【优质】英语专业八级词汇专项自测题十套1000题第二套

I.

For

each

sentence

there

are

four

choices

marked

A,

B,

C

and

D.

Choose

the

ONE

that

best

complete the sentence:

101. It is _ of the young senator to challenge the leadership so soon.

A. presumptuous

B. jubilant

cal

D. ultrasonic

102. We mustn't get impatient; if we _ our time the chance will come.

A. bide

B. jolt

C. jut

D. bode

103. To assess future needs the Department simply _ past demand trends.

A. whooped

B. wiggled

C. extradited

olated

104. She was putting lumps of sugar into her tea with a pair of silver _.

A. tongs

B. toads

C. tits

litis

105. John was admitted to the sixth grade on _.

A. progeny

B. probity

C. pro

D. probation

106. _ are clever tricks'that people use to persuade other people to do something.

A. Quips

B. Wiles

C. Binges

D. Flicks

107. She loves me and I _ her affection.

A. rebuff

B. rebut

C. reciprocate

tulate

108. The invalid was _ lazily on the couch.

ing

B. recoiling

C. recouping

D. recounting

109. A _ person is one whom you trust, but who harms you secretly.

A. profuse

C. forcible

D. treacherous

110. She made shorthand notes which she later _.

A. inscribe

B. describe

C. prescribe

D. transcribe

111. The rider _ his horse to make it go faster.

A. lash

B. extol

C. fulminate

D. hiss

112. _ are gifts of money, clothes, food, etc. to poor people.

es

B. Quid

C. Quines

113. Two months later a _ calling itself the

A. screenplay

B. retribution

ception

D. faction

114. If you _ to something, you mention it in a very indirect way.

A. alight

B. allude

C. allure

D. allot

115. The artistic _ Smards devoted his life to the completion of a great masterpiece.

A. inmate

B. kinsman

C. hypocrite

D. zealot

116. When the river Nile overflows, it leaves _ on the surrounding fields.

A. sediment

B. exodus

C. blob

D. primrose

117. We received the _ indicating the amount of money.

A. quail

B. qualm

C. quietus

D. quittance

118. Next month there will be the ceremony of _ the new chancellor.

A. misconduct

B. prescience

ency

D. induction

119. _ is a science in which control system in electronic and mechanical devices are studied and

compared to biological systems.

A. Satans

B. Tenets

C. Cybernetics

D. Witchcraft

120. The theatre had semicircular _ of seats.

A. pouts

B. tiers

C. cobs

s

121. By now John was _ with indignation and we gathered round trying to pacify him.

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B. convulsing

C. harking

D. seething

122. Nails _ from the board and had to be removed for safety.

A. procured

B. coerced

C. protruded

D. cohered

123. She knew that her efforts to _ cheerfulness weren't convincing.

t

B. fend

C. fester

D. feint

124. An _ is a bed covering, placed on top of sheets and blankets, that is filled with small soft

feathers or warm material,

A. alkali

B. eiderdown

C. alga

D. electrode

125. If you are _ to something, you feel strongly that you are not willing to do it or that you don't

like it.

C. awesome

D. azure

126. At the top of the steps was a _ of Shakespeare on a pedestal.

C. buttock

D. bust

social workers tried to _ the juvenile delinquents.

A. quarantine

B. muddle

C. rehabilitate

128. To _ fact, figures, etc., is to write them in columns.

B. tabulate

C. foist

D. trespass

129. In ancient times, a _ was forced to work on his lord's land, almost as a slave.

C. marksman

130. He gave me an _ either Mary have to leave, or me.

A. ulcer

B. ultimatum

C. underdog

D. underworld

II. Each sentence has a word or phrase underlined. There are four words or phrases beneath each

sentence.

Choose

the

ONE

word

or

phrase

which

would

best

keep

the

meaning

of

the

original

sentence if it were substituted for the underlined part:

manager juggled his figures to make it seem that the company was prosperous.

A. played tricks with

B. played fast and loose with

C. played a double game with

D .played into the hands of

132. The children became boisterous when their mother left the room.

A. quiet

C. well-behaved

D. sad

133. The mathematician was working at the zenith of her power.

A. middle

B. nadir

C. highest point

D. beginning

134. My wife didn't accede with what vou suggested to us.

to

B. believe in

C. listen to

D. argue about

135. He received world-wide acclaim for landing on the moon.

A. success

B. award

D. complaint

136. He was acquitted of his role in the disturbance.

A. absolved

d

C. criticized

D. punished

137. He bought a bonnet for his girl friend yesterday.

B. handbag

C. hat

D. necklace

138. Parks are a great boon to people in big cities.

ng

B. blessing

C. Dressing

D. bleaching

139. The prisoner made a breach in the wall and escaped.

A. mark

B. hold

C. crack

D. blockage

United Nations was asked to mediate the break between the two governments.

A. drift

B. rift

C. shift

D. lift

141. Carcasses of animals lay rotten among the trees.

A. Thousands

B. Dead bodies

C. Flesh

D. Bones

142. The chilcl was caressed by his mother with her hand.

A. hit

B. embraced

C. fondled

D. slapped

143. After heavy rain the water formed many cascades down the hill.

B. ditches

D. rivers

144. Cavities in teeth are caused by decay.

A. Diseases

B. Dirts

D. Rots

145. The students exulted at the last day of school.

A. rejoiced

sad

C. were free

D. shouted

146. The speaker is going to tell us his fabulous adventures on the moon.

A. sad-ending

B. romantic

g

D. dangerous

147. The counterfeit bills were a good facsimile of the real ones.

A. Factorial

B. Reproduction

C. identification

rity

148. Since he is shy about asking in public, his voice always falters a littleat the beginning of his

speeches.

B. stammers

C. fails

D. changes

149. Freedom of the press is a farce under a dictatorship.

A. a principle

B. an impossible task

imagination

D. a mockery

150. Sandy thought she was fat, so she went on a crash diet.

B. obeseness

C. greasy

D. obesity

151. There is concern about whether the budget will be ready for the new fiscal year.

A. previous

B. school

C. calendar

ial

152. The golden age of whale fishery is over.

A. eating

ng

C. selling

D. storage

153. People said those guesses were probably correct.

A. contradictions

ons

C. conjectures

D. suggestions

154. A gush of water came out when the pump started.

A. drip

C. bucket

D. pool

155. This place is a habitat for pit vipers.

A. habit

B. home

C. food

D. candle

enemy soldiers wereon the hither side of the river.

A. this

B. the other

C. both

D. neither

157. The miser kept a hoard of coins at a secret cabin.

tion

l

C. box

D. pocketful

158. Nelson s voice was so hoarse that he could hardly speak.

B. rapt