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Book 4
Unit 1
1. They
are hoping to _C_ the Japanese market with their
latest product.
A) transmit
B) plunge
C) penetrate
D) filter
2.
Both the labor and the management made a lot of
_C_ and at last they came to an agreement.
A) sessions
B) recessions
C) concessions
D) conferences
3. A lot of ants are always invading my
kitchen. They are a thorough _A_.
A)
nuisance
B) trouble
C) worry
D) anxiety
4. Out of _C_ revenge
(
复仇
), he did his worst to
blacken her character and ruin her reputation.
A) perfect
B) total
C) sheer
D)
thorough
5. I’ve already had one
holiday in Africa, and I’m not _
D_ on
going there again.
A) willing
B)
ready
C) eager
D) keen
6. To call the music
of another
music-
culture
“primitive” is _
B
_ one’s own
standards on a group that does not
recognize them.
A) putting
B) imposing
C)
forcing
D)
emphasizing
7. She cooked the meat for
a long time so as to make it _D_ enough to eat.
A) mild
B) slight
C) light
D) tender
8. The manager
needs an assistant that he can _B_ to take care of
problems in his absence.
A) count in
B) count on
C) count up
D)
count out
9. We love peace, yet we are
not the kind of people to _A_ to any military
threat.
A) yield
B) apply
C) resort
D) appeal
10. What I hate
most is making a great _C_ about such a simple
matter.
A) confusion
B) initiative
C)
fuss
D) bark
11. Paul said he would give me a piece
of cake if I stayed here,
but I didn’t
give in to the _
C_.
A) intention
B) appeal
C)
temptation
D) charm
12. The
first thing Jim did when he got off the train was
to look for a(n) _A_ because he had too much
luggage
with him.
A) porter
B) employee
C)
servant
D)
assistant
13. The speaker _D_ his angry
words with forceful movement of the hands.
A) associated
B) connected
C) assisted
D) accompanied
14. Don’t joke with Linda;
she takes everything far too _C_.
A) carefully
B) gravely
C)
seriously
D)
critically
15. The car won’t
s
tart because the battery has _B_.
A) run up
B) run down
C)
run over
D) run off
16. If a man is easily taken in by
emotional traps, he will not be able to make
_
A
_ judgments.
A) sensible
B)
sensitive
C) sentimental
D)
sensational
17. Parents have a legal
_D_ to ensure that their children are provided
with efficient education suitable to their
age.
A)
instinct
B) influence
C) sympathy
D)
obligation
18. Space scientists believe
that the black hole is _D_, and would draw
everything, even light, toward its center.
A) vacant
B) empty
C)
bare
D) hollow
19.
Any electric products sold in this famous
department store will be _
B
_
for one year.
A) protected
B) guaranteed
C) preserved
D) ensured
20.
The inquiry found that the innocent civilians had
been _A_ to inhumane treatment for too long.
A) subjected
B) attached
C)
related
D) resisted
21.
_D_ your long service to this country, we have
decided to give you this gold watch as an
expression of our
thanks.
A) By means of
B)
By nature of
C) By way of
D) By virtue of
22. Material abundance has been the
life blood which has _C_ Americans in their basic
beliefs and values.
A)
contributed
B)
provided
C) sustained
D) favored
23.
The planet’s surface temperat
ure is a
100 degrees C below zero at night, so that butter
put outside will not
_C_.
A) thaw
B)
dissolve
C) melt
D) harden
24. The thieves _D_ the waste paper all
over the room while they were searching for the
diamond ring.
A) spread
B) scratched
C) burned
D) scattered
25. Joe had many regrets when he _C_
the years he spent abroad.
A)
looked up to
B) looked down on
C) looked back on
D)
looked forward to
26. Cultural _D_
indicates that human beings hand their languages
down from one generation to another.
A) transformation
B) transaction
C) transport
D)
transmission
27. The terrorists might
have planted a bomb on a plane in Athens, set to
_A_ when it arrived in New York.
A) go
off
B) get off
C)
come off
D)
carry of
28. There are
strict rules _
C
_ the use of
chemicals in food.
A)
reforming
B) relating
C) regulating
D)
registering
29. People go to the church
to _A_ God.
A)
worship
B) pray
C)
respect
D) admire
30.
The homeless _D_ from the flooded town were helped
by the Red Cross.
A)
scouts
B)
saints
C) beggars
D) refugees
Unit 2
1
. Jack’s shirt was burned
by _
C_ from the fire.
A)
spots
B) spills
C)
sparks
D)
sprays
2. The wood was so rotten that,
when we pulled, it _C_ into fragments.
A) broke off
B) broke away
C) broke up
D)
broke through
3. We shall have to
_A
_ the meeting until next week, I’m
afraid.
A) postpone
B)
conduct
C) replace
D) last
4. To our
_C
_, Geoffrey’s i
llness
proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
A) entertainment
B) judgment
C) relief
D) relaxation
5.
The working of the machine _D_ that of the human
brain.
A) compromises with
B) competes with
C) communicates
to
D) corresponds
to
6. The attack was the latest in a
series of border _B_ in that area.
A)
accidents
B)
incidents
C) events
D) occurrences
7. The children will not be allowed
t
o come with us if they
don’t
_D_ themselves better.
A) direct
B)
accustom
C) adjust
D) behave
8. The
oppressed peasants rose up in armed _A_.
A) revolt
B)
rebel
C) chaos
D)
challenge
9. I had to shake him several
times to _
A
_ him from his
sleep.
A) rouse
B) stimulate
C) motivate
D) prompt
10. Three days after the trial the
prisoner was _
C
_ secretly,
and the body was buried under a tree inside the
prison.
A) murdered
B) convicted
C) executed
D) punished
11.
His skin was _C_ from years of working outdoors.
A) elastic
B)
clumsy
C) coarse
D)
delicious
12. Three people were killed
in a head-on _C_ between a bus and a car.
A) collapse
B) conflict
C) collision
D) crush
13. Ruth has gone back to California
_D_. She will not return to the East.
A) for long
B)
before long
C) ever since
D) for good
14.
When the singer appeared, the audience started to
_C_ loudly.
A) claim
B) crack
C)
clap
D) crash
15. I don’t know if
you’ve heard, but there’s a
_
B
_ going around the office
that Mr. Smith is leaving at the end of
the month.
A)
news
B) rumor
C) saying
D) proverb
16. I
guess Jones didn’t have a chance to win the
election. Almost all of the peo
ple in
the city voted for his _A_.
A) opponent
B) candidate
C) colleague
D) advocate
17.
He was _D
_ of his friend’s
reputation.
A)
greedy
B)
controversial
C) competitive
D) jealous
18. The newspaper uncovered a sex _D_
involving several government officials.
A) shame
B) conviction
C) rumor
D)
scandal
19. The dog waiting behind the
gate looked so _B_ that I did not dare to go in.
A) bold
B) fierce
C) wild
D) harmful
20. The workers there held a(n)
_
A
_ to call for better
working and living conditions.
A) rally
B) conjunction
C) episode
D) riot
21. The protest
march developed into a _D_ when the police tried
to stop it.
A) rebel
B) strike
C)
violation
D) riot
22. He said he had
_C_ the performance of the new model and was
surprised at what he had seen then.
A) endeavored
B) demonstrated
C)
witnessed
D) judged
23. It
is my _C_ wish that you use this money to further
your research.
A) intensive
B) generous
C) earnest
D) voluntary
24.
He had been completely exhausted but felt
considerably _D_ after a meal and a rest.
A) renewed
B) recreated
C) reshaped
D) refreshed
25.
In
Britain
today
women
_
A
_
44%
of
the
workforce,
and
nearly
half
the
mothers
with
children
are
in
paid
work.
A) make up
B) build up
C)
stand for
D) conform to
26. The garden
is _
D
_ in a formal pattern.
A) laid up
B) laid off
C) laid down
D) laid out
27. There are several possible
explanations for the greater job stability in
Japan _C_ the great job mobility in the
United States.
A) contrary to
B) in regard to
C) in contrast to
D)
with respect to
28. Gasoline is
processed from _C_ oil.
A)
raw
B) rough
C) crude
D) tough
29. New York _A_
second in the production of apples, producing
850,000,000 pounds this year.
A) ranked
B) occupied
C)
arranged
D) classified
30. After reading the _D_ of the play,
the director made several changes.
A) scrape
B) catalog
C)
category
D) script
Unit 3
1. We have had to raise our
prices because of the increase in the cost of
_
D
_ materials.
A)
primitive
B)
rough
C) original
D)
raw
2. The social security system
provides _B_ for retired citizens.
A)
wages
B) pensions
C)
profits
D) rewards
3. It is well-
known that the retired workers in our country are
_A_ free medical care.
A) entitled to
B) involved in
C)
associated with
D) assigned to
4. Although she was not very rich, she
was quite _
C
_ with her
money.
A) noble
B) flexible
C) liberal
D)
liable
5. He received a letter of
thanks for his _B_ of books to the Shakespeare
library.
A) publication
B) donation
C) acquisition
D) quotation
6. The bus ran over the cliff because
its _
A
_ failed.
A)
brakes
B) controls
C) gears
D) signals
7.
Not long ago, a government official whom I know
very well was _B_ a bribery.
A)
related to
B)
involved in
C) included in
D) subjected to
8. They put in the highest _C_ for the
house.
A) currency
B) proposal
C) bid
D)
purchase
9. A good hunting dog is _A_
to every sound and movement in the field.
A) alert
B) aware
C) cautious
D) nervous
10. This diploma
_
B
_ that you have completed
high school.
A) proves
B)
certifies
C) secures
D) approves
11. He was accused of _A_ vital secrets
to the enemy.
A) leaking
B) loosening
C) relieving
D)
issuing
12. Only the most sophisticated
theories of modern physics can _A_ this
phenomenon.
A) account for
B)
count on
C) account of
D) count for
13.
At the end of his trial, he was _A_ of murder.
A) convicted
B) convinced
C) sentenced
D)
condemned
14. Most flowers will not
_
D
_ without sunshine.
A) cultivate
B) boom
C) sustain
D) thrive
15.
The company has an employee
_
A
_ of everyone working for
them.
A) profile
B) acquaintance
C) administration
D) acknowledgement
16. When
Mary paid the bill, she was given a _C_ for her
money.
A) cheque
B) ticket
C) receipt
D) label
17.
There is a whole _
B
_ of
bills waiting to be paid.
A)
stock
B) stack
C) number
D)
sequence
18. The members of the club
_D_ a plane to take them on holiday to France.
A) assembled
B)
dominated
C) monitored
D) chartered
19. Frankfurt,
Germany, is in one of the most _A_ populated
regions of Western Europe.
A)
densely
B) vastly
C) enormously
D) largely
20.
He’s well known in the _
C_ of foreign
affairs.
A) settlement
B) operation
C)
realm
D) scope
21. She
_D_ the sports page to find out who had won the
game.
A) plunged
B) perceived
C)
sketched
D) skimmed
22. The lighting
of the Christmas tree was the _D_ of the evening.
A) peak
B) boom
C) summit
D)
highlight
23. We didn’t like the
colo
r of the curtains, and so we _C_
them a beautiful dark green.
A) soaked
B)
sketched
C) dyed
D) dipped
24.
Bruce Stephen gripped the _C_ wheel hard as the
car bounced up and down.
A)
stirring
B) driving
C) steering
D) rotating
25.
Years of heavy burden and hard work made him _C_
at his early forties.
A)
lower
B) lean
C) stoop
D) bow
26. Niagara Falls is a great tourist
__B_, drawing millions of visitors every year.
A) attention
B) attraction
C) appointment
D) arrangement
27. He _C_ for the day when he would
see his hometown again.
A) desired
B) counted
C) longed
D) urged
28. The insurance company paid him $$
10,000 in _B_ after his accident.
A) installment
B) compensation
C)
substitution
D) commitment
29. The noise _
C
_
until she couldn’t stand it any longer.
A) set up
B)
rang up
C)
built up
D) called up
30. They _A_
for a progressive cause and died willingly.
A) bled
B) wounded
C)
devoted
D) departed
Unit 5