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Unit1
1. The future of the
company will be very _____ if they can’t devise
new models of products.
A) bleak
B) chilly
C)
dreary
D) prosperous
2. _____data
have been collected for the building of the
project.
A) Effective
B) Sufficient
C) Efficient
D)
Affective
3. The talks with the
laborers got _____ down on the question of the pay
rise.
A) bogged
B)
dragged
C) engaged
D) occupied
4. The old man
became bored for lack of _____.
A) profession
B) occupation
C) position
D) career
5. The
endless appearances and shaking of hands are an
evitable part of an election _____.
A) battle
B)
thrust
C)
siege
D) campaign
6. After a
three-day _____ by the policemen, the terrorists
who had seized the restaurant had to
give in.
A)
siege
B) assault
C) attack
D)
offence
7. We have just installed a fan
to _____ cooking smalls from the kitchen.
A) eject
B) exclude
C) expel
D) exile
8.
Mutual respect for territorial ____ is the base
upon which two countries develop relationships.
A) unity
B) unification
C) entirety
D)
integrity
9. All
the
commodities sold in that shop are given one year’s
_____.
A)
assurance
B)
pledge
C) guarantee
D) insurance
10. Computers
can provide information which allows businessmen
to _____ their list of goods, by
showing which items are being sold and
how fast they are moving.
A) keep track of
B) keep pace with
C) keep in touch with
D) keep company with
11. As
far as the administrative power is concerned,
Canada’s Prime Minister is the _____ of the
U.S. President.
A) counterattack
B)
countermeasure
C) counterbalance
D)
counterpart
12. We have planned an
exciting publicity ______ with our advertisers.
A) struggle
B) campaign
C) battle
D) conflict
13. We should
concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to
pull the economy out of _____.
A) rejection
B) retreat
C) restriction
D) recession
14.
The defeated army had to _____ hastily from the
field of battle to the coast.
A) advance
B)
march
C)
retreat
D) surrender
15.
The success of this exam is _____ to my
graduation.
A) crucial
B) extreme
C) cruel
D) crude
16. When we fit in a form, we will
usually write down our names, addresses and _____.
A) jobs
B) works
C)
occupations
D) employment
17. This new machine is more _____ than
the old one.
A) effective
B) efficient
C) influential
D) affective
18.
Napoleon was sent into _____ and then died.
A) abolishment
B)
deportation
C) transportation
D) exile
19. You have _____
me a great service.
A)
rendered
B) reckoned
C) stroke
D) instructed
20. Improved consumer confidence is
_____ to an economic recovery.
A) critical
B) crucial
C) elementary
D) fundamental
21. The accident was caused _____ the
carelessness of the driver.
A) in case of
B) in the case of
C) thanks to
D) on account of
22. He went to Australia, hoping to
find a teaching _____ without much difficulty.
A) work
B) occupation
C) employment
D) post
23. The
enemy finally had to _____ their troops from the
occupied area.
A) retreat
B) dismiss
C) withdraw
D) return
24. Hong Kong Special Administrative
_____ was established on July 1, 1997.
A) Area
B) District
C) Region
D) Neighborhood
25. The manager decided to hire a more
_____ secretary.
A)
effective
B)
efficient
C) respectful
D) sufficient
26. Because of bad weather the plane
was _____ for half an hour.
A) cancelled
B) delayed
C)
postponed
D) suspended
27. Do you know
which country has _____ the largest number of man-
made satellites into space?
A) pursued
B) shot
C) projected
D) launched
28. I want to
hear what the piano sounds like, just _____ I am
asked to sing this afternoon.
A) in case
B) in case of
C)
in time
D)
in order that
29. When the man handed
the boy a coin, he _____ it and ran.
A) captured
B)
jerked
C) siege
D) grabbed
30. _____ fish is
one of favorite foods that many Japanese
appreciate.
A) Raw
B) Crude
C) Rough
D) Original
31. To _____ the law, a special
organization is set up to make sure that it is
carried out effectively.
A)
enhance
B)
enforce
C)
enlarge
D) enrich
32. The environment is an important
factor to be _____ with when you make the
investment.
A) figured
B) considered
C) regarded
D) reckoned
33. She spent her life in the _____ for
women’s rights.
A) war
B)
campaign
C)
battle
D)
fight
34.
To
most
people,
common
sense
means
the
ability to
_____
sound,
practical
judgments
on
everyday affair.
A) launch
B) offend
C) render
D) instruct
35.
Much _____ the surprise of everybody, the ragged
old man took out a bag of gold.
A) in
B) with
C) to
D) by
36. It is rather _____
outside, so dress warmly or you’ll be
frozen on the way.
A) fierce
B) rough
C) raw
D) windy
37. We
could take no chance if we failed in Normandy; the
war might _____ on.
A) pull
B) drag
C) bog
D) limp
38. By an
unfortunate ______ of fate, the only witness of
his innocence was dead.
A)
strike
B) stretch
C) strip
D) stroke
39. In July, 1916,
the allied forces launched a massive ______, with
disastrous results.
A)
invasion
B)
offensive
C) assault
D) ambush
40. We must
cherish experience acquired _____ our blood and
sweat.
A) at the cost of
B) for the sake
of
C) in the case of
D) in light of
Unit 2
1. The use of atomic
energy will _____ the lives of coming generations.
A) revolve
B) revolutionize
C) resolve
D) reserve
2.
The doctor _____ me to the dangers of smoking.
A) informed
B) alerted
C) warned
D)
cautioned
3. All work and no play makes
Jack a _____ boy.
A)
monotonous
B) boring
C) tedious
D)
dull
4. The _____ domestic product of
this year is two times as high as that of last
year.
A) coarse
B) crude
C) gross
D) raw
5. I may sense the
enthusiasm from his youthful _____ voice.
A) vibrant
B) shivering
C) shaking
D) vicious
6.
Features such as height, weight, and skin color
_____ from individual to individual and from
face to face.
A)
change
B)
vary
C) alter
D) convert
7. The engineer
explained the plane’s technical _____.
A) capacity
B) capability
C) ability
D) competence
8. The _____ of new scientific
discoveries to industrial production methods
increases efficiency.
A)
application
B) applause
C) applicant
D) appliance
9. The army was poised _____ a major
attack.
A) to
B) for
C) with
D) on
10. Parents ____ some
of their characteristics to their children.
A) transmit
B) transplant
C) transport
D) transform
11. Doctors are
interested in using lasers as a surgical tool in
operation on people who are ____
to
heart attack.
A) infectious
B) poised
C) accessible
D) prone
12. I had eaten Chinese food often, but
I could not have imagined how _____ and
extravagant a
real Chinese banquet
could be.
A) prominent
B) fabulous
C) handsome
D) graceful
13. They are _____ investors who always
make thorough investigations before making a
decision.
A) erratic
B) conscious
C) cautious
D) prompt
14. It
is impossible to _____ with a person whose methods
are completely opposed to your own.
A) contact
B) connect
C)
cooperate
D) incorporate
15. She _____ a little money from her
grandfather abroad when he died two years ago.
A) acquired
B) inherited
C) owned