专四、专八、英研单选错题集

第一部分——专八、

GRE

词汇

1. Anyone who has any understanding of China will agree that we will be able to achieve a

soft landing, supported by buoyant domestic demand.

A. dwindling

B. emerging

C. floating

D. thriving

2. Despite a widespread tendency to romanticize

Van Gogh’s ill health, modern critics see

an artist deeply frustrated by the inactivity and incoherence brought about by his bouts of

illness.

A. attacks

B. hoarding

C. recovery

D. vulnerability

3. Many people claiming to have been forcibly treated for nonexistent mental illnesses are

institutionalized by family members.

A. Internalized

B. sent to an institution

C. hospitalized

D. ignored

4. Walking toward the house, a small women saw me and ran out to usher me the rest of

the distance

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about 10 feet to chair, She ran inside, brought out a cup, threw in some tea

leaves, repeating the words “Longjing cha” several times and then added hot water.

A. push

B. escort

C. press

D. take

5. She had to exercise all her _______ to prevent clashes between the two opinionated

guests.

A. tacks

B. tactics

C. storing

D. take

6. Doubt and mistrust could creep into our lives, _______ personal and professional

relationships.

A. converting

B. corresponding

C. consoling

D. corroding

7. Dramatic literature often _______ the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject

matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.

A. confounds

B. repudiates

C. recapitulates

D. anticipates

8. The writes has gained such popularity with his readers that even his inanities are

now considered _______.

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A. trenchant

B. vacuous

C. speculative D. allusive

9. As everyone understands, struggling _______ economies must find a way to boost their

net exports.

A. surrounding

B. minor

C. ambient

D. peripheral

10. It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and

_______ from my fellow- being , through no fault, and no merit, of my own.

A. curtsy

B. contempt

C. reverence

D. courtesy

11. His speech was careful and ______ but his words seemed to make no sense.

A. distinct

B. distinctive

C. distinguished

D. distinguishable

12. The interpreter gave only a _______

version of the old man’s long rambling account.

A. compressed

B. minimum

C. condensed

D. memorized

13. I let children make their own decisions now they are older;

I wouldn’t

_______ to

interfere.

A. resume

B. assume

C. force

D. presume

14. We should ________ with the difficulties we were confronted with.

A. acquaint B. contend

C. brood D. accord

15. Research shows that eating a better diet may delay the _______ of certain diseases in

some patients.

A. onset

B. induction

C. uptake

D. origin

16. Fashion is partly a search for a new language to discredit the old, a way in which

each generation can _______ its immediate predecessor and distinguish itself.

A. conform

B. condone

C. repudiate

D. resurrect

17. Were animal parents judged by human standards, the cuckoo would be one of

nature’s

_______ creatures, blithely laying its eggs in the nests of other birds, and

leaving the incubating and nurturing to them.

A. mettlesome

B. industrious

C. conscientious D. feckless

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18.

We’ve got all the different companies working together and we have proved it

works

and is commercially _______.

A. viable

B. practical

C. potential

D. feasible

19. Although he has become rich, he is still veer _______ of his money,

A. careful

B. economic

C. thrifty

D. strong

20. The company has capitalized _______ the error of judgment made by its business

competitor.

A. in

B. over

C. on

D. with

thieves fled with the local police close on their _______.

A. backs

B. necks

C. toes

D. heels

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. I’m surprised they are

no longer on spea

king terms. It’s not like either of them to bear

a _______.

A. grudge

B. disgust

C. curse

D. hatred

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. Locke’s Chinese

ancestry presents a double-edged sword situation, As a political

figure, he cannot go overboard with his intimacy for China and its culture; otherwise, it will

be difficult for him to get approval from politicians in the United States.

A. nomination

B. cultural insight

C. cultural tradition

D. pedigree

24. The disaster will not completely dash

Japan’s e

conomic potential, according to

CASS’s Feng.

A. smash

B. put an end to

C. boom

D. undermine

25. Zhejiang Greely secured Volvo at a price far less than the $$ 6.45 billion Ford paid the

brand in 1999.

A . seized

B. purchased

C. acquired

D. merged

26. The first stage culminated

with the successful implementation of China’s

inaugural

manned space mission on October 15, 2003.

A. crowned

B. ceased

C. ended

D. initiated

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27. The application of 3G is on the upswing in China; however, the era of 4G has also

begun.

A. poke

B. dwindle

C. soar

D. rise

28. He did not tell his parents because he knew they would try to change his mind but he

_______ in a colleague at work.

A. involved

B. joined

C. engrossed

D. confided

29. The department chairman _______ with thanks the assistance of all the faculty

members for getting the celebration ready in a time

A. expresses

B. declare

C. announces

D. acknowledges

30. Despite our efforts, the ambitious venture ended in a _______.

A. litigation

B. conjecture

C. fiasco

D. languor

31. After spending so many days lost in the desert, he was suffering from severe ______.

A. hyperhydration

dration

C. subhydration

D. dehydration

32. The _______ light of day can be

seen at about four O’clock.

A. incipient

B. incisive

C. incestuous

D. incessant

33. There are some very beautifully _______ glass windows in the church.

A. designed

B. drawn

C. marked

D. stained

34. Henry Adams _______ Joseph Williams as the Ambassador to Russia.

A. supervised

B. superseded

C. superintended

D. supercharged

35. Based on economic studies, it seems possible to forecast that a recession may

_______ a depression .

A. imply

B. indicate

C. symbolize

D.

precede

36. When he realized the true nature of the proposal, he _______ all communication with

the group.

A. converted

B. reverted

C. severed

D. made

37. Mailing a list of questions before introducing yourself and explaining your project in

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writing may seem _________ to some interviewers and therefore discourage them from

responding.

A. presumptuous

B. self-confident

C. bold

D. brave

38. Operations which left patients _______ and in need of long periods of discovery time

now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.

A. exhausted

B. unhealthy

C. upset

D. fearful

39. Mark Twain went west by stagecoach and _______ the epidemic of gold and silver

fever.

A. gave up to

B. caught

C. succumbed to

D. spread

40. French scholars took a great interest in Arabic culture and medicine, and Arabic words

were _______ to the language.

A. added

B. implemented

C. substituted

D. applied

41. Shoplifters often work in pairs, with one creating a __________ to distract the shop

assistants while the other steals the goods.

A. distraction

B. disturbance

C. diversion

D. unrest

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. Thinking about “the good old days”, complaining about how the

world is______ , and

constantly criticizing the younger generations, are all signs of getting old.

A. exhilarating

B. exacerbating

C. demolishing

D. deteriorating

43. People go on asking these same questions because the subject really does and

_______ them.

A. confuse

B. bewilder

C. puzzle

D. perplex

44. The Soviet __________ marine obviously acts as a support to the Soviet navy , very

much as western

fleets used to do.

A. mercantile

B. merchant

C. trafficker

D. vender

45. A full-sized tripod is far too __________ to carry around , I find pocket-sized one is

much handier.

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A. overweight

B. inept

C. unwieldy

D, outsize

46. Many diseases that used to be considered _______ of mankind are now easily

treatable with antibiotics.

A. scourges

B. blights

C. tortures D. thorns

47. I

t’s

a _______ for decent jobs these days, so you need every qualification you can get.

A. scramble

B. jumble

C. jostle

D. flurry

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. The artist’

s use swirls of __________ colors conveys a sense of excitement.

A. vigorous

B. drastic

C. vibrant

D. strident

is _________ pressure on the minister responsible for the disaster to resign.

A. intense

B. compulsive

C. sturdy

D. prevailing

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. It’s a modern city, full of __________tower blocks .

A. rising

B. heaving

C. ascending

D. soaring

51. The members of the club voted to __________ the meeting until after lunch

A. adjourn

B. adjoin

C. adjust

D. adjudge

52. He had a _______ mentality, always making issues over unimportant details.

A. petty

B. trivial

C. measly

53. In education there should be a good ______ among the branches of knowledge that

contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment.

A. balance

B. distribution

C. combination

54. The mayor is a middle-aged woman with great ____ and therefore deserves our

political and financial support.

A. instinct

B. integrity

C. intention

55. Scientists discovered that this particular variety of rabbit was _______ to a fatal virus

disease.

A. susceptible

B. suspicious

C. hazardous

D. sensitive

56. In the dim light the ship seemed to float _________ on the banks of the Nile, among

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gardens of swaying palms and ferns.

A. transparently

B. taciturnly

C. tenaciously

D. tranquilly

57. Sport utility vehicles are popular today because they are _______ with a combination

of qualities-many standard features of passenger cars and special features for driving on

and off paved roads.

A. filled

B. loaded

C. crowded

D. packed

58. Financial institutions will spend huge sums, rolling our nationwide networks in Britain,

France, Spain and perhaps in Germany. But the seeds for the most__________ growth

will be sown in America, where most banks have been slow to experiment with digital

dollars until now.

A. spectacular

B. splendid

C. specified

D. specialized

59. Your manager will notify you in advance of a forthcoming

appraisal. Then you’re often

given time to fill in a form that included questions about how you______ your work.

A. sanction

B.

approve

C. appreciate

D. rate

60. A well- established friendship carries a long history of experience and interaction that

_______ who we are and keeps us connected.

A. defines

B. refines

C. confines

D. defies

61. The art of pleasing is a very necessary one to possess, but a very difficult one to

acquire, for it can hardly be ___________ to rules.

A. deduced

B. conduced

C. reduced

D. induced

62. In the coming year, when__________ by self-doubts about my ability to teach or get

through the slog of writing the MA thesis, I would thin

k, “ Dr. Stewart must believe I can do

this.”

A. pervaded

B. offended

C. assailed

D. contradicted

63. Although her initial success was __________ by the fact she was the daughter of a

famous actor, the critics later acclaimed her as a star in her own right.

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A. enhanced

B. impeded

C. refuted

D. superseded

64. The primitive emotions of love and hate, even though extreme opposites, are found in

varying degrees even in the most__________ person.

A. brackish

B. sylvan

C. beneficent

D. defunct

65. Can you believe that I won the photo contest with the _______ of the two pictures that

was most esthetic even though I only tried to hang them where there were nails.

A. autonomy

B. cynicism

C. conglomerate

D. dexterity

66. They had been dating tor there years, but even though she pledged her allegiance, his

_________ made him suspect her veracity.

A. autonomy

B. cynicism

C. conglomerate

D. dexterity

67. Researchers discovered that plants infected with a virus give off a gas that_________

disease resistance in neighboring plants.

A. contracts

B. maintains

C. prescribes

D. activates

68 Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just________ and

needs proving.

A. spontaneous

B. hypothetical

C. intuitive

D. empirical

69. The part of the town has been planned as a shopping __________.

A. district

B. region

C. zone

D. place

70. Many classical music lovers feel disoriented when they listen to modem atonal music.

A. disgusted

B. disappointed

C. lost

D. enchanted

71. In addition, there were performers, and, since considerable importance was attached

to avoiding to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites, religious leaders unusually

assumed that task.

A. establishment

B. performance

C. authorization

D. season

72. Sheer energy and determination have propelled some of the smallest and most fragile

economies on the European continent into accelerated growth and the _______ of

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democratic rights in order that they might participate as equals as in the largest free

grouping of nation in the world.

A. insurance

B. entrenchment

C. protection

D. promise

73.

You’d better ______ your paper carefully for mistakes before you deliver in to the

professor.

A. look up

B. look over

C. look to

D. look on

74. Deeply moved these words, the young man decided to_________ a new life.

A. turn out

B. turn on

C. turn to

D. turn over

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. I can’t understand what the woman is saying, We’d better _

___ someone who speaks

English.

A. send out

B. call for

C. ask for

D. order for

76. I ____ so another person could sit down, for I was sitting in the middle of the row of

seats in the theatre.

A. turned over

B. sat over

C. moved over

D. took over

77. They had almost finished finding out the answer when their time ___.

A. ran on

B. ran off

C. ran down

D. ran out

78. The boxer ____ his opponent in the second round.

A. knocked out

B. knocked off

C. knocked at

D. knocked up

79. Henry is so responsible and competent a person that on one objected to his ____ the

meeting.

A. presiding

B. presiding with

C. presiding for

D. presiding in

80. The police determined to ____ the cause of the fire to give the manager a good

explanation.

A. search into

B. search for

C. search out

D. search after

81. The shabby houses in the area are going to be ___ next week.

A. pulled out

B. pulled down

C. pulled away

D. pulled apart

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82. He decided to ___ golf to provide himself with some relaxation.

A. take on

B. take over

C. take up

D. take with

83. To ____ quickly_____ a book is an important study skill.

A. look; about

B. look; up

C. look; on

D. look; into

84. Helen was so busy these days that she had to_____ going on holiday.

A. put off

B. put down

C. put out

D. put aside

85. It old my girlfriend that I had a beach house. She really_____ that story!

A. fell in

B. fell with

C. fell for

D. fell through

86. Since the electricity is on again, you can_____ those candles.

A. blow away

B. blow off

C. blow out

D. blow up

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7. We’ve done our best to help Lucy and Ann come to terms, but they just won’t_____.

A. make out

B. make up

C. make steps

D. make over

88. They are accustomed to_____ their expectations, which is quite different from ever

before.

A. holding over

B. holding back

C. holding down

D. holding to

89. She was _____ in her mind the idea presented by her father.

A. turning out

B. turning over

C. turning up

D. turning into

90. He was still a young boy, and how did he_____ so much money in a year

？

A. come by

B. come to

C. come at

D. come off

91. A woman fainted on the train, and they had difficulty_____ her_____.

A. bringing; about

B. coming; on

C. bringing; round

D. coming; about

92. The gun man_____ the passengers and took all the money.

A. held up

B. held out

C. held off

D. held to

93. Raining heavily outside, there was a rush to get seats as the train_____ .

A. pulled in

B. pulled off

C. pulled out

D. pulled through

94. Richard has_____ a lot of money on debt all by himself and he feels quite happy.

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A. paid off

B. paid down

C. paid back

D. paid out

95. The workers of the shoe factory have been_____ because of the economic

depression.

A. laid out

B. laid down

C. lain down

D. laid off

96. Among the preparations, you first have to_____ how many people should be invited to

the wedding.

A. figure on

B. figure out

C. relying on

D. making out

97. Although the school sticks to carrying it out, most parents_____ the new regulation set

by the school.

A. object to

B. rebel against

C. fight against

D. strike for

98. Anger _____ Henry when he saw the woman who deceived him.

A. came through

B. came over

C. came forth

D. came on

99. Some of the small

animals don’t have the strength to_____ it or to keep their balance.

A. hold in

B. hold over

C. hold on to

D. hold by

100.

His thoughts were so_____ his work that he be didn’t pay much attention to the other

things.

A. taken on

B. taken in

C. taken up with

D. taken out of

101. The director told me that

Ann’s performance

_____ her talent for dancing.

A. pointed out

B. pointed to

C. pointed at

D. pointed up

102.

_____man’s development from the cave to modern city living, many natural

resources were destroyed.

A. By course of

B. By contrast with

C. In the course of

D. On the contrary of

103. There are still some doubts _____ the restaurant owner.

A. on behalf for

B. on the part of

C. for behalf of

D. for the pan of

104. The name of the heroine in the story was _____ my tongue a moment ago, but now I

forgot it.

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A. on the tip of

B. in the tip of

C. on the top of

D. at the top of

105. Although Cathy likes chocolate very much, she never eats them _____ her weight

problem.

A. on the basis of

B. on the ground of

C. on account of

D. on the surface of

106. She spent a lot of time raising mo

ney _____ charity, and many people didn’t

understand why she did so.

A. in aid of

B. in sake of

C. with the help of

D. on behalf of

107. That country has five million men _____ .

A

．

underarms

B. under the arm

C. with arms

D .on arms

108. The singer was _____ in concert halls all over the world.

A. in request

B. on request

C. by request

D. with request

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. John told the dean _____ that he didn’t agree with her.

A. to her face

B. with her face

C. on her face

D. for her face

110. In the last two decades movie production has been developed _____.

A. on great strides

B. in great strides

C. at great strides

D. with great strides

111. The hospital opened two new wards last month,

_____ Dr. Jameson’s _____ .

A. under; request

B. for; request

C. with; request

D. at; request

112. Our teacher could see _____ that we understood exactly what he meant.

A. at sight

B. at stare

C. at glance

D. at gaze

113. The only person who is really _____ to criticize his work is his supervisor.

A

．

in a power

B. in a way

C. in a position

D. in a capacity

114. There are more and more private cars, so the parking area _____ the restaurant was

full.

A. between

B. among

C. out of

D. across from

115. People like to make fun of her, feet are very small _____ the rest of her body.

A. in comparison with

B. by comparison with

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C. in proportion to

D. by proportion to

116. Caught ____ at his private letters, her face turned red guiltily.

A. in the act of looking

B. in the act to look

C. in the behavior of looking

D. in the behavior to look

117. Bob decided to move to move to another job,

for he didn’t want to be ___ his boss.

A. in conflict with

B. in odds with

C. in contrast with

D. in the competition with

118. The film star was ___ her career in her thirties which seems hate as people usually

think.

A. on top of

B. at the point of

C. at the height of

D. at the entrance of

119. The policeman set off ___ the cr

iminal but didn’t capture him.

A. in running after

B. in pursuit of

C. for running after

D. for pursuit of

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. I’m writing to you ___ my brother who is ill in the hospital.

A. in favor of

B. by the name of

C. in place of

D. on behalf of

121. The ambitious young man studied hard ___ going abroad after graduation from

school.

A. with a view to

B. on a purpose to

C. with an aim to

D. on an aim at

122. ___ my question, the professor lends me a book to read carefully.

A. In answer for

B. As a result of

C. In the course

D. In reply

123. The manager has to ___the money paid to him.

A. account for

B. explain for

C. defend from

D. fight for

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. My friend stops whispering ___ when the speaker isn’t talking.

A. to my ears

B. in my ears

C. with my ear

D. in the ear

125. Doctors tried ___ to save her and she died just before the arrival of her son.

A. in efforts

B. in vain

C. in service

D. in order

126. The diamond is the hardest substance ___ .

A. in nature

B. by nature

C. on nature

D. with nature

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127. They are enshrined in the hearts of all loyal Southerners, and no one ___ them the

scant monetary returns they make for their risks.

A. accommodates

B. appalls

C. begrudges

D. envies

128. He constantly ___ his associates to press a public relations campaign that would call

more attention to the China visit.

A. accosted

B. acknowledged

C. badgered

D. belittled

129. There was nothing new in his ____ lecture.

A. barbarous

B. banal

C. bashful

D. babel

130. I

f I leave the children on their own it’s absolute ___ by the time I get back.

A. augment

B. automation

C. bedlam

D. bliss

131. Some criminal courts have overcrowded schedules and a backlog of cases.

A. a file

B. a set

C. an accumulation

D. an arrangement

132. She ___ me into signing this contract with her company.

A. conjured

B. alluded

C. preached

D. beguiled

133. She apologized for her ____ note of condolence to the widower of her friend and

explained that she had just learned of his wif

e’s untimely death.

A. belated

B. elated

C. punctual

D. facile

134. Jim has few friends because he is such a _____ person.

A. belligerent

B. gregarious

C. generous

D. beneficent

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. I don’t

ever say such words in public; that would be ___ my dignity

A. beneath

B. under

C. beyond

D. above

136. Psychologists insist that all people, even the most ___ and ___, have varying

degrees of extreme emotions.

A. brackish; mature

B. sylvan; intellectual

C. celestial; civilized

D. beneficent; stable

137. Paradoxically, these children, products and victims of the atomic era were also its

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___.

A auditors

B. beneficiaries

C. alumni

D. spouses

138. In the ___ Middle Ages, intellectual curiosity was discouraged by the authority.

A. benighted

B. impoverished

C. hypocritical

D. secular

139. Upon arrival in the city they were shocked to learn that all surviving hospitals were

still being ____ by crowds of casualties needing treatment.

A. enclosed

B. embarrassed

C. besieged

D. penetrated

140. The scandalous remarks in the newspaper ___ the reputations of every member of

the society.

A. admonish

B. alleviate

C. begrudge

D. besmirch

141. A couple of years later, I came to realize that a good name could ___ a capital of

good will of

immense value.

A. bestow

B. bequeath

C. beseech

D. discharge

142

. Walt Disney’s board is stepping up plans to find a new ruler to save the Magic

Kingdom and fight off a$$54 billion hostile ___ from Comcast, the U.S cable giant.

A. purchase

B. bid

C. offer

D. merger

143. Brought up in a democratic family; he as greatly shocked by the ___ and narrowness

expressed by his colleagues.

A. homage

B. concurrence

C. stamina

D. bigotry

144. Warm and diplomatic in manner, devoted to his wife and sons, Smith fits the

stereotype of the____ critic in only one particular; he detests bad artists as much as bad

art.

A. philanthropic

B. bilious

C. unbiased

D. pacifistic

145

. As soon as you enter “

The Heir's domain

”, past the ___ of the ship’s hor

ns, the

sound of waves crashing and seagulls screeching, and an image of a sailing ship being

devoured by a giant sea creature, you are given a compass and a choice of four directions;

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north, east or west.

A. blow

B. blast

C. noise

D. blare

146. Wher

e ignorance be ___, it’s foolish to borrow your

neighbor's newspaper.

A. acme

B. adversary

C. bliss

D. balk

147. Her ___ refusal disappointed him very much when he invited her to the party.

A. hesitant

B. blunt

C. obscure

D. bleak

148. It turns out those diplomas came from degree mills, which are ___ universities that

confer degrees for little or no study.

A. archaic

B. asinine

C. bogus

D. benevolent

149. The road of the life is not ____ voyage, but I believe that if we try our best we can live

better.

A. astute

B. atypical

C. blunt

D. bon

150.

——

It never occurred to me that Mary and Bob would broke up finally.

——

Well, you know, as people say “familiarity ___ contempt”.

A. breeds

B. makes

C. does

D. produces

151. I bought my daughter headphones so I would not have to listen to the ____ that she

calls music.

A. ribaldry

B. melody

C. noise

D. cacophony

152. Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from

___ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.

A. configuration

B. constitution

C. condemnation

D. contamination

153. Her white hat and shoes ___ her white dress.

A. correspond

B. contrast with

C. consist with

D. meet with

154. Peter was ___ the football with him but he had forgotten.

A. to have brought

B. to bring

C. to have been brought

D. to be bringing

155. When a ___ has been accepted for publication, it is passed to an editor for detailed

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scrutiny.

A. mortgage

B. monopoly

C. manuscript

D. maneuver

156. Electricity cables and oil pipelines has marred many of the world

’

s most beautiful

landscapes.

A. blemished

B. frustrated

C. diminished

D. degraded

157. The verb

“

to ___

”

comes from the actual name of a river in Greece, famous for its

winding course.

A. supplant

B. lampoon

C. substantiate

D. meander

158. The Chairman was evidently ___ by Jim

’

s words and glared at him for a few

seconds.

A. put down

B. put across

C. put away

D, put out

159. It is bad manner to ___ other people behind their backs.

A. do up

B. do by

C. do away with

D. do down

160. The actor with whom I played the scene___ for me beautifully, whispering the

opening words of each of my lines, as did others in subsequent scenes.

A. covered up

B. broke up

C. made up

D. stirred

161. To my surprise, the manager___ the plan for marketing the products at the meeting,

which had been disapproved a week before.

A. brought about

B. brought out

C. brought up

D. brought down

162. The Japanese dollar-buying makes traders eager to____ dollars in fear of another

government intervention.

A. let in

B. let out

C. let go of

D. let off

163. As receivers of information, we all frequently have to wade through pages of

historical introduction or other irrelevant material in search of information that is new and

interesting.

A. fly through

B. labor away over

C. turn over

D. handle

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164. I got a job as a salesman at the corporation, There a few things that I don

’

t like about

the job, but ___ it

’

s very enjoyable.

A. above all

B. as usual

C. by and large

D. by no means

165. Singapore is inhabited by a ___ of different nationalities.

A. motley

B. beehive

C. guise

D. medley

166. In spite of competition, the newspaper still remains among the best___ of

communication between advertisers and customers.

A. medium

B. means

C. media

D. measure

167. By this time some woman the Eastern seaboard had indentured servants or slaves to

help them, but the pioneer woman undertook all her homemaking tasks by herself with the

skill and dedication of her colonial forebears.

A. contracted

B. commanded

C. commissioned

D. conditioned

168. In 1964 the chairman of the House Rules Committee, Howard W. Smith, who

opposed the civil rights bill then being debated in the House of Representatives,

inadvertently helped the cause of women

’

s rights.

A. reluctantly

B. unintentionally

C. wittingly

D. consequently

169. As the ensuing business contraction worsened in 1930, Congress voted a steep

increase in tariffs on foreign imports, Almost immediately America

’

s European trading

partners retaliated with higher tariffs of their own, accelerating what had already been a

sharp decline in world trade.

A. reacted in reprisal

B. settled up

C. vindicated

D. requited

170. When immigrants arrived looking forward to the new opportunities and new freedom,

they found danger and more hardship in a land devoid of any but the most elementary

means of communication.

A. deprived of

B. deluged with

C. diffused by

D. destitute of

171. This fairy tale presents the metamorphosis of a handsome your man to a spellbound

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beast.

A. transposition

B. transcendence

C. transformation

D. transference

172. For most of this, Americans have spent prodigiously on homes, cars, refrigerators ,

and dinners out, carrying forward an aging economic expansion that as recently seemed

in danger of expiring.

A. sensibly

B. considerably

C. audaciously

D. lavishly

173. People were confused when Howard Dean, the ___ of the Donkey tried to sell his

plan which sounded so much Republican.

A. pastor

B. public servant

C. liaison

D. archbishop

174. When the resort could not get the lift working again, ski patrollers the stranded

passengers by traversing the cable using rescue equipment in a ___ one witness likened

to something out of a James Bond movie.

A. scene

B. feat

C. hone

D. phantom

175. There is no evidence that properly cooked poultry or eggs can be___ .

A. a source of infection

B. poisonous to life

C. located as harmful

D. determined contagious

176. Voices of the media, especially of the mainstream media, have represented the

common perspective of society

’

s elite, but few analyses have gone deep into problem and

the repeated stresses on self- examination turn out____.

A. to be stereotypes

B. to be a wall

C. to be nonsense

D. to be cliché

s

177. As part of the extensive revamping in preparation for the 2008 summer Olympics, a

total of six World Cultural Heritage sites will get a ___, to restore their ancient luster.

A. plastic surgery

B. facelift

C. reshaping

D. facilitation

178. The___ nationalism is nationalism without brakes: in the name of loving the country,

its demands are unrestrained, devoid of any kind of universalistic consideration.

A. invidious

B. sheer

C. trivial

D. impeding

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179. Liu

’

s antics eventually brought ___ to ____ that astonished the whole nation.

A. a rumor; allegiance

C. a fraud case; light

B. the murder; affirmation

D. the stage; wonderland

180. A red tide of ___ algae was found for the first time in Bohai, China

’

s inland sea, on

June. It has proved to be the most serious ___ yet discovered in the country.

A. devouring; contamination

C. malicious; red tide

B. toxic; occurrence

D. relinquish; catastrophe

181. Russia

’

s environmental watchdog said the ___ could reach the first Russian ___ in

the next two to three days, while the Emergencies Ministry said it could start affecting the

major city of Khabarovsk by December 10-12.

A. earthquake; village

B. flood; victims

C. mud-slide

D. spill; settlements

182. In China, tea is drunk not only as a ____ to keep colds and coughs away in winter,

but also as a ___ providing ___ for the body in dry, hot weather.

A. medicine; tenderizer; lubrication

C. antibiotic; brewer; lubrication

B. remedy; tonic; energy

D. way; soother; energy

183. A national campaign has been ___ recently to raise the moral standards of the

younger generation, but we have failed to ___ to improving their parents

’

manners.

A. spotted; place necessary emphasis

B. launched; attach equal importance

C. witnessed; value the significance

D. discovered; look into the issue

184. According to industry analysts, the stipulation which requires that all land used for

construction must be auctioned will both ___ illegal land exchange and ___ those

developers not cut for the ___ reality of real estate.

A. deter; weed out; cut-throat

C. wipe out; hinder; prominent

B. punish; warn; severe

D. shunt; impede; exorbitant

185. Jean ___ her mother in character.

A. takes after

B. inherits

C. initiates

D. embarrasses

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186. They reported the loss and gave all the necessary___ to the police.

A. happenings

B. qualifications

C. characteristics

D. particulars

187. When people become unemployed, it is ___ which is often worse than lack of wages.

A. laziness

B. poverty

C. idleness

D. inability

188. The dentist had to ___ the tooth as it was badly decayed.

A. pull off

B. release

C. extract

D. alleviate

189. Children and old people do not like having their daily ___ upset.

A. habit

B. practice

C. routine

D. custom

190. The troops advanced ___ because the area had been mined by the enemy.

A. carefully

B. cautiously

C. conscientiously

D. meticulously

191. These things have nothing to do with each other. They are totally ___.

A. irrelevant

B. unrelated

C. irreconcilable

D. irreplaceable

192. Based on an analysis of a/an ____, scientists argue for life on Mars.

A. fossil

B. meteorite

C. ore

D. specimen

193. His story of rescuing ten drowning men totally by himself was ___.

A. Wonderful

B. incredible

C. indignant

D. immense

194. I punished the child ___ he should make the same mistake.

A. since

B. because

C. unless

D. lest

195. Since Helen is my wife, it is difficult for me to be ___ about her talent.

A. objective

B. single-minded

C. overwhelmed

D. subjective

196. Alter speaking for two hours, the lecturer found he cough, scarcely talk, as he had

become ____.

A. hoarse

B. dumb

C. inarticulate

D. speechless

197. It is unlikely he can significantly contribute to the highly competitive strategies that

food ___demands.

A. retail

B. retain

C. retailing

D. retaining

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198. Sir Ian

’

s ___from some of his other duties would be a constructive signal to investors

that we are being listened to.

A. resignation

B. withdrawal

C. return

D. isle

199. In Hong Kong

’

s huge Ocean Terminal shopping complex Prudential has opened a

shop alongside ___ fashion brands such as Prada and Ralph Lauren.

A. inspiring

B. operational

C. aspirational

D. mind-bending

200. The fir

m’s ___ appears on buses in Bangkok and hoardings in Hong Kong, while its

red-and-while motif unconsciously echoes the color of HSBC, a British institution known to

millions of customers across Asia.

A. slogan

B. sign

C. advertisement

D. logo

201. When the fire broke out, the people lost their ___ and ran in all directions. Many

people lost their life when they ran away from the fire.

A. hearts

B. heads

C. minds

D. souls

202. Bob was told that the most important consideration with the strategies of product

promotion is carefully ___ the risks and benefits, and their feasibility as well.

A. weighing

B. stimulating

C. evaluating

D. formulating

203. The

Supreme Court’s decisions on physician

-assisted suicide carry important ___ for

how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering.

A. implications

B. complications

C. innovations

D. complexities

204. But if robots are to reach the next stage of labor-saving utility, they will have to

operate with less human ___ and be able to make at a least a few decisions for

themselves-goals that pose a real challenge.

A. interaction

B. supervision

C. availability

D. disposition

205. Unemployment is a category that comprises a large variety of workers, including

some farmers, construction workers, house painters, and others whose work may be

seasonal or ___ because of weather.

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A. sporadic

B. spontaneous

C. exponential

D. ephemeral

206. Recently a number of case have been reported of young children ___ a violent act

previously seen on television.

A. stimulating

B. duplicating

C. modifying

D. accelerating

207. She was going to write them a letter of complaint, but she ___, and decided to wait a

few days.

A. considered it

B. thought better of it

C. took it into consideration

D. thought worse of it

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. Allowing our cities to be ___ by cars has progressively affected children’s

independent mobility, for children have lost much of their freedom to explore their own

neighborhood or city.

A. pervaded

B. diffused

C. dominated

D. intervened

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. People have long forgotten many of Rousseau’s

misgivings but his idea of human

evolution from brute-like beginning takes hold.

A. theories

B. anxieties

C. doctrines

D. ideals

210. Their journey has been organized down to the___ detail.

A. minimum

B. petty

C. infinitesimal

D. minutest

211. I am sorry I

can’t return your book; I seem to have ___ it.

A. mishandled

B. mislaid

C. mistaken

D. misled

212. His government may appeared to have whitewashed its tone, in order to ___ public

concern. It not the sequence will be very awful.

A. demonstrate

B. mollify

C. proclaim

D. coerce

213. A very large cat was watching us intently from the top of a ___ ear.

A. motionless

B. immovable

C. stationery

D. stationary

214. He was concerned only will mundane matters, especially the daily stock market

quotations.

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A. rational

B. obscure

C. worldly

D. eminent

215. Even though there are countless

hardships and hazards, they can’t stop the

dauntless explorers.

A. myriad

B. desultory

C. cognizant

D. analogous

216

. If you don’t ask for more money than you think you’ll get, you’ve

no room to ___.

A. argue

B. discuss

C. negotiate

D. compromise

217. The New Zealand kiwi is a ___ bird, which always comes out and looks for food at

night.

A. dexterous

B. renowned

C. skylark

D. nocturnal

218. The way we use our bodies when communicating indicates how we perceive our

power, authority, and position in relation to the person we are communicating with.

A. make use of

B. judge

C. manipulate

D. realize

219. The production of oil and other nonperishable commodities have an advantage.

A. fragile

B. durable

C. waterproofed

D. stainless

220. Huangdi (Yellow Emperor) was actually the chief of a ___ life ne

ar today’s

Zhuozhou

city in Hebei Province.

A. ectopic

B. biotic

C. nomadic

D. anesthetic

221. If they conspire with each other to exclude the other competitors, the successful

tender shall be ___.

A. detoxified

B. nullified

C. rectified

D. ramified

222. He had an ___ habit of emptying ash trays out of his upstairs window.

A, offensive

B. objectionable

C. uneducated

D. impolite

223. Sigmund Freud became famous for his ___ of dreams.

A. understanding

B. interpretation

C. presentation

D. translations

224. He was fired because of his ___ refusal to follow orders.

A. obstinate

B. obstructive

C. obscure

D. obsessive

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