期末词汇复习30题

1.

On my way to school, I saw people_________ advertisements and sample products.

A) conveying

B) creating

C) discarding

D) distributing

2.

The city government promises to_________ the problem of unemployment in real earnest.

A) postpone

B) tackle

C) compose

D) anticipate

3.

The professor thought that I was making good progress in my studies and told me to______ my good work.

A) keep up

B) go ahead with

C) hold back

D) come up with

4.

Many people are still unwilling to buy on credit. The idea of spending money before earns it_________ among the Chinese.

A) has not yet taken hold

B) has not yet put across

C) has passed away

D) has not yet fitted into

5.

It is a huge task to_________ all the rooms in the building in such a short time.

A) go ahead with

B) keep up

C) clean up

D) work out

6.

The meeting was_____by the National Association of Women for the purpose of furthering the women’s liberation movement.

A) chaired

B) sponsored

C) participated

D) assigned

7.

I have searched all the book stores in the town. The book you asked for is not__________.

A) tedious

B) vivid

C) available

D) sufficient

8.

A railway ticket should indicate the place of departure as well as the__________ of the trip.

A) arrival

B) image

C) destination

D) sequence

9.

During the war there was a severe food shortage. It was not unusual that even the well- to-do families had to___ meat for days.

A) do with

B) do without

C) turn away

D) turn in

10.

Because of the mist, none of those who saw the flying object could tell its__________ shape.

A) steady

B) likely

C) precise

D) rigid

11.

The Spring Festival, like Christmas in western countries, is a holiday for family

.

A) amusement

B) reunion

C) entertainment

D) congratulation

12.

Sports is not just for fun or exercise. It is also good for

building.

A) capacity

B) reputation

C) confidence

D) character

13.

Thirty miles away from the town, the robbers

the car and disappeared into the woods.

A) approached

B) ground

C) abandoned

D) removed

14.

You’d sound a lot more polite if you make the request

a question.

A) in the form of

B) in terms of

C) on the basis of

D) in two minds about

15.

“You

call me uncle because I am about the same age as your father,” said the visitor to the boy.

A) more or less

B) may just as well

C) sort of

D) off and on

16.

It’s one thing to

communicate with your friends on the phone, but it is another to

a nice letter explaining the same ideas.

A) convey

B) distribute

C) inquire

D) compose

17.

A good teacher is able to

a complicated idea in very simple terms.

A) work out

B) go by

C) put across

D) bring about

18.

The purpose of this test is to measure students’

to learn instead of their present achievement.

A) capacity

B) attitude

C) confidence

D) determination

19.

Lying in hospital, the patient

the outside world by watching news programs on TV every night.

A) kept in touch with

B) faced up to

C) turned the clock back

D) slowed down

20.

The birth rate in a city

to fall as its gross domestic product (GCP) rises steadily.

A) estimates

B) anticipates

C) assumes

D) tends

21.

in mind as well as in body, the child needs more than medical care.

A) Sick

B) Be sick

C) Because sick

D) For sick

22.

To postpone

the debt will ruin our business reputation.

A) paying

B) to pay

C) pay

D) paid

23.

The cost of this building

to be over a million.

A) is estimated

B) estimates

C) has estimated

D) having been estimated

24.

______ to understand a single word of Chinese, he hired an interpreter when he visited Beijing.

A) For being unable

B) Unable

C) Because unable

D) Without able

25.

The milk smells

sour.

A) as if it is

B) like it is

C) as if it was

D) like it was

26.

It takes courage for one

the huge task, to say nothing of fulfilling it in such a short time.

A) to face up to

B) facing up to

C) faces up to

D) to be faced up to

27.

Because of rising cost, we spent

money on the project as had been planned.

A) twice much

B) twice as much

C) twice

D) twice as more

28.

Tom woke up late and left home without breakfast,

another long and boring day at school.

A) having anticipated

B) anticipated

C) being anticipated

D) anticipating

29.

________ a solution to the problem of water shortage, we have to put all our efforts together.

A) To work out

B) Working out

C) Work out

D) Being worked out

30.

“The Internet will ensure tha

t the children of the future are not going to know

nationalism is,” an expert at MIT

declared.

A) how

B) that

C) what

D) as