Unit 6
1. Since many insects have already become ____ to DDT, scientists have to look for some new insecticide.
A) active B) resistant C) tough D) gradual
2. It is a type of desert bush that can ____ extremes of temperature.
A) adapt B) withdraw C) withstand D) shade
3. If a man is easily taken in by emotional traps, he will not be able to make ____ judgments.
A) sensitive B) sentimental C) sensible D) sensational
4. Whenever he writes to his parents, he ____ a cheque with his letter.
A) encloses B) contains C) reserves D) invests
5. You should save your work often as a ____ against computer failure.
A) sanction B) precaution C) shield D) shelter
6. It took millions of years for order to grow out of the ____ of the universe.
A) adjustment B) change C) chaos D) profile
7. According to the weather ____, it’s going to be fine today. A) prediction B) indication C) provision D) forecast
8. Accidents are of frequent ____ on this motorway because the traffic is extremely heavy here.
A) arrival B) proportion C) scale D) occurrence
9. Her pulse was so weak that the doctor had difficulty ____ it.
A) inspecting B) detecting C) touching D) contacting
10. There is need to check the ____ of the report.
A) frequency B) accuracy C) emergency D) efficiency
11. The old man did not seem to attach any importance ____ the question.
A) to B) with C) towards D) for
12. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all ____ our seat belts.
A) tied B) locked C) fastened D) closed
13. Professor Collins was ____ of the latest developments in physics because he had been in hospital for several months. A) unconscious B) negative C) robbed D) ignorant
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14. It has been revealed that some government leaders ____ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.
A) employ B) take C) abuse D) overlook
15. Fertilizer will ____ the growth of these tomato plants.
A) accomplish B) accelerate C) accumulate D) account
16. Years of ____ labor had hardened his muscles.
A) survival B) mental C) restless D) manual
17. Very few plants will ____ without water.
A) flourish B) fade C) stem D) cultivate
18. We rarely perceive more than a minute ____ of the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs; the great majority pass us by. A) fiction B) function C) fraction D) fragment
19. I guess the whole paper has to be rewritten; only the first few paragraphs may be ____.
A) sustained B) contained C) maintained D) retained
20. The police will give you a ticket if you ____ the speed limit.
A) break B) reject C) suspend D) exceed
21. The wise man exercises ____ in his behavior and enjoyments. A) limitation B) interest C) restriction D) restraint
22. When Jack was eighteen he ____ going around with a strange set of people and staying out very late. A) took to B) took for C) took up D) took on
23. Which is the most expensive ____ training equipment, players’ personal equipment and uniforms?
A) in place of B) in terms of C) by means of D) by way of
24. The survival of civilization, as we know, is ____ threat. A) within B) under C) towards D) upon
25. George took ____ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden. A) chance B) effect C) occasion D) advantage
Keys: 1~5 BCCAB 6~10CDDBB 11~15ACDCB
16~20 DACDD 21~25 DABBD
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