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期末词汇复习

Part 1 V ocabulary and Structure

(Each item: 1)

Directions: Choose the best one to complete each sentence.

1. By the time you get to New York, I _______for London.

A. would be leaving

B. have already left

C. am leaving

D. shall have left

2. The article suggests that when a person _______ under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet.

A. is

B. be

C. were

D. was

3. The lawyer advised him to drop the ________, since he stands little chance of winning.

A. event

B. case

C. incident

D. affair

4. Sometimes children have trouble ________ fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist.

A. to separate

B. for separating

C. separating

D. of separating

5. He is quite sure that it's ________ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.

A. absolutely

B. fully

C. exclusively

D. roughly

6. There was a big hole in the road which ________ the traffic.

A. set back

B. held up

C. stood back

D. kept down

7. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee _______ to investigate the incident. A. were set up

B. be set up

C. was set up

D. set up

8. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play ________ roles in raising children.

A. incapable

B. insensible

C. indispensable

D. infinite

9. Eye contact is important because incorrect contact may create a communication ________.

A. tragedy

B. question

C. vacuum

D. barrier

10. There was such a long line at the exhibition ________ we had to wait for about half an hour.

A. as

B. so

C. that

D. since

11. There is no _______ to the house from the main road.

A. access

B. exposure

C. avenue

D. edge

12. ________ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake.

A. Accumulated

B. Assembled

C. Gathered

D. Collected

13. He wasn't appointed chairman of the committee, ________ not very popular with all of its members.

A. to be considered

B. being considered

C. considering

D. having considered

14. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ________.

A. tradition

B. transmission

C. transportation

D. transformation

15. The ________ stuck on the envelope says 'By Air'.

A. diagram

B. signal

C. label

D. mark

16. Mobile telecommunications ________ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies.

A. ability

B. possession

C. possibility

D. impact

17. Reading ________ the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried than they will admit.

A. behind

B. along

C. between

D. among

18. My brother's plans are very ________; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.

A. arbitrary

B. ambitious

C. aggressive

D. abundant

19. Things might have been much worse if the mother _______ on her right to keep the baby.

A. has been insisting

B. would insist

C. had insisted

D. insisted

20. The statistical figures in that report are not ________. You should not refer to them.

A. accurate

B. delicate

C. fixed

D. rigid

21. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ________ alone.

A. seen

B. to be seen

C. is seen

D. having been seen

22. The football game comes to you ________ from New York.

A. lively

B. live

C. alive

D. living

23. None of us expected the chairman to ________at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.

A. turn in

B. turn up

C. turn over

D. turn down

24. The mother didn't know who ________ for the broken glass.

A. blamed

B. to blame

C. be blamed

D. would blame

25. He ________ to his customers and halved the price.

A. leaked

B. quoted

C. drew

D. yielded

26. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough

to ________ storming into the boss's office.

A. prevent

B. turn

C. prohibit

D. avoid

27. All flights ________ because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.

A. having been canceled

B. having canceled

C. had been canceled

D. were canceled

28. The author of the report is well ________ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

A. informed

B. enlightened

C. acquainted

D. acknowledged

29. The boy spent as much time watching TV as he ________ studying.

A. does

B. was

D. did

30. The ship's generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ________ instead of mechanically.

A. manually

B. automatically

C. artificially

D. synthetically

31. By the time John retires from the hospital, Jane ________ from medical school.

A. will have graduated

B. will be graduating

C. has graduated

D. will graduate

32. Unlike most students, he doesn't learn English ________ learning.

A. with the excuse of

B. at the cost of

C. for the sake of

D. in the name of

33. Most of ________ scientists know of the Sun's outer atmosphere comes from studies of solar eclipses.

B. what

C. which

D. those

34. A student messenger interrupted our history lesson with the news ________ I was to report to the principal's office immediately.

A. that

B. which

C. because

D. of

35. The letter was written by someone unknown ________ me.

A. to

B. by

C. for

D. with

36. My mother bought me a new pair of boots on my birthday ________ she had promised.

A. which

B. what

C. with

37. But for the heavy traffic, I ________ late.

A. will not be

B. would not have been

C. would not

D. had not been

38. On the day of my ________, all my friends in the city came to see me off.

A. adventure

B. absence

C. departure

D. arrival

39. Many children want the same thing they see ________ on television.

A. advertising

B. advertised

C. being advertising

D. been advertised

40. ________ scientists may find a way to send a portion of the earth's population to the moon.

A. More or less

B. This or that

C. Sooner or later

D. Such and such

41. The problem ________ when the students refused to do their homework.

A. arose

B. aroused

C. rose

D. raised

42. When he suddenly ________ up the subject of genetic engineering, there was an embarrassing silence.

A. took

B. brought

C. showed

D. came

43. ________ so many people in the United States been out of work as today.

A. More than ever before

B. In the past, there have never

C. Never before have

D. Formerly, there never were

44. It ________ as a shock to realize that I was not alone in the room.

B. appeared

C. arrived

D. reached

45. Since William had been seriously ill for several months, his parents were worried about ________ to return to school full-time.

A. he wanted

B. he wanting

C. him to want

D. his wanting

46. The association is _____B___ to raising funds to help the blind.

A. conducted

B. committed

C. concentrated

D. concerned

47. I won't _____C___ those children making a noise in my house!

A. allow

B. let

C. have

48. The TV station, in ____D____ to massive popular demand, decided not to discontinue the soap opera.

A. regard

B. relation

C. respect

D. response

49. The opposition leaders ____B____ the government for not taking action sooner.

A. warned

B. criticized

C. threatened

D. urged

50. In some schools children who prefer to read books rather than ___A_____ football become social outcasts.

A. play

B. playing

C. to play

D. to playing

51. Others argue that since the earth has endured a long string of ice ages in the last two million to three million years, any warming is ____B____ to be temporary.

B. likely

C. tended

D. possible

52. ____B___ the concert had begun did we realize what

a splendid show it was going to be.

A. No sooner

B. Only after

C. Hardly

D. Scarcely

53. ____B____, John has been to several foreign countries.

A. Even he is young

B. Young though he is

C. In spite of he is young

D. Young is as he

54. ____C____ they've got to know each other a little better, they get along just fine.

A. Due to

B. Ever since

C. Now that

D. Regardless of

55. She got a job as an assistant stage manager at the Cambridge Arts Festival Theatre, thinking that it might _______A_ for a career as a playwright.

A. pave the way

B. work wonder

C. point out

D. stand a chance

56. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning ______D__ the behavior of animals depends mainly on instinct.

A. so

B. unless

C. if

D. while

57. After so many days without rain, the ground quickly _____D___ the little rain that fell last night.

A. dropped

B. flooded

C. grasped

D. absorbed

58. If you want to find a decent location for your own home, ___A_____ Mr. Smith for advice.

A. turn to

B. pass through

C. shut in

D. write up

59. Senior members of staff competed eagerly ____C____ the position of the sales manager in the company.

A. in

B. with

C. for

D. on

60. It was three British sportsmen who _____D___ banned drugs.

A. were catching taking

B. caught to take

C. caught in taking

D. were caught taking

61. The address book ______A__ the email addresses of your friends or groups of colleagues.

A. makes it easy to recall

B. makes it easy recall

C. makes easy to recall

D. makes recall it easy

62. She __D______ her nervousness to the importance of the interview.

A. contributed

B. dedicated

C. distributed

D. attributed

63. We regret to ___D_____ that it may not be possible to deal with every request.

A. put off

B. pass on

C. help along

D. point out

64. General Motors, one of the world's largest auto manufacturers, is expanding its ____B____ in this country.

A. existence

B. presence

C. location

D. residence

65. __C______ to the papers is restricted to Defence Department personnel only.

A. Application

B. Exception

C. Access

D. Glance

66. We were told that Sue would be ideal for the job, but she ____A____ badly when we talked to her.

A. came across

B. fell out

C. looked to

D. brought up

67. _____A___ from the occasional late night party, our neighbours are very quiet.

A. Apart

B. But

C. Except

D. As

68. I don't know how we can make ____D____ in such a crowded bus.

A. schedule

B. place

C. plan

D. room

69. I'm sorry I forgot to write; I had so much else _______C_ my mind.

A. over

B. for

C. on

D. about

70. The boy ran out of the classroom without the teacher's __C_____.

A. command

B. conviction

C. consent

D. compromise

71. ____B___ the movie I would have finished my paper last Sunday.

A. In spite of

B. But for

C. Because of

D. As for

72. Be careful, ___C____ you'll fall down.

A. on the contrary

B. or rather

C. or else

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