新视野大学英语Book3词汇练习6-10

Directions: For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C)

and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1. Since

many

insects

have already become __b__ to DDT, scientists

have to

look

for

some new insecticide.

A) active

B) resistant

C) tough

D) gradual

2. It is a type of desert bush that can __c__ extremes of temperature.

A) adapt

B) withdraw

C) withstand

D) shade

3. If a

man

is easily taken

in by

emotional traps,

he

will

not be able to

make __c__

judgments.

A) sensitive

B) sentimental

C) sensible

D) sensational

4. Whenever he writes to his parents, he __a__ a cheque with his letter.

A) encloses

B) contains

C) reserves

D) invests

5. Y

ou should save your work often as a __b__ against computer failure.

A) sanction

B) precaution

C) shield

D) shelter

6. It took millions of years for order to grow out of the __c__ of the universe.

A) adjustment

B) change

C) chaos

D) profile

7. According to the weather _d

___, it’s going to be fine today

.

A) prediction

B) indication

C) provision

D) forecast

8. Accidents are of

frequent _d___ on this

motorway because

the traffic

is extremely

heavy here.

A) arrival

B) proportion

C) scale

D) occurrence

9. Her pulse was so weak that the doctor had difficulty _b___ it.

A) inspecting

B) detecting

C) touching

D) contacting

10. There is need to check the __b__ of the report.

A) frequency

B) accuracy

C) emergency

D) efficiency

11. The old man did not seem to attach any importance _a___ the question.

A) to

B) with

C) towards

D) for

12. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all fastened our seat belts.

A) tied

B) locked

C)

D) closed

13. Professor Collins was __d__ of the latest developments in physics because he had

been in hospital for several months.

A) unconscious

B) negative

C) robbed

D) ignorant

14.

It

has

been

revealed

that

some

government

leaders

__c__

their

authority

and

position to get illegal profits for themselves.

A) employ

B) take

C) abuse

D) overlook

15. Fertilizer will _

_b

__ the growth of these tomato plants.

A) accomplish

B) accelerate

使加速

C) accumulate

积累

D) account

16. Y

ears of __d__ labor had hardened his muscles.

A) survival

B) mental

精神的

C) restless

D) manual

体力的

17. V

ery few plants will __

_a_

without water.

A) flourish

兴旺

B) fade

褪色

C) stem

D) cultivate

18. We rarely perceive

more than a

minute

fraction of the

sights and sounds that

fall

upon our sense organs; the great majority pass us by

.

A) fiction

B) function

C) fraction

小部分

D) fragment

19. I guess the whole paper

has

to be rewritten; only the

first

few paragraphs

may be

_d

___.

A) sustained

持久的

B) contained

C) maintained

D) retained

保留

20. The police will give you a ticket if you __d__ the speed limit.

A) break

B) reject

C) suspend

D) exceed

21. The wise man exercises

c

in his behavior and enjoyments.

A) limitation

B) interest

C) restriction

限制

D) restraint

抑制

22. When Jack was

eighteen

he _

a_

__

going around with a strange set of people and

staying out very late.

A) took to

开始从事

B) took for

以为

C) took up

拿起，吸收

D) took on

采取

23.

Which

is

the

most

expensive

_b

___

training

equipment,

players’

personal

equipment and uniforms?

A) in place of

B) in terms of

C) by means of

D) by way of

24. The survival of civilization, as we know, is __b__ threat.

A) within

B) under

C) towards

D) upon

25. George took __d

__ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.

A) chance

B) effect

C) occasion

D) advantage

26.

The

boy

cycling

in

the

street

was

knocked

down

by

a

minibus

and

received