TEM-4专四语法词汇题集(12套习题附答案)

TEM-4语法词汇题集

Unit 1

1. This rock has to be _______ in order to build a road.

A. blasted

B. explored

C. hired

D. maintained

2. He did not go to the party last night, which _____ her feelings deeply.

A. wounded

B. injured

C. hurt

D. injury

3. When they returned to the river, they found that the boat had _______ away.

A. framed

B. frosted

C. frowned

D. floated

4. If you need further information, please _______ our office.

A. constant

B. construct

C. contact

D. contain

5. During the war, many soldiers were killed not by _______, but by disease.

A. bullets

B. devil

C. bible

D. depth

6. We watched the ship until it became only a _______ in the distance.

A. point

B. jar

C. stove

D. dot

7. The English proverb ‘_______ the rod and spoil the child’ means that if you deep from punishing the child, you will spoil its character.

A. rule

B. rug

C. clap

D. spare

8. The _______ was only sentenced to pay a fine of $10,000.

A. worm

B. trial

C. tube

D. criminal

9. Higher education in China is free but the _______ for entrance is strong.

A. comparison

B. consequence

C. competition

D. crawl

10. The light is too _______ for me to read. I can not stand any more.

A. rid

B. ripe

C. soup

D. dim

11. The water _______ from the tap and damaged all the books in my study.

A. sprayed

B. puzzled

C. inclined

D. exported

12. In the United States, congress makes the laws and the President _______ them.

A. orders

B. conquers

C. executes

D. hedges

13. She is too _______ to answer questions in the class.

A. eagle

B. cough

C. eager

D. couch

14. We enjoy seeing the glorious _______ of the rising sun.

A. beams

B. beans

C. beef

D. bead

15. In the _______ English reading course, the students have to read a lot.

A. extensive

B. mechanical

C. mercury

D. opera

16. He gave up his study in college in _______.

A. bundle

B. butcher

C. ash

D. despair

17. Several people _______ the car accident.

A. witnessed

B. proved

C. swallowed

D. drugged

18. They will _______ the project with the necessary funds.

A. refer

B. relate

C. furnace

D. furnish

19. I took it for _______ that you wouldn’t come here again.

A. grand

B. tame

C. granted

D. thumb

20. He was sent to London on a special _______.

A. missing

B. missile

C. mission

D. mistress

21. This light shelf is strong enough to _______ all the books here.

A. wipe

B. wax

C. survey

D. sustain

22. The _______ Court is the highest court in the United States.

A. Vital

B. Thunder

C. Reverse

D. Supreme

23. Our university has an international student exchange _______ with the University of Wyoming in the United States.

A. procession

B. provision

C. profession

D. program

24.He ________ of me the best way to go.

A. investigated

B. inquired

C. frightened

D. resorted

25.Mr. White tried to _______ this job through the influence of his father.

A. harness

B. fetch

C. curse

D. obtain

26.The police dog finally found the _______ of the prisoners of war.

A. steep

B. resolution

C. porter

D. trail

27.As the only _______ in the small village, he not only fixed the furniture but also made furniture for the villagers.

A. symbol

B. source

C. pan

D. carpenter

28.A big crowd gathered around the bus, almost _______ the traffic.

A. affecting

B. blocking

C. creating

D. mating

29.As far as I see, this book has its own _______.

A. merit

B. signal

C. visible

D. swift

30.This tree is too _______ to be planted in this area.

A. tremendous

B. vigorous

C. shy

D. tender

31.This product is _______ to change without notice.

A. despite

B. evil

C. subject

D. crust

32.I don’t know how he can _______ himself for such conduct.

A. justify

B. locate

C. rear

D. swear

33.The stolen watch has been _______ to its owner.

A. retired

B. pitched

C. restored

D. cured

34.It is _______ cold this winter in Xi’an.

A. considerably

B. tight

C. naval

D. moreover

35.It has been my _______ to meet with this accident.

A. journal

B. reduction

C. affect

D. fate

36.Her smile _______ her secret even though she didn’t admit the fact.

A. reviewed

B. reversed

C. responded

D. revealed

37.He ________ that he could finish the job without any help.

A. designed

B. headed

C. claimed

D. preserved

38.Professor Li _______ his success to his mother.

A. owns

B. ruins

C. owes

D. roars

39.The election _______ for the State governor has begun this year.

A. campaign

B. bolt

C. hell

D. immense

40.Anyone without _______ illness can do this simple job.

A. mild

B. mind

C. mental

D. mend

41.Glass may _______ at high temperature.

A. profit

B. pronounce

C. sting

D. melt

42.Silver _______ electricity far better than other materials.

A. equips

B. strikes

C. cracks

D. conducts

43.Everyone is encouraged to _______ food or clothing for those who suffered a great deal in the flood.

A. attribute

B. distribute

C. contribute

D. drift

44.White teeth are a sharp _______ to black skin.

A. content

B. contract

C. contrast

D. contain

45.Tom is _______ about photography. He spends nearly all his money on it.

A. justice

B. innocent

C. fierce

D. crazy

46.We need help from the other countries. But we do not _______ on others for support.

A. engage

B. lean

C. strip

D. multiply

47.We will _______ the plan because of the cost.

A. council

B. journal

C. damp

D. oppose

48.Our train is _______ at Shanghai at seven o’clock this evening.

A. due

B. crystal

C. cushion

D. cooperation

49.Her voice was _______ in the noise.

A. filled

B. entertained

C. enormous

D. drowned

50.He is very _______ in his family and never does anything against his wife.

A. hence

B. possess

C. outer

D. humble

Unit 2

1. Freshman____ provides the incoming students with an opportunity to learn about

their new environment and their place in it.

A. orientation

B. acquaintance

C. directory

D.

2. The volcano that raised the islands are still ____ in places.

A. inactive

B. enormous

C. energetic

D.

3.This law is so difficult to understand that only a lawyer can ____us.

A. enlighten

B. illustrate

C. explain

D.

4. The king ____ his people with terrible taxes and punishment.

A. depressed

B. impressed

C. oppressed

D. expressed

5.I have no ____but to listen to my boss.

A. privilege

B. respect

C. priority

D. option

6.Perhaps you are aware that I am your legal ____ till you are of age.

A. guard

B. guardian

C. escort

D. supervisor

7. Shortly after the ____of war he was enrolled in the army.

A. outcome

B. outlet

C. output

D. outbreak

8. The old man did not smoke himself and was so____ that he did not allow his friends to smoke when they visited him.

A. intolerable

B. tolerable

C. intolerant

D. tolerant

9.He attends to the ____ of important business himself.

A. transition

B. transaction

C. transformation

D. transmission

10.The scene is so beautiful that it ____ my power of description.

A. ascends

B. descends

C. transcends

D. overtakes

11.The two cities were connected to each other by a ____after flood cut them off.

A. suspension

B. diversion

C. highway

D.

12.On hearing her son’s voice on the line, all her fears and anxiety ____.

A. retired

B. relayed

C. dissipated

D. tightened

13.In the 1980’s, four cities in southern China were first____ as special economic zones, enjoying special policies.

A. designated

B. judged

C. emerged

D. nominated

14.He is a man who believes in strict____ and he seldom deviates from his principles.

A. wisdom

B. brotherhood

C. worship

D. discipline

15.He has been ____with a certain form of mental disorder for twenty years.

A. afflicted

B. addicted

C. affiliated

D. consulted

16.The city is setting about regulating the installation of ____ wires for the sake of

smooth traffic and the safety of pedestrians.

A. underground

B. marine

C. acid

D. aerial

17.Hamlet was in (a) ____ when he said “To be or not to be?”, for it is really hard for

one to decide whether to die or to live!

A. consciousness

B. delight

C. dilemma

D. rage

18.Any irresponsible explosion of nuclear weapons may bring ____ results to the

environment and the mankind.

A. desirable

B. disastrous

C. radical

D. rational

19.Death is a ____ to everyone. God is impartial on this matter.

A. glory

B. privilege

C. destiny

D. farewell

20.A sharp increase in military expenditure brought the cabinet a budget ___.

A. deficit

B. debt

C. red

D. estimation

21.The well equipped swimming pool is the favorite____ of the boys in summer.

A. residence

B. site

C. haunt

D. hotel

22.Don’t mention the failure in Mary’s ____or she will go crazy.

A. distance

B. hearing

C. range

D. neighborhood

23.The professor had to explain the profound theory in a/an ____language because of

the audience’s poor knowledge in this field.

A. luminous

B. abstract

C. dull

D. theoretical

24.The Forbidden City, known as the former ____palace, is still kept intact at the

center of the metropolis.

A. emperor

B. imperial

C. feudal

D. ancient

25.The driver no longer____ himself in drinking after experiencing that accident.

A. indulged

B. devoted

C. immersed

D. induced

26.Since the complex moved away, this town has only a ____ of its former population.

A. remain

B. remainder

C. majority

D. remnant

27.Malnutrition(营养不良) and hard work____ her health and she looked thin and pale.

A. promoted

B. impaired

C. accelerated

D. smashed

28.Some people like to____ the old systems and traditions; others like to preserve

them.

A. innovate

B. persist

C. insist

D. adhere

29.He gave us ____ consent to take the apples for he smiled when he saw us do it.

A. explicit

B. implicit

C. ambiguous

D. negative

30.I expected her to do well in the final examination, but she has been____by

her illness.

A. caught

B. fascinated

C. discouraged

D. handicapped

31.The machine looked like a large, __________,old-fashioned typewriter.

A. forceful

B. clumsy

C. intense

D. tricky

32. Though she began her______ by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous Hollywood movie star..

A. employment

B. career

C. occupation

D. profession

33. Within two weeks of arrival, all foreigners had to__________ with the local police

A. inquire

B. consult

C. register

D. profession

34.Considering your salary, you should be able to __________at least twenty dollars a week

A. put forward

B. put up

C. put out D put aside

35. As he has__________ our patience, we’ll not wait for him any longer.

A. torn

B. wasted

C. exhausted

D. consumed

36.These teachers try to be objective when they__________ the integrated ability of their students

A. justify

B. evaluate

C. indicate

D. reckon

37. Mrs. Morris's daughter is pretty and _______,and many girls envy her.

A. slender

B. light

C. faint

D. minor

38. Tomorrow the mayor is to __________a group of Canadian businessmen on a tour of the city.

A. coordinate

B. cooperate

C. accompany

D. associate

39. I'm ______enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams.

A. realistic

B. conscious

C. register

D. resolve

40.Can you give me even the __________clue as to where her son might be?

A. simplest

B. slightest

C. least

D. utmost

41. Norman Davis will be remembered by many with _______not only as a great scholar but also as a most delightful

and faithful friend

A. kindness

B. friendliness

C. warmth

D. affection

42. Salaries for ________positions seem to be higher than for permanent ones.

A. legal

B. optional

C. voluntary

D. temporary

43. Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U.S. society. ______it has affected the traditional role of men.

A. Above all

B. In all

C. At most

D. At last

44. Science and technology have __________in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.

A. attached

B. assisted

C. contributed

D. witnessed

45. As an actor he could communicate a whole __________of emotions.

A. frame

B. range

C. number

D. scale

46. This is what you should bear in mind: Don't __________a salary increase before you actually get it.

A. hang on

B. draw on

C. wait on

D. count on

47. The ship's generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated __________instead of mechanically.

A. artificially

B. automatically

C. manually

D. synthetically

48. The little girl was so frightened that she just wouldn't __________her grip on my arm.

A. loosen

B. remove

C. relieve

D. dismiss

49. He never arrives on time and my ______is that he feels the meetings are useless.

A. preference

B. conference

C. inference

D. reference

50. Mrs. Smith was so ______ about everything that no servants could please her.

A. specific

B. special

C. precise

D. particular

Unit 3

1. There was a large crowd of demonstrators ____ against the war.

A) protecting B) preserving C) protesting D) prosecuting

2. I’m afraid I will have to ____her invitation to the party.

A) refuse B) refute C) ignore D) decline

3. The coat I bought yesterday is not expensive at all. As a matter of fact, I would

gladly have paid ____ for it.

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

4. He can’t start the car because the battery has ____.

A) run up B) run down C) run over D) run off

5. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion, for we need to have factual

knowledge ____ our thinking.

A) upon which to base B) which to base upon C) which to be based on D) to

base on which

6. This design is ____ that one.

A) more superior to B) far superior than C) more superior than D) far superior

to

7. I wondered what her ____ to the news would be.

A) impression B) reaction C) comment D) opinion

8. She shouldn’t have stood in a queue; she ____ her underground ti cket from the machine.

A) has got B) must have got C) could have got D) got

9. Don’t worry. ____ that you will be treated equally.

A) I’ll look forward to it B) I’ll try my utmost C) I’ll be on the alert D) I’ll

see to it

10. The workers agreed to ____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demand.

A) call off B) call out C) call to D) call on

11. I’d rather you ____ so rudely to her.

A) don’t speak B) won’t speak C) should not speak D) didn’t speak

12. Today many kinds of electrical ____ are available, which has made housework

much easier than before.

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

13. The author is going to ____ his play for television.

A) add B) adopt C) adapt D)adjust

14. ____ for your help, I’d never have been able to achieve such a success.

A) If I had not been B) Had it not been C) If it were not D) Had it not

15. With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its ____.

A) boundaries B) limitations C) confinements D) restraints

16. I’m afraid I can’t ____ you ____; you’ll have to go to a hotel.

A) put ...up B) pick ... up C) pull ... up D) wake ... up

17. The guests said that they wouldn’t mind ____.

A) to have a little light music B) having a little light music

C) have a little light music D) if they have a little light music

18. Although this area is very poor just now, its ____ wealth is great.

A) previous B) profound C) potential D) primary

19. He ran quickly to the classroom, two books ____ under his arm.

A) to be hold B) held C) were held D) holding

20. We must try our best to lower the cost of our products. Otherwise the high cost

will ____ our profit.

A) cut off B) cut in C) cut short D) cut into

21. Tom is not very clever, but he is the most ____ pupil in the class.

A) industrious B) indulgent C) industrial D) indifferent

22. No sooner had he arrived home ____ he was asked to start another journey.

A) when B) than C) then D) until

23. Young children easily ____ words that their parents frequently use.

A) put up B) turn up C) bring up D) pick up

24. Only when you have obtained all the information about it ____ come to a sound judgment.

A) you can B) you will C) would you D) can you

25. American women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard

struggle.

A) ignored B) neglected C) denied D) refused

26. All ____ is a continuous supply of the basic necessities of life.

A) what is needed B) the thing needed C) which is needed D) that is needed

27. The factory has ____several workers because of the drop in sales.

A) laid off B) laid out C) laid aside D) laid down

28. There were no tickets ____ for Friday’s performance.

A) applicable B) approachable C) attainable D) available

29. There was a traffic jam; otherwise I ____ here on time.

A) would be B) had been C) should be D) would have been

30. If you don’t work hard, you are bound to fall behind others, ____ smart you might

be.

A) whatever B) though C) whatsoever D) however

31. Harold is a good student, ____ his best subject.

A) as English B) English as C) being English D) English being

32. They ____ through the woods talking about the current affairs.

A) wandered B) strayed C) rambled D) wondered

33. Tom felt awfully sorry ____ her about his absence in the party.

A) about B) for C) with D) on

34. We chose this flat for it is very ____ for my office.

A) suitable B) comfortable C) near D) convenient

35. Chinese is the ____ language of most Chinese.

A) mother B) native C) natural D) home

36. He has been ____ such a bad temper all day.

A) in B) on C) by D) at

37.While at home, she preferred ____

A) doing something to doing nothing B) to do something rather do nothing

C) doing something rather do nothing D) to do something to doing nothing

38. ____she finds out that you’ve lost her dog?

A) What though B) What if C) What about D) What ever

39. All the machines in the lab are ____ Miss White.

A) in charge of B) in the charge of C) under the charge of D) under charge of

40. We agreed to you plan____, but we think it needs modification in some area.

A) in principal B) on principal C) in principle D) on principle

41. You will surely succeed in passing CET-4, ____ you work hard at your English.

A) so long as B) in case C) in that D) as soon as

42. The whole journey ____ a full week by the time it ends in France.

A) will have lasted B) would last C) has lasted D) must have lasted

43. Autumn now approaching, the peasants are ____.

A) at busiest B) at their busiest C) on busiest D) on their busiest

44. She is fully occupied everyday with ____.

A) her not intelligent son B) her not very intelligent son

C) the not intelligent son of her D) the not intelligent son of hers

45. Not until ____ to go on strike.

A) all the demands has been turned down the workers decided

B) had all the demands been turned down the workers decided

C) all the demands had been turned down did the workers decide

D) had all the demands been turned down did the workers decide

46. As heir ____ his parent’s property, he will get 8 million dollars.

A) on B) by C) to D) at

47. The ____ of the meal were thrown away.

A) remainder B) rest C) ruins D) remains

48. The best student in each class will ____ a prize at the end of term.

A) award B) possess C) reward D) receive

49. Great efforts to increase wheat production must be made if bread shortages ____ avoided.

A) will be B) are to be C) can be D) were to be

50. There are more than 50 proposals ____ at the conference.

A) to discuss B) to be discussed C) discussing D) having been discussed Unit 4

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 h er 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

Unit 5

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

Unit 6

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

Unit 7

1. The eldest child is thoroughly ____ because they always give him whatever he

wants.

A. wasted

B. spoiled

C. destroyed

D. uneducated

2. If a substance is dissolved in water or heated, it may ____ a gas.

A. give into

B. give over

C. give off

D. give away

3. His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ____ with him at once.

A. peace

B. large

C. ease

D. best

4. —Can you take the day off tomorrow?

—Well, I’all have to get ____from my boss.

A. permission

B. permit

C. allowance

D. possession

5. The ____in Janet’s character has hindered her from advancement in her career.

A. weakness

B. merit

C. defect

D. shortcoming

6. As a _____ actor, he can perform, sing, dance and play several kinds of musical instruments.

A. flexible

B. versatile

C. sophisticated

D. productive

7. As a salesman, he works on a (an) _____ basis, taking 10% of everything he sells.

A. income

B. commission

C. salary

D. pension

8. As an excellent shooter, Peter practiced aiming at both _____ targets and moving targets.

A. stationary

B. standing

C. stable

D. still

9. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think _____.

A. ought to be said

B. must say

C. have to be said

D. need to say

10. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all _____ our seat belt.

A. tied

B. locked

C. fastened

D. closed

11. At first, the speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the country, but halfway in her speech, she suddenly _____ to another subject.

A. committed

B. switched

C. favored

D. transmitted

12. At no time _____ other countries.

A. China will invade

B. will invade China

C. will China invade

D. invade will China

13. Be here on Friday _____ the latest.

A. at

B. by

C. for

D. in

14. Because the whole country is in a financial dilemma, the government calls on us to _____ economy.

A. make

B. practice

C. carry

D. develop

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

A. assessment

B. estimate

C. announcement

D. evaluation

16. Beryl hardly ever goes to _____ the cinema.

A. neither the theatre or

B. either the theatre nor

C. neither the theatre nor

D. the theatre or

17. Beside being expensive, the food tastes _____.

A. badly

B. too much bad

C. too badly

D. bad

18. Britain's press is unusual _____ it is divided into two very different types of newspaper: the quality press and the popular press.

A. in how

B. in what

C. in which

D. in that

19. By moving the radar beam around slowly in circles, we can _____ the surroundings.

A. explore

B. expose

C. exploit

D. expand

20. Cancer is second only _____ heart disease as a cause of death.

A. of

B. to

C. with

D. from

21. 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

22. Careful surveys have indicated that as many as 50 percent of patients do not take drugs ______ directed.

A. like

B. so

C. which

D. as

23. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this ______ produces artificial cold surrounding it.

A. absorption

B. transition

C. consumption

D. interaction

24. Charles can't go to work today because he _____ a cold.

A. has

B. feels

C. takes

D. thinks

25. Charles has not the least ______ of giving up his research.

A. intention

B. decision

C. idea

D. hope

26. Columbus' decision to sail west to reach the East _____ on his belief that the earth was round.

A. existed

B. sat

C. relaxed

D. rested

27. Despite the wonderful acting and well-developed plot the _____ movie could not hold our attention.

A. three-hours

B. three-hour

C. three-hours'

D. three-hour's

28. Difficulties can _____ a person's best qualities.

A. bring up

B. bring out

C. bring about

D. bring to

29. Doctors sometimes _____ old cures when modern medicine doesn't work.

A. fall on

B. fall down on

C. fall back on

D. fall in upon

30. Does brain power _____ as we get older? Scientists now have some surprising answers.

A. descend

B. decline

C. deduce

D. collapse

31. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true _____ it comes to classroom tests.

A. when

B. since

C. before

D. after

32. Don't worry. The company will _____ all your expense.

A. satisfy

B. meet

C. pay

D. submit

33. Eventually, people spread throughout the continent, ______ the entire species.

A. wiping out

B. wiping away

C. wiping off

D. wiping up

34. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to ______ healthy.

A. preserve

B. stay

C. maintain

D. reserve

35. Faced with the ______ difficulties, they are determined to carry on their program.

A. satisfactory

B. attributable

C. innocent

D. intangible

36. Fewer and fewer of today's workers expect to spend their working lives in the same field, ______ the same company.

A. all else

B. much worse

C. let alone

D. less likely

37. Flying in an airplane was once thought to be an impossible ______.

A. task

B. profession

C. promise

D. contest

38. Fresh vegetables are straight from the ______ and raw vegetables are ______.

A. earth...cooked

B. soil...uncooked

C. floor...cooked

D. ground...uncooked

39. From this material we can _____ hundreds of what you may call direct products.

A. derive

B. discern

C. diminish

D. displace

40. Fruit is cheapest _____ season.

A. at

B. on

C. in

D. through

41. Fruit pickers are paid at the _____ of '4.00 an hour.

A. rate

B. scale

C. sum

D. value

42. Fumes from the exhaust of an automobile are ______.

A. notorious

B. anxious

C. noxious

D. delicious

43. George wasn't in class today, Professor Brown excused him ______.

A. from attending

B. of attending

C. to attend

D. attending

44. Class will _____ at a high temperature and will be in a liquid condition.

A. dissolve

B. disappear

C. melt

D. evaporate

45. Hamlet _____ his father's death on his uncle.

A. reversed

B. reverted

C. revenged

D. revealed

46. He _____ tennis every day since he ______ sixteen.

A. has played... is

B. played... has been

C. was playing...has been

D. has been playing...was

47. He appeared _____ with our team's performance.

A. satisfying

B. to be satisfying

C. to satisfy

D. satisfied

48. He believed that the greatest of his _____ was that he'd never had a college education.

A. grieves

B. misfortunes

C. disasters

D. sorrows

49. He delivered _____ orders for a Chinese restaurant for the whole summer vacation so as to earn enough money for his tuition.

A. take off

B. take over

C. take up

D. take out

50. He does not _____ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.

A. equal

B. match

C. qualify

D. fit

Unit 8

1. He finished _____ in the 1,500-meter run.

A. champion

B. championship

C. first

D. No. one

2. He has been asked to account _____ his absence.

A. for

B. on

C. of

D. about

3. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any _____ on what he promises.

A. faith

B. belief

C. credit

D. reliance

4. He is _____ the run from the police.

A. in

B. off

C. on

D. after

5. He is an artist with seemingly unlimited _____.

A. creativity

B. creature

C. creation

D. creative

6. He knows the rules but does not know how to ______ it.

A. control

B. direct

C. apply

D. run

7. He made a ____ inspection of the doors and the windows before leaving.

A. slowly

B. leisurely

C. carefully

D. seriously

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

A. genuine

B. minimum

C. modest

D. generous

9. He must have had an accident, or he _____ then.

A. would have been here

B. had to be here

C. should be here

D. would be here

10. He often sat in a small bar drinking considerably more than _____.

A. he was in good health

B. his health was good

C. his good health was

D. was good for his health

11. He pointed out that the living standard of urban and _____ people continued to improve.

A. remote

B. municipal

C. rural

D. provincial

12. He said nothing at all, but his eyes spoke _____ him.