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Unit 4
Choose the
Best.
1. Through years many
foreign words have ______ our language.
A) led the way to
B) found
their way into
C) given way to
D) made their way into
2.
This is not the kind of weather I ______ and so I
get ill very easily.
A) used to
B) am sure of
C) am
accustomed to
D) am aware of
3. I don
’
t mind
having Stevens on the Advisory Board, but
I’
m not ______ making him
chairman.
A) in charge of
B)
in honor of
C) in favor of
D) in memory of
4. Mary was
recovered fast because she had only a ______
operation.
A) slight
B)
minimum
C) minor
D) mild
5. She was so
______ in her
job that she didn’t hear anybody knocking at the
door
．
A) attracted
B) absorbed
C) drawn
D)
concentrated
6. The
government is ______ the
nation
’
s welfare.
A) responsible for
B)
sufficient for
C) grateful for
D) thankful for
7. He is the
chief trouble-maker; the others just follow his
______.
A) advance
B) place
C) head
D) lead
8. Such a skilled tennis player knows
how to ______ his opponent
’
s
chief weakness.
A) take chances of
B) take interest in
C) take
charge of
D) take advantage of
9. Opportunities are always ______ so
long as one uses his mind.
A) possible
B) available
C) considerable
D) preferable
10. People
were terrified to learn that a fierce tiger was
still ______ in the big city.
A) at
large
B) at ease
C) at a
loss
D) with ease
11. The
car ______ into the house, making a huge hole in
the wall.
A) accelerated
B)
pounded
C) crashed
D)
launched
12. Do you think she could
______ as professional singer?
A) make
it
B) make for
C) make out
D) make of
13. He tried to
cope with the ever-increasing burden of his work,
but finally he ______ and had to
take a
complete rest.
A) broke out
B) broke down
C) broke
through
D) broke up
14. Many
______ measures have been taken to reduce air
pollution in the city.
A) efficient
B) influential
C) sufficient
D) effective
15. The
soldiers showed perfect ______ under the fire of
the enemy.
A) principle
B)
principal
C) discipline
D)
disgust
16. He
didn
’
t expect anything
______ his help.
A) in turn
B) as a result of
C) in
return for
D) in spite of
17. By moving the radar beam around
slowly in a circle, we can ______ the
surroundings.
A) explore
B)
exploit
C) explode
D) export
18. 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
19.
In
the
______
of
my
not
being
there
to
meet
you,
our
representative
will
take
you
to
your
hotel.
A) possibility
B) occasion
C) occurrence
D) event
20. We forgave his bad temper because
we knew that his wife
’
s
illness had put him under great
______.
A) emotion
B) crisis
C) stress
D) nervousness
21. Our teacher has not ______ in the
seminar and we don
’
t know
where he is now.
A) shown off
B) put off
C) shown up
D) put up
22. Nancy
consulted her ______ about the pain in her
stomach.
A) physicist
B)
physician
C) psychologist
D)
physiologist
23. It is often useful to
receive ______ in choosing a career.
A)
help
B) aid
C) assistance
D) guidance
24. A fine
______ of the city can be obtained from the tower
of the Town Hall.
A) sight
B) outlook
C) view
D) image
25. His talents
were of course well known, so he was ______ to be
a staff driver.
A) praised
B) resigned
C) discouraged
D) assigned
26. Coal and oil
are important ______ materials for the
manufacturing of plastics.
A)
artificial
B) raw
C) fresh
D) solid
27. New
Zealand
’
s mild, moist
climate is ______ to the growth of grass.
A) favorable
B) favorite
C) pleasant
D) hopeful
28. The children were so ______ in
their games that they did not notice the passage
of time.
A) absorbed
B)
focused
C) attracted
D)
concentrated
29. When I spoke to him
about the expedition, he
didn
’
t make any ______ to
your coming with us.
A) inference
B) preference
C) reference
D) difference
30.
I’
ve heard from a reliable
______ that the company is going bankrupt.
A) resource
B) source
C) origin
D) root
Key
1. B
2. C
11. C
12. A
21. C
22. B
3. C
4.
C
13. B
14. D
23. D
24. C
5. B
6.
A
16. C
25. D
26. B
7. D
8.
D
17. A
18. B
27. A
28. A
9. B
10. A
20. C
29. C
30. B
15. C
19. D
Unit 5
Choose the Best.
1. They could ______ the cost from the
extra harvest yielded.
A)
save up for
B) make up for
C) get rid of
D) take the
place of
2. We know that a bat can
______ light from darkness, but we do not know
whether it can actually
see anything.
A) tell
B) speak
C) recognize
D) say
3.
Scientists
have
reason
to
think
that
a
man
can
put
up
with
far
more
radiation
than
0.1
rem
without being damaged; the figure of 60
rems has been ______.
A) taken on
B) counted on
C)
agreed on
D) carried on
4. During her illness her weight ______
from 50 kilos to 40 kilos.
A) took down
B) ran down
C) put down
D) went down
5.
The doctor took X-rays to ______ the chance of
broken bones.
A) put out
B)
move out
C) rule out
D) take
out
6. Elephants would
______ if men were allowed to shoot as many as
they wished.
A) die out
B)
die off
C) die down
D) die
of
7. Loans are the ______
source for these students because there is not
much scholarship available
from the
government or private sources.
A) primary
B) primitive
C) preliminary
D) private
8. If you work in a foreign company,
you may find it hard to ______ yourself to a
different work
style.
A)
adopt
B) adapt
C) apply
D) afford
9. Dark glasses
are sometimes worn to ______ the eyes from strong
sunlight.
A) project
B)
protest
C) prevent
D)
protect
10.
“
Big
John
”
, a Chicago skyscraper,
has become homes for people and
it
’
s now being ______ by
other homes that reach for sky.
A) intimated
B) simulated
C) stimulated
D) imitated
11. This problem has two ______,
depending on the point of view from which you look
at it.
A) aspects
B) fields
C) areas
D) spheres
12.
Biologists have estimated that there are around
one million animal and plant ______ living in
the rain forests.
A) kinds
B) species
C) sorts
D) samples