-
applaud
mirror
entail
strive
consequently
supposedly
devalue
flexibility
obligation
fulfill
1. Taxes
are an -------which may fall on everybody.
2. We -------the authority's decision
not to close the hospital.
3. The
doctor's instructions must be --------exactly; the
sick man's life depends on it.
4. Do
these opinion polls really ---------what people
are thinking?
5. I prefer to think of
memorization as a stepping-stone to --------in use
of words and phrases.
6.
In her office memos she tended to --------the work
done by her staff.
7. The history of
train transport has partly been a history of
---------for greater efficiency and profit.
8. He took on the new post without
having the faintest idea of what it-------.
9. He is -------one of the greatest
experts in this field.
10. Absolute
secrecy is essential.--------, the fewer who are
aware of the project the better.
Answer
:
tion,
ded,
led,
,
ility,
e,
ng,
ed ,
edly ,
uently
sack
expansiveness
sphere
sustain
sour
clue
define
depression
division
equality
people do, and
some people do not, believe in -------of
opportunity.
-------a great loss from
the death of his father.
3. Police have
still found no ------as to the whereabouts of the
missing woman.
4. In designing a
bridge, one must allow for -------in hot weather.
5. One of the workmen --------for his
always being drunk.
6. When boundaries
between countries are not clearly--------, there
is usually trouble.
7.
Gardening is outside the -------of my activities.
8. She said
that the hat made me look silly, but perhaps that
was ------grapes.
9. The newspapers are
full of such -------news nowadays as crime,
natural disasters, and rising prices.
10. The --------of the world into
developed and underdeveloped nations is a gross
simplification.
Answer
:
ty
ned
iveness sacked
d
sing
on
await
mask
pose
distract
undermine
spot
overtake
judge
cue
offend
1. By the
age of 20, Mozart had written some ten operas and
was well prepared for the demanding
audiences that -------him in Vienna.
2. After only three years in the
American market, our US sales -------those in
Japan. .
3. Earthquakes -------such
serious danger to the country that Japan has
become a world leader in
earthquake
prediction, earthquake-proof construction
techniques, and disaster preparedness by both
civil defense forces and the general
public.
4. American artists often took
their ----------from European literary salons and
art schools, and cultured
Americans
traveled to Europe to become educated.
5. A series of body explosions
--------all the hopes for a peaceful solution in
the Middle East.
6. When he realized the police had
--------him, the man made for the exit as quickly
as possible.
Many of the scientists
and engineers are ------in terms of how profitable
their achievements are.
8. A person
who moves to a house on a busy street may
initially be ------every time a loud vehicle
drives
by but after a month he will
become used to it.
9. These publishers
all depended on the favor of the English crown for
their existence, and so they only
published materials that did not
-------royalty.
10. They will seek to
persuade others that they are moral in the
accepted sense of the term in order to
---------their motives to gain the
awards.
Answer
:
d,
overtaken,
,
,
undermined,
d,
,
cted,
,
tutor
embarrass
potential
appropriate
affection
yield
hence
presentation
romantic
recommendation
1. I was
really ------when I knocked over the cup of tea on
my teacher's desk.
2. The literacy
council will begin a training program for
volunteers who will go to -------the farmers in
the
remote areas.
3. The western area of China has
enormous --------for economic development, but a
lot of investment is
also needed.
4. Weather in Britain defies forecast
and --------is a source of interest and
speculation to everyone.
5. The sports
writers all predicted the American basketball team
would not -------the first place to Russia.
6. She has a great ------for the
nursery of children and the children all like her
very much.
7. Dress neatly and
attractively in an outfit -------to the job.
8. Professor David asked one of the
students to give a -------on American thriller
movies.
9. She thinks her boyfriend is
--------because he sends her a rose every morning.
chairman made a --------on the firm's
investment abroad to the board of directors.
Answer
:
assed,
,
ial,
,
,
ion,
riate,
tation,
ic,
endation
block
anonymous
derive
quote
rationalize
contact
exclusive
violate
default
charge
1.
Priests thought angrily that the soldiers
-------the church by using it as a stable.
2. We -------knowledge not only from
books, but also from practice.
3.
Yesterday I was caught in the rain, so now my nose
is all --------up and I can hardly breathe.
4. The -------system in this lap-top
computer is Windows XP.
5. He further
-------his activities by convincing himself that
he was actually promoting environmental
protection.
6. The saxophonist --------the Kenny G
melody Going Home in his solo.
7. Through an exciting bid for building
the bridge, we won the ---------contract in the
end.
8. She immediately called an
officer at the Naval Intelligence Service, who in
turn --------the FBI.
9. After he
reported the truth, he received many
-------letters and phone calls.
10.
--Do they ---------for the use of the telephone?
--Yeah! Half yuan per
minute!
Answer
:
ed,
,
d,
t,
alize,
,
ive,
ted ,
ous ,
duplicate
knowingly
tactic
trample
budget
witness
patrol
abuse
manual
enforce
1. We -------tremendous changes in the
city where new interchanges and express-ways could
be seen
here and there.
2.
Don't -------on the flowers when you play in the
garden.
3. According to the
investigation by FBI, he was accused of -----a
privilege.
4. Read the
---------carefully before you press the button.
5. In order to climb over the snow
mountain, we ---------our expenses because we have
to buy the
life-preserver.
6. She will never --------hurt anyone
because she is a kind-hearted girl by nature.
7. Because one of the players in our
team was ordered off the field, the coach had to
use a delaying-------.
8. In the
evening we see policemen -------our street against
any possible disturbances.
9. After
five-month's debating, the Committee for Economic
Development submitted to congress the
annual -------which amounted to 1.2
billion.
10. The professor asked the
research team to provide statistics that would
-------argument.
Answer
:
witnessed,
e,
g,
,
ated,
gly,
,
ling,
,
e
familiarity
qualification
reward
sufficiently
evaluate
fundamental
classification
steer
consequently
sensitive
1. It is well-
known that photographic paper is highly -------to
light.
2. The first part of Law School
Admission Test evaluates skills in reading
comprehension, in figure
--------and in
the evaluation of written material.
3.
Because they are not -------literate and
job-
prepared, some young people can’t
hold a job for long.
4. The
boss managed to --------the discussion away from
the subject of money and into the topic of
environmental protection.
5. Sam’s
---------with pop
music is so astonishing that he can sing a large
number of pop songs.
6.
His car broke down on the way and ---------he was
late for the meeting with his clients.
7. One ------of doing this social work
is that I can learn to be independent, tolerant
and get to meet
people from different
parts of the country.
8. Mary has got
all the right --------for the job but is
temperamentally unsuitable for it.
9.
As college students, we should have a command of
the ---------of not only social sciences but also
natural sciences.
personnel manager said that he couldn’t
---------
Mike’s ability
without actually seeing him at
work.
Answer
:
ive,
fication,
iently,
,
arity,
uently,
,
ications,
entals,
te
ignore
claim
sheer
champion
prejudice
oblige
prospect
proficiency
beyond
lag