英语选择题7

601. Sometimes the machine will go wrong without any _______ cause.

a. actual

b. apparent

c. natural

d. excusable

602. Polar explorers have to be extremely ______ to endure the climate and other hardships.

a. rough

b. hard

c. tough

d. cautious

603. The Himalayas are the highest mountain ______ in the world.

a. range

b. ridge

c. peak

d. summit

604. We searched for the ring, but there was no ________ of it anywhere.

a. symbol

b. signal

c. sigh

d. sign

605. She is making herself ill with _______ over her son's future.

a. thought

b. annoyance

c. worry

d. consideration

office lift is out of ________ again.

a. order

b. work

c. movement

d. standard

607. I can't ________ to have a holiday abroad on my salary.

a. spend

b. spare

c. afford

d. stand

608. He knew himself to be raw, quite _____of making mistakes through his inexperience.

a. able

b. possible

c. likely

d. capable

609. Things went well for him during his early life but in middle age his _____ seemed to

change.

a. chance

b. luck

c. career

d. opportunity

610. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any ________ of what I said.

a. notice

b. regard

c. observation

d. attention

611. You can do it if you want to, but in my opinion it’s not worth the ______ it involves.

a. force

b. trial

c. attempt

d. effort

612. The _______ charged by the lawyer for his services was unusually high.

a. pay

b. wage

c. fee

d. fare

613.

We

had

a

marvelous

holiday;

only

the

last

two

days

were

slightly

______

by

the

weather.

a. damaged

b. spoiled

c. hurt

d. destroyed

614. He has _______

his heart on pursuing his studies abroad.

a. set

b. made

c. determined

d. resolved

615. He knows so much about the stars that I am sure it would k impossible to find his_____.

a. rival

b. equal

c. partner

d. equivalent .

616. When I came through the customs at the airport,

I had to pay ________ on a clock I

bought.

a. fine

b. fee

c. tax

d. duty

617.

At

the

moment

my

car

is

at

the

garage

being

made

ready

for

a(n)

_______

across

Europe.

a. travel

b. voyage

c. journey

d. excursion

618. All the students were excited at the ____ of a weekend sports competition.

a. intention

b. idea

c. consideration

d. view

619. This theory , ________ from the work of certain early 20th century scientists.

a. results

b. rises

b. arises

d. raises

620. Well-mannered children have usually been properly _______ by their parents-

a. made up

b. worked up

c. brought up

d. taken up

621. The sight of the clock ________ me that I was late.

a. remembered

b. reminded

c. assured

d. confirmed

622. The soldiers were put in prison because they ________ to obey orders.

a. rejected

b. defied

c. denied

d. refused

623.

The

workmen

made

so

much

_______

that

Mrs.

Walker

had

to

spend

three

days

cleaning up afterwards.

a. trouble

b. damage

c. mess

d. disorder

624. He explained to her at length what he ________ doing the week fo11owing.

a. intended

b. expected

c. wanted

d. meant

625. He grew very angry when he realized how he had been _______ out of his money.

a. deceived

b. robbed

c. made

d. tricked

626. At the first _____ of twelve everyone stopped for lunch.

a. strike

b. stroke

c. hit

d. blow

627. The water in the river was m clear that it ________ the trees on the bank.

a. shadowed

b. shaded

c. reflected

d. deflected

628. Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister take

________ of the house.

a. hold

b. responsibility

c. management

d. charge

629. Carry this glass of milk into the next room, land be careful not to _____any on the floor.

a. flow

b. spill

c. spoil

d. spray

630. Science has made great _________ during the past 20 years.

a. advances

b. developments

c. movements

d. increases

631. The old man got into the _______ of storing money under his bed.

a. tradition

b. custom

c. habit

d. practice

632. If you make a cat angry, it may _________ you.

a. tear

b. scratch

c. snatch

d. scrape

633 The map was drawn to the standard ________of 1 to100, 000, so there was not much

detail.

a. portion

b. rate

c. balance

d. scale

634. Please be quiet I don't want to _______ a word of the news on the radio.

a. miss

b. lose

c. avoid

d. fail

635. I’m afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.

a. possibility

b. chance

c. choice

d. selection

636. He may be a very clever

research worker, but he’s very poor at putting his ideas

_______ his audience.

a. across

b. about

c. away

d. forward

637.

They

decided

to

leave

a

big

_______

to

the

waiter

because

the

food

and

service

had

been excellent.

a. fee

b. tip

c. prize

d. reward

638. His stomach began to ________ because of the bad food he had eaten.

a. pain

b. ache

c. harm

d. upset

639. She looked everywhere for her book but ____ had to return home without it.

a. at last

b. at the end

c. in the end

d. at least

640. It's rude to ______ people when they are speaking.

a. interrupt

b. disrupt

c. interfere

d. intervene

641. The purpose of the examination is to ______the student's knowledge of the subject.

a. try

b. test

c. inspect

d. prove

642. The child was told to make a (n) __________ for being rude to his sister.

a. excuse

b. admission

c. confession

d. apology

643. His _________ of the glider was correct in every detail and could really fly.

a. mould

b. pattern

c. model

d. design

644. I ________ her not to walk on the thin ice but she wouldn't listen to me.

a. warned

b. suggested

c. persuaded

d. consulted

645. Very few people ________ for his party at the last election.

a. elected

b. chose

c. preferred

d. voted

646. I could tell he was surprised from the ________ on his face.

a. appearance

b. sight

c. expression

d. feature

647. He couldn't ________ the thought of leaving his hometown for ever.

a. consider

b. bear

c. carry

d. weigh

648. High interest rates _______ people from borrowing money from the bank.

a. discourage

b. dissuade

c. distract

d. disturb

649. If the boy had _______ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.

a. set

b. left

c. put

d. kept

650. What measures have been _______ to control the crowd at Saturday's football match?

a. made

b. given

c. taken

d. involved

651. He left in such a hurry that I ________ had time to thank him.

a. almost

b. nearly

c. rarely

d. scarcely

652. She did not feel _______ going out, as she had a slight headache.

a. want

b. wish

c. like

d. for

653. The car crashed into the train, and the driver was killed _______.