基本词汇题

1. The lost car of Lee’s was found in the woods off the highway.

A. vanished

B. scattered

C. abandoned

D. rejected

The search for the lost ship must be because of poor weather.

A. released

B. resigned

C. abandoned

D. surrendered

Should the death penalty be ?

A. abolished

B. abandoned

C. eliminated

D. omitted

English in idioms, and so does Chinese.

A. caters

B. exists

C. remains

D. abounds

2. How did it come that you made a lot of mistakes in your homework?

A. about

B. along

C. around

D. by

3. We were obliged to accept it as false in the of other eminence.

A. presence

B. absence

C. missing

D. shortage

4. Ronny’s steps died away, and there was a moment of valence.

A. relative

B. absolute

C. abstract

D. odd

5. He read through the papers and made a(n) of their contents.

A. compression

B. abstract

C. shortage

D. concentration

6. Tibet, the second largest province of China, is in uranium and underground thermal power.

A. wealthy

B. abundant

C. adequate

D. sufficient

You needn’t worry about your lunch. At the party there will be food and drink in.

A. number

B. abundance

C. quantity

D. quality

7. It has been revealed that some government leaders their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.

A. execute

B. take

C. abuse

D. overlook

8. John’s new car can from 10 mph to 60 mph in a few seconds.

A. facilitate

B. hurry

C. improve

D. accelerate

9. My father was born in Germany and still speaks English with a German .

A. pronunciation

B. trace

C. dialect

D. accent

10. Over a third of the population was estimated to have no to the health service.

A. access

B. assignment

C. exception

D. assessment

A/An is a person who is not present at a crime but who helps another in doing something criminal.

A. assessor

B. access

C. acquaintance

D. accessory

11. Breaking Mary’s doll was purely ; John did not mean to do it.

A. accidental

B. inevitable

C. unavoidable

D. natural

I don’t know why he has been given. It wasn’t his accomplishment but his wife’s.

A. acclaim

B. confidence

C. reimbursement

D. robustness

Scholarships are too few to the high-school graduates who deserve a college education.

A. meet

B. accommodate

C. compromise

D. adopt

On his view, Hong Kong has no direct culture identity, local art is thriving by “being” being open to all kinds of art.

A. gratifying

B. predominating

C. excelling

D. accommodating

12. The lecturer his explanation with some tape recordings.

A. conducted

B. accompanied

C. made

D. demonstrated

13. The builders have the difficult piece of work they were paid to do.

A. attained

B. fulfilled

C. reached

D. accomplished

14. What he has done is not in with your instructions.

A. favour

B. step

C. alliance

D. accord

15. In with the new regulations, all tickets must be stamped.

A. combination

B. agreement

C. connection

D. accordance

16. When he revolutionary situation changes, revolutionary tactics must change .

A. accordingly

B. eventually

C. directly

D. immediately

17. Philip did not believe in the of their statements.

A. conciseness

B. accuracy

C. precision

D. creativeness

18. You are not quite when you call a computer an “electronic brain”.

A. concise

B. definite

C. accurate

D. concrete

19. A neighbor may a man of playing his radio too loudly.

A. charge

B. accuse

C. criticize

D. condemn

20. Of course I’m not to associating with society people like you.

A. accustomed

B. bound

C. subjected

D. given

21. His stomach began to because of the bad food he had eaten.

A. pain

B. ache

C. harm

D. upset

22. I with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this new column.

A. express

B. acknowledge

C. confirm

D. verify

Ms. Breen has been living in town for only one year, yet she seems to be with everyone who comes to the store.

A. accepted

B. admitted

C. admired

D. acquainted

23. I had the pleasure of with your husband in the States when he was lecturing there three years ago.

A. knowledge

B. identification

C. acquaintance

D. recognition

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

A. recognition

B. orientation

C. acquaintance

D. familiarity

24. The ability to use a language can be only by the act of using the language.

A. acquired

B. required

C. performed

D. perfected

25. He spent hundreds of hours in the of skill with a rifle.

A. acquaintance

B. familiarity

C. acquisition

D. repetition

26. Michael found it difficult to get his British jokes to American audiences.

A. around

B. on

C. across

D. down

27. This is the piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.

A. original

B. genuine

C. real

D. actual

The shortage of water became more this summer with the highest temperatures in 40 years.

A. needy

B. latent

C. uneasy

D. acute

28. To our delight, she quickly herself to the new situation.

A. acquainted

B. exposed

C. adapted

D. devoted

You must try your best to to the new environment.

A. adopt

B. adapt

C. adjust

D. affect

In spite of the wide range of reading material specially designed or for language learning purpose, there is yet no effective and systematic program for the reading skills.

A. appointed

B. assembled

C. acknowledged

D. adapted

29. Although he had looked through all the reference material on the subject, he still found it hard to understand this point and her explanation only to his confusion.

A. added

B. amounted

C. extended

D. burdened

Despite warnings from his parents and teacher, Stevenson is to computer games.

A. activated

B. adhered

C. addicted

D. appealed

30. He is going to the meeting on the subject of war and peace in a minute.

A. speak

B. talk

C. remark

D. address

31. There was rain and snow last winter. So we have a good harvest this summer.

A. proper

B. plenty

C. adequate

D. excessive

The company will to its agreement, no matter how costly the process may be.

A. retain

B. alter

C. abandon

D. adhere

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

32. My camera can be to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.

A. treated

B. adjusted

C. modified

D. remedied

Last week, the US bishops adopted rules to take priests who minors out of any ministerial activities.

A. administer

B. generate

C. implicate

D. molest

33. We all he achievements he has made in his experiments.

A. advertise

B. confess

C. admire

D. realize

34. We have to that he is a highly competent man.

A. admit

B. realize

C. compromise

D. approve

35. The old couple decided to a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own.

A. adapt

B. cherish

C. receive

D. adopt

If you someone, you feel great admiration and love for them.

A. advocate

B. adjoin

C. adore

D. addict

36. George took of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.

A. advantage

B. change

C. interest

D. charge

37. To take part in a space flight would be an exciting .

A. relaxation

B. pleasure

C. pastime

D. adventure

The influx of large numbers of tourists has influenced social behavior and social values, and caused a certain amount of .

A. attempt

B. overreached

C. defeated

D. adverse

38. He always studies the in the paper as he wants to find a good second-handcar.

A. advertisements

B. columns

C. publications

D. developments

39. It’s that everyone should have a map.

A. advisable

B. preferable

C. inevitable

D. possible

40. As I felt so much better, my doctor me to take a holiday by the sea.

A. proposed

B. agreed

C. approved

D. advised

41. There are not many teachers who are strong of traditional methods in English teaching.

A. sponsors

B. contributors

C. advocates

D. performers

42. We are interested in the weather because it us so directly what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.

A. benefits

B. affects

C. guides

D. relates

43. She had a great for the toxin where she grew up.

A. feeling

B. taste

C. emotion

D. affection

44. I can’t to have a holiday abroad on my salary.

A. spend

B. spare

C. afford

D. stand

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

A. in

B. against

C. on

D. of

The continuous unrest was the nation’s economy.

A. exaggerating

B. aggravating

C. amending

D. fastening

45. Animals can become unusually when they are upset by a sudden environmental changes.

A. vigorous

B. predominant

C. aggressive

D. irritable

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

46. The moment someone broke into the factory, a burglar rang in the police station.

A. alarm

B. warning

C. bell

D. threat

47. The doctor me to the danger of not getting enough sleep.

A. warned

B. advised

C. reminded

D. alerted

48. The twins are so much that it is difficult to tell one from the other.

A. similar

B. same

C. like

D. alike

49. The park was with people doing all sorts of recreational activities.

A. live

B. alive

C. lively

D. vigorous

Though this apparatus is expensive, the patient agreed to use it after the operation because it could the pain.

A. assess

B. alleviate

C. avenge

D. affirm

50. England and France formed a(n) against Germany in the Second World War.

A. union

B. alliance

C. entity

D. solidarity

51. The boy had certainly done wrong, but his father made for his youth.

A. allowances

B. excuses

C. pleas

D. accounts

Many people proposed that a national committee be formed to discuss to existing mass transit systems.

A. substitutes

B. measures

C. duplicates

D. alternatives

Knowing that the cruel criminal has done a lot of unlawful things, I feel sure that I have no but to report him to the local police.

A. time

B.chance

C. authority

D. alternative

I don’t know how to interpret her remark. In think it was deliberately.

A. distinct

B. ambiguous

C. suspicious

D. invisible

His directions confused us; we did not know which of the two toads to take.

A. intricate

B. arbitrary

C. complicated

D. ambiguous

So was the mood of the meeting that an agreement was soon reached.

A. resentful

B. amiable

C. suffocating

D. gloomy

52. The sailor the little boy by telling him an interesting story.

A. teased

B. tickled

C. amazed

D. amused

53. The bright flowers and warm winds that spring had come.

A. threatened

B. announced

C. stated

D. pronounced

Some people believe that “King John” was written by Shakespeare, but some think it might be written by an ( ) author.

A. delivered

B. anonymous

C. antique

D. ambiguous

54. People that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today.

A. convinced

B. anticipated

C. resolved

D. assured

When Ph. D candidates their impending professorships, they consider housing benefits offered by the prospective universities.

A. anticipate

B. assume

C. apply

D. demand

55. I’m to get the tickets for the show today, as there are hardly any left.

A. worried

B. curious

C. anxious

D. interested

56. Sometimes the machine will go wrong without any cause.

A. actual

B. apparent

C. natural

D. excusable

57. Police have to the public to come forward with any information which might help them in their inquiries.

A. urged

B. claimed

C. called

D. appealed

In the early 20th century, at the advent of the telephone, it was considered a superfluous instrument which would never be of practical use in the average household.

A. appearance

B. popularity

C. dominance

D. consolidation

58. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical .

A. facilities

B. appliances

C. instruments

D. equipment

59. Yesterday’s solutions are not always to today’s problems.

A. favorable

B. complementary

C. supplementary

D. applicable

60. Scientific discoveries are often to industrial production methods.

A. introduced

B. practiced

C. applied

D. adopted

61. He Donald McHenry as ambassador to the United States.

A. assigned

B. appointed

C. made

D. proposed

The great American scientist Edison had a remarkable for inventing new things.

A. requirement

B. aptitude

C. obligation

D. vulnerability

62. Despite all the heated they had, they remained the best of friends throughout their lives.

A. viewpoints

B. standpoints

C. differences

D. arguments

63. Myra, in her efficient way, for Mrs. Morrison to come and light the fire and give her old mother breakfast every day.

A. arranged

B. made

C. let

D. invited

You must yourself, or they will continue to bully you, so you will go on living in disgrace.

A. promote

B. strengthen

C. assert

D. assess

It is too early to the effect of the new measure.

A. administer

B. assess

C. elevate

D. contribute

The nurse the doctor in the operation room.

A. insisted

B. resisted

C. assisted

D. persisted

64. A healthy life is frequently thought to be with the open countryside and homegrown food.

A. tied

B. associated

C. bound

D. involved

The scientist decided he didn’t want to be with the project, and left.

A. reconciled

B. associated

C. negotiated

D. accommodated

65. Scientists that there is no animal life on Mars.

A. assume

B. resume

C. consume

D. presume

President Clinton power when the US economy was slow.

A. presumed

B. consumed

C. resumed

D. assumed

66. The patient has been of the safety of the operation.

A. assured

B. guaranteed

C. entrusted

D. confirmed

67. Your failure in the final examination is due to the fact that you didn’t enough importance to your English.

A. put

B. attach

C. render

D. place

Since Japan importance to education and technological innovation, its economy has developed at a high speed.

A. relates

B. applies

C. attaches

D. connects

The Great Wall is a great tourist , drawing millions of visitors from all parts of the world every year.

A. attention

B. appointment

C. attraction

D. interest

Among the lowest of the judicial ranks, justices of the peace nevertheless frequently exercise jurisdiction over a variety of misdemeanors.

A. guidance

B. sovereignty

C. authority

D. suzerainty

I was by the count to repossess this property.

A. approved

B. rectified

C. authorized

D. endowed

It is the first of several agreements that United States hopes to reach as it attempts to reduce, labor costs by $5.8 billion and bankruptcy.

A. dispel

B. revert

C. transfer

D. avert

The travelers were into silence by the Slight of a distant mountain.

A. enlivened

B. awed

C. forced

D. frightened

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

68. The shy girl felt and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher’s questions.

A. awkward

B. amazed

C. curious

D. amused

A of soap and two brightly colored towels were left beside the bath, the women smiled politely at Nicole and withdrew carefully from the room.

A. loaf

B. bar

C. stick

D. block

Research should continue on controlled nuclear fusion, but no energy program should be premised on its existence until it has proved practical.

A. focused

B. concentrated

C. agreed

D. based

69. The kindly of the old man caused all the children to like him.

A. gesture

B. bearing

C. approach

D. posture

In charge of an army of seven-thousand men, he the oriental city for nine months and finally defeated it.

A. intruded

B. haunted

C. besieged

D. possessed

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

The two delegates had an in-depth exchange of views on how to enhance their cooperation.

A. ethical

B. bilateral

C. mandatory

D. subsidiary

The local authorities seemed to for the accident taking place last week.

A. share

B. take

C. criticize

D. blame

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

A. block

B. inhibit

C. spoil

D. alter

The coming of automations is to have important social consequences.

A. like

B. frightful

C. bound

D. compelled

In the past few years, the little land-bound country had been mercilessly by financial crises.

A. deviated

B. expedited

C. decimated

D. buffeted

The earthquake happened in South Xinjiang on Feb. 24. This killed 266 people.

A. causality

B. collapse

C. calamity

D. crater

70. Hos advertisement is to attract much attention.

A. assigned

B. calculated

C. defined

D. contributed

71. Our company decided to the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met.

A. delay

B. resist

C. violate

D. cancel

72. We must admit that the young man is highly in teaching English.

A. keen

B. capable

C. able

D. competent

There are different of books in a library.

A. species

B. biographies

C. categories

D. catastrophes

I had to take a step, even though I understand that that step was in the direction of rather than success.

A. prestige

B. coefficient

C. catastrophe

D. compliment

In the last few minutes the conversation has become seemingly as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself.

A. crucial

B. central

C. casual

D. causal

This is a market in which enterprising businesses for the demands of teenagers and older youths in all their rock mania and pop-art forms.

A. cater

B. entitle

C. appeal

D. subject

It is important that novelists meet the demands of the people in general, but they should not to vulgar

and unhealthy taste of some people.

A. comply

B. entertain

C. provide

D. cater

The veteran worker me not to inspect the machine tool without first turning off power.

A. reminded

B. suggested

C. intimidated

D. cautioned

73. My brother is a motorist; he never does any dangerous driving.

A. reckless

B. conscientious

C. timid

D. cautious

It’s a(n) that our team will win the game this time, for we have confidence as well as the ability.

A. confirmation

B. affirmation

C. assessment

D. certainly

This diploma is important, which that you have completed high school.

A. amplifies

B. certifies

C. clarifies

D. magnifies

74. Apart from blue eyes, blonde hair is also of Swedish people.

A. specific

B. characteristic

C. peculiar

D. particular

75. The camel is by the humps on its back and an ability to go without water for days at a time.

A. described

B. characterized

C. symbolized

D. personified

76. With all its defects the little play has a real ; it attracts a lot of people every day.

A. quality

B. charm

C. theme

D. exposition

It is agreed that all nations should take measures against terrorism on the basis of the UN and other international laws.

A. Charter

B. Constitution

C. Concordance

D. Custody

In his to further knowledge of the universe, man has now begun to explore space.

A. attempt

B. expedition

C. trail

D. chase

Even 30 years later, he still the memory of his happy and care-free childhood spent in that small wooden house with his grandparents.

A. reminded

B. memorized

C. cherished

D. fancied

She felt a bit in the autumn air so she went in to fetch a coat.

A. chilly

B. fresh

C. shivering

D. cool

Millions of people in the United States suffer from back pain that comes from sitting too long at a desk.

A. chronic

B. casual

C. catastrophic

D. elastic

77. Don’t judge a crime until you know all the .

A. circumstances

B. situations

C. conditions

D. surroundings

In no should you do this without help and advice from your doctor—restricting the diet of small children can be very dangerous.

A. perspectives

B. restrictions

C. circumstances

D. consequences

78. The minister the latest crime figures as proof of the need for more police.

A. cited

B. offered

C. illustrated

D. depicted

She the high unemployment figures as evidence of the failure of the government policy.

A. cited

B. recited

C. listed

D. lifted

79. Although it was written over one hundred years ago, it is still the history text in many schools.

A. typical

B. customary

C. practical

D. classic

80. Children in school are into grades, according to how much they know.

A. clarified

B. classified

C. identified

D. sorted

In order to get the business done, he tried to his evil intentions with apparent friendliness.

A. cloak

B. protect

C. devise

D. fix

Many skiers around the fire and drink hot chocolate in the evenings.

A. pad

B. pack

C. squeeze

D. cluster

He became aware that he had lost his audience since he had not been able to talk around a topic. A. coherently B. initiatively C. flexibly D. pointedly

It is fortunate for the old couple that their son’s career goals and their wishes for him .

A. coincide

B. comply

C. conform

D. collaborate

It is unfortunate that the members of the committee do not in opinion.

A. coincide

B. conform

C. comply

D. collaborate

It is no that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.

A. coincidence

B. inspiration

C. correspondence

D. intuition

Mary once with another musician to compose a piece of music.

A. merged

B. collaborated

C. coincided

D. constituted

Two trucks were reported to have head-on yesterday.

A. bumped

B. crashed

C. collided

D. struck

81. People with radical ideas may find themselves in with the forces of the law.

A. collision

B. contrast

C. opposition

D. comparison

82. By working hard he acquired an extraordinary of the English language.

A. proficiency

B. efficiency

C. effectiveness

D. command

83. The Prime Minister refused to on the rumour that he had planned to resign.

A. comment

B. explain

C. tell

D. talk

84. A violent crime was every 32 seconds in this city last year.

A. conducted

B. performed

C. committed

D. executed

85. Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings with one another.

A. associate

B. communicate

C. exchange

D. correspond

The kitchen was small and so that the disabled woman could reach everything without difficulty.

A. complete

B. complex

C. composite

D. compact

86. He had always considered her an ideal for his brother.

A. company

B. accompaniment

C. companion

D. companionship

Haven’t I told you I don’t want you keeping with those awful riding-about bicycle boys?

A. company

B. acquaintance

C. friends

D. place

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

It goes without saying that people who refuse to with the law will be punished.

A. conceal

B. consent

C. abide

D. comply

87. The engine has more than 300 , made of a number of different materials.

A. portions

B. ingredients

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D. shares

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

88. It is impossible to the story of the First World War into a few pages.

A. compress

B. concentrate

C. diminish

D. minimize

89. Workers and peasants 80 to 90 percent of China’s population. Peasants constitute over 80% of the Chinese population.

A. consist

B. comprise

C. make

D. account

90. We should settle our differences by , not by war.

A. persuasion

B. compromise

C. effort

D. firmness

91. Without sufficient evidence, I had to that his statement was true.

A. concede

B. conceive

C. consider

D. contend

92. The speech which Mr. London made the project has bothered me greatly.

A. judging

B. concerning

C. viewing

D. considering

93. The firm’s promise to increase our pay was a reluctant to union demands, because the union would otherwise not go back to work.

A. response

B. reply

C. reaction

D. concession

94. From his appearance we may safely that he is a heavy smoker.

A. conduct

B. conclude

C. condense

D. expect

95. I have come to the that it would be unwise to accept his proposal.

A. point

B. understanding

C. theory

D. conclusion

96. He his essay from 3000 to 1500 words.

A. combined

B. condensed

C. concentrated

D. deleted

97. Whether right or wrong, he has some new ideas about how the lesson should be .

A. conducted

B. deducted

C. concluded

D. deduced

98. He taking part in a plot to free the prisoner.

A. confessed

B. claimed

C. confined

D. recognized

99. We tried to our conversation to arguments relevant to the topic.

A. confirm

B. confine

C. restrain

D. determine

100. I don’t know whether what she said is true, but I’ll try to it.

A. confine

B. conform

C. testify

D. confirm

101. She suffered from a of feeling about her career.

A. confrontation

B. difference

C. pain

D. conflict

102. When with the evidence of his guilt, he confessed at once.

A. brought

B. encountered

C. confronted

D. exposed

103. His unexpected arrival threw everything into .

A. mess

B. anarchy

C. confusion

D. panic

104. She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her to Scotland.

A. place

B. seat

C. connection/connexion

D. change

105. The trouble is that he is not of what his fellow workers think of him.

A. confident

B. conscious

C. conscientious

D. worthy

106. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents’.

A. command

B. conviction

C. consent

D. compromise

107. Any government that refuses to meet the needs of its people must be prepared to accept the . A. results B. outcome C. consequences D. endings

108. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully .

A. admitted

B. acknowledged

C. absorbed

D. considered

109. The atmosphere of certain gases mixed together in definite proportions.

A. composes

B. comprises

C. consists

D. constitutes

110. What a person says or does today agrees with what he said or did yesterday.

A. harmonious

B. consistent

C. constant

D. sensible

111. It is important in scientific experiments that the chemicals should be kept at a(n) temperature of

40 degrees.

A. constant

B. equal

C. same

D. definite

112. Our journey was very slow because the train stopped at different villages.

A. continually

B. continuously

C. gradually

D. unceasingly

113. In the last few minutes the conversation has become seemingly as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself.

A. crucial

B. central

C. casual

D. causal

114. There are different of books in library.

A. species

B. biographies

C. categories

D. catastrophes

115. I had to take a step, even though I understand that that step was in the direction of rather than success.

A. prestige

B. coefficient

C. catastrophe

D. compliment

116. He spoke so rapidly that I didn’t the meaning of what he said.

A. capture

B. seize

C. catch

D. receive

117. Helen groups all people into two : those she likes and those she dislikes.

A. hierarchy

B. catalogues

C. categories

D. species

118. There is a market in which enterprising businesses for the demands of teenagers and older youths in all their rock mania and pop-art forms.

A. cater

B. entitle

C. appeal

D. subject

119. It is important that novelists meet the demands of the people in general, but they should not to vulgar and unhealthy taste of some people.

A. comply

B. entertain

C. provide

D. cater

120. We can’t get ri d of war unless we get rid of the of war.

A. reasons

B. implications

C. causes

D. course

121.The veteran workers me not to inspect the machine tool without first turning off power.

A. reminded

B. suggested

C. intimidated

D. cautioned

122. Since we are good friends, you needn’t stand on with us.

A. politeness

B. ceremony

C. courtesy

D. manners

123. It is a(n) that our team will win the game this time, for we have confidence as well as the ability.

A. confirmation

B. affirmation

C. assessment

D. certainty

124. This diploma is important, which that you have completed high school.

A. amplifies

B. certifies

C. clarifies

D. magnifies

125. In early times an armed contest was sometimes initiated by a(n) to fight and decide the issue. A. challenge B. call C. appeal D. cheer

126. We will take a(n) on the weather and have the party outdoors.

A. opportunity

B. luck

C.chance

D. reliance

127. The members of the club a plane to take them on holiday to France.

A. bought

B. chartered

C. leased

D. borrowed

128. It is agreed that all nations should take measures against terrorism on the basis of the UN and other international laws.

A. Charter

B. Constitution

C. Concordance

D. Custody

129. In this to further knowledge of the universe, man has now begun to explore space.

A. attempt

B. expedition

C. trail

D. chase

130. The two friends sat in a corner and away to each other about the weather.

A. talked

B. chatted

C. muttered

D. whispered

131. The boy his friend out of the apple by insisting that it was rotten, if not poisonous.

A. frightened

B. forced

C. cheated

D. deceived

132. Even 300 years later, he still the memory of his happy and care-free childhood spent in that small wooden house with his grandparents.

A. reminded

B. memorized

C. cherished

D. fancied

133. She felt a bit in the autumn air so she went in to fetch a coat.

A. chilly

B. fresh

C. shivering

D. cool

134. Millions of people in the United States suffer from back pain that comes from sitting too long at a desk.

A. chronic

B. casual

C. catastrophic

D. elastic

135. In no should you do this without help and advice from your doctor—restricting the diet of small children can be very dangerous.

A. perspectives

B. restrictions

C. circumstances

D. consequences

136. She the high unemployment figures as evidence of the failure of the government policy.

A. cited

B. recited

C. listed

D. lifted

137. In order to get the business done, he tried to his evil intentions with apparent friendliness. A. cloak B. protect C. devise D. fix

138. Many skiers around the fire and drink hot chocolate in the evenings.

A. pad

B. pack

C. squeeze

D. cluster

139. He became aware that he had lost his audience since he had not been able to talk around one topic.

A. coherently

B. initiatively

C. flexibly

D. pointedly

140. It is fortunate for the old couple that their son’s career goals and their wishes for h im .

A. coincide

B. comply

C. conform

D. collaborate

141. It is unfortunate that the members of the committee do not in opinion.

A. coincide

B. conform

C. comply

D. collaborate

142. It is no that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.

A.coincidence

B. inspiration

C. correspondence

D. intuition

143. Mary once with another musician to compose a piece of music.

A. merged

B. collaborated

C. coincided

D. constituted

144. Two trucks were reported to have head-on yesterday.

A. bumped

B. crashed

C. collided

D. struck

145. The kitchen was small and so that the disabled woman could reach everything without difficulty.

A. complete

B. complex

C. composite

D. compact

146. Haven’t I told you I don’t want you keeping with those awful riding-about bicycle boys? A. company B. acquaintance C. friends D. place

147. Researchers at Children’s Hospita l 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

148. It goes without saying that people who refuse to with the law will be published.

A. conceal

B. consent

C. abide

D. comply

149. 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

150. An enlarged prostate may the bladder and pinch off the urethra, causing pain and difficulty with urination.

A. collaborate

B. compress

C. bother

D. boil

151. Tommy could hardly his excitement as he knew that he had made a real discovery.

A. conceal

B. reveal

C. show

D. discover

152. Since neither side was ready to what was necessary for peace, hostility was resumed in 1980. A. precede B. recede C. concede D. intercede

153. The new secretary has written a remarkably report within a few hundred words but with all the important details included.

A. concise

B. precise

C. brisk

D. elaborate

154. The destruction of rainforests has been as a disaster for the environment.

A. blamed

B. declared

C. condemned

D. appealed

155. I was most favorably struck by the assurance with which the boy answered all my questions.

A. insurance

B. confidence

C. reluctance

D. independence

156. Now, don’t tell anyone else what I have just told you. Remember, it’s.

A. controversial

B. secretive

C. confidential

D. sacred

157. During an international crisis, many messages will generally emanate from the president’s off ice.

A. confidential

B. abstruse

C. appalling

D. compelling

158. New data has that the damage to the ozone layer is not confined to the southern hemisphere.

A. ratified

B. confirmed

C. assured

D. approved

159. The teache r’s behavior and the student’s response what many people have said about language learning.

A. confine

B. conform

C. consent

D. confirm

160. The news you told me other day has yet to be .

A. affirmed

B. informed

C. conformed

D. confirmed

161. 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

162. In many societies, the person who fails to to conventional behavior is likely to be avoided by others.

A. concede

B. conform

C. confine

D. confer

163. I have to say this, but this coat you have just bought is made of fur, it is not real mink.

A. coarse

B. genuine

C. slippery

D. conscientiously

164. The attempt and offer to carry out cloning experiment on human being is blameworthy and can hardly find any among the public not only in our country but also in most of the countries in the world. A. conscience B. consensus C. sensation D. discord

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

A. descended

B. contented

C. consented

D. ascended

166. Diana made a lot of effort to persuade her parents into to her going to the United States to study business administration in MIT.

A. contending

B. contesting

C. contenting

D. consenting

167. Although Asian countries are generally more in social customs than western countries, there have several notable examples of women leaders in both China and India.

A. comprehensible

B. conspicuous

C. conservative

D. conscientious

168. It is our policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful means.

A.consistent

B. considerate

C. certain

D. decisive

169. The discrepancy in the company accounts is so that o auditor could have failed to notice it.

A. spontaneous

B. conspicuous

C. notorious

D. superfluous

170. You were by your absence yesterday.

A. merciful

B. conscientious

C. conspicuous

D. impartial

171. He didn’t notice me in the crowd, but he spotted my sister who was because of her red hair.

A. conscious

B. conspicuous

C. dim

D. conscientious

172. According to the recent census, under-18s nearly 95% of the single children in Chinese families.

A. compose

B. institute

C. prescribe

D. constitute

173. Abortion in Britain is a highly matter: some are strongly for it, some are bitterly against it.

A. different

B. preferable

C. controversial

D. troublesome

174. A fierce was under way over the question of self-government for this small Pacific island.

A. struggle

B. controversy

C. discussion

D. difference

175. After several nuclear disasters, a has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.

A. quarrel

B. suspicion

C. verdict

D.controversy

176. The of electrical energy into thermal energy is a process that is easily carried out at 100% efficiency.

A. conversion

B. convention

C. conversation

D. version

177. These pollutants can be hundreds and even thousands of kilometers by large air masses.

A. contained

B. conveyed

C. contaminated

D. conserved

178. Another argument with his boss him that he should find a new job.

A. realized

B. reminded

C. convinced

D. confirmed

179. A swim-learner must first learn how to the movements of his limbs before he can swim properly.

A. regulate

B. coordinate

C. conduct

D. direct

180. When a system is unjust to the abolition, not reform, is what respect for justice demands.

A. end

B. excess

C.core

D. bottom

181. Chemistry is closely with other studies: physics, biology and so on.

A. corresponded

B. concerned

C. correlated

D. cooperated

182. It is not enough to observe behaviors and them with physiological events that occur at the same time.

A. correlated

B. comply

C. correspond

D. pertain

183. The witness’s account closely to the policeman’s observations.

A. responded

B. corresponded

C. agreed

D. consented

184. Being a manager of a large corporation, he has a great deal of to deal with every day.

A. correspondents

B. correspondence

C. incidence

D. dependence

185. The mother her daughter on how to behave at the ball.

A. warned

B. counseled

C. reproved

D. congratulated

186. Proper clothes for much in business. That’s why you see mos t business people dress formally.

A. count

B. account

C. allow

D. care

187. My employer my request for more money by threatening to dismiss me.

A. objected

B. countered

C. refused

D. rejected

188. In the of their investigation they made a discovery that helped to solve a six-year-old mystery.

A. light

B. course

C. face

D. event

189. The Committee pronounced four members expelled for failure to provide information in the of investigations.

A. case

B. chase

C. cause

D. course

190. The glass will if you pour boiling water on it.

A. split

B. crash

C. crack

D. spoil

191. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent to the ground.

A. crashing

B. dropping

C. falling

D. flying

192. I don’t like football, but some people are about it, which is beyond my comprehension.

A. fond

B. anxious

C. crazy

D. curious

193. Some studies indicate that young children stop being as soon as they reach school age because the classroom is a place where facts rather than imagination predominate.

A. productive

B. creative

C. curious

D. doubtful

194. Giorgio, now fifteen, and Lucia, also in her teens, were reaching the of their adolescence.

A.crisis

B. criterion

C. causality

D. credibility

195. John did not h ave to write the composition if he didn’t want to. It was .

A. imperative

B. optional

C. critical

D. unnecessary

196. 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

197. I can’t understand how he can feel that his colleagues ar e always ready to denounce him.

A. compliment

B. criticize

C. flatter

D. challenge

198. The decision was made at the moment when the country’s fate was at stake.

A. optimum

B. opportune

C. crucial

D. reckless

199. The question in this case is whether the accused had a motive for this crime or not.

A. crucial

B. forcible

C. supreme

D. valuable

200. The liner is making a round-the-world this year. All the passengers are making the voyage for pleasure.

A. voyage

B. cruise

C. journey

D. excursion

201. The few remaining pockets of resistance were finally into submission by the ruthless methods of the conquering army.

A. crashed

B. crushed

C. smashed

D. defeated

202. When there were guests in the house the deaf and dumb boy took this from his parents so that he knew how to behave.

A. instruction

B. advice

C. cue

D. clue

203. David is the holder of the world 5000-meter race world record, but these is no guarantee that he will win in the Olympic Games.

A. prevalent

B. dominant

C. current

D. prominent

204. Congress was then in session, and a fierce was going on over ratification of the treaty.

A. debate

B. discussion

C. quarrel

D. contention

205. They issued a to the effect that the covenant (违反契约的诉讼) would not have any place in the treaty.

A. declaration

B. certification

C. proposal

D. pronunciation

206. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, to discuss the implication of that conclusion.

A. receded

B. implied

C. complied

D. declined

207. Because of a recent obstacle in production, sales have dropped and accordingly profits have .

A. declined

B. increased

C. broken

D. maintained

208. If somebody is , he is given a medal or other honor as an official reward for what he has done.

A. confirmed 证实，确定

B. decorated授予

C. appreciated 感激

D. nominated 提名，任命209. I am not sure whether I can gain any profit from the investigation, so I can’t make a(n)promise to help you.

A.definite

B. exact

C. sure

D. prompt

210. The local residents were unhappy about the curfew in this region and decided to it.

A. disgrace

B. disguise

C. defy

D. distress

211. Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be controlled and modified.

A. deliberately

B. consequently

C. originally

D. absolutely

212. It was their decision to leave their country, and as a result, they lost their citizenship.

A. compulsory

B. deliberate

C. carefree

D. modest

213. A plan needs to be considered and accepted so as to lower the prices in these cities.

A. deliberate

B. disincentive

C. functional

D. fantastic

214. The car salesman took the customer for a drive in the new model in order to its improved features.

A. exhibit

B. reveal

C. demonstrate

D. indicate

215. When he was asked about the missing camera, the boy ever seeing it.

A. refused

B. denied

C. opposed

D. pretended

216. Because of the bombing that killed six people, Washington has been urging the spokesman to ( ) terrorism more severely.

A. charge

B. censor

C. blame

D. denounce

217. Some teenagers harbor a generalized resentment against society, which them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.

A. deprives

B. restricts

C. rejects

D. denies

218. Despite technical progress, food production is still completely on weather.

A. reliable

B. dependable

C. dependent

D. inseparable

219. 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

220. Baroque bas been the term used by art historian for almost a century to the dominant style of the period 1600~1750.

A. determine

B. designate

C. devise

D. depict

221. Allen will soon find out that real life is seldom as simple as it is in commercials.

A. permeated

B. alleged

C. depicted

D. drafted

222. When the headmaster is away the headmaster looks after the school for him.

A. junior

B.deputy

C. authoritative

D. dignified

223. I seem to have reached a rather gloomy conclusion, but I think that something cheerful may still be ( ) from it.

A. derived

B. extracted

C. abstracted

D. adapted

224. Advanced mammals such as monkeys, apes and humans have brains from ancestors that took to living in the trees.

A. derived

B. progressed

C. terminated

D. advanced

225. I want to talk about all these points in order of importance. 逐降、递降

A. declining

B. descending

C. plunging

D. falling

226. They are taught by their superior that a soldier who his post in time of war is to be shot.

A. deserts

B. deflects

C. detains

D. threw

227. The school has been as the meeting place for the evening art club.

A.designed

B. designated

C. diverted

D. diagnosed

228. If you call the 911 emergency number, they will firemen, policemen, and paramedics immediately.

A. assign

B. detach

C. attach

D. dispatch

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

A. designation

B. destiny

C. destination

D. dignity

230. He was to take over the duties and responsibilities of his father from an early age.

A. deduced

B. damped

C. diminished

D.destined

231. Young people are particularly interested in films describing stories in which policemen are trying to identify wrong-doers.

A. detective

B. instructive

C. legendary

D. historical

232. My grandmother has been ill for two months, so her health has .

A.deteriorated

B. diminished

C. dwindled

D. lessened

233. Smuggling is a activity which might bring destruction to our economy, therefore, it must be banned.

A. pertinent

B. fruitful

C.detrimental

D. casual

234. The Coriolis force causes all moving projectiles on Earth to be from a straight line.

A. distracted

B. deviated

C. intrigued

D. permeated

235. The of the occasion was spoiled when she fell down the steps.

A. privacy

B. dignity

C. morality

D. secrecy

236. What is becoming increasingly obvious is that the Internet is demand for off-the-shelf media. A. diluting B. collaborating C. expelling D. inflecting

237. My supply of confidence slowly as the deadline approached.

A. withdrew

B. eliminated

C. exterminated

D. diminished

238. Since the energy crisis, these big cars have become a real liability. They cost too much to run.

A. lack of reliability

B. substitute

C. costly means of transport

D. disadvantage

239. Although she was still ill, she herself from the hospital.

A. extracted

B. discharged

C. injected

D. drained

240. Mary hopes to be from hospital next week.

A. expelled

B. resigned

C. dismissed

D. discharged

241. It was suggested that all government ministers should information on their financial interests.

A. tell

B. disclose

C. discover

D. uncover

242. These are some between their two descriptions; we are puzzled which we should believe.

A. discrepancies

B. distractions

C. diversions

D. discretion

243. It is often difficult to between a mere exaggeration and a deliberately.

A. disguise

B. cultivate

C. originate

D. discriminate

244. The Chinese world diving champion was from the national team, which news has been front-page report in the country for several days.

A. displayed

B. dispersed

C. disarmed

D. dismissed

245. 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

246. When we got to the scene of incident, we found that the police were firing shots and using teargas to ( ) the crowd that had gathered around the building.

A. dispose

B. dislocate

C. disintegrate

D. disperse

247. According to the law of that country, the Parliament will have to be before the General Election.

A. decomposed

B. dispersed

C. dissolved

D. disintegrated

248. Colour-blind people often find it difficult to between blue and green.

A. separate

B. compare

C. distinguish

D. contrast

249. In ancient Egyptian paintings, royal figures were differentiated by making them several times larger than others.

A. distinguished

B. estranged

C. deferred

D. enlarged

250. I didn’t say anything like that at all. You are purposely my ideas to prove your point.

A. revising

B. contradicting

C. distorting

D. distracting

251. As we have seen, propaganda can appeal to us by arousing our emotions or our attention from the real issues at hand.

A. retaining

B. sustaining

C. distracting

D. obscuring

252. However, at times this balance in nature is , resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.

A. troubled

B. confused

C. disturbed

D. puzzled

253. There was a noisy at the back of the hall when the speaker began his address.

A. interaction

B. irritation

C. disturbance

D. interruption

254. The shuttle explored in the air suddenly and broke into at once.

A. diversity

B. fragments

C. doctrine

D. drought

255. People were surprised to find that Mr. Johnson had the ability to everything he was involved in.

A. prevail

B. dominate

C. preside

D. instruct

256. His desire to other people has caused trouble in his family.

A. please

B. dominate

C. force

D. urge

257. I that you and Jim and Bill have all finished this work.

A. doubt

B. show

C. display

D. suspect

258. Tim is dubious about diet pills which advertise quick weight loss.

A. anxious

B. pessimistic

C. doubtful

D. ignorant

259. No body yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will down the economy.

A. put

B. settle

C. drag

D. knock

260. The government decided to take a action to strengthen the market management.

A. diverse

B. durable

C. epidemic

D. drastic

261. I couldn’t sleep last night because the tap in the bathroom was.

A. spilling

B. dripping

C. draining

D. dropping

262. The terrible noise is me mad.

A. turning

B. setting

C. driving

D. putting

263. In the airport, I could hear nothing except the roar of aircraft engines which all other sounds.

A. dwarfed

B. diminished

C. drowned

D. devastated

264. The United States court system is characterized by hierarchies: there are both state and federal courts.

A. double

B. complex

C. simple

D. dual

265. Since most doctors are about effectiveness of the new medicine, they seldom recommend it to their patients.

A. anxious

B. dubious

C. cynical

D. innocent

266. His production techniques are elaborate and near legendary, but even if they could be , it wouldn’t be the same for any other people.

A. resembled

B. approximated

C. duplicated

D. undertaken

267. Tom doesn’t think that the situation here is as good as his hometown’s.

A. economics

B.economic

C. economy

D. economical

268. You can do it if you want to, but in my opinion it’s not worth the it involves.

A. force

B. trail

C. attempt

D. effort

269. The lady dressed in the latest Paris fashion is in her appearance and rude in her speech.

A. elaborate

B. excessive

C. elegant

D. exaggerated

270. She once again went through her composition carefully to all spelling mistakes from it.

A. eliminate

B. withdraw

C. diminish

D. delete

271. It is rather that we still do not know how many species there are in the world today.

A. misleading

B. bewildering

C. boring

D. embarrassing

272. The brutal bombing by the U.S. and its NA TO allies of the Chinese in Belgrade evoked great indignation of all China.

A. Embassy

B. Commission

C. Consulate

D. Corps

273. Religious freedom and democratic choice were strongly again at this international human rights conference.

A. embedded

B. asserted

C. sequenced

D. impressed

274. Horseback riding both the skill of handing a horse and the mastery of diverse riding styles.

A. embraces

B. encourages

C. exaggerates

D. elaborate

275. Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to it. A. maintain B. endure C. persist D. sustain

276. My students found the book : it provided them with an abundance of information on the subject.

A. enlightening

B. confusing

C. distracting

D. amusing

277. We must that the experiment is controlled as rigidly (严厉地) as possible.

A. assure

B. secure

C. ensure

D. issue

278. It is true that Matviyenko’s heading of the campaign would certain staffing shuffles in the leadership, and now only a few members of the company were in the know.

A. concur

B. convoke

C. entail

D. alternate

279. We have many holidays from the end of March till the beginning of April. They are the best day for .

A. blade

B. coincidence

C. balcony

D. entertainment

280. The republication of the poet’s most recent works ill certainly his national reputation.

A. magnify

B. strengthen

C. enlarge

D. enhance

281. The little boy asking for ‘more’ is one of the most famous in Dickens’s Oliver Twist.

A.episodes

B. adventures

C. plots

D. stories

282. He knows so much about the stars that I am sure it would be impossible to find his .

A. rival

B. equal

C. partner

D. equivalent

283. A knowledge of history us to deal with the vast range of problems confronting the contemporary (当代的，现代的) world.

A. equips

B. provides

C. offers

D. satisfies

284. All the rooms on the second floor have nicely carpets, which are included in the price of the house.

A. suited

B. fitted

C. adapted

D. equipped

285. The State’s Department of Commerce in the U.S. is to our Bureau of Economic Development.

A. alike

B.equivalent

C. same

D. approximate

286. Turning cultivated land back into forests or pasture is a fundamental way to stem soil and desertification in the long run.

A. erosion

B. depletion

C. violation

D. delusion

287. While we plan our railway buildings with a life span of 100years, we also know that a quake measuring over seven on the Richter scale might once in 120 years, though we never expected it to happen so soon.

A. appear

B. develop

C. erupt

D. emerge

288. 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

289. In his will he left a(n) of over one million dollars to be divided among his children.

A. inheritance

B. abundance

C. wealth

D. estate

290. Before he started work, I asked the builder to give me an of the cost of repairing the roof.

A. assessment

B. announcement

C. estimate

D. evaluation

291. Because a circle has no beginning or end, the wedding ring is a symbol of love.

A. extravagant

B. prominent

C. prescient

D. eternal

292. The term “New Australians” came into vogue in the 50s and 60s, which implied that the goal of immigration was assimilation and that migrants would place their new-found Australian identity ahead of the ( ) context from which they had come.

A. athletic

B. ethic

C. aesthetic

D. ethnic

293. In the war many children were from the cities to the countryside.

A. evacuated

B. imparted

C. withdraw

D. elicited

294. Since any answer was likely to cause embarrassment to his party, the politician tried to the question.

A. evade

B. delude

C. seclude

D. invade

295. Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started in a child who turns out to be of high IQ.

A. eventually

B. automatically

C. decidedly

D. inversely

296. He was tried for theft but go off because there wasn’t sufficient against him.

A. evidence

B. reason

C. excuse

D. justification

297. The British political system has over several centuries into its present state.

A. changed

B. evolved

C. expanded

D. survived

298. How to evaluate the performance of students is still a problem that troubles many professors.

A. examine and judge

B. assist in

C. enhance

D. account for

299. Why are some of us good at math, or writing, while others at art or basketball?

A. work

B. gaze

C. aim

D. excel

300. Your advice would be valuable to him, who is at present at his wit’s end.

A. exclusively

B. extensively

C. excessively

D. exceedingly

301. The money they took with them was considerably in of what they need.

A. short

B. lack

C. favour

D. excess

302. All draughts must be the room.

A. ejected

B. expelled

C. excluded

D. exiled

303. These areas rely on agriculture almost , having few mineral resources and a minimum of

industrial development.

A. respectively

B. extraordinarily

C. incredibly

D. exclusively

304. The report managed to get an interview with the Prime Minister.

A. extinct

B. excluding

C. excessive

D. exclusive

305. 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

306. We’ve just installed a fan to cooking smells from the kitchen.

A. exile

B. expel

C. eject

D. exclude

307. The professor gave instruction to the whole class so as to make every student understand how to conduct the experiment in the lab.

A. explicit

B. afflictive

C. authoritative

D. oblivious

308. both in working life and everyday living to different sets of values, and expectations places a severe strain on the individual.

A. Recreation

B. Transaction

C. Disclosure

D. Exposure

309. On a small farm in a dry climate one should not grow crops that need space and a lot of water to ripen.

A. considerable

B. significant

C. extensive

D. quantitative

310. The primary objective of Basic Econometric, is to provide an elementary but a comprehensive introduction to the art and science of econometrics.

A. brief

B. precise

C. simplified

D. extensive

311. A wonder drug was from this common herb as a cure for cancer.

A. gambled

B. deduced

C. extracted

D. injected

312. The environmental balance among ecological communities is exceedingly complex.

A. almost

B. successfully

C. extremely

D. rarely

313. The Commission found instance where police officers had lied under oath, evidence, neglected black prisoners and wrongly imprisoned Aborigines.

A. entailed

B. fabricated

C. cleansed

D. precluded

314. In the of the project not being a success, the investors stand to lose up to $30 million.

A. face

B. time

C. event

D. course

315. The company used so much coal that it has a train to the delivery process.

A. transmit

B. transport

C. facilitate

D. diminish

316. Some of the old conceived by science fiction writers about the space age are coming true. A.fantasies B. tales C. legends D. propositions

317. Anything to do with old myths and legends me.

A. facilitates

B. immerses

C. fascinates

D. indulges

318. We have been hearing accounts of your work.

A. favored

B. favorable

C. favorite

D. favoring

319. The mother is told that her child is desperately ill—the changes of survival is slim, and the treatment is as dreadful as the disease.

A. incurable

B. fearful

C. impossible

D. troublesome

320. Several trail efforts in the 1980s proved that it was financially to restore old building.

A. feasible

B. probable

C. beneficiary

D. passable

321. On Christmas Eve in America the shopping malls are saturated with shoppers in a frantic competition for last minute gifts.

A. bustled

B. soared

C. filled

D. broadened

322. American companies are evolving from mass-production manufacturing to enterprises.

A. movable

B. changing

C.flexible

D. varying

323. I’m sure that she’ll cope with the changes very well; she is very.

A. elastic

B. brittle

C. adaptable

D. flexible

324. The girl when she couldn’t answer the question in the presence of all her classmates.

A. flourished

B. flattered

C. flushed

D. fluttered

325. The waste pipe is blocked, try it out with hot water, or just call the plumper to do it.

A. blushing

B. crushing

C. brushing

D.flushing

326. Recent research into aging suggests that the body’s defense mechanisms may lost the ability to distinguish what is alien.

A. insane

B. infectious

C. foreign

D. poisonous

327. It’s impossible to whether she’ll be well enough to come home from the hospital n ext month.

A. foresee

B. infer

C. fabricate

D. inhibit

328. When she was asked why she was absent for the party, no answer was .

A. imminent

B. urgent

C. emergent

D. forthcoming

329. Some young people have made a(n) by developing private business.

A. fund

B. wealth

C. fortune

D. estate

330. A group of scholars from several countries were holding a on new trend of literature.

A. fort

B. foam

C. forum

D. summit

331. This is but a of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored.

A. friction

B. fraction

C. faction

D. fracture

332. The cargo box has a label “” on it. Please handle it with care.

A. flexible

B. break

C. fragile

D. stiff

333. He said he was an insurance salesman, but later on she discovered he was a(n) .

A. alien

B. counterpart

C. client

D. fraud

334. She was by the lack of appreciation shown of her hard work.

A. frustrated

B. dispersed

C. functioned

D. displaced

335. Obviously there are all factors affecting smooth operation, but the underlying problem is still to be identified.

A. operational

B. fundamental

C. operating

D. underneath

336. It makes me when people don’t listen, and then ask silly questions.

A. furious

B. generous

C. mysterious

D. suspicious

337. That’s what I know about it. If you wish for any explanation, you had better apply in person to the manager.

A. further

B. concrete

C. detail

D. general

338. The shopping-bag ladies know the hours when restaurants put their leftovers in the cans where they search for food.

A. refuse

B. rubbish

C. garbage

D. junk

339. To survive in the intense trade competition between countries, we must the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world market demand.

A. improve

B. enhance

C. guarantee

D. gear

340. He made such a contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new building after him.

A. generous

B. minimum

C. modest

D. genuine

341. An action that is lavishly rewarded as soon as it is performed is well on its way to becoming a habit. A. promptly B. generously C. evidently D. sympathetically

342. The jeweler assured Mr. White that the stone was a(n) diamond and not an imitation.

A. graceful

B. genuine

C. actual

D. exact

343. Some countries give rare animals to important foreign visitors as a of friendship.

A. gesture

B. posture

C. measure

D. means

344. If we say something is , we mean that we find it extremely pleasant or enjoyable.