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Lesson1
1. The safari hunter was
nearly _____ to death by a herd of elephants.
A. stampeded
B. trampled
C. trod
D. stamped
2. She felt that
she was too ______ with problems to be able to
study properly.
A.
burdened
B.
tired
C. grieved
D. disturbed
3 The roof
______ under the weight of the snow.
A.
fell
C.
collapsed
B.
submerged
D. descended
4. Juvenile _______ is
becoming a very difficult problem for society to
overcome.
A. negligence
C. delinquency
B. crime
D. offence
5.
The
current
spirit
of
_____
among
the
various
departments
of
the
university
have
led
to
a
number of
interdisciplinary publications which might not
otherwise have been written.
A. competition
C. cooperation
B. patriotism
D. futility
6. Ben derived a lot of ______ from his
boss’s apology.
A. comfort
B. ease
C.
gratification
D. satisfaction
4. Juvenile _______ is becoming a very
difficult problem for society to overcome.
A. negligence
C. delinquency
B.
crime
D. offence
5.
The
current
spirit
of
_____
among
the
various
departments
of
the
university
have
led
to
a
number of
interdisciplinary publications which might not
otherwise have been written.
A. competition
C. cooperation
B. patriotism
D. futility
6. Ben derived a lot of ______ from his
boss’s apology.
A.
comfort
B. ease
C.
gratification
D. satisfaction
10. She had
been educated in England, which accounted for her
______ in the English language.
A. efficiency
C. effectiveness
B.
proficiency
D. effectuality
11. A sweet smile is a figurative
expression, but sweet coffee is a ______ one.
A. literal
C.
literate
B. literary
D.
illiterate
12. I missed the
last bus. I could do nothing but ______ in the
village for the night.
A. staying
C. to stay
B. stayed
D.
stay
16.
______
for
the
timely
investment
form
the
general
public,
our
company
would
not
be
so
thriving as
it is.
A.
Had it not been
C. Be it not
B. Were it not
D. Should it
not be
17. According to one belief, if
truth is to be known it will make itself apparent,
so one ______ wait
instead of searching
for it.
A.
would rather
C. cannot but
B. had to
D. had best
18. The school
board listened quietly as John read the demands
that his followers ______ for.
A. be demonstrating
B. demonstrate
C. had been
demonstrating
D. have demonstrated
19. We
are taught that a business letter should be
written in a formal style ______ in a personal
one.
A. rather than
C.
better than
B. other than
D. less than
20. The
business of each day, ______ selling goods or
shipping them, went quite smoothly.
A. it being
B. be it
C. was it
D. it was
Lesson2
1. Her
jewelry _______ under the spotlights and she
became the dominant figure at the ball.
A. blazed
B. dazzled
D. glittered
C.
glared
2. Weeks ______ before anyone
was arrested in connection with the bank robbery.
A. elapsed
C. overlapped
B. expired
D. terminated
3. Often such arguments have the effect
of _____ rather than clarifying the issues
involved.
A. blocking
C. tackling
B. obscuring
D.
prejudicing
4. He raised his eyebrows
and stuck his head forward and _______ it in a
single nod, a gesture
boys used then
for O.K. when they were pleased.
A. jerked
C. shrugged
B. twisted
D.
tugged
5.
She
had
recently
left
a
job
and
had
helped herself
to
copies
of
the
c
ompany’s
client
data,
which she intended to
______ in starting her own business.
A. dwell on
B.
base on
D. come upon
C. draw upon
6.
I can’t give you that for nothing. What do you
take me _____ ?
A. up
C. to
B. for
D. after
7. Let me _____ the broken glass before
someone walks on it.
A. cover up
C. wash up
B. clear up
D. spring up
8. If you keep in mind the process of
word deviation, you’ll be able to _____ the
meaning of
many words.
A. reason with
C. count on
B. make up
D. figure out