高级英语2 练习题(2)

高级英语

2

期末考试复习练习

Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

1. There was a great deal of ________ about the decision of that semi-

barbaric king’s daughter.

A prediction

B aspiration

C contemplation

D hesitation

2. The twin brothers showed great ________ to their elder sister, who had acted as sole parent to

them since their parents died during the American Civil War.

A allegiance

B devotion

C compliance

D admiration

3. The town maintains very many Chinese tradition which are among the highest achievements of

those who created the ________ we now enjoy.

A heritage

B inheritance

C genetics

D estate

4. It’s impossible to _______ these two points of view because they are too different.

A compromise

B unite

C reconcile

D combine

5. Many countries in the suburban areas have now succeeded in ________ malarial mosquitoes.

A effacing

B abolishing

C eradicating

D. alternative

6. The surly insolence of the waiters drove him into a _____, and he flung her serviette to the floor

and stalked out of the restaurant

A rage

B fury

C indignant

D anger

7. Night patrols were sent out to engage the enemy in a series of small _______.

A battle

B fight

C skirmish

D clash

8. Ro

bert Smith’s reputation was established with eth publication of his first poem in 1938 and

was ______ by his splendid short stories for children.

A reinforced

B revived

C obscured

D enhanced

9. By then the 4-2-1 ________, i.e., the type of family made up of four helpless grandparents, two

demanding parents and one frustrated child, will have become commonplace.

A symptom

B synchronization

C syndrome

D symbiosis

10. During the Romantic period it was fashionable in literature to have a ______ outlook on the

world and to turn one’s back on liveliness and joy

A depressed

B disconsolate

C lugubrious

D melancholy

11. The exiled lived for years in a ________ state of fear and never reveal their real identity to the

public.

A lasting

B permanent

C perpetual

D durable

12. Arguing world only give further ________ to his allegations

A substance

B sustenance

C subsistence

D surveillance

13. The old building has an ________ air of sadness about it.

A insurmountable

B insuperable

C intangible

D insufferable

14. His lecture was readily ________ to all the students.

A intellectual

B intelligen

C integrated

D intelligible

husband is an ________ gambler and stay outside all day long.

A incorrigible

B inconceivable

C incompatible

D incongruous

16. The old man’s _________ will contribute a lot to his final victory in fighting against the sea.

A inescapable

B inexorable

C inevitable

D inextricable

17. Arriving early gave him the ________ of an unhurried dinner.

A right

B liberty

C privilege

D freedom

18. He is a teacher of high ________ but of little ________ among his colleagues.

A position, rank

B rank, status

C status, position

D rank, position

19. Louisa May Alcott based the ______ characters of her book Little Women on her sisters and

herself.

A principal

B complex

C original

D many

20. Is a woman to be more highly ________ for her talent or for her beauty?

A estimated

B evaluated

C esteemed

D reckoned

21. She did her work _________her manager had instructed.

B. until

C. when

D. though

22. _______ of the twins was arrested, because I saw both at a party last night.

B. Both

C. Neither

D. All

23. For some time now, world leaders _______ out the necessity for agreement on arms reduction.

been pointing

B. have been pointing

C. were pointing

D. pointed

24. Have you ever been in a situation ______ you know the other person is right yet you cannot

agree with him?

A by which

B. that

C. in where

D. where

25.

We

’

ve

just

installed

two

air-conditions

in

out

apartment,

_______should

make

great

differences in our life next summer.

B. what

C. that

D. they

26. AID is said _________ the number-one killer of both men and women over the past few years

in that region.

B. to be

C. to have been

D. having been

27. She managed to save ______ she could out of her wages to help her brother.

A.

how little money

B.

so little money

C.

such little money

D. what little money

28. Fool ____ Jane is, she could not have done such a thing.

B. as

C. that

D. like

29. The experiment requires more money than _____.

been put in

B. being put in

been put in

D. to be put in

30. _______ for the fact that she broke her leg, she might have passed the exam.

A. Had it not been

B. Hadn

’

t it been

C. Was it not

D. Were it not

31.

“

What courses are you going to do next semester?

”

“

I don

’

t know. But its about time _______ on something.

”

A. I

’

d decide

B. I decided

C. I decide

D. I

’

m deciding

32. The police have offered a large ________for information leading to the robbers arrest.

A. ward

B. compensation

C. prize

D. reward

33. I arrives at the airport so late that I ______ missed the plane.

B. quite

C. narrowly

D. seldom

34. The popularity of the film shows that the reviewers

’

fears were completely ______

ified

B. unjust

C. misguided

D. unaccepted

35. The head of the Museum was ____ and let us actually examine the ancient manuscripts.

ing

B. agreeing

C. pleasing

D. obliging

36. The multinational corporation was making a take-over _____ for a property company.

A. application

B. bid

C. proposal

D. suggestion

37. The party

’

s reduced vote was ______ of lack of support for its policies.

tive

B. positive

C. revealing

D. evident

38. There has been a ______ lack of communication between the union and the management.

A. regretful

B. regrettable

C. regretting

D. regretted

39. The teacher ________ expects his students to pass the university entrance examination

ently

B. proudly

C. assuredly

D. confidently

40. The ______ family in Chinese cities now spends more money on housing than before.

B. average

C. usual

D. general

41.

The

new

colleague

____

to

have

worked

in

several

big

corporations

before

he

joined

our

company.

A. confess

B. declares

C. claims

D. confirms

42. During the reading lesson, the teacher asked students to read a few ______ from the novel.

B. essays

C. fragments

D. extracts

43. During the summer holiday season it is difficult to find a(n) _____ room in the hotels here.

B. vacant

C. free

D. deserted

44. The old couple will never ______ the loss of their son.

over

B. get away

C. get off

D. get across

45. Scientific research results can now be quickly ________ to factory production.

B. applied

C. tried

D. practiced

46. My daughter was so _______ in the TV program that she forgot to turn the microwave oven

off.

A. distracted

ted

ted

sed

47. Tourists are ______ to beware of pickpockets in the bus.

A. commanded

B. notified

ed

d

48. Before you start a business, you have to raise the necessary ________.

ment

C. capital

49. Susan is a devoted daughter, always very ________ to the needs of her old parents.

A. attentive

B. observant

C. recurrent

t

50.

These mountaineers will have to ________ severe cold and terrible winds.