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1. He asked us to _____ them in carrying through their plan.

A)provide B) arouse C) assist D) persist

2.

He

was

such

a

_____

speaker

that

he

held

our

attention

every

minute

of

the

three-hour lecture.

A) specific B) dynamic C) heroic D) diplomatic

3. Arriving home, the boy told his parents about all the _____ which occurred in his

dormitory.

A) occasions B) matters C) incidents D) issues

4. The opening between the rocks was very narrow, but the boys managed to _____

through.

A) press

B) squeeze

C) stretch

D) leap

5. The manager urged his staff not to _____ the splendid opportunity.

A) drop B) miss C) escape

D) slide

6.

Because

of

a

_____

engagement,

Lora

couldn't

attend

my

birthday

party

last

Saturday.

A) pioneer

B) premature C) prior

D)past

7.

Not

having

a

good

command

of

English

can

be

a

serious

_____

preventing

you

from achieving your goals.

A) obstacle

B) fault

C) offense

D) distress

8. It's very _____ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.

A)concerned

B) careful

C)considerable

D) considerate

9. The _____ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research

and teaching, particularly the gap between researchers and teachers.

A)join

B)intensive

C)overall

D)decisive

10. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the _____

in which people communicate across time and space.

A) route

B) transmission

C) vision

D) manner

11. There is no _____ evidence that people can control their dreams, at

least in experimental situations in a lab.

A) rigid

B) solid C) smooth D) harsh

12.

Every

culture

has

developed

_____

for

certain

kinds

of

food

and

drink,

and

equally strong negative attitudes toward others.

A) preferences

B) expectations

C) fantasies D) fashions

13. It is reported that Uruguay understands and _____ China on human

rights issues.

A) grants

B) changes

C) abandons

D) backs

14. Only a few people have _____ to the full facts of the incident.

A) access

B) resort

C) contact D) path

15. His trousers _____ when he tried to jump over the fence.

A) cracked

B) split

C) broke

D)burst

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16. So far, _____ winds and currents have kept the thick patch of oil

southeast of the Atlantic coast.

A) governing

B) blowing

C) prevailing

D)ruling

17. The author was required to submit an _____ of about 200 words together with his

research paper.

A) edition

B) editorial

C) article

D) abstract

18. You will not be _____ about your food in time of great hunger.

A) special

B) particular

C) peculiar

D) specific

19. You shouldn’t have written in the _____ since the book belongs to the

library.

A) interval

B) border

C) margin

D)edge

20. The ______ of airplane engines announced a coming air raid.

A) roar

B) exclamation

C) whistle

D)scream

21. The ticket _____ you to a free boat tour on the lake.

A) entitles

B) appoints

C) grants

D)credits

22. This is the nurse who ________( to) me when I was ill in the hospital.

A) accompanied

B) attended

C) entertained

D)shielded

23. I was about to _____ a match when I remembered Tom’s warning.

A) rub

B) hit

C) scrape

D) strike

24. The advertisement says this material doesn’t _______ in the wash, but

it has.

A) contract

B) shrink

C) slim

D) dissolve

25. He was proud of being chosen to participate in the game and he _____us that he

would try as hard as possible.

A) insured

B) guaranteed

C) assumed

D) assured

26. The work was almost complete when we receive orders to ____ no further with it.

A) progress

B) proceed

C) march

D) promote

27. A house with a dangerous gas ____ can catch fire immediately.

A) leak

B) split

C) mess

D) crack

28. A dark suit is ____ to a light one for evening wear.

A) favorable

B) suitable

C) preferable

D)proper

29. It was in the United States that I made the _____ of Professor Jones.

A) acknowledgement

B) acquaintance

C) recognition

D)association

30. Could you take a ____ sheet of paper and write your name at the top?

A) bare

B) vacant

C) hollow

D) blank

31. A culture in which the citizens share similar religious beliefs and

values is more likely to have laws that represent the wishes of its people

than a culture where citizens come from _____ background.

A) extensive

B) influential

C) diverse

D)identical

32. Mr. Smith was the only witness who said the fire was ____.

A) mature

B) deliberate

C) meaningful

D)Innocent

33.

According

to

the

American

federal

government,

residents

of

Hawaii

have

the

longest life _____ : 77.2 years.

A ) scope

B) rank

C) span

D) scale

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34. Only a selected number of landladies in the neighborhood have been

allowed by the university to take in _____.

A) residents

B) inhabitants

C) lodgers

D) settlers

35. Extensive reporting on television has helped to _____ interest in a

wide variety of sports and activities.

A) gather

B) generate

C) assemble

D) yield

36. Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak ______

Chinese.

A) smooth

B) fluent

C) fluid

D) flowing

37. Petrol is refined from the ____ oil we take out of the ground.

A) fresh

B) original

C) rude

D) crude

38. The Car Club couldn’t ____ to meet the demands of all its members.

A) ensure

B) guarantee

C) assume

D) confirm

39. All the key words in the article are printed in ____ type so as to

attract readers’ attention.

A) dark

B) dense

C) black

D) bold

40. On New Year’s Eve, New York City holds an outdoor ____ which attracts

a crowd

of a million or more people.

A) incident

B) event

C) case

D) affair

same factors push wages and prices up together, the one ____ the

other.

A) emphasizing

B) reinforcing

C) multiplying

D) increasing

42. If this kind of fish becomes ____, future generations will never taste

it at all.

A) minimum

B) short

C) seldom

D) scarce

43. Cancellation of the flight ____ many passengers to spend the night at

the airport.

A) resulted

B) obliged

C) demanded

D) recommended

44. Young people are not ____ to stand and look at works of art; they want art they

can participate in.

A) conservative

B) content

C)confident

D) generous

45. In Britain people_____ four million tons of potatoes every year.

A) swallow

B) dispose

C) consume

D) exhaust

46. A lot of ants are always invading my kitchen. They are a thorough

____.

A) nuisance

B) trouble

C)worry

D) anxiety

47. Everybody ____ in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.

A) assembled

B) accumulated

C) piled

D) joined

48. It is our ___ policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful

means.

A) consistent

B) continuous

C) considerate

D) continual

49. She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it ____ enough to

eat.

A) mild

B) slight

C) light

D) tender

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