but I couldn’t__________. A. get along B. get on C. get to D. get through 12. -------Do you have enough to ________all your daily expenses? --------Oh yes, enough and to spare.
2008至2015年专四语法单选真题及句子结构汇总
2008-2013年专四语法句子结构成分真题集 II. 句子成分 【08年】 57. Which of the following is INCORRECT? A. All his lectures were boring. C. Her few friends are all fond of dancing. B. Half his money was gone. D. He invited many his friends to the party. 61. The following are all correct responses to "Who told the news to the teacher?" EXCEPT A. Jim did this. B. Jim did so. C. Jim did that. D. Jim did. 63. Which of the following adverbs can NOT be used to complete " _____ everybody came"? A. Nearly B. Quite C. Practically D. Almost 64. In "How much do you think he earns?" how much is ______ of the sentence. A. the subject B. the adverbial C. the object D. the complement 65. "The man preparing the documents is the firm's lawyer" has all the following possible meanings EXCEPT A. the man who has prepared the documents... B. the man who has been preparing the documents... C. the man who is preparing the documents... D. the man who willprepare the documents... 57. D. 本题是今年专四试卷中出现的新题型，对英语专业同学的语法知识提出了一个更高的要求。考查的是限定词位置的用法。英语中的限定词可分为前位限定词、中位限定词和后位限定词，一个名词前的限定词只能按照前位、中位、后位的顺序出现，其中两个前位或两个中位词不能同时出现在同一个名词前。many是后位限定词，而his是中位限定词，与限定词排序规则有悖，故D为答案。A选项中all是前位，his是中位，符合规则；B中half是前位，his是中位限定词；C中her是中位，few是后位限定词。 61. A. 对Who told the news to the teacher的标准回答是Jim did，即Jim did it的省略句。此外，还可以用其他代词指代问句中出现的内容，so和that都可以指代前
专四词汇语法练习（13） A 1. A) 【句意】由于铝总是和其它元素结合在一起，最常见的是和氧气在一起，所以自然界中哪里也不会找到单独的铝元素。 【难点】owing to 是介词，后应接名词或动名词，根据题意，应接被动语态形式。 C C. what, which 2. C) 【句意】当今的物理就是以前被称之为自然哲学的等同物，大多数现代科学都产生于自然哲学。 【难点】what used to be called作定语，修饰natural philosophy,from which引导一个非限制性定语从句。 A A. should you B. you should C. shall you 3. A) 【句意】你决不应该把小孩一个人放在家里。 【难点】on no account 意为“决不”属否定意义的词，引导倒装句，所以只有A)项正确。 B B. That the su 4. B) 【句意】太阳系的中心是太阳而不是地球这一事实被中世纪的教会认为是异端邪说。 【难点】That引导主语从句，全句的谓语是was considered. 5. The reason that his property was confiscated by the country, it _D that he was 5. D) 【句意】后来证明他的财产被国家没收的原因是，战争期间他参与了诈骗活动。 【难点】it turned out (to be)这里作插入语，意为“证明是…”。 6. I’d r A 6. A)
【句意】我宁愿你乘火车去，因为天气预报说明天将有大雪。 【难点】would rather 后接虚拟语气的从句，用一般过去时。 7. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 and enjoyed great fame in Germany until the rise of Nazism _A___ he was expelled from Germany because he was a Jew. 7. A) 【句意】爱因斯坦于1921年获诺贝尔奖金，在德国享有盛誉。后来随着纳粹主义的兴起，他被逐出德国，因为他是个犹太人。 【难点】关系副词when引导的定语从句修饰名词词组the rise of Nazism。 8. Nowhere but in the remotest region of the country __A__find a place to set 8. A) 【句意】他只能在最遥远的地方找个安身之处。 【难点】Nowhere是否定副词，位于句首引导倒装句。 A 9. A) 【句意】在车祸中，他的一条腿骨折，他连走路都不行，更不用说跑了。 【难点】let alone意为“更不必说”；not to mention意为“再加上”；that is to say意为“也就是说”。 B C. Disgracing 10. B) 【句意】失宠后，她过着完全隐居的生活。 【难点】disgraced在这里是过去分词作状语，表示伴随状态。 C 11. C) 【句意】有时，公共汽车检票员上车查票。 【难点】bus conductor意为“公共汽车售票员”；agent意为“代理人，中介人”；officer意为“军官，官员”inspector意为“检查员，视察员”。 B 12. B) 【句意】他很快恢复了健康。 【难点】recovery意为“恢复，复苏”，后接介词from;relief意为“宽慰，安心”；relaxation 意为“放松”；survival意为“生存”。 C A. While B. Even though C. Now that 13. C) 【句意】既然考试的紧张已经过去，我们现在可以放松了。 【难点】now that意为“既然；由于”，用于新的事情的发生，接一般现在时的句子。while 意为“虽然”；even though意为“即使”，for意为“因为”，不能用于句首。
专四词汇语法练习（2） 1. How do you ____ for coming late for the meeting A) explain B) excuse C) describe D) account 2. The mother was so ____ at the news that she didn’t know what to do. A)admired B) amazed C) amused D) curious 3. He likes to listen to music with the radio turned on at full ____. A) power B) voice C) volume D) sound 4. The coach must take a large ____ of the blame for the failure of the football match. A) quantity B) number C) share D) amount 5. Although alone in the house, he was so busy with his research that he felt____ lonely. A) all but B) nothing but C) something but D) anything but 6. The introduction of modern technique from abroad makes it necessary for skilled workers to ____ unskilled workers. A) take place B) take over C) take down D) take the place of
Test 1 1. You should keep calm during your _______ test. Do not be nervous. A. oral 2. Our guide gave us a detailed _______ of this painting but we still do not understand. A. authority 3. Our _______ is London. But the plane took us to Paris. A. departure 4. Generally speaking, there is always a generation _______ in every country. A. gap 5. Careful planning and hard work will _______ our final success. A. enclose 6. He _______ to his roommate for being so rude yesterday. A. worried 7. When y ou take a picture, you should _______ carefully to get a sharp picture. A. focus 8. The Chinese food in the United States is usually _______ for American people. A. exchanged 9. There are _______ approaches to English teaching. But not all of them are equally efficient for our Chinese students. A. double 10. He has a bad impression of his _______ in the office. A. colleagues 11. His eyes _______ with rage but he did not dare to say anything. A. flashed 12. The list is arranged according to the _______ professions of the audience. A. respective 13. This is our _______. So you can do what you need to do here. A. substance 14. That rich man has been dead for a long time but his ________ is still not known to the public. A. sausage c oul d hav e _______ such a situation but I didn’t. A. forecast prefer a _______ typewriter to an automatic one.
1. My pain ____ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: "Are you feeling all right?" A. must be B. must have been C. had been D. had to be 2. It is only when you nearly lose someone ____ fully conscious of how much you value him. A. do you become B. then you become C. that you become D. have you become 3. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ___ the atmosphere. A. as it is B. so is C. the same as D. and so is 4. While driving along the treacherous road, ___ . A. my right rear tire blew out B. my right rear tire had a blowout C. I had a blowout on my right rear tire D. I had my right rear tire blowout 5. Jean Wagner's most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American Poetry is his insistence that ___________ it in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference. A. is to be analyzed B. has been analyzed C. be analyzed D. should have been analyzed 6. __ there is little we can do to modify the weather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect. A. Since B. When C. While D. Unless 7. This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of an impact on the art community _____ any of them could inpidually and to promote Western art by women. A. rather than B. rather C. than D. other than 8. But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare brought them ___ suffering and poverty. A. anything but B. nothing but C. none other than D. no more than 9. After ___ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to step into the doctor's office. A. it B. that C. what D. which 10. The board deemed it's urgent that these files ___ right away. A. had to be printed B. should have been printed C. must be printed D. should be printed 11. The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience ___ on benches, chairs or boxes. A. having seated B. seating C. seated D. having been seated 12. __ in this way, the situation doesn't seem so disappointing. A. To look at B. Looking at C. Looked at D. To be looked at 13. Nobody came to see me while I was out, ___ ? A. did they B. didn't they C. did she D. didn't she 14. You will see this product ___ wherever you go. A. to be advertised B. advertised C. advertise D. advertising 15. Suddenly ___ fire broke out in the room and everything in it was soon on ___ fire. A. /, a B. The, / C. a, / D. /, the 16. If you ___ Jerry Brown until recently, you'd think the photograph on the right was strange. A. shouldn't contact B. weren't to contact C. didn't contact D. hadn't contacted 17. Scientists think __ helps some trees to conserve water in the winter. A. when losing leaves B. leaves are lost C. that losing leaves D. the leaves losing