unit 8

UNIT EIGHT1. She _______ her career after an interval of six year. (3---8B*)A) reproduced B) restrainedC) resolved D) resumed2. He went ahead _______ all warnings about the danger of his mission. (3---8A#)A) in case of B) because ofC) regardless of D) prior to3. What he told us about the affair simply doesn’t make any ______. (3---8B#)A) sense B) ideaC) meaning D) significance4. The French pianist who had been praised very highly ______ to be a great disappointment.(3---8B#)A) turned up B) turned outC) turned in D) turned down5. We live within easy _______ of the station. (3---8A#)A) reach B) handC) hold D) place6. The ceremony was not for the ______ of the dead, but for the comfort of the living.(3---8B#)A) sake B) purposeC) respect D) impression7. Before I noticed some small difference, I had thought the machines were _______. (3---8A#)A) equivalent B) identicalC) artificial D) occasional8. Accuracy is ______ to the programming of computers. (3---8B#)A) primary B) elementaryC) fundamental D) characteristic9. It was unwise of him to _______ the unreliable date in his speech. (3---8A#)A) refer to B) add toC) keep to D) point to10. The child certainly ______ his father; he has the same blue eyes and blond hair. (3---8A#)A) refers B) resemblesC) identifies D) resigns11. His face is covered with scar _______ where he was badly burned. (3---8A#)A) code B) organC) gene D) tissue12. You can ________ your parking problem by using my permit. (3---8A#)A) get around B) get inC) set out D) set aside13. There have been demonstrations on the streets in the ______ of the recent bomb attack.(3---8A#)A) view B) regardC) wake D) term14. Children are _______ from smoking in the streets and the sale of tobacco to them becomesan offence. (3---8A#)A) opposed B) refusedC) rejected D) prohibited15. There is some ________ about what the correct procedure should be. (3---8A*)A) confusion B) occasionC) situation D) detection16. The yearly bonus can be considered ______ to getting a raise in pay. (3---8A#)A) like B) alikeC) comparable D) resembling17. Parents could clone a second child who resembled their first in appearance, but all theevidence suggests the two would have very different _______. (3---8A#)A) identifications B) qualificationsC) qualities D) personalities18. Some social scientists try to divide a population into _______ according to how muchmoney people earn. (3---8A#)A) categories B) varietyC) specification D) minority19. When at last their marriage broke ______, he took both her hands in his and kissed each ofher palms. (3---8A#)A) out B) downC) off D) apart20. DNA is stored in the ______ of a cell. (3---8A#)A) atom B) tissueC) nucleus D) organ21. Few of these laws are ______ to UK citizens while they are abroad. (3---8B#)A) improbable B) applicableC) desirable D) flexible22. This party will form a ________ government until an election can be held. (3---8B#)A) permanent B) temporaryC) systematic D) voluntary23. Having disposed _______ all your enemies, life must thereafter lose its usefulness.(3---8B#)A) of B) withC) in D) from24. Before the operation can be ________, the patient has to sign a form saying that he hasgiven his consent. (3---8B#)A) carried on B) carried downC) carried up D) carried out25. His ________ description of the place made us want to go there too. (3---8B#)A) tedious B) boringC) vivid D) delicate26. It is sometimes difficult to believe that different groups living within our borders ______ asingle society. (3---8B#)A) insist B) consistC) constitute D) insistent27. She decided, _______ reflection, to accept his offer after all. (3---8B#)A) on B) inC) by D) at28. We ________ ourselves to accepting the fact of make a loss on the sale. (3---8B#)A) reserved B) resignedC) conserved D) resumed29. They are two very different films. One is _______ as pure art, the other as pureentertainment. (3---8A#)A) divided B) separatedC) classified D) varied30. If so, why not _______ a statement and send it to the local press describing theirachievements? (3---8A#)A) imply B) draftC) generate D) graph。