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Book2 Unit 1
Directions:
Choose the choice that best fits into
each blank.
1.
I
don’t believe that ridiculous scheme is ______ of
our serious consideration.
A) worthless
B) worthwhile
C) worthy
D) worth
2. I am afraid I have ______ you with a
great many questions.
A) provided
B) bothered
C) interfered
D) supplied
3. The prisoner
has been deprived ______ many rights that average
citizens enjoy.
A) of
B) off
C) from
D) by
4.
The man in the restaurant called the head waiter
in to complain ______ the food.
A) out
B) off
C) at
D)
about
5. The desks and seats in the
classroom can be ______ to the height of any
student who studies
here.
A)
adjusted
B) adapted
C)
fitted
D) varied
6. Jean has
become ______ to Adam, and the wedding will be in
August.
A) engaged
B)
involved
C) entitled
D)
ensured
7. People in other parts of the
world have been ______ Christmas for many
centuries.
A) observing
B)
attending
C) coordinating
D)
participating
8. Spring has come and
wind has ______ in its direction.
A)
shifted
B) converted
C)
altered
D) transformed
9.
Say ______ what you mean and then there will be no
misunderstanding.
A) frequently
B) eventually
C) precisely
D) necessarily
10. In future
when solar energy and atomic energy come into wide
use, our ______ upon fossil
fuels will
not be as great as it is today.
A)
tension
B) pressure
C)
independence
D) dependence
11. He was too old to keep ______ with
the modern ideas of life, and his son felt a
generation gap
between them.
A) speed
B) pace
C) pack
D) rate
12.
A magician’s talk
cre
ates a(n) ______ of attention so
that people do not see how he does his
tricks.
A) interaction
B) diversion
C) illusion
D) distinction
13. After
listening to his boring speech for 3 hours, the
audience became ______.
A) restless
B) excited
C) fascinated
D) enthusiastic
14. They
______ at me when I told them about the gold I had
found.
A) grasped
B) gazed
C) glanced
D) seized
15. Even though the doctor has advised
him to ______, Bob still smokes a pack of
cigarettes a
day.
A) suspend
B) withstand
C) forgive
D) quit
16. ______ of his
friend
’
s success he cast
about for some means to humiliate him.
A) Envious
B) Generous
C) Cautious
D) Conscious
17.
Be quiet! It’s rude to
______ people when they are speaking.
A) interfere
B) introduce
C) prevent
D) interrupt
18. The thieves ______ the papers all
over the room while they were searching for the
money.
A) scattered
B)
extended
C) disputed
D)
discharged
19. Diseases are easily
______ through contact with infected animals.
A) translated
B) transported
C) transmitted
D)
transformed
20. When we finally ______
to get home after the tiring long journey, we
could hardly move a
step further.
A) tired
B) managed
C) succeeded
D) encouraged
21. Women in the United States ______ a
growing number of sports and games.
A)
involve in
B) participate in
C) mix with
D) take in
22. I wish I could do something ______
the kindness I have received from him.
A) in turn
B) as a result of
C) in return for
D) in spite
of
23. When her sister had her baby,
Mary offered to ______ the cooking and cleaning.
A) see to
B) see out
C) see through
D) see off
24. He did everything he could to
prevent it from ______ into fighting.
A) breaking off
B) breaking
out
C) breaking up
D)
breaking down
25.
It’s an
interesting document but there are a lot of words
I
can’t ______.
A) check out
B) make out
C) fill out
D) look out
26. The noise ______ to be the dog
scratching at the door.
A) turned down
B) turned up
C)
turned out
D) turned over
27. His few personal belongings made it
possible for him to move from place to place
______.
A) at ease
B) with
ease
C) on time
D) in time
28. ______ the widening of the roads
wherever possible in the city, it is still not
adequate for the
increasing volume of
traffic.
A) In regard to
B)
Regardless of
C) In spite of
D) Even though
29. Do you
think she could ______ as a professional singer?
A) make it
B)
make for
C) make out
D) make
of
30. He was arrested for what he had
done. ______ a fine, he would have to stay in
prison for five
years.
A) In
view of
B) In honor of
C) In
memory of
D) In addition to
Ex.2 Check Your Grammar.
Directions:
Choose the choice that best fits into
each blank.
1. The house
suddenly collapsed while it ______ down.
A) pulled
B) had been pulled
C) was being pulled
D) was
pulled
2. Of the millions who saw
H
alley’s comet in 1986, how many people
______ long enough to see
it return in
the twenty-first century?
A) will live
B) would live
C) lived
D) are living
3. I was told
that the meeting ______ the next day.
A) will be held
B) would
hold
C) is to be held
D) was
to be held
4. When Mrs. Smith ______
home, her children ______ their homework.
A) came … did
B)
was coming … did
C) came …
were doing
D) was coming …
were doing
5. When John said
that he would invite us all to a banquet, I think
that he ______ generous
. Don’t
believe him.
A) was
B) is
C) was being
D) has been
6. I thought that they ______ at the
airport today, but so far no one from their
embassy ______ to
confirm the time.
A) are arriving … have
called
B) were arriving …
called
C) were arriving …
has
called
D) are arriving …
called
7. Look at these
clouds. I think it ______.
A) will rain
B) is to rain
C) will be
raining
D) is going to rain
8. The teacher told us that the sun
______ the largest star in the solar system.
A) be
B) will be
C) is
D) was
9.
She will come to see you the moment she ______ her
work.
A) will finish
B)
would finish
C) finishes
D)
finished
10.
Nobody likes him because he ______ to
curry favor (
谄媚
) with the
boss.
A) always tries
B) is
always trying
C) does always try
D) had always tried
1. C
2. B
3. A
4.
D
5. A
6. A
7. A
8.
A
9. C
10. D
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. D
16. A
17. D
18. A
19. C
20. B
21. B
22. C
23. A
24. B
25. B
26. C
27. B
28. C
29. A
30. D
Ex.2
1. C
2.
A
3. D
4. C
5.
C
6. C
7. D
8. C
9.
C
10. B
Unit 2
Directions:
Choose the choice that best fits into
each blank.
1. When she
heard the bad news
of her mother’s
serious illness, she
______
immediately.
A) burst out tears
B) burst into tears
C) burst into crying
D)
burst about crying
2. Jim was able to
______ his anger and avoid a fight.
A)
hold back
B) hold out
C)
hold on
D) hold to
3. He ______ his illness after the
doctor had almost given him up.
A)
pulled out
B) pulled at
C)
pulled over
D) pulled through
4. To our surprise, the stranger ______
to be one of mother’s old
friends.
A) turned back on
B) turned out
C) turned on
D) turned off
5.
Many
customers
are
complaining
______
the
bad
after-services
of
this
kind
of
washing
machine.
A) to
B) for
C) with
D) of
6. They __________ his innocence before
hearing the evidence against it.
A)
assumed
B) assured
C)
consumed
D) insured
7. It
was your idea, and you should ______ any
consequences it led to.
A)
be suitable for
B) be qualified for
C) be responsible for
D) be certain about
8.
Small
children
can’t
______
right
______
wrong
because
of
their
lack
of
experience
in
the
society.
A) make
…
out
B)
di
ffer … from
C)
distinguish … from
D)
mistake … for
9.
The train ______ slowly at half past seven for New
York.
A) pulled out
B)
pulled at
C) pulled off
D)
pulled over
10. You must have ______ me
______ one of your friends
—
I am not Mr. Smith.
A) separated
… from
B)
confused … with
C) combined … with
D) told … from
11. Although the time is very limited,
he was ______ to work overnight, trying to fulfill
the work
on time.
A) able
B) capable
C)
determined
D) decided
12. This new policy ______ reducing
inflation which has been a serious problem
nowadays.
A) lays a foundation on
B) plays emphasis to
C)
places emphasis for
D) puts emphasis on
13.
The car’s
shiny appearance ______
me into
thinking it was newer than it really was.
A) misled
B) misunderstood
C) misinformed
D)
misinterpreted
14. They have done a
very good job considering that they lack ______.
A) experiment
B) experience
C) expectation
D)
exploration
15. ______ have they been
to the parties recently because they have been
busy with their project
for two months.
A) Wearily
B)
Similarly
C) Rarely
D)
Frequently
16.
The
advertisement campaign didn’t have much
______ on sales.
A) effort
B) effect
C) affect
D) influence
17.
I wrote to her last month, but she
didn’t
______ to me yet.
A)
respond
B) relate
C)
contract
D) contact
18. He
is ______ his job because he has been done it for
more than ten years so that he wants to
have a change.
A) tired of
B) tried from
C) exhausted
of
D) exhausted from
19.
When he came to the South from Beijing last year,
he cou
ldn’t stand the humidity here;
now
he ______ it now.
A) used to
B) is accustomed
to
C) gets used to live
D)
used to live
20.
I’m sorry; what I said didn’t
______ that you had done wrong.
A) complain
B) tell
C) want
D) mean
21. She has been ______ that old man in
the neighborhood in his dying days and was admired
by
all of her neighbors and friends.
A) caring about
B) caring of
C) caring for
D) caring to
22. He said
quite ______ that he would come to the conference,
and we were so surprised that he
didn’t
come at last.
A) negatively
B)
positively
C) completely
D)
extremely