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UNIT
TWO
1. The police still
hadn
’
t enough ______ to
prove him guilty so they set him free in the end.
(3---2A#)
A) conclusion
B) approach
C)
sincerity
D)
evidence
2. The president
made a _______ speech at the opening ceremony of
the sports meeting, which encouraged
the sportsmen greatly. (3---2B#)
A) vigorous
B)
tedious
C) flat
D) harsh
3. Careless drivers
are _______ to meet with accidents. (3---2A#)
A) like
B)
liable
C) feasible
D) flexible
4. The
workers
’
demands are ______
; they are asking for only a small increase in
their wages. (3---2A#)
A)
particular
B) moderate
C) intermediate
D) numerous
5. This disease is caused by a(n)
_______ of vitamin C. (3---2A#)
A)
endurance
B)formation
C) deficiency
D) phenomenon
6.
The first, second, and third prizes went to James,
John, and Tom _______. (3---2A#)
A)
respectably
B) respectfully
C) respected
D) respectively
7. Power in business is derived _______
confidence. (3---2A#)
A) from
B) in
C) of
D) by
8. His relationship with Smith _______
four stages. (3---2B#)
A)
went through
B) went by
C)
went over
D) went out
9.
I
’
m old enough not to let my
troubles _______ with my work. (3---2A#)
A)
trouble
B) bother
C) interfere
D) disturb
10. In Britain people _______ four
million tons of potatoes every year. (3---2A#)
A)
swallow
B)
dispose
C) consume
D)exhaust
11. The government
took over the railways, hoping to ________
confusion and inefficiency. (3---2A#)
A) select
B) adopt
C) stem
D) remedy
12.
A
healthy
life
is
frequently
thought
to
be
_______
with
the
open
countryside
and
homegrown
food.
(3---2A#)
A) tied
B) bound
C) involved
D) associated
13. The rain was heavy and _______ the
land was flooded. (3---2B#)
A)
consequently
B)
continuously
C) constantly
D)
consistently
14. After running to the
bus stop, he was almost out of _______ . (3---2A#)
A) fatigue
B) breath
C) tie
D) exhaustion
15. The court considers a financial
______ to be an appropriate way of punishing him.
(3---2B#)
A) payment
B) obligation
C) option
D)
penalty
16. Meals also have to be
______ so that they will have a beneficial effect
on the body. (3---2A*)
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A) bound
B) modified
C) adopted
D) derived
17. The employment problem
tends to be a city ______. (3---2A#)
A)
shortcomings
B) efficiency
C)
phenomenon
D)
interaction
18. The considerations
mentioned above may be _______ in a few words. (3
---2A#)
A) resulted in
B)
led to
C) summed up
D) absorbed in
19. Many English words are ______ from
French and Latin words. (3---2A#)
A)
obtained
B) generated
C)
stem
D) derived
20.
The
European
Union
countries
were
worried
that
they
would
not
have
_____
supplies
of
petroleum.
(3---2A#)
A) proficient
B) efficient
C)
potential
D) sufficient
21. Not having a good command of
English can be a serious _______ preventing you
from achieving your
goals. (3---2B#)
A) obstacle
B)
fault
C) offense
D) distress
22.
This range of computers is very fast but their
_____ will be even faster. (3---2B#)
A)
concession
B) depression
C) succession
D) confession
23. Although she was disappointed about
not getting the job, Jane soon _______. (3---2A#)
A) took in
B) bounced back
C) threw up
D) checked on
24. Their
economy has expanded enormously in the past five
years, whereas ours, _______ , has declined.
(3---2B#)
A) in general
B) in contrast
C) in case
D) in addition
25. The new generation
would be more intelligent, enjoy better health and
______ more energy. (3---2B*)
A)
reuse
B) speculate
C) possess
D) imply
26. Success in one area made them have
confidence in ______ other challenges. (3---2B#)
A) tackling
B)
disposing
C) dealing
D) exhibiting
27. The doctor have ______ the cause of
the illness _____ an unknown virus. (3---2B#)
A) contributed to
B)
attributed to
C) concentrated on
D)
resulted in
28. Scientific
discoveries are often applied ____ industrial
production methods. (3---2B#)
A)
for
B)
by
C) to
D) with
29.
Share prices were _______ by reports of the
president
’
s recovery. (3---
2B#)
A) neglected
B) implied
C) boosted
D) provided
30. This article, though very useful
and informative, is much too ______ for the
average reader. (3---2B#)
A) logical
B)
academic
C) primary
D) beneficial
UNIT
THREE
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1. It is
suggested that students should take an active part
in social events ______ those event do not
interfere
with their studies. (3---3B#)
A) lest
B) though
C) unless
D)
provided
2. There was once
a town in this country where all life seemed to
live in ________ with its surroundings.
(3---3B#)
A) coincidence
B) harmony
C)
uniform
D)
alliance
3. When we are together there
is no competition; neither of us feel better than
or ________ to the other.
(3---3B#)
A)
interior
B)
internal
C) inherit
D) inferior
4.
The author introduced an entirely different
________ to language teaching. (3---3A#)
A)
approach
B) admission
C)
entrance
D)
access
5. Professor Wang has been
________ a lot of pressure on me to change my
mind. (3---3B#)
A) contributing
B) exerting
C)
demonstrating
D) tolerating
6.
As all the members of the committee except the
chairman were in favor of the suggestion, he
was
in a ______ of one. (3---3A#)
A)
community
B) society
C) majority
D) minority
7. Education
should aim to _______
children
’
s mind to its
utmost potential. (3---3A*)
A)
cultivate
B)
calculate
C) consult
D) circulate
8. The president said his government
had the right to acquire any _____ weapons from
abroad to defend the
country. (3---3B#)
A) extreme
B) discarded
C) sophisticated
D) moral
9. Some scientists believe
that language has a great impact ______
people
’
s thinking. (3---3B*)
A) to
B) on
C) of
D)
with
10. In Japan the western deadline
approach is secondary _______ a thorough job. (3
---3B*)
A) to
B) of
C)
with
D) by
11.
Professor
Taylor
’
s
talk
has
indicated
that
science
has
a
very
strong
______
on
the
everyday
life
of
non-scientists as well as scientists.
(3---3B#)
A) motivation
B)
perspective
C) impression
D)
impact
12. I
wouldn
’
t think it _______ to
ask him to join the club
——
he
will only refuse. (3---3A#)
A)
worthwhile
B) worthless
C) worth
D) worthy
13.
The
value
of
the
industrial
_______
dropped
from
about
70
billion
dollars
to
slightly
more
than
31
billion.
(3---3A#)
A) outcome
B) output
C) outlook
D) outset
14.
However, _______ weight is not an inevitable part
of getting older. (3---3A*)
A)
obtaining
B) gaining
C)
getting
D) developing
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15. They must know how to make use of
and when necessary to discard the old ______
rules. (3---3A*)
A) conventional
B) conditional
C)
flexible
D)
feasible
16. Originally the play was
_______ for October 2004, but had to be cancelled.
(3---3A#)
A) convinced
B)
scheduled
C) suspended
D) enrolled
17. One of
Magritte
’
s paintings is of a
man with his hat ______ in mid-air above his head.
(3---3A#)
A) prepared
B) participated
C) operated
D) suspended
18.
The problem is so difficult that we cannot ______
it _____ without the help of our teacher. (3---
3A#)
A) work out
B)
work at
C) operate at
D) agree to
19. Today the most difficult and
________ questions about the economic crisis of
the late 1990s concern its
deeper
causes, both domestic and international. (3---3A#)
A) preliminary
B) controversial
C) fruitful
D) capable
20.
We have to do our ______ to make the process as
simply as possible. (3---3A#)
A)
utmost
B) outset
C) outlook
D) strain
21. We
have tried to make the questions simple but
_______ so that it won
’
t
take many minutes to fill in but
your
answers will give us a good idea of what is wanted
and what is not. (3---3A#)
A) complicated
B)
comprehensive
C) controversial
D) preliminary
22. The lord mayor has ______ a fund
for the victims of the disaster. (3---3A*)
A) set up
B) set out
C)
set aside
D)
set in
23. The building became ______ a
fish market, a cheap restaurant, a small hotel and
finally a supermarket.
(3---3B#)
A) continuously
B) continually
C) successively
D) fundamentally
24. She _______ all her old clothes
when she moved to a new city. (3---3B*)
A) dismissed
B)
disposed
C) discarded
D)
displaced
25. From my point of view
this approach is _______ to that one. (3---3B*)
A) better
B) worse
C)
superior
D)
best
26. Unless they get the right
approach they would _______, and their competitors
are already years ahead of
them. (3---
3B#)
A) feel behind
B) feel through
C)
lag behind
D) lag through
27. Finally the murder case was
dismissed ________ to lack of evidence. (3---3B#)
A) because
B) as
C) thereby
D) owing
28. I
realized what I was doing and decided to have this
problem ________, and I traced it back to when I
was in hospital as a child. (3---3B*)
A)
different
B) consulted
C)
reformed
D) analysed
29. The course was
cancelled although over the
students
’
_______. (3---3A*)
A) arguments
B) quarrels
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C) protests
D) conflicts
30.
Held up in a traffic jam, we ______ the planners
for not having the foresight to have built a five-
lane
motorway. (3---3A#)
A)
strained
B)
attended
C) achieved
D)
cursed
31. With a standard bulb, only
5% of the electricity is ______ to light
——
the rest is
wasted away as heat.
(3---3B#)
A) compressed
B) converted
C) exhausted
D) confined
32.
Colour-blind people often find it difficult to
_______ between blue and green. (3---3B#)
A)
separate
B)
distinguish
C) compare
D) contrast
33.
We welcome rain, but a(n) ______ large amount of
rainfall will cause floods. (3---3B#)
A)
constantly
B) extensively
C) specially
D) extremely
34. Being a pop star can be quite a
hard life, with a lot of traveling ______ heavy
schedules. (3---3B#)
A) with regard
to
B) as to
C) in relation
to
D) owing to
35. Henry
’
s news
report covering the conference was so ______ that
nothing had been omitted. (3---3A#)
A)
clear
B) moderate
C)
comprehensive
D) understandable
36. He is ______ about his
chances of winning a good medal in the Olympics
next year. (3---3A#)
A) optimistic
B) optional
C) outstanding
D)
obvious
37. During the process, great
care has to be taken to protect ______ silk from
damage. (3---3B#)
A) sensitive
B) tender
C) delicate
D) sensible
UNIT
FOUR
1. The bridge was named
_______ the hero who gave his life for the cause
of the people. (3---4A#)
A) after
B) with
C) by
D) from
2. Lewis
had a(n) ______ manner of lecturing, which was not
greatly changed over the years. (3---4B*)
A) statistic
B) critical
C) distinctive
D)
delicate
3. The committee did not
_______ of the plan to build a new bridge over the
river. (3---4A*)
A) agree
B) grant
C) permit
D) approve
4. The pupils love the bright,
colourful ______ in their books. (3---4B#)
A) illustrations
B)
demonstrations
C) identifications
D) conventions
5. The
“
New
Army
”
was ______
volunteers only,
who poured into
recruiting stations in
their thousands.
(3---4B*)
A) consisted
B) insisted
C) comprised
D) compromised
6. I applied for the job but they
_______ me _____ because I
didn
’
t know German. (3---
4B#)
A) turned in
B)
turned down
C) turned on
D) turned off
7. In 1914, an apparently insignificant
event in a remote part of Eastern Europe ______
Europe into a great
war. (3---4B#)
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A)
inserted
B)
imposed
C) pitched
D) plunged
8.
His application for a position with that company
was _______. (3---4B#)
A) turned on
B) turned down
C) turned off
D) turned up
9. Very few experts _______ with
completely new answers to the
world
’
s economic problems.
(3---4A#)
A) come to
B) come round
C) come up
D) come on
10. Bernard has _______ admiration and
affection at Westminster with his good humor. (3
---4A*)
A) made
B)
taken
C) earned
D) followed
11.
Wright is correct to see
Paisley
’
s _______ of liberty
as a development of this view. (3---4A*)
A) interpretation
B) investigation
C)
infection
D)
injection
12. I
don
’
t like the department
chairman
’
s _______ to the
teachers who are not in his favor. (3---4A#)
A) determination
B) permission
C) intelligence
D) indifference
13. Generally, there
are
three different
_______
of what
happened, and
no one knows which one is
true.
(3---4A#)
A)
versions
B)
evolutions
C) formations
D)
distributions
14.
Baltimore
enjoyed
a
national
and
international
_______
as
an
example
of
successful
inner-city
regeneration. (3
---4A#)
A) reputation
B) evolution
C) succession
D) inference
15.
The Statue of Liberty had just arrived from Paris
and was being _______ so it was not in New York
harbor when they arrived. (3---4A*)
A) approved
B)
operated
C) assembled
D) resembled
16. The new president said
she would ______ herself to protecting the rights
of the old, the sick and the
homeless.
(3---4A#)
A) determine
B)
decide
C) undertake
D) dedicate
17.
Hitler
’
s invasion of Poland
led to the _______ of the World War II; millions
upon millions of people
died in the
war. (3---4A#)
A) settlement
B)
tragedy
C) statue
D) miserable
18. Charlie Chaplin is
a
famous actor of _______ appeal; people from
all corners of the world enjoy his
performances. (3---4A#)
A)
grave
B) universal
C) fantastic
D) brilliant
19. I always think that it is best to
pour the tea into milk in the cup as this _______
the milk more evenly.
(3---4B#)
A) crushes
B) utters
C) distributes
D)
fames
20. The pressure cannot ______
me; it forces me to think. (3---4B#)
A)
feature
B) elaborate
C) crush
D)
plunge
21. The downstairs restaurant
where breakfast is served has walls _______ with
paintings of people dressed
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in traditional local
costumes. (3---4B#)
A) decorated
B) classified
C) featured
D) disguised
22.
As
the
world
gets
more
complicated,
it
is
nice
to
have
old
fashioned
stuff
around
to
help
people
________ the demands
of modern life. (3---4B#)
A) cope with
B) go against
C) go ahead
D) show off
23.
He
was
greatly
disappointed
when
someone
suggested
that
he
should
______
the
copyrights
of
his
newly-published biography to the
publisher. (3---4B#)
A) grant
B) permit
C) allow
D)
license
24. Despite her
success, her feet are ______ firmly on the ground.
(3---4B#)
A) grown
B)
planted
C) fed
D) nursed
25.
They
were
______
to
find
club
owners
using
the
city
’
s
violent
reputation
as
a
tourist
attraction.
(3---4B#)
A) surprising
B)
astonishing
C) ignorant
D) grave
26.
Grant Wood instantly rose to _____ with his
painting American Gothic. (3---4A#)
A) fame
B) famous
C) humor
D) portrait
27. The fame she gained from the famous
painting saved her ______ a very boring life. (3
---4A#)
A) of
B)
by
C) with
D)
from
28. A quarrel was inevitable
because she expressed no ______ for his support.
(3---4B#)
A) feeling
B)
emotion
C) gratitude
D) mood
29. This reaction to
the event is rather ______ but on the other hand
there
’
s something in it. (3
---4A*)
A) true
B) exaggerated
C)
critical
D) ignorant
30. The
government should be playing a more _______ role
in promoting human right. (3---4A#)
A) prominent
B) impressing
C) moderate
D)
universal
31. Peter thought the world
was flat until I _______ him. (3---4A#)
A) enforced
B) encircled
C) ensured
D) enlightened
32. It was a rabbit, not a lion; you
are _______ as usual. (3---4A#)
A) exaggerating
B) extending
C) exclaiming
D) exploring
33. Floods
cause billions of dollars worth of property damage
_______. (3---4B#)
A)
relatively
B) actually
C) annually
D) comparatively
34. There
was a ______ drop in support for the Union in the
1974 election. (3---4B#)
A)
delicate
B)
distinct
C) distant
D) downward
UNIT
FIVE
1. In the
advanced course students must take performance
tests at monthly ______. (3---5A#)
A)
gaps
B) intervals
C)
length
D) distance
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