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901. I have heard many different ____ of
the same story.
a. sayings
b.
statements
c. comments
d. descriptions
902. The trouble with
owning a foreign car is that ____ parts are so
expensive.
a. extra
b. surplus
c.
spare
d. separate
903. By ______ Mr. Smith is a bus
driver.
a. occupation
b. profession
c. work
d. employment
904. Since we are good friends, you
needn’t stand on _______ with us.
a. politeness
b.
ceremony
c. courtesy
d. manners
905. Only a(n) _____ few
were invited to the dancing party.
a.
choosy
b.
elect
c. select
d. selective
906. It's the_____ in this country to
go out and pick flower on the first day of spring.
a. case
b. habit
c. way
d. custom
907.
I've made a(n)
for you to see
the dentist at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
a. appointment
b. interview
c.
meeting
d. audience
908. ______ the
weather is concerned, I do not think it matters.
a. So long as
b.
As long as
c. So far as
d. As much as
909. The continuous rain set _______
the harvesting of wheat by two weeks.
a. off
b.
down
c. out
d.
back
910. Let's get
______
this old
barn. It's of no use to us.
a. out of
b. rid of
c. ahead of
d. over with
911. I asked him where my sister was,
and he _______ the store across the street.
a. indicated
b. displayed
c.
pointed
d. showed
912. One hundred competitors had
_______ the race.
a. enrolled for
b. entered for
c. put
themselves for
d. put their
names for
913. In recent years, new
buildings have ______ like mushrooms in the city.
a. started up
b. turned up
c. showed up
d.
sprung up
914.
I
_______
from
among
the
crowd
an
old
friend
of
mine
whom
I
hadn't
seen
for
ten
years.
a. figured out
b. pointed out
c. picked out
d. found out
915. I can't see how, but will have to
reach an agreement ________.
a. somehow
or other
b. somehow or another
c.
anyhow or other
d. anyhow or
another
916. We existed on nothing but
the______ necessities.
a.
mere
b. shere
c. bare
d. scarce
917.
The seasons change, independent ________ anyone's
wishes.
a. on
b.
to
c. from
d. of t
918. He has been absent ____ school for
quite some time.
a. for
b. from
c. of
d. to
919. The hostess _____ to make my
children feel at home.
a. led the way
b.
made way
c. went out of her way
d. gave way
920. Many species of animals which once
lived on the earth are no longer in ______.
a. existence
b. survival
c. life
d. reality
921. After a while he _______ to inform
me of the progress of the work.
a. set
off
b. set out
c. started off
d. proceeded
922. Peasants _______
over 80percent of the Chinese
population.
a. make
b.
consist
c. constitute
d.
account
923. In some countries men
usually have to _______ when they reach the age of
55.
a. retreat
b. retire
c. resign
d. quit
924. We
should read the daily press to keep
current events.
a. in touch
with
b. control of
c. track of
d. count of
925.
The noise was terrible, but I had to live ______
it.
a. with
b.
on
c. through
d.
up to
926. It's rude to _______ at
other people.
a. glance
b. glare
c. stare
d.
peep
927. He was in low spirits. Try as
we would, we couldn't get him to _______up.
a. pick
b. turn
c.
show
d. cheer
928. It's easy to
____ out what the consequences of that action will
be.
a. consider
b. imagine
c. infer
d. reason
929.
Her sister ______ Sir John's marriage proposal.
a. rejected
b. denied
c. objected
d.
refuted
930. He is _____ as having said
that there will be an election this autumn.
a. cited
b. quoted
c. reported
d. supposed
931.
The winter is already here and _____ to be a most
severe one.
a. shows
b. expects
c. promises
d. announces
932. The tailor was put on _____ for
murdering his wife.
a. test
b.
dock
c. court
d. trial
933. It's such a pity that those fine
old houses had to be pulled_____ to make way for
the new
road.
a. down
b. in
c. out
d. off
934. A
civilized people pays great attention to _____ a
war against crime and disease.
a.
practicing
b. performing
c.
waging
d.
carrying
935. Instead of working, Jack
was _____ away his time.
a. idling
b. wasting
c.
throwing
d. killing
936.
The disease failed to _______ to the new drugs the
doctor applied.
a. reply
b. reflect
c. respond
d. correspond
937. John wrote to a pen friend in
England _______ for several years.
a.
to and fro
b. back and forth
c. over and
over
d. off and
on
938. The workers marched in _____ to
the minister's office.
a. manifestation
b.
procession
c. progress
d.
demonstration
939. Never before had he
felt himself so powerfully _____ to the scientific
ideal.
a. interested
b. absorbed
c.
attracted
d. devoted
940. We were
obliged to accept it as false in the _________ of
other evidence.
a. presence
b. absence
c. missing
d. shortage
941. Be sure to look _______ your work
at the end of the examination.
a. over
b. at
c. after
d.
up
942. Another argument with his boss
________ him that he should find a new job.
a. realized
b.
reminded
c. convinced
d. confirmed
943. The match went _______ before he
had a chance to light the fire.
a. off
b. out
c. down
d.
by
944. You can come to our fancy dress
party on the condition that you ________.
a. wear up
b. make up
c. show up
d. dress up
945. Father
_____ his friends to dinner at a restaurant.
a. supplied
b.
served
c. treated
d. requested
946. You are allowed only 100 words in
which to ____ his speech.
a. sum up
b.
take up
c. make up
d. draw up
jury
must _______ the evidence before reaching a
verdict.
a. balance
b.
enquire
c. weigh
d.
interpret
948. Scientists have spent
years ____ into the effects of certain chemicals
on the human brain
with no results.
a. studying
b.
investigating
c. inspecting
d. researching
949. The firm will have to ______
production if it is to defeat its competitors.
a. step up
b. turn up
c. put up
d. hurry up
950.
You'll never finish that job unless you forget
everything else and get ______ it.
a.
on with
b. on to
c.
down to
d. around to
his appearance we may safely ________ that he is a
heavy smoker.
a. conduct
b.
conclude
c. condense
d. expect
952. The appearance of the book has
marked a new ____ in the history of the question.
a. beginning
b. discovery
c. area
d.
era
953. The shopkeeper is facing
_______ competition from supermarkets-
a. fierce
b. rigid
c. rigorous
d. stern
954. Carbon is a(n) ________ while
carbon dioxide is a compound.
a.
material
b. substance
c. agent
d. element
955. His _____ had always been to
become an architect.
a. career
b. ambition
c.
idea
d. attempt