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2016金榜川大考博英语辅导词汇专项习题

Vocabulary and Structure 1

1. Control of prices takes _________ over every other consideration. A. fraud

B. precedence

C. flaw

D. specification

2. At the conference, French and German were spoken, but English was ___________.

A. explicit

B. finite

C. predominant D.evocative

3. Immigrants of all races in this area are demanding that they receive _________ treatment from the authorities.

A. unique

B. united

C. uniform

D. universal

4. Women want the same pay if they hold the same jobs as men. At home, however, they do not expect their husbands to _________ in the housework.

A. do

B. have

C. share

D. divide

5. In the past, consumers were often cheated or _________ into buying goods by business firms and they could hardly do anything about it.

A. confused

B. misled

C. forced

D. puzzled

6. You may have ever entered a bookstore just to take ________ from a sudden shower, but you found time spent there was very enjoyable.

A. shield

B. shelter

C. avoidance

D. protection

7. A lot of people worked long hours because high unemployment meant that they could easily be _________.

A. distributed

B. appointed

C. transferred

D. replaced

8. With its stock price rising by 20 percent, the company becomes the second most __________ technology firm in the county.

A. valuable

B. worthwhile

C. priceless

D. precious

9. It is astonishing to know that children and youth _________ the biggest segment of the country’s homeless population.

A. substitute for B. make out

C. make up

D. make up for

10. Many of these companies moved to the Inland South to take ________ of the lower wages and the lack of strong labor unions in the region.

A. profit

B. advantage

C. favour

D. adventure

11. Yesterday, the judge held a ________ hearing on this case in the court.

A. dreadful

B. empirical

C. durable

D. preliminary

12. The concept of a loyal opposition – the _______ of modern democracy – rarely prevails and, much more frequently, opposition is equated with treason and ruthlessly suppressed.

A. loop

B. essence

C. equivalent

D. velocity

13. Timmer is known as a tough manager who demands _______ results.

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A. credible B. undeniable C. dynamic D. tangible

14. He has been plowing through a biography of Lyndon Johnson and a ________ of Henry Kissinger.

A. casualty

B. criteria

C. dissection

D. necessity

15. Now the public has unprecedented chance to peer over the shoulders of archeologists and historians and get a firsthand look at the ________ of the Mongols and their Asian predecessors.

A. legacy

B. bequest

C. converse

D. miracle

16. In the search for solution to seemingly overwhelming problems, it became increasingly ________ to include radical, even revolutionary ideas.

A. stable

B. absolute

C. immortal

D. plausible

17. Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh announced they had discovered _________ evidence that a virus is involved in what used to be called juvenile diabetes.

A. incessant

B. compelling

C. identical

D. problematic

18. Stephen Schneider, a climatologist at Stanford, notes that unlike greenhouse gases, which _________ rapidly around the globe, the sulfate droplets tend to concentrate over industrialized regions.

A. unify

B. fragment

C. disperse

D. shatter

19. Now the juries, and ultimately the society they speak for, have to find some way to express _________ at the brutality that women and children face every day.

A. aggression

B. extenuation

C. outrage

D. suppression

20. It was a type of urban story that continues to ________ big-city dwellers forward each day, a tale of hard work and self-starting initiative, of taking matters into one’s own hands to make dreams come true.

A. propel

B. penetrate

C. baffle

D. harness

Vocabulary and Structure 2

1. The secretary was harshly ________ by her boss for misplacing some important files.

A) rebuked B) teased

C) washed

D) accused

2. The jet airliner has ________ from the Wright brothers’ small airplane. A) involved

B) evolved

C) devolved

D) revolved

3. Chinese products enjoy high international prestige because of their ________ quality.

A) Indistinctive B) indisputable

C) indispensable D) indistinguishable

4. This can________ something that the students may not have comprehended in English.

A) signify

B) specify

C) clarify

D) testify

5. I must ________ you on your handling of a very difficult situation.

A) meditate

B) complement

C) elaborate

D) compliment

6. I've had my car examined three times now but no mechanic has been able to _________ the problem.

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A) deduce B) notify C) highlight D) pinpoint

7. Architectural pressure groups fought unsuccessfully to save a terrace of eighteenth century houses from _________.

A) abolition B) demolition

C) disruption

D) dismantling

8. The primordial fireball would have been a dense roiling stew of radiation and elementary particles condensing out of the ________ energy, annihilating each other, recondensing, then colliding and disappearing all over again.

A. colossal

B. audacious

C. ambient

D. autonomous

9. The police decided to _________ the department store after they had received a bomb warning.

A) evict

B) expel

C) abandon

D) evacuate

10. If the work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to________ your authority so often.

A) affirm

B) restrain

C) assert

D) maintain

11. Miss Rosemary Adang went through the composition carefully to ________ all errors from it.

A) eliminate

B) terminate

C) illuminate

D) alleviate

12. Several months previously, the workers had petitioned the company for a 25 percent wage increase and ________ of stricter safety regulations.

A) implement B) endowment

C) enforcement D) engagement

13. The rebel army ________ the democratic government of the country lawlessly.

A) overthrew B) overtook

C) overturned D) overruled

14. Judges are ________ increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences

A). disposing

B) demanding

C) imparting

D) imposing

15. The ________ of all kinds of necessary goods was caused by natural calamity.

A) variety

B) scarcity

C) solidarity

D) commodity

16. It is essential to be on the _______ for any signs of movement in the undergrowth since there are poisonous snakes in the area.

A) guard

B) care

C) alert

D) alarm

17. She took up so many hobbies when she retired that she had hardly any time ________.

A) in hand

B) at hand

C) on her hands D) at her hand

18. Working with the mentally handicapped requires considerable ________ of patience and understanding.

A) means

B) stocks

C) provisions

D) resources

19. He still suffers from a rare tropical disease which he _______ while working to Africa.

A) infected

B) incurred

C ) contracted D) infested

20. Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to ________ heart diseases.

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A) ward off C) push off B) put off D) throw off

21. There is no ________ for hard work and perseverance if you want to succeed.

A) alteration

B) equivalent

C) alternative

D)substitute

22. What the film company needs is a ________ actor who can take on any kind of roles.

A) diverse

B) versatile

C) variable

D) changeable

23. With their modern, lightweight boat, they soon _______ the older vessels in the race.

A) overran B) exceeded

C) outstripped D) caught up

24. Research suggests that heavy penalties do not act as a ________ to potential criminals. .

A) deterrent

B) prevention

C) safeguard

D) distraction

25. There has been so much media _______ of the coming election that people have got bored with it.

A) circulation

B) concern

C) broadcasting D) coverage

26. You've done more of the work than I have recently, so I'll give up my day off in ________.

A) offset

B)redress

C)herald

D) compensate

27. I think we can ________with the usual formalities since we all know each other already.

A) dispose

B) dispatch

C) dispense

D) discharge

28. He joined a computer dating scheme but so far it hasn't _______a suitable partner.

A) come by B) some across

C) come up with D) come round to

29. Have you thought what the _______ might be if you didn't win your case in court?

A) applications

B) connotations

C) implications

D) complications

30. I thought 1 saw water in the distance but it must have been an optical _________.

A) perception B) delusion

C) illusion D) deception

31. He was intensely_______ by the way the shop assistant spoke to him.

A) intervened

B) injected

C) irritated

D) insulated

32. The people who were _______ hurt in the accident were taken to the only hospital in the immediate_________

A) vicinity

B) mobility

C) velocity

D) integrity

33. With all his experience abroad he was a major ________ to the company.

A) attendant

B) asset

C) attachment

D) attribute

34. Don't thank me for helping in the garden. It was ________ pleasure to be working out of doors.

A) mere

B) sheer

C) plain

D) simple

35. The peace of the public library was _________ by the sound of a transistor radio.

A) shuttered

B) shattered

C) smashed

D) fractured

36. It is doubtless that those who wish to succeed should be _________.

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A) aggressive B) possessive C) cooperative D) conventional

37. The damp and cold weather had painfully _________ the patient's rheumatism.

A) activated

B) aggregated

C) aggravated

D) accelerated

38. I utterly ________ your argument. In my opinion, you have distorted the facts.

A) dispute

B) refute

C) confound

D) decline

39. I think you will find that the inconvenience of the diet is _________ by the benefits.

A) outlooked

B) outranked

C) outfought

D) outweighed

40. A good friend is one who will ________ you when you arc in trouble.

A) stand for

B) stand by

C) stand up to

Vocabulary and Structure 3

1. The bus moved slowly in the thick fog. We arrived at our ____ almost two hours later.

A. designation B. destiny

C. destination

D. dignity D) stand over

2. The negotiations which _______ the signing of the treaty took place over a number of years.

A. preceded B. prescribed

C. proceeded D. processed

3. Americans are highly ____ , and therefore may find it difficult to become deeply involved with others.

A. moving B. mobile

C. movable D. motional

4. The Untied States and Canada are lands of ____ except for the Indians, who are the only tree natives.

A. emigrants

B. immigrants

C. dwellers D. inhabitants

5. There was a noisy _____ at the back of the hall when the speaker began his address.

A. interaction B. irritation

C. disturbance D. interruption

6. The patient is not in good condition, so do not ___ _ your visit.

A. lengthen B. delay

C. extend D. prolong

7. Violence is just one of the many problems ____ in city life.

A. abundant B. inherent

C. substantial D. coherent

8. Trees that ____ the view of the oncoming traffic should be cut down.

A. block B. inhibit

C. spoil D. alter

9. He gave his work to his friend to __ ___, because he found it hard to see his own mistakes.

A. adjust

B. compile

C. revise D. verify

10. A considerable amount of time and money has been invested in ____ ___ this system.

A. defining B. implying

C. reducing

D. perfecting

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11. We were frightened by the ________ of the crowd.

A. hospitality B. honesty

C. humanity D. hostility

12. The president’s ___ ____ remarks in his speech met with a lot of attacks from other countries.

A. offensive B. impressive

C. permissive D. expressive

13. This can help to ___ something that the students may not have comprehended.

A. signify B. specify

C. testify D. clarify

14. He passed _______ hours in the library; he acquired information relative to the subject he was going to expound.

A. resulting B. resultative

C. resultful D. resulted

15. The travel agency has a full program of _______, if tourists wish to visit local places of interest.

A. expeditions B. excursions

C. explorations

D. propositions

16. The Barbie doll comes with a whole range of that you can dress her in.

A. outlooks B. outlines

C. outskirts

D. outfits

17. I don't know how to interpret her remark. I think it was deliberately _____ .

A. distinct

B. ambiguous

C. suspicious D. invisible

18. Economic theory would predict that a fall in the price of a commodity would lead to an increase in ______.

A. assumption

B. resumption

C. consumption D. presumption

19. As with a human baby, you must be patient, ______, and understanding of your pet's mistakes.

A. tolerant

B. strict

C. obedient

D. durable

20. To our disappointment, the guide also only has a slight ______ with Italian.

A. recognition B. orientation

C. acquaintance D. familiarity

21. On the first day when a pupil enters school, he is asked to to the school rules.

A. concede B. conform

C. comply D. confront

22. Once the contradiction is grasped, all problems will be readily solved.

A. principle B. principal

C. potential

D. primitive

23. If you want to go to the concert, you'll have to make a , or there will be no tickets.

A. reservation B. punctuality

C. compliment D. clarity

24. I arrive at nine o'clock, teach until twelve thirty and then have a meal; that is my morning .

A. habit B. custom

C. practice D. routine

25. David his company's success to the unity of all the staff and their persevering hard work.

A. attributed

B. contributed

C. acknowledged D. pledged

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26. You've been talking with David all evening when you ought to be with other guests.

A. blending

B. integrating

C. mingling

D. incorporating

27. I asked my mother if I could go out, and she .

A. descended B. contented

C. consented

D. ascended

28. The room is so with furniture—that it is hard to move about.

A. muddled B. cluttered

C. distributed D. scattered

29. Can't you speak more to your parents? 

A. respectably B. respectingly

C. respectively D. respectfully

30. Some good luck brought us nothing but trouble.

A. seemingly B. satisfactorily

C. uniformly

D. universally

31. He his old car for a new one as soon as he had won the prize.

A. replaced

B. converted

C. exchanged D. interchanged

32. He is a very character; he is never relaxed with strangers.

A. self-confident B. self-conscious

C. self-evident D. self-serving

33. You'll find that the community has great changes since you were here last time.

A. submitted B. sustained

C. perceived D. undergone

34. You don't have to yourself. I think you did the right thing putting your mother in a nursing home.

A. justify B. hinder

C. indulge D. appoint

35. If prisoners behave well they are allowed the of visiting their families at the weekend.

A. equality B. security

C. privilege D. prestige

36. Despite his as a trouble-maker, he was promoted to department manger.

A. repetition B. repression

C. reputation D. representation

37. It was obvious that she and her husband were and she wished she'd never married him.

A. insolvable B. insensible

C. inseparable D. incompatible

38. The new law allows you to payment if you think a bill is incorrect.

A. withhold

B. withdraw

C. wither D. withstand

39. It was a real when Susan came back from her vacation and told us she had married a local waiter.

A. comfort B. shock

C. attack D. impact

40. To celebrate the national day, there was a fireworks display. A. specific B. spectacular

C. speculative

D. specialistic

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Vocabulary and Structure 4

1. International sport should create goodwill between the nations, but in the present organization of the Olympics somehow encourages ________patriotism. 

A. obsolete

B. aggressive

C. harmonious

D. amiable 

2. One can understand others much better by noting the immediate and fleeting reactions of their eyes and ________ to expressed thoughts. 

A. dilemmas

B. countenances

C. concessions

D. junctions

3. People innately ________ for superiority over their peers although it sometimes takes the form of an exaggerated lust for power. 

A. strive

B. ascertain

C. justify

D. adhere 

4. Some scientists have suggested that Earth is a kind of zoo or wildlife ________ for intelligent space beings, like the wilderness areas we have set up on earth to allow animals to develop naturally while we observe them. 

A. conservation B. maintenance

C. storage

D. reserve 

5. According to the latest report, consumer confidence ________ a breathtaking 15 points last month, to its lowest level in 9 years. 

A. soared

B. mutated

C. plummeted

D. fluctuated 

6. Melissa is a computer ________ that destroyed files in computers and frustrated thousands of users around the world. 

A. genius

B. virus

C. disease

D. bacteria 

7. The ________ emphasis on examinations is by far the worst form of competition in schools. 

A. negligent

B. edible

C. fabulous

D. disproportionate 

8. The boy seemed more ________ to their poverty after seeing how his grandparents lived. 

A. reconciled

B. consolidated

C. deteriorated

D. attributed 

9. During his two-month stay in China, Tom never ________ a chance to practice his Chinese. 

A. passed on

B. passed up

C. passed by

D. passed out 

10. When a person dies, his debts must be paid before his ________ can be distributed. 

A. paradoxes

B. legacies

C. platitudes

D. analogies 

11. He claims that advertising today tends to portray women in traditional roles such as cooking or taking care of the baby. 

A. depict B. advocate C. criticize D. analyze 

12. They achieved more than they had ever dreamed, lending a magic to their family story that no tale or ordinary life could possibly rival. 

A. confirm B. achieve C. match D. exaggerate  13. The most urgent thing is to find a dump for those toxic industrial wastes. 

A. imminent B. recyclable C. smelly D. poisonous 

14. British Prime Minister Tony Blair promised the electorate that guns would not be fired without an attempt to win a further U.N. sanction. 

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A. allies B. delegates C. voters D. juries 

15. The analysis suggests that the tradeoff between our children's college and our own retirement security is chilling. 

A. frightening B. promising C. freezing D. revealing 16. Their signing of the treaty was regarded as a conspiracy against the British Crown. 

A. secret plan B. bold attack C. clever design D. joint effort

17. Evidence, reference, and footnotes by the thousand testify to a scrupulous researcher who does considerable justice to a full range of different theoretical and political positions. 

A. trustworthy B. intelligent C. diligent D. meticulous 

18. Despite their spartan, isolated lifestyle, there are no stories of women being raped or wanton violence against civilians in the region. 

A. intriguing B. exasperating C. demonstrative D. unprovoked 

19. The gang derived their nickname from their dark clothing and blacked up faces for nocturnal raids in the forest. 

A. illegal B. night-time C. brutal D. abusive 

20. Though sometimes too lazy to work as hard as her sisters, Linda has a more avid fondness for the limelight. 

A. mercurial B. gallant C. ardent D. frugal 

Vocabulary and Structure 5

1. To qualify for such a position, the native would first have to receive specialized training, and this is________.

A) refused

B) discouraged

C) denied

D) forbidden

2. The little girl wore a very thin coat. A sudden gust of cold wind made her________.

A) whirl

B) shift

C) shiver

D) shake

3. Presently, there are nine teachers in my team, who have________ the task of teaching advanced English to more than 500 non-English majors.

A) inclined B) hesitated

C) afforded D) undertaken

4. The press demands that politicians——the sources of their income.

A) betray

B) conceal

C) disclose D) renew

5. Having gone through all kinds of hardships in life, he became a man with a strong _________.

A) philosophy B) idealism

C) morality D) personality

6. One new _________ to learning a foreign language is to study the language in its cultural context.

A) approach B) solution

C) manner D) road

7. To maintain public_________ is not only the policemen's duty but f every citizen's responsibility.

A) custom

B) confidence

C) security

D) simplicity

8. All was dark in the district except for a candle________ through the curtains in one of houses.

A) glimmering B)glittering

C) flaming D) blazing

9. One of the stands_________ and dozens of people were either killer or injured.

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A) destroyed B) collapsed C) corroded D) ruined

10. \"Me, afraid of him?\" he said with a(n) ________ smile, \"Not me!\"

A) contemptible B) amusing

C) contagious D) contemptuous

11. He will simply no listen to anybody; he is________ to argument.

A) impervious

B) imperceptible

C) impassable D) blunt

12. Stop asking all these personal questions! It is bad manners to be __________.

A) inquisitive B) impatient

C) acquisitive D) informative

13. He ________ between life and death for a few days but then he pulled through.

A) hovered B) lurched

C) wavered D) fluctuated

14. We are prepared to satisfy all your________ claim.

A) legitimate B) legible

C) intimate

D) legislative

15. There is not a Greek word which is the exact________ of the English word 'stile'.

A) equivalent B) copy

C) counterpart

D) meaning

16. The prizes will be________ at the end of the school year.

A) distributed B) attributed

C) granted D) contributed

17. During our stay in Paris we were splendidly_______ by the Italian Ambassador.

A) sustained B) maintained

C) retained D) entertained

18. On leaving, we thanked him most warmly for the hospitality_______ to us and our friends.

A) extended B) expanded

C) expended D) awarded

19. If the dispute is not settled in a(n) _______ way soon, the two countries will certainly go to war.

A) amiable

B) amicable

C) inimical

D) unfriendly

20. If I may be so_______ as to advise you, my opinion is that you should not reply to his letter.

A) generous B) humble

C) proud D) bold

21. If you take a(n) ________ course like her you can learn English in less than two years.

A) intensive B) extensive

C) expansive D) retentive

22. After a year's hard work I think I am ________ to a long holiday.

A) entailed

B) deserved

C) entitled D) satisfied

23. Thousands of people ________from Greece every year to work in West Germany.

A) emigrate B) leave

C) abandon

D) immigrate

24. He was a member of the Hillary_______ that conquered Mount Everest.

A) mission

B) invasion

C) experiment D) expedition

25. It was my sad duty to _________ the news of John's death to his family.

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A) submit B) break C) say D) proclaim

26. He________ himself as a war correspondent in Vietnam.

A) discerned B) distinguished

C) discriminated D) extinguished

27. She________ his invitation to dinner as she was on a diet.

A) inclined

B) declined

C) denied

D) disinclined

28. He was ________with attempted robbery and held in custody.

A) accused

B) prosecuted

C) charged

D) arrested

29. What the witness said in court was not ________ with the statement he made to the police.

A) prevalent B) relevant

C) consistent D) coincident

30. Molly has always beep a(n) ________ child; she becomes ill easily.

A) delicate

B) gloomy

C) energetic

D) confident

31. There are some very beautifully ________ glass windows in the church.

A) designed

B) drawn

C) marked

D) stained

32. The man who never tries anything new is a(n)________ on the wheels of progress.

A) obstacle

B) brake

C) break

D) block

33. There is a sale at Hamfridge's next week with_________ in all departments.

A) decreases B) subtractions

C) reductions

D) accounts

34. Doctors have long known that if a patient is ________ that he will recover and is treated with sympathy, his pain will often disappear.

A) assumed B) assured

C) informed

D) proved

35. Although most birds have only a__________ sense of smell, they have acute vision.

A) genuine. B) negative

C) negligible D) condensed

36. We are sorry to say that Mary is not the very person who can be _________with either money or secret information.

A)entrusted

B) committed

C)consigned

D) assigned

37. If you never review your lessons, you will only have yourself to_________ if you fail in your examination.

A) complain

B) blame

C) mistake

D) fault

38. We were four scores left behind with five minutes to go, so the game looked completely _________.

A) irresistible B) irremissible

C) irreplaceable D) irretrievable

39. Had the explosion broken out, the passengers in the plane should have been killed, for it was_______ timed with the plane's take-off.

A) spontaneously B) instantaneously C) simultaneously D) conscientiously 40. The two witnesses who saw the shootings were able to________ who hard fired first.

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A) encounter B) highlight C) testify

D) identify

Vocabulary and Structure 6

1. Tom doesn’t think that the_________ situation here is as good as his hometown' s. A. economics

B. economic

C. economy

D. economical

2. _________the increase in the number of computers in our offices, the amount of paper hat we need has risen as well. A. Along with

B. Altogether

C. Although

D. All along

3. The food was divided ________according to the age and size of the child. A. equally

B. individually

C. sufficiently

D. proportionally

4. Our new firm _________ for a credible, aggressive individual with great skills to fill this position. A. have looked

B. are looking

C. is looking

D. look

5. Plastic bags are useful for holding many kinds of food, _________ their cleanness, toughness and low cost. A. by virtue of

B. in addition to

C. for the sake of

D. as opposed to

6. He __________ himself bitterly for his miserable behavior that evening. A. repealed

B. resented

C. replayed

D. reproached

7. Many of the fads of the 1970s _________as today' s latest fashions. A. are being revived C. are revoked

B. is revised D. is being reviled

8. All of the international delegates attending the conference ________ to bring a souvenir from their own countries. A. has asked

B. is asking

C. were asked

D. was asking

9. Britain hopes of a gold medal in the Olympic Games suffered _________ yesterday, when Hunter failed to qualify during preliminary session. A. a severe set-back C. a severe blown-up

B. sharp set-back D. sharp blown-up

10. If you want to do well on the exam, you_________ on the directions that the professor gives and take exact notes.

A. will have concentrated C. will be concentrated

B. have to concentrate D. will be concentrating

11. What _________about that article in the newspaper was that its writer showed an attitude cool enough, professional enough and, therefore, cruel enough when facing that tragedy. A. worked me out

B. knocked me out

C. brought me up

D. put me forward

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12. Since his injury was serious, the doctor suggested that he _________ in the game. A. did not play

B. must not play

C. not play

D. not to play

13. According to the latest report, consumer confidence__________ a breathtaking 15 points last month, to its lowest level in ten years. A. soared

B. mutated

C. plummeted

D. fluctuated

14. Our car trunk _________with suitcases and we could hardly make room for anything. A. went cramming C. is cramming

B. was crammed D. was been crammed

15. The secretary didn't know who he was, or she ________him more politely. A. will be treating C. was treating

B. would have treated D. would have been treated

16. The instructions on how to use the new machine __________that nobody seemed to be able to understand.

A. were very simplistic C. were so confusing

B. was very confused D. was so simplistic

17. John played basketball in college and __________active ever since. A. have extremely been C. will be extremely

B. has been extremely D. should extremely be

18. The __________of the spring water attracts a lot of visitors from all over the country. A. clash

B. clarify

C. clarity

D. clatter

19. _________ the gift in beautiful green paper, Sarah departed for the party. A. Having wrapped

B. To wrap

C. Wrap

D. Wrapping

20. The advertisement for Super Suds detergent __________that the sale has increased by 25% in the first quarter of the year. A. have been so successful C. has been so successful

B. had been so successful D. will be so successful

21. Tom and Alice ________ having a new car to replace their old one for years. A. has been dreaming of C. has dreamed

B. have been dreaming of D. will have dreamed

22. When the air in a certain space is squeezed to occupy a smaller space, the air is said to be __________ . A. commenced

B. compressed

C. compromised

D. compensated

23. __________the heavy pollution, the city officials have decided to cancel school for the day. A. Prior

B. By means of

C. Due to

D. Through

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24. Our boss is taking everyone to the ballet tonight, and I need to make sure my new dress__________ for the occasion. A. has been cleaned C. is being cleaned

B. should have been cleaned D. has been cleaning

25. Peter's mother kept telling him that _________ in the street is dangerous, but he would not listen. A. played

B. will play

C. playing

D. been playing

26. A knowledge of history ___________us to deal with the vast range of problems confronting the contemporary world. A. equips

B. provides

C. offers

D. satisfies

27. He wouldn’t even think of wearing clothes; __________ they make him look so old! A. same

B. despite

C. such

D. that

28. Mary finally decided _________ all the junk she had kept in the garage. A. get rid

B. gotten rid of

C. getting rid of

D. to get rid of

29. The team leader Of mountain climbers marked out __________. A. that seemed to be the best route C. which seemed to be the best route

B. what seemed to be the best route D. something that to be the best route

30. Tom Jones, who __________around the world, will come to Asia next month. A. will be touring

B. have toured

C. had been touring

D. has been touring

31. The paint on the clown's face __________ that it scared the children he was trying to entertain. A. was so exaggeration C. was such an exaggeration

B. were an exaggeration D. was exaggerating

32. Men often wait longer to get help for medical problems than women, and __________, women live about six years longer than men on an average. A. instead of

B. constantly

C. consequently

D. because

33. The _________ emphasis on exams is by far the worst form of competition in schools. A. negligent

B. edible

C. fabulous

D. disproportionate

34. There is __________ conflicting information on how much iron women need in their diet. A. so much

B. so many

C. too few

D. a few

35. It must guarantee freedom of expression, to the end that all _________ to the flow of ideas shall be removed. A. prophecies

B. transactions

C. arguments

D. hindrances

36. Not until the 1980s ___________ in Beijing start to find ways to preserve historic buildings from destruction.

A. some concerned citizens

B. some concerning citizens

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C. did some concerning citizens

D. did some concerned citizens

37. After failing his mid-term exams, Jeremy was _________ face his parents. A. too ashamed to C. very ashamed of

B. too embarrassing to D. very embarrassing to

38. My grandmother has been going to a better dentist, so this __________ problems she is having with her dentures. A. won' t eliminate

C. should have been eliminated

B. will be elimination D. should help eliminate

39. He told a story about his sister who was in a sad ___________ when she was ill and had no money. A. plight

B. polarization

C. plague

D. pigment

40. During her two-week stay in Beijing, Elizabeth never _________a chrome(chance) to practice her Chinese. A. passed by

B. passed on

C. passed out

D. passed up

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Vocabulary and Structure 7

1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable.

A: reluctantly

B: unwittingly

C. impulsively

D: anxiously

2. In fear for their lives and in ______of their freedom, thousands of enslaved women and children fled to the Northern States on the eve of the American Civil War.

A. Way

B. view

C. vision

D. pursuit

3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in Iraq, t would not have entitled my speech ―the______ problem.‖

A. Instant

B: Inverse

C. Insoluble

D. Intact

4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering.

A. confide

B. ponder

C. dwell

D: reflect

5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an ―impulse ―buy.

A: urge

B. force

C. spur

D. rush.

3. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world.

A. concern

B. magnitude

C. volume

D. carelessness

7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called \"hot\" and later \"swing.\"

A. shortly

B. initially

C. actually

D. literally

8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience.

A. tempo with

B. time with

C. place of

D. proportion to

9. Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant, though, he would never allow his personal feelings to ______ with an assignment.

A. interrupt

B. bother

C. interfere

D. intervene

10. His ______ with computers began six months ago.

A. imagination

B. invocation

C. observation

D. obsession

11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them.

A. vulnerable

B. allergic

C. inclined

D. hostile

12. Some of the words employed by Shakespeare in his works have become______ and are no longer used in the present days.

A. obsolete

B. obscene

C. obvious

D. oblique

13. One of the main ways to stay out of trouble with government agents is to keep a law______ away from those situations wherein you call attention to yourself.

A. manner

B. position

C. profile

D. station

14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success.

A. provisional

B. sensational

C. sentimental

D. potential

15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies.

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A. integral

B. instinctive

C. intangible

D. ingenious

l3. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint.

A. in pace

B. out of focus

C. in step

D. out of tune

17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it.

A. taunts for

B. asks for

C. consists of

D. approves of

l8. Any business needs ordinary insurance______ risks such as fire, flood and breakage.

A. in

B. against

C. raft

D. of

19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______.

A. to and fro

B. upside and down

C. inside and out

D. now and then

20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it.

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21. The day was breaking and people began to go to work so the murderer was unable to _________ of the body.

A. dispense B. dispose

C. discard D. discharge

22. Can you imagine! He offered me 5000 to break my contract. That's__________. Of course I didn't agree. I would take legal action.

A. fraud B. blackmail

C. bribery

D. compensation

23. Her remarks __________a complete disregard for human rights.

A. magnified B. maintained

C. manipulated D. manifested

24. I should be able to finish the task on time, __________you provide me with the necessary guidance.

A. in case B. provided that

C. or else

D. as if

25. The unfortunate death of the genius poet caused __________loss to this country.

A. priceless

B. countless

C. incalculable

D. imaginable

23. Before the disastrous earthquake there was __________chaos.

A. massive B. ominous

C. suspending D. imminent

27. On behalf of my company, I am __________to you and your colleagues for your generous help.

A. subjected

B. inclined

C. available D. obliged

28. The appearance of the used car is__________, it's much newer than it really is.

A. descriptive B. indicative

C. deceptive D. impressive

29. His office is __________to the President's; it usually takes him about three minutes to get there.

A. related B. adhesive

C. adherent D. adjacent

30. The none of students in the class likes the mistress, who is used to being __________of everything they do.

A. emotional

B. optimistic

C. interested

D. critical

31. I didn't know it then, but this disruptive way of reading started with the very first novel I ever picked up. A. harmful B. persistent

C. interruptive D. characteristic

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32. The problem is that the loss of confidence among the soldiers can be highly contagious. A. spreading B. contemptible

C. contented

D. depressing

33. The sales manager was so adamant about her idea that it was out of the question for any one to talk her out of it. A. adaptable B. anxious

C. firm

D. talkative

34. Other non-dominant males were hyperactive; they were much more active than is normal, chasing others and fighting each other.

A. hardly active B. relatively active

C. extremely inactive D. pathologically active

35. While he was not dumber than an ox, he was not any smarter; so most of his classmates were lenient and helped him along. A. helpful

B. merciful

C. enthusiastic

D. intelligent

33. Before the construction of the road, it was prohibitively expensive to transport any furs or fruits across the mountains. A. determinedly

B. incredibly

B. amazingly

D. forbiddingly

37. At dusk, Mr. Hightower would sit in his old armchair in the backyard and wistfully lose in reminiscence of his youth romances.

A. hopefully B. reflectively

C. sympathetically

D. irresistibly

38. The prodigal son spent his money extravagantly and soon after he left home he was reduced to a beggar. A. lavishly B. economically 39. The chimney vomited a cloud of smoke. A. ignited B. immersed

C. emitted

D. hugged

C. thriftily

D. extrovertly

40. The rear section of the brain does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.

A. advanced B. growing

C. front

D. back

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