词汇与语法 3套

A.

1. How do you ____ for coming late for the meeting?

A) explain B) excuse C) describe D) account

2. The mother was so ____ at the news that she didn’t know what to do.

A)admired B) amazed C) amused D) curious

3. He likes to listen to music with the radio turned on at full ____.

A) power B) voice C) volume D) sound

4. The coach must take a large ____ of the blame for the failure of the football match.

A) quantity B) number C) share D) amount

5. Although alone in the house, he was so busy with his research that he felt____ lonely.

A) all but B) nothing but C) something but D) anything but

6. The introduction of modern technique from abroad makes it necessary for skilled workers to ____ unskilled workers.

A) take place B) take over C) take down D) take the place of

7. ____ so few people in the street was unusual.

A) For there to be B) As there to be C) For there being D) As there being

8. There are signs ____ Internet are becoming more and more popular with teenagers.

A) that B) whose C) what D) which

9. Bob had been ____ on a meadow sprinkled with dandelion for a long time before he sat up.

A) laid B) lying C) lain D) laying

10. Jill would rather that his girl friend ____ in the same department as he does.

A) studied B) should study C) study D) had studied

11. She had no objection to ____ the airplane ticket which would send her to Geneva.

A) to take B) taking C) of taking D) to taking

12. I’m ____ the impression that you’ve told me about it.

A) into B) on C) of D) under

13. In the summer holidays, they have a plan to go to movies at weekly ____.

A) intervals B) bases C) gaps D) times

14.I have decided to ____ my smoking.

A)cut up B)cut off C)cut across D)cut down

15. Many of the imported planes have been lying ____for years because of the restrictions on the foreign spare parts. A) idle B) vacant C) empty D) hollow

16. Electrical ____ are(is) used to free people from the heavy housework.

A) equipment B) facilities C) appliances D) apparatus

17. The rain came on time and would certainly ease the feat ____ the people of inland.

A) to face B) face C) facing D) faces

18. They bought a Yamaha piano at the price of 10,000 yuan. They liked it so much that they would have paid ____ for it.

A) twice as much B) as much twice C) as twice much D) much as twice

19. It was not until she had come downstairs ____ remembered the keys were not with her.

A) she B) when she C) that she D) and see

20. Mike is very happy. His mark in the English examination is higher than____ in the class

A) anyone’s B) anyone else C) anyone else’s D) anyone’s else

21. The first prize goes to ____ makes the greatest contribution to the company.

A) whomever B) whichever C) no matter who D) whoever

22. Society is a building, to the construction of ____ every member brings a brick.

A) that B) which C) it D) this

23. The applicant filled in the form，but he didn’t know which office room ____.

A) to send it to B) to be sent to C) to have it sent to D) to sent it

24. Young ____ he was, he was trusted with an important task.

A)because B)although C)as D)since

25. Tom broke the glass of the neighbor’s window. I’ll ____ that he will not do it again.

A) hope for B ) be sure C) see to it D) make it so

26.The new cars of the V olkswagon Company are now being ____at the rate of 1,000 every week.

A) turned out B) turned down C) turned up D) turned on

27. It was urgent that he ____ her immediately.

A) calls B) called C) call D) would call

28. I don’t ____ going to the movie.

A) feel for B) feel like C) feel out D) feel

29. The meeting drew to a ____ late in the afternoon.

A) near B) close C) point D) tail

30. John regretted ____ to the meeting last week.

A) not going B) not go to C) not having been going D) not to be going

31. The great us of a school education is ____ to teach you things ____ teach you the art of learning.

A) as much ... as B) much as ... as C) not so much ...as to D) not to be going

32. Mr. Smith has been away from home for a long time. He is looking forward to ____ his wife.

A) hear from B)hearing from C)hear of D)hearing of

33. Whenever we visited them, they ____ television.

A)have watched B)watch C)are watching D)were watching

34. He couldn’t say what it was ____ bothered him.

A) what B) it C) that D) which

35. The master was very angry and had all the men ____ before him.

A) brought B) be brought C) to be brought D) being brought

36. Evidence has been piled up ____ specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as five months old. A) what B) which C) whose D) that

37. She doesn’t want to work right now, because she thinks that if she ____ a job she probably wouldn’t be able to visit her friends very often.

A) has to get B) were to get C) had got D) could have got

38. It’s reported that by the end of this year the output of cement in the factory ____ by about 20%.

A) will have risen B) will be rising C) has risen D) has been rising

39. You ____ her in her office last week; she has been out of the city for two months.

A) needn’t have seen B) might have seen C) must have seen D) can’t have seen

40. It’s politely requested by the hotel management that radios ____ after

10 o’clock at night.

A) were not played B) not to play C) not be played D)did not play

41. By buying ten books every month, he soon ____ a good library.

A) accumulated B) assembled C) collected D) acquired

42. Mary doesn’t want to work right away because she thinks that if she ____ a job she probably wouldn’t be able to see her boy friends very often.

A)has to get B) had got C)were to get D) could have got

43. They are all for your proposal that the seminar ____.

A) be put off B) was put off C) should put off D) is to put off

44. She never laughed, ____ cry.

A) or she ever did B) nor did she ever C) or did she ever D) nor she ever did

45. The United Nations ____ trying to find a better way to bring the two parties together.

A) is B) are C) be D) being

46. You can ____ meat or fish in salt.

A) preserve B) reserve C) remain D) maintain

47. He ____ the newspaper while having his breakfast .

A) observed B) overlooked C) scanned D) glanced

48. ____ her sister, Mary is careless and irresponsible.

A) likely B) unlike C) dislike D) alike

49. Although his gestures were elaborate, his face was ____.

A) blank B) empty C) vacant D) hollow

50. It is universally____ that dogs have an acute sense of smell.

A) confessed B) acknowledged C) admitted D) conceded

B.

1. Ability to get along with people is an ____ in business.

A) capital B) property C) goods D) asset

2. Many Africans were ____ to Christianity.

A) changed B) transformed C) converted D) exchanged

3. The ____ scene of the waterfall is a perfect delight to the eye.

A) significant B) magnificent C) superstitious D) substantial

4. A lot of traffic accidents____ from carelessness.

A) arouse B) arise C) raise D) rise

5. The teacher____ me____ for disobedience.

A) called ...down B) called...upon C) called...off D) called...out

6. Some areas, ____their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.

A) due to B) but for C) in spite of D) with regard to

7. I left for the school earlier than usual this morning ____ traffic jam.

A) in terms of B) in case of C) for the sake of D) at the risk of

8. John felt very ____ when everyone laughed at his question.

A) boring B) complex C) embarrassed D) encouraged

9. He criticized everything and everybody, and even ____ his teachers.

A) ran over B) ran down C) ran against D) ran into

10. In this experiment, they are wakened several times during the night, and asked to report what they ____.

A) had been dreaming B) have been dreaming C) are dreaming D) had dreamt

11. It was several hours before I was ____ of what was happening.

A) alive B) aware C) awake D) ware

12. Understanding this article is ____ a seven-year-old child’s capacity.

A) on B) up C) down D) beyond

13. Frequent cultural exchange will certainly help ____friendly relations between our two universities.

A) foster B) utilize C) cherish D) raise

14. Such a difficult operation may not succeed, it’s a(n) ____ gamble.

A) essential B) fundamental C) elementary D) inevitable

15. The Chinese nation is____ for its diligence and courage.

A) disgusted B) distinguished C) discouraged D) disappointed

16. ____ right now, she would not be late for the class.

A) Would she leave B) If she leave C) Were she to leave D) If she had left

17. The student was very excited when he ____ his teacher in this important lecture.

A) assisted B) insisted C) resisted D) persisted

18. In a few days Mr. Barnstaple had ____strength of body and mind

A) retreated B) recorded C) recovered D) replaced

19. He was bothered by the____ bark of dogs in the neighborhood every night.

A) constant B) perpetual C) long D) steady

20. The Song Dynasty contributed three great inventions____ world civilization.

A) to B) towards C) with D) in

21. Anyone who has spent time with children is aware of the difference in the way boys and girls respond to ____ situation.

A) similar B) alike C) same D) likely

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

A) admitted B) acknowledged C) absorbed D) considered

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

A) command B) conviction C) consent D) compromise

24. In a typhoon , winds____ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.

A) assume B) accomplish C) attain D) assemble

25. Difficulties and hardships have ____the best qualities of the young geologist.

A) brought out B) brought about C) brought forth D) brought up

26. The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to____ the investment plan within

a week.

A) work out B) put out C) make out D) set out

27. Richard doesn’t think he could ever____ what is called “free-style”poetry.

A) take on B) take over C) take to D) take after

28. Californians and New Englanders speak the same language and ____by the same federal laws.

A) stand B) conform C) abide D) sustain

29. The long-awaited Hubble Space Telescope, ____to orbit the Earth next March, will observe some of the oldest stars in the sky.

A) subject B) owing C) available D) due

30. Although we had told them not to keep us waiting, they made no ____ to speed up deliveries.

A) trial B) attempt C) action D) progress

31.The tourist will be prevented from entering a country if he does not have ____ passport.

A) an operative B) a valid C) an efficient D) an effective

32. With prices ____so much, it’s hard for the company to plan a budget.

A) fluctuating B) waving C) swinging D) vibrating

33. If you suspect that the illness might be serious you should not ____ going to the doctor.

A) put off B) hold back C) put aside D) hold up

34. All the information we have collected in relation to that case ____very little.

A) put off B) hold back C) put aside D) hold up

35. A really powerful speaker can ____ the feelings of the audience to the fever of excitement.

A) work out B) work over C) work at D) work up

36. 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

37. Though ____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

A) raised B) grown C) developed D) cultivated

38. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious ____ without scientific basis.

A) process B) practice C) procedure D) program

39. We cannot always____ the wind, so new windmills should be so designed that they can also be driven by water.

A) hang on B) count on C) hold on D) come on

40.Craing assured his boss that he would ____all his energies in doing this new job.

A) call forth B) call at C) call on D) call off

41. Too much ____ to X-rays can cause skin burns , cancer of other damage to the body.

A) disclosure B) exhibition C) contact D) exposure

42. When confronted with such questions , my mind goes ____, and I can hardly remember my own date of birth.

A) dim B) blank C) faint D) vain

43. More than two hundred years ago the United States ____ form the British Empire and became an independent country.

A) got off B) pulled down C) broke away D) dropped off

44. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is____ loud continuous noise.

A) subjected to B) filled with C) associated with D) attached to

45. Some of the most important concepts in physics their success ____ to these mathematical systems.

A) oblige B) due C) contribute D) attribute

46. I support your decision , but I should also make it clear that I am not going to be ____ to it.

A) connected B) fastened C) bound D) stuck

47. The English language contains a(n)____of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. A) altitude B) latitude C) multitude D) attitude

48. So forcefully ____ that we were all convinced.

A) he did speak B) he spoke C) did he speak D) that he spoke

49. We shall start at seven if it ____ by that time.

A) will stop raining B) stops to rain C) has stopped raining D) will have stopped to rain

50.____ you may be right, I can’t altogether agree.

A) As B) While C) If D) Since

C.

1.____ all behavior is learned behavior is a basic assumption of social scientists.

A) Nearly B) That nearly C) It is nearly D) When nearly

2. On cloudy nights it is not possible to see the stars with ____ eye.

A) naked B) bare C) flesh D) pure

3. During the storm we took ____ in the doorway of a shop.

A) rescue B) shelter C) shield D) proof

4. The ship’s captain and members of the ____welcomed us on board.

A) staff B) crew C) team D) chain

5. At the first ____ of twelve everyone stopped for lunch.

A) sound B) stroke C) moment D) minute

6. The map was drawn to the standard____ of 1/100,000 so there was not much detail.

A) base B) line C) rate D) scale

7. Her skirt had been so ____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.

A) crushed B) torn C) dirty D) untidy

8. We are taking ____a collection to buy flowers for John because he is in the hospital.

A) to B) up C) over D) off

9. It’s not what she says that bothers me. It’s the reason she says it. You’ve got to read ____ the lines with her.

A) among B) amongst C) between D) through

10. I mistook you ____ your brother.

A) for B) as C) to be D) by

11. I am easily hurt because my feelings are very ____.

A) sensible B) sensational C) sensitive D) sentimental

12. The medical record shows that it was the drug, not the disease, ____ killed him several years ago.

A) the effects of which B) the effects of it C) finally D) that

13. What you have done is ____ the doctor’s orders.

A) attached to B) responsible to ) resistant to D) contrary to

14. You can’t see through a telescope unless it is ____ correctly to your sight.

A) adapted B) adopted C) adjusted D) accustomed

15. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of ____.

A) crisis B) urgency C) emergency D) emergence

16.____ nothing more to discuss, the secretary-general got to his feet, said goodbye and left the room.

A) There was B) Being C) There being D) As there being

17. I ____you that the machine will arrive next week.

A) insist B) confirm C) assure D) undertake

18. Many new ____ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.

A) opportunities B) necessities C) probabilities D) realities

19. His discovery counts ____nothing though he tried very hard.

A) on B) for C) in D) up

20. He has never felt himself so powerfully ____to the scientific ideal.

A) interested B) absorbed C) confident D) attracted

21. If you don’t put the food in the refrigerator, it may go ____.

A) off B) over C) wrong D) out

22. If this university ____ such a good reputation, I would not have come here.

A) didn’t have B) hadn’t had C) doesn’t have D) hasn’t had

23. He agreed with the plan in ____, but thought that in practice it would not work.

A) attitude B) approach C) viewpoint D) principle

24. If only we ____ then the disease was curable.

A) knew B) could know C) had known D) would have known

25. The weather is highly ____ at this time of the year and it is hard to know what to wear.

A) various B) variant C) variable D) varied

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

met.

A) destroy B) refuse C) assume D) cancel

27. Eminent physicists from all over the world came to the U.S. to ____ the centennial（一百周年）of

A. Einstein’s birth.

A) congratulate B) applaud C) celebrate D) participate

28.Not until midnight ____him in the hotel.

A) we found B) we did find C) found we D) did we find

29. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn’t ____what color it was.

A) make out B) look to C) look out D) take in

30. High in the sky a ____ of birds was flying southward.

A) swarm B) flock C) crowd D) herd

31. Although ____ Spanish, he attended the course

A) he was knowing B) he is knowing C) having a knowledge of D) knows

32. You ____that letter to James. However, you didn’t.

A) ought to write B) ought to have written C) should write D) should be writing

33. Joseph was very lucky____ with his life; he almost did not get out of the room.

A. to escape

B. to have escaped

C. to escaping

D. to be escaping

34. Bread and butter____ liked by Westerners.

A. is

B. are

C. were

D. be

35. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ____very pleasant to sit on in summer.

A. which is

B. which it is

C. it is

D. where it is

36. He set up in business ____ his own and was very successful.

A. in

B. of

C. on

D. by

37. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; he ____ last night.

A. must study

B. should have studied

C. must have studied

D. is sure to study

38. Frank almost never received any education, ____ ?

A. would he

B. did he

C. didn’t he

D. wouldn’t he

39. Even if his letter ____tomorrow, it ____too late to do anything.

A. will arrive...is

B. should arrive...were

C. arrives...will be

D. arrives...would be

40. We can hear ____from the back of the room.

A. just as good

B. just as easy

C. just as well

D. easily as well

41. To obtain a satisfactory result, one must apply two ____of paint on a clean surface.

A. coats

B. levels

C. times

D. courses

42. The small mountain village was ____ by the snow for more than one month.

A. cut back

B. cut out

C. cut off

D. cut away

43. Miss Green was ____ $100 for driving after drinking.

A. fined

B. charged

C. punished

D. posed

44. Modern ____ perhaps causes more problems than it solves.

A. technique

B. technology

C. tactics

D. tendency

45. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear it ____ when she was trying to go to sleep.

A. sounding

B. ringing

C. ticking

D. humming

46. Under this ____ pressure some of the rocks even became liquid.

A. intensive

B. weighty

C. intense

D. bulky

47. Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ____ of them were eventually

able to improve upon their former standard of living.

A. maximum

B. minority

C. majority

D. minimum

48. Nancy was surprised that they have____. They seemed to be a happy couple.

A. split up

B. broken down

C. fallen through

D. knocked out

49. The beach is in an ideal ____ to draw tourists.

A. condition

B. situation

C. state

D. publicity

50. Our ____ sensitivity decreases with age. By age 60, most people have lost 40 percent of their ability to smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.

A. sensible

B. senseless

C. sensitive

D. sensory