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1. It rained continuously for a week,
completely ___c____ our holiday.
A.
troubling
B. bothering
C. ruining
D. damaging
2. When I ___a
____ my
shopping list, I found I’d forgotten to buy pork
and
eggs.
A. checked
B. examined
C. tested
D. measured
3. The president wanted to ___c____ him
about filling the post of the sales
department.
A. accept
B. cooperate
C. approach
D. demand
4. He lay in bed, listening to the rain
__c_____ the window.
A. hitting
B.
defeating
C. beating
D. striking
a ____d___ that
dress makes! She looks very pretty now.
A. transplant
B. transportation
C. translation
D. transformation
6.
A(n)
____C___
will
be
paid
to
anyone
who
brings
back
the
money
Mr.
Brown
lost, according to the advertisement.
A. award
B. prize
C.
reward
D. profit
7. The
world has twice as much shipbuilding ___C____ as
it needed in the
1980s.
A. capacity B. potential
C. ability D. possibility
8.
The
next
morning
Mr.
Smithson
spoke
his
mind
to
his
wife
in
a
very
straightforward ____C___.
A.
route B. method C. manner D. pattern
9.
—
Why are you so frightened?
—
I saw two dark ___D____
enter the building.
A. shades B. appearances
C. shadows
D. figures
10. Mike’s temp
er and
personality show that he can become a soldier of
the
top ____B___.
A. circle B. rank
C. category
D. grade
11. Although Miss Black began her
____B___ by singing in a local pop group,
she is now a famous singer in the
world.
A.
employment
B. career C. occupation
D. profession
12.
Although
I
liked
the
appearance
of
the
house,
what
really
made
me
decide to buy it was the beautiful
__C_____ from the window.
A. look
B. picture C. view
D. sight
13. The law that
farmers don’t need to
turn over
agricultural tax to the state
has come
into ___A____.
A. effect B. season C. view
D. power
14. Mary was
praised by the headmaster in public and on that
___C____ she
was simply proud.
A. position
B. circumstance
C.
occasion
D. situation
15. There are a number of words in the
English language that were French in
__D____.
A. root
B. base
C. bottom D. origin
16. The Browns stood staring at the
happy __a_____ of children playing in
the park.
A. scene
B. landscape
C. scenery
D. view
17.
You’d better put the milk in the fridge, which has
a ___
B____ to go bad
in hot
weather.
A.
currency B. tendency
C. trend
D. way
18. He has a
___D____ knowledge of animals.
A. brief
B. folk
C.
flat
D. broad
19. Is your ring ___A__ gold?
A.
real
B. true
C.
actual
D. factual
20. It was a
__B___ evening and I really had a good sleep.
A. calm
B.
silent C. quiet
D. still
21. We share a______A
___
purpose, so let’s help each other.
A. common
B. ordinary
C.
general
ry
22. The huge picture looks more
beautiful ___A__ the blue sky.
A.
against
B. to
C. over
D. under
doctor bent ____B_ the boy and checked
his wound.
A. up
B. on
C. above
D. over
spring breezes
gently ___A__ her cheeks and everything is clothed
in
green.
A. brushed
B. moved
C. rushed
D. touched
25. May I __B__
your dictionary for a while?
A. borrow
B. use
C. lend
D. look up
26.
She
___A__
the
children
round
him
and
asked
them
to
listen
to
her
attentively.
A. gathered
B. collected
C. told
D. drew
, out of breath
,__C___ himself along the street. Perhaps he was
badly
ill.
A. drew
B. pulled
C. dragged
D. pushed
28. --- How do you
_A____ your spare time?
--- Travelling, fishing and surfing
through the internet.
A. employ
B. elect
B. choose
D. cost
is raining cats and
dogs. Don’t go ou
t, otherwise you will
___C_ all wet.
A. become
B. turn
C. get
D. grow
30.
She
was
afraid
that
unless
the
train
speeded
up
she
would
lose
her
__D___ to Scotland.
A.
ticket
B. place
C. seat
D. connection
camera can be _____ to take pictures
in cloudy or sunny conditions.
A. treated
B.
adopted
C. adjusted
D. remedied
32.A
university is an educational institution which
_____ degrees and carries
out research.
A.
rewards
B. awards
C. grants
D. presents
workmen made so much _____ that Mrs.
Walker had to spend three
days cleaning
up afterwards.
A. trouble
B. damage
C. mess
D.
difficulty
book gives a brief _____ of
the history of the castle and details of
the art collection in the main hall.
A.
outline
B. reference
C. article
D. outlook
35.
The
child
enjoyed
_____
up
the
wooden
bricks
then
knocking
them
down.
A. adding
B.
pushing
C. piling
D. forming
36.
John was very upset because he was _____ by the
police with breaking
the law.
A.
accused
B. arrested
C. sentenced
D. charged
37. It gave me a strange feeling of
excitement to see my name in _____.
A. news
B.
print
C. publication
D. press
38. She
said she was glad the difficulty had been _____.
A.
cleared
away
B.
cleared
up
C.
broken
away
D.
broken
down
39. I
used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now.
A.
out of date
B. out of touch
C. out of practice
D.
out
of place
40. Her display
of bad temper completely _____ the party.
A.
harmed
B. damaged
C. spoilt
D. hurt
41. We forgave his bad temper because
we knew that his son's illness had
put
him under great _____.
A. emotion
B. excitement
C.
crisis
D. stress
42. People who
live in a small village are bound to see a good
_____ of each
other.
A. sum
B.
quantity
C. deal
D. amount
43.
They always kept on good _____ with their next-
door neighbors for the
children's sake.
A.
friendship
B. relations
C. intentions
D. terms
44. High interest rates _____ people
from borrowing money.
A. discourage
B. decrease
C.
disturb
D. disgust
45.A
completely
new
situation
is
likely
to
_____
when
the
school
leaving
age is raised to 16.
A.
arouse
B. rise
C. arise
D. raise
46. Thomas Edison considered genius to
be _____ one per cent inspiration
and
ninety-nine percent perspiration.
A. composed of
B. constituted in
C. consisted of
D.
made
up
47. There are three
basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all
known
graphic systems use one or a
combination of these.
A. committing
B. attaching
C.
comparing
D. relating
48.
American
women
were
_____
the
right
to
vote
until
1920
after
many
years of hard struggle.
A.
ignored
B. refused
C. neglected
D. denied
49.
The
lawyer
was
expected
to
_____
some
proposals
after
reading
all
those
documents.
A. come up with
B. put up with
C. look up to
D. keep up
with
50.
If
he
refuses
to
_____
my
plan,
I
can
probably
find
someone
more
cooperative.
A. put up with
B.
fall in with
C. do away with
D. get along
with
51. His landlady gave
him a week's _____ to leave the flat.
A. threat
B.
notice
C. announcement
D. caution
52.
When I took his temperature, it was two degrees
above _____.
A. average
B. ordinary
C. regular
D.
normal
53.
These
plastic
flowers
look
so
_____
that
many
people
think
they
are
real.