UNIT 1
1) His speech was so eloquent that all the birds were
glad they had brought him, and nodded their heads ______approval of all he said.
A) in B) at C) to D) on
2) The official in the tax office ________ that the
shopkeeper was innocent.
A) contented C) contained B) consented D) contended
3) The new furniture does not ________ to the design
of the new room.
A) conform C) condemn B) confine D) confirm
4) The employer is ________ to ask for references. A) conceited C) condemned B) entitled D) despair
5) I am very ________ of all the support you gave me. A) eloquent C) appreciative B) jealousy D) spoiled
6) Although they are sisters, they are the ________
opposite of one another. A) very B) much C) little D) just 7) The rumors of an attack were later ________. A) convinced C) conformed
B) confirmed D) confined
8) His self-confidence was ____ by repeated failures. A) underestimated C) undermanned B) underexposed D) undermined
9) I have__ you that it's not worthwhile to take the risk. A) secured C) assured B) ensured D) insured
10) The gun ____ the monkeys and they all escaped. A) bothered C) overflowed B) impressed D) startled
11) Knowledge without common sense ________ little. A) counts C) counts up B) counts on D) counts for 12) The police have ________ all the other suspects,
so only one now remains.
A)reduced C)diminished B)eliminated D)removed
13) He's very___to his pupil's need for encouragement
and knows when to praise them. A) sensational C) sensible B) sensitive D) sensuous
14) Reading the newspaper ________ one of my
parents' life habits since they retired. A) become C) have become B) are becoming D) has become
15) My uncle was made ________ his research work
due to his ill health.
A) giving up C) to give up B) given up D) give up
16) He will never ________ the window this afternoon
when he was playing football in the front yard. A) admit to break C)admit having broken B) admit to have broken D) admit him break 17) He has a very strange ________ on life. A) interview C) outlook B) perspectives D) angle
18) They ________ themselves that the accident was a
million-to-one chance. A) reassured C) insured B) realized D) instructed
19) I ______my fear of flying by taking several short
flights last month.
A) undermined C) confronted B) overcame D) challenged
20) There is noise on this ____. I can hardly hear you.
A)occasion B)connection C)case D)scene 21) If anything happened to the kids I'd never_____
myself.
A) forgive C) threaten
B)dismiss D) convince
22) These events are a major_____to the establishment
of a peaceful settlement of the conflict.
A) dismissal C) consequence B) grip D) setback
23) As a child, he was very ________ to nose and
throat infections.
A) prone B)confined C) tend D) attached 24) I'm only just beginning to get over the severe
________ I felt about losing my job.
A) setback C) reversal B) rejection D) depression
25) I was not able to ________ all I set out to do.
A) accomplish C) attain
B) plan D) establish UNIT 3
1) In 1930s,the Japanese, ___ with modern weapons,
came to China, _____ to make her _____ by them. A. arming; hoping; controlling B. armed; to hope; to be controlled C. armed; hoping; controlled
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D. arm; to hope; to controlling
2) Reading the newspaper _____ one of my parents’
life habits since they retired.
A. become B. have become C. are becoming D. has become
3) My uncle was made ____ his research work due to his ill health.
A. giving up B. to give up C. given up D. give up
4) Each parent and child __ asked to attend one of the
lectures given by Professor Wang during this term. A. were B. are C. has D. is
5) He will never _____ the window this afternoon
when he was playing football in the front yard.
A. admit to break B. admit to have broken
C. admit having broken D. admit him break 6) She _____ polite at the party last night. But
actually she is not the least bit polite.
A.was B.would be C.were D.was being 7) If he ____ his mother’s advice, he _____ be much
better now.
A. should have taken; would B. took; would C. had taken; would D. took; ill
8) Mary _____ for Washington to take part in her
grandmother’s birthday party next Saturday. A. is leaving B. left C. was leaving D. would leave
9) It is the first time that we _____ such an
interesting trip since we’ve been in college. A. took part in B. take part in C. will take part in D. have taken part in 10) _____his support, I think we’ll win the election. A. To give B. Giving C. Given D. Having given
Complete the following sentences with the appropriate
words from the box. Change the form if necessary. comfort concern furthermore suppress drug integrate homemaker compel knowledge meantime respect shame 1. I don’t want to go out for a walk; ____________, I
don’t have time to do so.
2. The _____________ that he had arrived at the
airport safely made his parents very happy.
3. The frequent ___________ of her own feelings has
made her rather reserved.
4. Two groups ___________________ into one team
in order to make it stronger. 5. In some countries, women become ___________
after they get married.
6. The conference will begin in an hour; in the
_____________, let’s have a cup of tea.
7. It is such a(n) ___________ order that everyone of
us must obey it; otherwise, we will be dismissed. 8. His kindness and care gave his mother great
___________.
9. The teacher is so _____ that we are all very ______. 10. Juvenile delinquency is often the result of
____________ abuse.
11. She showed a great deal of _________ about
her husband’s illness, since the doctor told her it was life-threatening.
12. She felt so sorry for his ____________ behavior
at the meeting this morning in front of so many colleagues.
UNIT 4
Directions: Choose the best answer to complete each of
the following sentences.
1) Joe and his professor took ____ of Joe’s progress
to decide what Joe should do next. A. inventory C. invention B. inventive D. inventor
2) You don’t know the circumstances of divorce, so
don’t make ____ judgments about it. A. morale C. moralistic B. moral D. morality
3) Thousands of lives will be ____ if emergency aid
doesn’t arrive in the village soon. A. at stake B. at ease C. at hand D. at random
4) More than 5,000 residents will participate in the
first _____ of the project.
A. phrase C. pharmacy B. phase D. phenomenon
5) Jack’s been busy those days. We’d better give
him a ring ____ he forgets? A. in the case C. in case B. in case of D. in the case of
6) In order to attract more excellent students, some
schools have to ____ recruiting teachers from overseas.
A. resort in C. resort from B. resort to D. resort out of
7) A season ticket ___ the holder to make as many
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journeys as he wishes within the stated period. A.grants B.promises C.entitles D.presents 8) In recent years much emphasis has been put ____
developing the students’ productive skills. A. over B. onto C. in D. on
9) With the development in science and technology
man can make various flowers___before their time. A. be bloomed C. bloom B. blooming D. bloomed
10) According to the American federal government,
residents of Hawaii have the longest life ____ :77.2 years.
A.scope B.rank C.span D.scale 11) There were no rooms ____ in the hotel. A. available C. achievable B. accessible D. acceptable
12) Not having a good command of English can be a
serious ____ preventing you from achieving your goals.
A. obstacle C. offense B. fault D. distress 13) It’s very ____ of you not to talk aloud while the
baby is asleep.
A. concerned C. considerable B. careful D. considerate
14) Our hopes ____ and fell in the same instant. A. aroused B. arose C. raised D. rose 15) Many a player who had been highly thought of has
____ from the basketball scene. A. disposed C. discouraged B. disappeared D. discarded
Directions: Complete the following sentences with the
appropriate forms of the words in brackets.
1. Pollution on this level is no longer socially
____________. (accept)
2. The country lose millions of dollars due to tax
____________. (avoid)
3. She’s so ____________ that it’s hard to be her
confidant. (defend)
4. He gave a ________________ of how the washing
machine works. (demonstrate)
5. The _____________ gorilla is the largest in the
group. (dominate)
6. This will simply lead, in my ______________, to
further problems. (estimate)
7. There is a possibility of severe water shortage in
the ______________ future. (foresee)
8. Mr. Smith is a(n) ________________ sociolinguist, and has written numerous books on gender differences. (accomplish)
9. He said good night ____________, promising that
he would phone Tom in the morning. (haste)
10. __________________ can lead to frantic and
unwise career development. (vigilance)
11. He showed complete _____________ of the most
basic knowledge about IT. (ignore)
12. This could have serious ______________ for the
company’s future. (imply)
13. The answer is _____________ ,which means you
lose a point. (correct)
14. The civil war would bring about greater
_____________ in the region. (stable)
UNIT 5
1. This book to the Chinese students.
A. appoints B. applies C.supplies D suits 2. It was so of him to stamp out of the restaurant
just because people didn’t agree with what he said. A.childless B.childlike
C.childishly D.childish
3. Frankfurt, Germany, is in one of the most
populated regions of Western Europe. A. densely B. vastly
C. enormously D dense
4. Our journey was slow because the train stopped
____ at different villages.
A.continually B. continuously C.gradually D. unceasingly
5. Not only the professionals but also the amateurs
will____ from the new training facilities. A. derive B. acquire
C. benefit D. reward
6. Positive social relationships increase our life span
and improve our minds and bodies. Such improvements, however, are only __ effects. A. associate B. secondary C. vice D. side 7. Language is accompanied by a continuous flow of
nonverbal , which involves not only the voice but also the face and the body. A. discussion B. conversation C. communication D. conference
8. By 1929, Mickey Mouse was as popular ___
children as Coca-cola.
A. for B. in C. to D. with
9. A dark suit is ___to a light one for evening wear. 第3页 共8页