C) minor D) indispensable

419. Color-blind people often find it difficult to ______ between blue and green.

A) compare C) contrast

B) separate D) distinguish

420. Cambridge has announced plans to establish a business school ______ the master‘s degree in business administration.

A) representing C) offering

B) presenting D) supplying

421. There are certain ______ when you must interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something.

A) situations C)conditions

B) occasions D) environment

422. Pupil who pass the test will be ______ to the next grade.

A) progressed C) promoted

B) proceeded D) proposed

423. There was a ______ drop in support for the Union in the 1974 election.

A) delicate C) distant

B) distinct D) downward

424. Throughout his life, Henry Moore ______ an interest in encouraging art in the city of Leeds.

A)contained C) reserved

B) secured D) maintained

425. What he told us about the affair simply doesn‘t make any ______.

A) sense C) meaning

B) idea D) significance

426. Hitler set out to conquer all of Europe in the belief that the Germans were the master ______.

A) race C) blood

B) human D) brain

427. He is uninterested in education and seemingly unfit for other ______.

A) purposes C) pursuits

B) employment D) benefits

428. In the past twenty –five years, workers attained a new ______ of human dignity.

A) statue C) status

B) station D) state

429. Scholarships are too few to ______ the high-school graduates who deserve a college education.

A) meet C) adopt

B) feed D) accommodate

430. The life I lived ______ me into a new kind of human being.

A) shaped C) contributed

431. The price of the article is ______to its value.

A) place C) way

B) question D) proportion B) led D) guided

432. His wife left him after a number of ______ attempts to persuade him to give up taking drugs.

A) vain

B) inefficient

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C) lost D) missing

433. At the interview for the job, he gave a good _____ of himself.

A) opinion C) account

B) idea D) appearance

434. All these children are well-disciplined and highly ______ to their teachers and parents.

A) respectful C) amusing

B) pleasing D) admirable

435. Mr. Keller went over the table again very carefully for fear of ______ any important data.

A) skimming C) ignoring

B) overlooking D) slipping

436. The government spokesman of the country has told the press that the peace talk between the president and the leader of the rebel force has

to be ______ for another two days. A) delayed C) stretched

437. There is too great a ______ of beer in Italy.

A) drink C) consumption

B) use D) sale B) postponed D) prolonged

438. In Chinese universities, English is a _____ course for all students.

A) comparative C) impulsive

B) selective D) compulsory

439. The problem will be discussed at length in _____ chapters.

A) late C) final

B) consequent D) subsequent

440. His father ______ at his rude words and slapped him across the face.

A) shouted C) flared up

B) cried D) flew up

441. The judge dismissed the case because there was not ______ evidence.

A) adequate C) efficient

B) plenty D) abundant

442. Fishing is a hobby which needs a good deal of _____.

A) stiffness C) patience

B) intelligence D) strength

443. Mr. Blake was among the few _____ men who refused to indulge in the foolish trade of the day.

A) senseless C) sensitive

B) sensible D) sensational

444. Chistopher Columber reached the new World in 1492 after he went through all the hardships _____ on the trans-Atlantic voyage.

A) imaginable C) imaginary

B) imaginative D) imagination

445. As civilization _____ in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials of life __ food, shelter and

clothes. A) processes C) proceeds

B) suspend D) exceeds

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446. The carriage shot past（飞速驶过）, leaving a _____ of dust behind it.

A) track C) trace

B) trail D) train

447. Only a very rich man could afford to buy these _____ paintings by Raphael.

A) valueless C) worthless

B) priceless D) useless

448. The village is well-known for its impressive mountainous _____.

A) views C) scenery

B) scenes D) sights

449. One of the tigers has got _____. Warn everyone of the danger.

A) lose C) loose

B) loosen D) lost

450. The road lay ahead of him, a ____ grey line stretching to the horizon.

A) continual C) prolonged

B) continuous D) lengthy

451. Some birds _____ twice a year between hot and cold countries.

A) immigrate C) slip

B) migrate D) glide

452. It is clear from the demonstration that the students no longer _____ the authority of the university staff.

A) recollect C) receive

B) recognize D) recover

453. it is very difficult for people in some remote towns to have a telephone______, and they have to wait a long time before they can get a

phone. A) installed C)fixed

B)equipped D) assembled

454. The patient‘s progress was very encouraging as he could _____get out of bed without help.

A) only C) merely

B) nearly D) barely

455. The headmaster has _____ to improve the lighting in the school corridors.

A) accepted C) agreed

456. All the food in that little cafe is _____.

A) home-grown C) home-made

B) self-made D) home-bred B) allowed D)confirmed

457. Because of the increasing interest in horse ridding, there is a growing need for _____.

A) goldsmiths C) silversmiths

B) locksmiths D) blacksmiths

458. The playing of the national anthem（国歌）______ all sports events.

A) proceeds C) processes

459. A person who can hold his anger back is _____.

A) self-assured

B) self-controlled

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B) advances D) precedes

C) self-important D) self-conscious

460.The general manager told his secretary that he had suffered from heart disease, but he would not admit it ______.

A)in public C) in secret

B)in private D)in detail

461．People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in ______ populated areas.

A) intensely C) highly

B) densely D) abundantly

462. When he asked you a question, he expected a _____ answer.

A) prompt C) rapid

B) fast D) punctual

463. A university is an educational institution which awards degrees and _____ research.

A) carries about C) carries off

B) carries out D) carries through

464. In that country, guests tend to feel they are not highly _____ if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the

party date. A) admired C) expected

B) regarded D) worshipped

465. A man has to make _____ for his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old.

A) supply C) provision

B) assurance D) adjustment

466. It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are _____ free medical care.

A) entitled to C) associated

B) involved in D) assigned to

467. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more at _____.

A )danger C) loss

B) stake D) threat

468. I felt _____ to death because I could make nothing of the chairman‘s speech.

A) fatigued C) exhausted

B) tired D) bored

469. Your advice would be _____ valuable to her who is in trouble now.

A) exceedingly C) extensively

B) excessively D) exclusively

470. People _____ that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today.

A) convinced C) resolved

B) anticipated D) assured

471. In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or _____ for language learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive

systematic programme for the reading skills. A) adapted C) assembled

B) provided D) appointed

472.The mother said she would _____ her son washing the dishes if he could finish his assignment before supper.

A) let down C) let off

B) let alone D) let out

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473. We should always keep in mind that _____ decisions often lead to bitter regrets.

A) urgent C) instant

B) hasty D) prompt

474. John complained to the bookseller that there were several pages _____ in the dictionary.

A) missing C) dropping

B) losing D) leaking

475. In the past, most foresters have been men, but today, the number of women _____ this field is climbing.

A) engaging C) registering

B) devoting D) pursuing

476. When confronted with such questions, my mind goes _____, and I can hardly remember my own date of birth.

A) dim C) faint

B) blank D) vain

477. Evidently, there has been a ______towards simpler styles in women‘s dresses.

A) fashion C)tendency

B) intend D) trend

478. Some of the most important concepts in physics _____ their success to these mathematical systems.

A ) oblige C) contribute

B) owe D) attribute

479. As your instructor advised, you ought to spend your time on something ______ researching into.

A) precious C) worthy

B) worth D) valuable

480. As we know, the satellite moves in the ______ space.

A) external C) outside

B) outward D) outer

481. One reason for the successes of Asian immigrants in the U.S. is that they have taken great _____ to educate their children.

A) efforts C) attempts

B) pains D) diligence

482. If any man here does not agree with me, he should _____ his own plan for improving the living conditions of these people.

A) put on C) put in

483. The meeting was ______ when the president fell ill.

A) put down C) fall down

B) cut short D) shut out B) put out D) put forward

484. Your improper words will give _____ to doubts concerning your true intentions.

A) rise C) suspicion

B) reason D) impulse

485. In the disastrous flood many towns and villages were _____ to ruins.

A) lessened C) decreased

B) diminished D)reduced

486. You should put a ______ on your luggage, with full name and address.

A) label C) signal

B) note D) sign

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