戏弄全新版大学英语第四册选择题

aircraft base is protected with specially designed shelters which are built to ____ ground

and air attacks.

A. launch

B. withstand

C. contest

D. contend

2. I

’

m pleased to hear of your job offer

—

all that hard work at school has obviously ______.

A. paid off

B. taken its toll

C. made a difference

D. shown up

3. The talks might ______ for weeks before any concrete result is announced.

A. press on

B. drag on

C. get bogged down

D. hold on

4. We need someone really ______ who can organize the office and make it run smoothly.

A. crucial

B. realistic

C. essential

D. efficient

5. Once Mrs. Kirkpatrick ____ you in conversation, you

’

re stuck with her for at least half an hour.

A. submerges

B. engages

C. occupies

D. launches

6. Their refusal to compromise is a major ______ that stands in the way of further peace talks.

A. obstacle

B. complication

C. entity

D. hazard

7. However, the new law, once passed, will ______ the Bridlington agreement illegal by giving

workers the right to join unions of their choice.

A. convert

B. cancel

C. eliminate

D. render

8. I will hold you personally ______ if anything goes wrong in this project.

A. destructive

B. lucrative

C. diverse

D. responsible

9. Due to his recent failure to meet the deadline, Jason is ______ from the list for promotion.

A. eliminated

B. retreated

C. pried

D. wrenched

10. The intelligence department was accused of failure to ______ the troops to the possibility of

an enemy attack during the weekend.

A. instruct

B. warn

C. dictate

D. alert

11. Now that we

’

ve got a loan from the bank, our project is financially ______.

A. constructive

B. feasible

C. favorable

D. stiff

12. Under normal circumstances the body can ______ these naturally occurring substances into

vitamins.

A. render

B. derive

C. convert

D. originate

13. This course focuses on the ______ of economic analysis to the problems of inflation.

A. conception

B. combination

C. application

D. introduction

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14. You can ___ the video camera on a tripod (

三脚架

), so that you don

’

t have to worry about

holding it steady while you ask questions.

A. withstand

B. mount

C. implement

D. dwell

15. The camps are not usually tent-type camps. They are mostly long-established, _____ structures,

often with strange Indian names.

A. permanent

B. historical

C. monotonous

D. raw

16.

A

firm

might

sometimes

sell

at

a

loss

to

drive

a

competitor

out

of

business,

and

______

increase its market power.

A. therefore

B. thereby

C. hence

D. further

17.

______

students

should

be

motive

by

a

keen

interest

in

theatre

and

should

have

some

familiarity with plays in production.

A. Prospective

B. Responsible

C. Ethnic

D. Realistic

postgraduate

students

are

fully

integrated

into

the

departmental

research

______

and,

in

addition, participate in the Postgraduate Education Program.

A. cooperation

B. endeavor

C. administration

D. network

19. As a reporter, I was paid to ______ into other people

’

s lives.

A. pry

B. convert

C. blurt

D. carve

20. The ball was ______ out of his grasp by a player on the other team.

A. wrenched

B. contested

C. interrupted

D. sucked

21. As he walked out of the court, he was ______ with frustration and rage.

A. applauding

B. quivering

C. paralyzing

D. limping

22. AIDS activists permanently changed and shortened America

’

s ______ process for testing and

approving new drugs of all kinds, for all diseases.

A. efficient

B. stagnant

C. intricate

D. appropriate

23. Some of the tunnels in the cliff are natural, some were ______ out.

A. carved

B. pried

C. penetrated

D. decorated

24. The doctor ______ Billy

’

s operation with X-rays and special exercises to make him stronger.

A. went after

B. followed up

C. started up

D. took on

25. People from different cultures have different ______ of the world.

A. impressions

B. complications

C. foundations

D. conceptions

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Don

’

t

let

his

criticism

______

you;

he

belongs

to

the

kind

of

people

who

take

delight

in

finding fault with others

’

work.

A. discourage

B. concern

C. dictate

D. paralyze

27. The survey found 80 percent of viewers were ______ by the violent scenes in the film.

A. eliminated

B. alerted

C. offended

D. discouraged

28. The mayor promised to trim the city budget without cutting ______ services.

A. essential

B. appropriate

C. equivalent

D. lucrative

29. In today

’

s working world the roles of men and women are becoming ______.

A. dwarfed

B. incorporated

C. correlated

D. blurred

30. This disease ______ in Africa but has now spread to many parts of the world.

A. derived

B. originated

C. sparkled

D. dwelled

1.

“

Have you any ______ plans for your future now that you

’

ve completed your graduate studies?

”

ve

B. exact

C. precise

D. definite

2. Anyone caught ______ an offense will be punished.

A. conducting

B. executing

C. performing

D. committing

3. There is scientific evidence to support our __ that being surrounded by plants is good for health.

A. perception

B. instinct

C. conception

D. implication

4. Israeli troops ______ by launching a bombing attack on the Palestinian-controlled areas.

A. had a crack

B. took a toll

C. took revenge

D. followed up

5. He should ______ what he

’

s good at, and not switch to something he knows nothing about.

A. take on

B. stick to

C. go after

D. live on

6. To be ______ with you, I think you

’

re making a dreadful mistake by refusing to cooperate.

A. candid

B. pertinent

C. mild

D. vivid

7.

There

are

still

some

______

for

students

of

science

and

engineering,

but

those

in

arts

and

humanities have been filled.

A. positions

B. vacancies

C. categories

D. applications

8. The plants are in a(n) __ plastic box, so the children can observe how the roots grow with time.

A. appropriate

B. intricate

C. transparent

D. waterproof

9. The United Nations was supposed to ______ the role of global peace- keeper.

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A. contend

B. nurture

C. carve

D. undertake

10. People under a lot of ______ may experience headaches, minor pains and sleeping difficulties.

A. stress

B. exposure

C. endurance

D. endeavor

11. The destruction of the Twin Towers in New York City _ shock and anger throughout the world.

A. summoned

B. tempted

C. provoked

D. enveloped

12. His total worldly possessions ______ little more than the clothes he stood up in.

A. amounted to

B. settled for

C. turned up

D. came at

13. A UN official said aid programs will be ______ until there is adequate protection for relief

personnel.

A. multiplied

B. spanned

C. arrested

D. suspended

14. Many social problems are caused by the uneven ______ of wealth.

A. equality

B. justice

C. distribution

D. volume

15. The shopkeepers are complaining that business has been reduced to a ______ of what it was

before the outbreak of war.

A. fraction

B. section

C. portion

D. trifle

16. The number 30 on a road sign ______ that the speed limit is 30 miles an hour.

A. signifies

B. forecasts

C. illumines

D. characterizes

17. Our director had ______ on the matter for a long time before he made the decision.

A. hushed

B. thrashed

C. pondered

D. suspended

18. The weather wasn

’

t favorable and both teams had to ______ icy rain and a strong wind during

the match.

A. pin down

B. contend with

C. get stuck in

D. take control of

19. The word is now widely used in newspapers and magazines, but its origin still remains _____.

A. exotic

B. widespread

C. obscure

D. adrift

20. George ______ an agonizing 48-hour wait for the results of the tests.

A. underwent

B. withstood

C. undertook

D. grilled

21. The consumer ______ in recent years has led to an explosion of shopping center development

in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Canton.

A. summit

B. boom

C. pressure

D. volume

22. The car, at least as we know it, is on the way out, because its exhaust ______ a threat to the

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