Book 3 Unit One

1. Fuel scarcities and price increases ____ automobile designers to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.

A) prompted B) persuaded C) imposed D) enlightened

2. As he was the only person who has the key, Simon felt himself ____ suspicion. A) under B) in

C) beyond D) upon

3. It was such a grand view that it ____ strong emotion in us sight-seers.

A) roused B) rose

C) arose D) aroused

4. It was ____ of you not to play the piano while I was having a sleep. A) considerate B) careful

C) considering D) considerable

5. Some of the old ____ about the space age are coming true. A) fantasies B) delusions C) nightmares D) impressions

6. A lot of old buildings in the town were ruined during the earthquake, but they were

beautifully ____ soon by the local people. A) recovered B) restored C) resumed D) returned

7. Reading ____ the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

A) rectifies B) prolongs C) minimizes D) furnishes

8. While the development of the suburbs has created problems, it has also provided ____ modern housing for millions of people.

A) excessive B) immense C) memorable D) substantial

9. She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would ____ her long effort. A) justify B) testify C) rectify D) verify

10. Hunger could be his only for killing a living thing.

A) sensation B) cause

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C) purpose D) motive 11. I will ____ my lawyer to write out the agreement. A) inform B) notify C) announce D) report

12. A benefit performance is a performance for which a charitable organization has bought out at a discounted price and ___ funds by selling tickets at a full price. A) furnishes B) raises

C) accumulates D) contributes

13. Although these people knew that their boss was in a difficult situation, they were still ____ him. A) sticking to B) sticking with C) sticking on D) sticking by

14. The secret agent concealed his real mission, so many local people were____ into thinking that he was a good person.

A) betrayed B) driven

C) deceived D) convinced

15. The coming of the railways in the 1830s ____ our society and economy. A) transferred B) transformed C) transmitted D) transported

16. One day, you will have to ____ this foolish behavior.

A) pay B) pay for C) pay back D) pay off

17. The French pianist who had been praised very highly ____ to be a great disappointment. A) turned up B) turned out

C) turned in D) turned down

18. He has never done this type of work before; I am not sure how he will fit _____ with it. A) in B) on C) into D) up

19. She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.

A) decorate B) disguise C) fabricate D) fake

20. Your advice would be ___ valuable to him, who is at present at his wits’ end.

A) exceedingly B) excessively

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C) extensively D) exclusively

21. At first, the speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the country, but halfway in her speech, she suddenly ___ to another subject. A) committed B) switched C) favored D) transmitted

22. On hearing the bad news, she sprang up ______. A) for a start B) with a start C) at the start D) from the start

23. Wouldn’t it be wise to _____ the possibility of rain before planning the garden party? A) check in B) check through C) check out D) check on

24. It was such a solemn occasion that not even a child ____ a sound. A) delivered B) uttered C) voiced D) spoke

25. My father seemed to be in no ____ to look at my school report. A) emotion B) mood C) attitude D) feeling

26. His face ____ with pain when badly hurt by the shopkeeper. A) contracted B) was twisted C) was twinkled D) twisted

27. The naughty boy ____ in his shoes when he saw the cane in his father’s hand. A) shivered B) trembled C) frightened D) feared

28. The students couldn’t _____ what the teacher was trying to explain. A) grip B) seize C) grasp D) snatch

29. The older New England villages have changed relatively little ____ a gas station or two in recent decades.

A) except for B) in addition to C) except D) besides

30. Having come from a ____ society, Dick found it hard to adjust to a small town. A) abundant B) wealthy C) sufficient D) large

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Unit Two

1. The republication of the poet’s most recent works will certainly ____ his national reputation.

A) magnify B) enlarge C) strengthen D) enhance

2. Humidity (湿度) is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to ____ it. A) maintain B) persist C) endure D) sustain

3. The suspect’s fingerprints on the gun were the main ____ against him. A) crime B) information C) conviction D) evidence

4. Most people who travel in the course of their work are given travelling ____. A) income B) allowances C) pay D) wages

5. Be careful with those fireworks; they are ____ to go off unexpectedly. A) easy B) probable C) available D) liable

6. He ran so fast that he was out of ____. A) air B) oxygen C) breath D) wind

7. When you go to the doctor he asks you to describe your ____ so that he can make a diagnosis (诊断). A) indications B) signs C) symbols D) symptoms

8. In general , the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth the total ____ for living expenses.

A) acceptable B) available C) advisable D) applicable

9. His inability to learn foreign languages was a(n) ____ to his career. A) objection B) defect

C) obstacle D) depression

10. The ratio of the work done by the machine ____ the work done on it is called the efficiency of the machine. A) against B) with

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C) to D) for

11. During the war she always kept a ____ of tinned food in the house. A) load B) substitute C) conservation D) reserve

12. This machine works very well so long as no one ____ with it. A) interferes B) disturbs C) upsets D) interrupts

13. In Britain people ____ four million tons of potatoes every year. A) consume B) swallow C) exhaust D) dispose

14. That’s really typical ____ John. He says he’ll come but he never turns up. A) for B) of C) to D) with

15. No effective ____ has been found for this fatal disease which claims thousands of lives each year.

A) settlement B) method C) remedy D) prescription

16. She was _____ what she had written so as to make the theme stand out more clearly. A) repairing B) revising C) remedying D) reforming

17. The one pleasure that Einstein ____ his great fame was the ability it gave him to help others.

A) resulted from B) stirred up C) turned out D) derived from

18. The rain was heavy and ____ the land was flooded. A) consequently B) continuously C) constantly D) consistently

19. The present difficulties _____ from our failure to deal with the problem when it first arose.

A) step B) stem C) steer D) sponsor

20. Universal peace would be ____ to all mankind. A) beneficial B) valid C) advisable D) worthy

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