词汇练习题及答案

Vocabulary

1. I'm afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____.

A. priceless

B. invaluable

C. unworthy

D. worthless

2. The final _____ of the play will take place on Monday.

A. action

B. performance

C. view

D. sight

3. To get my travelers' checks I had to have the bank _____ a special check for the

total amount.

A. make up

B. make out

C. make for

D. make up for

4. I used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now.

A. out of date

B. out of touch

C. out of practice

D. out of place

5. As soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the

bathroom.

A. woke

B. waken

C. wake

D. awake

6. The government's strong action showed its _____ to crush the rebellion.

A. energy

B. brief

C. determination

D. encourage

7. When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.

A. burst

B. went

C. exploded

D. fell

8. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

A. In spite of

B. But for

C. Because of

D. As for

9. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

A. sum

B. quantity

C. deal

D. amount

10. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's

sake.

A. friendship

B. relations

C. relatives

D. terms

11. The generation _____ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's

opinions.

A. division

B. gap

C. separation

D. valley

12. If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.

A. set

B. left

C. had

D. put

13.

I

hope

my

teacher

will

take

my

recent

illness

into

_____

when

judging

my

examination.

A. regard

B. account

C. thought

D. observation

14. Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

A. ordinary

B. common

C. usual

D. general

15. We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.

A. hope

B. wait

C. expect

D. imagine

16. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of

him.

A. As a result

B. By the way

C. In any case

D. In a word

17. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

A. average

B. ordinary

C. regular

D. normal

18. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.

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A. purpose

B. design

C. aim

D. meaning

19.

The

open

university

was

started

in

order

to

help

those

who

_____

having

a

university education when they were young.

A. stopped

B. failed

C. missed

D. paused

20. His _____of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.

A. shape

B. pattern

C. design

D. model

21. It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.

A. above all

B. in all

C. at all

D. after all

22.

Mary

had

taken

_____

to

see

that

her

guests

had

everything

that

they

could

possibly want.

A. efforts

B. pains

C. attempts

D. advantage

23.

Comrade

Li

Dazhao,

_____

librarian

of

Beijing

University,

was

one

of

the

founders of the Chinese Communist Party.

A. sometimes

B. sometime

C. some time

D. some times

24. Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before.

A. broken off

B. passed off

C. given away

D. passed away

25. Radar enables the pilot of an airliner to take off, fly and land in _____.

A. danger

B. comfort

C. continuity

D. safety

26.

Our

Party

has

always

devoted

great

attention

to

raising

the

living

_____

of

the

working people.

A. cost

B. situation

C. level

D. standard

27. It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by

ten percent.

A. noticed

B. stated

C. suggested

D. noted

28. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me.

A. warned

B. persuaded

C. suggested

D. notice

29. The microphone enabled them to keep in touch, in other words, it made it _____

for them to contact each other.

A. likely

B. capable

C. possible

D. probable

30. In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept _____ all night.

A. densely

B. soundly

C. loudly

D. noisily

31. He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____.

A. perfectly

B. justly

C. fairly

D. rightly

32. The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football.

A. state

B. condition

C. occasion

D. situation

33.

Stressful

environments

lead

to

unhealthy

behaviors

such

as

poor

eating

habits,

which _____ increase the risk of heart disease.

A. in turn

B. in return

C. by chance

D. by turns

34. And you find that you're not to be _____ with a position of real responsibility.

A. offered

B. trusted

C. furnished

D. equipped

35. There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus.

A. sight

B. view

C. scene

D. scenery

36. I could tell he was surprised from the _____ on his face.

A. appearance

B. view

C. sight

D. expression

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