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词汇练习
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8
单元
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单元
Unit 8
1. This attitude is reflected in the
____ taken a decade or so which showed that
seven out of ten American mothers did
not want their second child.
A)
photograph
B) table
C) chart
D) poll
2. Your
usual teacher has lost his voice and ____ I am
taking his place today.
A) nevertheless
B) however
C) accordingly
D) moreover
3. After she became a lawyer, she
decided to ____ in contract law.
A) study
B) specialize
C) learn
D) contribute
4. This expert will ____
his remarks to e-business this time.
A) coordinate
B) render
C)
confine
D) depict
5. We would never have secured our
independence without the aid you ____.
A)
rendered
B) requested
C)
presented
D)
pursued
6. ____ energy under the earth
must be released in one form or another, for
example, an earthquake.
A) Accumulated
B) Assembled
C) Gathered
D) Collected
7.
It has always ____ me why you believe the Earth is
flat.
A) confused
B)
misled
C) puzzled
D) wondered
8. The Prime
Minister will give details of the plan at a press
____ today.
A) report
B) discussion
C)
convention
D) conference
9.
Our
ear
becomes
less
sensitive
to
____
greater
than
4,000
cycles
per
second.
A) frequencies
B) variations
C) ratios
D) volumes
10. I
don’t think he is up to the job ____ he would give
his mind to it.
A)
in case
B) if only
C) until
D) unless
11.
It
has
been
rather
costly
to
install
the
machinery,
but
it
will
prove
to
be
worth the money ____.
A) in the long run
B) in
conclusion
C) at long last
D) at the end
12. You have to ____ grammar mistakes
from the essay before you hand it in.
A) judge
B) display
C) reveal
D) eliminate
13. The profit-sharing plan
is designed to ____ the staff to work hard.
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A)
mount
B) mould
C) motivate
D) motion
14.
There is a forecast that the ____ for a good crop
harvest will be rather poor
this year.
A) prospect
B) protection
C) proportion
D) promise
15. His injured wrist began
to ____.
A) exaggerate
B) swell
C) soar
D) enhance
16. A ____ of
robbers broke into the bank and took away all the
money.
A) bunch
B) school
C) rank
D) gang
17.
In
spite of
the ____
economic forecasts,
manufacturing
output
has
risen
slightly.
A) gloomy
B) miserable
C)
shadowy
D) obscure
18.
The
____
personality
in
our
firm
was
John
Brown;
he
made
all
the
decisions.
A)
dominant
B) elegant
C) cautious
D) prominent
19.
An experienced manager can be a great ____ to his
firm.
A) estate
B) asset
C) profit
D) property
20.
Did the people ____ approve of the government’s
policy?
A)
in all
B) in
public
C) at large
D) at best
21. A significant ____ of the plants
and animals in Hawaii exist nowhere else in
the world.
A)
production
B) proportion
C) provision
D) procession
22.
Many
university
courses are
not
really
____
to
the
needs
of students
or
their future employers.
A) associated
B) related
C) geared
D) qualified
23. The store had to ____ a number of
clerks because sales were down.
A. lay out
B. lay off
C.
lay aside
D.
lay down
24. The speaker commanded our
attention by a speech which ____ our own
feelings.
A) sounded
B) echoed
C)
reacted
D) described
25. To make
sure that students will remember what you say, you
should find
ways of ____ the main
points.
A)
emphasizing
B) focusing
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C)
enlarging
D) strengthening
26. The
house was sold for $$60,000, which was far more
than its real ____.
A) cost
B) value
C) price
D) evaluation
27. An engineer ____ an ore to find out
whether it contains impurities
(
杂质
).
A) analyses
B) anticipates
C) assesses
D)
evaluates
28.
At
yesterday’s
party,
Elizabeth’s
boyfriend
amused
us
by
____
Charlie
Chaplin.
A)
modeling
B)
following
C)
imitating
D)
copying
29.
We
are
____
faced
with
the
necessity
to
recognize
that
having
more
people implies a lower standard of
living.
A) readily
B) smoothly
C)
inevitably
D) deliberately
30. There was a good deal of ____ to
the introduction of foreign cultures.
A) obstacle
B) challenge
C) block
D) resistance
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D
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6-10:
ACDAD
11-15:
ADCAB
16-20:
DAABC
21-25:
BCBBA
26-30:
BACCD
Unit 9
1. Huge imports were ____ the country’s
currency reserves.
A)
draining
B) discharging
C) disposing
D)
distributing
2. Many of the earliest
____ into the United States
established large farms.
A)
illegals
B) immigrants
C) migrants
D)
emigrants
3. According to the ____ of
the agreement, the interest
on the loan
must be
paid monthly.
A)
provisions
B)
contracts
C) instructions
D) definitions
4. As he made
no ____ to our quarrel, I assumed he had forgiven
me.
A) statement
B) mention
C)
reference
D) comment
5. Smoking is the
____ cause of hear disease.
A)
prime
B)
primitive
C) preliminary
D) previous
6. Social
changes in Britain are matched by ____ trends in
other countries.
A) relative
B) proportional
C) parallel
D) alongside
7. In my
opinion, you can widen the ____ of these
improvements through your
active
participation.
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A) dimension
B) volume
C) magnitude
D)
scope
8. This book was the
____ of a tremendous amount of scientific work.
A) outcome
B) outlet
C) outset
D) output
9. Our __
__ favors divorce
while our social customs don’t.
A) guideline
B) legislation
C) convention
D) tradition
10. The ability
____ genes gives scientists a tool of
unprecedented potential.
A)
manipulates
B) manipulated
C) to manipulate
D) manipulating of
11. Don’t eat that cake
now, you’ll spoil your ____.
A) desire
B) flavor
C) diet
D) appetite
12. The cars were ____ because it was
impossible to go any further in the fog.
A) sacrificed
B) transported
C) abandoned
D) removed
13.
This
reading
material
is
neither
very
difficult
nor
too
easy,
so
it’s
just
suitable for students
at a(n) ____ level.
A)
internal
B)
intermediate
C) central
D) mild
14. Mr.
Jones is busy writing a novel ____ getting it
published next year.
A)
for the sake of
B) in the hope of
C) in the event of
D) in case of
15. Put the kettle on to boil and in
the ____ we’ll cut the bread and
butter.
A)
moment
B)
meantime
C) process
D) course
16. John went to Los Angeles ____ the
company he works for.
A)
at the cost of
B) at the
expense of
C) at the rate
of
D) at the mercy of
17. In a
time of social reform, people’s state of mind
tends to keep ____ with
the rapid
changes of society.
A)
step
B) pace
C)
touch
D)
progress
18. The fat old man looked
____ in his tight pink trousers.
A) conservative
B)
ridiculous
C) contemporary
D) controversial
19. Because of my poor eyesight I am
____ to wear glasses all the time.
A) obliged
B) compromised
C)
committed
D) threatened
20.
In the jar there was a ____ which looked like jam.
A) material
B) solid
C) powder
D) substance
21. He ____ the
law and was arrested by the police.
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A) alerted
B) interfered
C) violated
D) provoked
22.
In that period, England ____ with France.
A) allied
B) bunched
C) joined
D) assembled
23. You needn’t
have made such a ____ about trifles.
A) mess
B) fuss
C) noise
D) fuse
24. Harold claimed
that he was a serious and well-known artist, but
in fact he
was a(n) ____.
A) alien
B) counterpart
C) client
D)
fraud
25. He was expelled
(
开除
)from school ____ poor
performance in studies and
ill
behavior.
A) on the part of
B) in need of
C) in favor
of
D) on account of
26.
The
students
were
participating
____
an
international
energy-saving
competition between towns in New
England and Canada.
A) for
B) in
C) to
D)
at
27. He tried to justify his neglect
of his responsibility ____ his health.
A) on behalf of
B) on the basis of
C) on the
grounds of
D) on the point of
28. They ____ on us as they were
passing through town.
A) dropped off
B) dropped by
C)
dropped down
D) dropped in
29. The prospect of increased prices
has already ____ worries.
A)
provoked
B) recruited
C)
inspired
D)
soared
30. He was punished ____
he should make the same
mistake again.
A) unless
B) if
C) provided
D) lest
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16-20:
BBBAD
21-25:
CABDD
26-30:
BCDAD
Unit 10
1. During their ____
on the club, the policemen found illegal drugs.
A) search
B) clash
C) ban
D) raid
2.
The
chairman
asked
members
to
____
their
votes
for
or
against
the
proposal.
A) bid
B) offer
C)
cast
D) throw
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3. The plane ____, its
bombs exploding as it hit the ground.
A)
smashed
B)
crushed
C) plunged
D) crashed
4.
I’ve ____ into the door aga
in and hurt
my knee.
A) wandered
B) plunged
C)
bumped
D) rushed
5. I strongly
opposed the ____ that women not be allowed to join
the society.
A) resolution
B) reservation
C)
solution
D) conclusion
6. A ____ of sheep blocked the road.
A) pack
B) school
C)
herd
D) flock
7. The little boy
had walked for a long day; he was feeling ____. He
must have
a good rest.
A) excited
B) lazy
C) content
D) exhausted
8.
A window in the kitchen was ____; there was
rubbish everywhere, and the
curtains
and carpets had been stolen.
A)
scattered
B)
scraped
C) scratched
D) smashed
9. All our
attempts to ____ the child from drowning were in
vain.
A) regain
B) recover
C)
reserve
D) rescue
10.
The strong storm did a lot of damage to the
coastal villages: several fishing
boats
were ____ and many houses collapsed.
A) wrecked
B) spoiled
C) torn
D) injured
11. She was fined $$30 for failing to
keep her dog under ____.
A)
control
B)
command
C) obedience
D) hand
12. I
wonder why they were so easily ____ by his story.
A) taken on
B) taken over
C) taken in
D) taken up
13. The bank is reported in the local
newspaper to have been robbed in ____
daylight yesterday.
A) broad
B) exclusive
C) extensive
D) abroad
14.
When
he
was
a
young
man,
Lincoln
____
down
the
Mississippi
in
a
flatboat.
A) drained
B) dragged
C) dripped
D) drifted
15.
The ____ presence of a police officer made him
feel guilty.
A) common
B) mere
C) just
D) plain
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16. In this poor country,
survival is still the leading industry; all else
is ____.
A) luxury
B)
accommodation
C)
entertainment
D) fancy
17. As a commander, you should not ____
the soldiers to unnecessary danger.
A) express
B) exploit
C) explode
D) expose
18.
Which ____ of the economy has been hardest hit by
the recession?
A) fraction
B) sector
C) format
D) bureau
19. The airplane
took off soon. It was like being on an old train
____ from side
to side and going faster
and faster.
A) surrounding
B) foregoing
C)
swaying
D)
frowning
20. When
he
caught a
____
of
his girlfriend
in
the
rain,
Jack
asked
the
taxi
driver to stop to pick her up.
A) harbour
B) kettle
C) glimpse
D)
scale
21. It was a long
time before the cut on my hand ____ completely.
A) healed
B) improved
C)
cured
D) recovered
22. The boy’s
parents ____ too much of him, with the
inevitable result that they
were
disappointed.
A) anticipated
B) desired
C) expected
D) recommended
23. I don’t
know why he ____ in the middle of a
sentence.
A)
broke off
B)
broke out
C) broke away
D) broke
through
24. When
he
realized the
police
had
spotted
him,
the man
____ the
exit
as
quickly
as possible.
A) made off
B) made for
C) made up
D) made out
25.
Our teacher was ____ by the funny story.
A) naked
B) yielded
C) amused
D)
expanded
26.
Since
1978,
many
new
____
have
been
developed
in
our
university
to
meet the increasing demands of the
students.
A) disciplines
B) entrances
C) checks
D) flames
27. The new problem then
____: What are we going to do when we graduate
from the university?
A) raises
B) arouses
C) arises
D) rises
28. The boxer ____ and almost fell when
his opponent hit him.
A) staggered
B) scattered
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C) shattered
D) stamped
29. The bank is offering a ____ to
anyone who can give information about the
robbery.
A) reward
B)
prize
C) bonus
D) compliment
30. For many years this
country have ____ the car market.
A)
presided
B) operated
C) occupied
D)
dominated
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11-15: ACADB
16-20: ADBCC
21-25: ACABC
26-30: ACAAD
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
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
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