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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
9. Scientists
will have to come _____ new methods of increasing
the world’s food supply.
A.
up with
B. up for
C. down with
D. down to
10. A thought
______ me that we ought to make a new arrangement.
A. occurred
C. turned to
B. struck
D. struck to
11.
_____ in a recent science competition, three
individuals were awarded scholarships totaling
36,000.
A. Judged the best
C. Judging the best
B. Judging for the best
D.
Having judged the best
12. You never
told us why you were late for the last meeting,
_____?
A. weren't you
C. had you
B. didn’t you
D.
did you
13. He has ______ that it is
difficult for him to travel.
A.
too heavy a work load
B. a too heavy
work load
C. so heavy a work load
D.
such heavy a work load
14.
______ I’ll marry him all the same.
A. Whether he being rich or poor
B. He be rich or poor
C.
He being rich or poor
D. Be he rich
or poor
15. If that idea was wrong, the
project is bound to fail, _____ good all the other
ideas might be.
A. whatever
B.
though
C. whatsoever
D. however
16. The less
the surface of the ground yields to the weight of
the body of a runner, ____ to the
body.
A. the greater the stress
B
. the stress is greater
C. greater the stress is
D. greater is the stress
17.
—
Could you
give this book to Mr. Chen?
—Certainly, ______ him about something
else
in any case, so it
won’t be any bother at
all.
A. I’ll see
B.
I see
C. I can see
D.
I’ll be seeing
18. _____
their assistance, we would be in serious
difficulty.
A. If it is not
for
B. Be it not for
C. It being not for
D. Were it not
for
19. Some days go by much more
quickly than others. Some hours as if they _____.
A. would never end
B. should never end
C. will never end
D. might never
end
20. When she arrived, she found
_____ the aged and the sick at home.
A.
none but
C. none other
B.
nothing but
D. no other than
Lesson3
1.
In my opinion, you can
widen the _____
of these improvements through your
active participation.
A.
dimension
B. magnitude
C.
volume
D.
scope
2. The tourist is forbidden to
enter a country if he does not have a(n) _____
passport.
A.
operative
B.
effective
C. valid
D.
efficient
3.
Gone
with
the
Wind
deals
with
questions
America’s
Civil
war
and
the
experiences of two couples of lovers.
A. concerned
B. concerned with
C. concerning with
D. concerning
4.
She
was
very
interested
in
the
work
of
certain
charities,
and
made
a
regular
to
them.
A. subscription
B. contribution
C. allowance
D.
tribute
5.
Anthropology
is
a
science
_____
anthropologist
use
a
rigorous
set
of
methods
and
techniques to document observations
that can be checked by others.
A.
in that
B. that in
C.
that
D. in
6. People under the
age of 18 are not
to join the club.
A. capable
B. legitimate
C. available
D. eligible
7. Essentially, a theory is an abstract
symbolic representation of
reality.
A. what it is
conceived
B. that is conceived
C. that is being conceived
D.
what is conceived to be
8.
Although
some
students
graduate
from
high
school,
they
are
virtually
illiterate
writing a business letter.
A. in the event of
B. in the light of
C. in case of
D.
in terms of
9.
Sometimes
the
tension
produced
by
fears
is
so
great
that
we
cannot
suppress
it.
At
such
times we need to
the tension by
laughing or crying.
A.
discard
B.
disperse
C.
disguise
D.
discharge
10. We are all
agreed that the plan is
practical and feasible, but he thinks
.
A. not
B. the reverse
C.
contrarily
D. otherwise
11. Go and ask his wife. She must be
the know.
A. in
B. for
C. at
D. under
12. She knew that she was
against very strong opposition.
A.
at
B. up
D. with
D. on
the
1800s, communication had been _____ by distance
and time.
A. curbed
B. inhibited
C. limited
D. restricted
14. This car is cheaper to buy _____
the other one is more economical to run.
A.
although
B. since
C. than
D. whereas
15. The score is
3 to 2 in their favor. This is not _____ result as
we expected.
A. a bad
B. as a bad
C.
bad a
D. as bad a
16.
Hardly a day
goes by _____ I write to my family.
A. when
B. since
C. but
D. before
17.
The old man strolled to the beach, _____.
A.
his dog following him
B. his dog followed him
C.
his dog was followed
D. following by his dog
18. I don’t believe your dad is over
fifty. He looks _____ forty.
A.
no older than
B. not older
than
C. no older as
D. none older as
19. The Prime Minister walked onto the
platform and seated herself in a chair, _____ to
answer
questions.
A. had prepared
B. being
prepared
C. prepared
D. preparing
20. There can
be no economy _____ there is no efficiency.
A. unless
B. where
C. provided that
D. because