Unit 1
1. The house is in beautiful _____.
A. surrounding B. surroundings C. environments D. circumstances 2. As you sow, so shall you _____.
A. mow B. trim C. reap D. rip
3. The lease (租约) is _____ in saying the rent must be paid by the 10th of every month. A. high B. imaginary C. explicit D. efficient 4. We can't change the bad weather, so we must _____ it.
A. come up with B. put up with C. keep up with D. catch up with 5. Small children have very little ___of the danger of running into the street. A. assumption B. knowledge C. conscience D. awareness
6. Many difficulties have _____ as a result of the changeover to a new type of fuel. A. arisen B. raised C. aroused D. risen
7. He never remembered having come across a man like that.
A. come across B. cut across C. get across D. put across 8. Before liberation the labouring people had no _____ to education. A. admission B. approach C. entrance D. access 9. I’m pleased to have the _____ to visit your country.
A. opportunity B. occasion C. possibility D. fate
10. Many manufacturers are helping to _____ the people _____ articles of everyday use. A. supply … to B. supply … with C. provide … to D. provide … for 11. The letter was _____, because it was the only one the king signed. A. rare B. scarce C. unusual D. unique 12. The film _____ him of what he had seen in Beijing.
A. reminded B. remembered C. recalled D. recollected
13. The Prime Minister refused to ______ on the rumor that he had planned to resign. A. explain B. interpret C. talk D. comment 14. They are very _____ in appearance.
A. like B. alike C. likely D. same
15. When he finds out what you said, he _____ to lose his temper. A. is apt B. is inclined C. tends D. is likely 16. I find this treatment very ________ to my health.
A. advisable B. invaluable C. beneficial D. worthy
17. As a ________ president, his views are treated with respect when he is interviewed. A prior B previous C late D former
18. His attitude to work mainly depends on _____ from the work.
A. the offer B. the award C. the reward D. the reflection 19. Of all the four grandchildren, Bill is their _____ one.
A. more preferable B. most favorable C. the most favorite D. favorite 20. The builders _____ the road for three more miles.
A. expanded B. extended C. expended D. enlarged
Unit 2
1. The disease failed to _____ to the new drugs the doctor applied. A. respond B. correspond C. reply D. reflect 2. He is my wife’s cousin, so we are distantly _____. A. linked B. connected C. united D. related
3. The local residents _____ building the new hotel because of the great cost. A. opposed B. opponent C. objected D. against
4. I’m very pleased with the results of my blood test, for all tested items show _____ reactions. A. negative B. good C. positive D. correct
5. When he applied for a _____ in the office of the local newspaper he was told to see the manager.
A. location B. profession C. career D. position 6. The boy admitted _____ the window while playing football.
A. having been broken B. to have broken C. breaking D. to be breaking 7. A _____ of opinions arose over technical questions. A. conflict B. combat C. fight D. contest
8. They ___ laughter at the sight of us.
A. ran into B. burst into C. burst out D. went into 9. Lots of kings chose to live here because of the beautiful _____. A. landscape B. scene C. scenery D. view
10. Police have ________ to the public to come forward with any information which might help them in their inquiries.
A. urged B. claimed C. appealed D. called
11. The precious manuscripts were hopelessly _____ by long exposure in the cold, damp cellar. A. damaged B. destroyed C. harmed D. ruined 12. The economic crisis has seriously _____ West German exports. A. affected B. influenced C. infected D. effected
13. The persons that have the greatest influence ________ children are their teachers. A. in B. on C. for D. to
14. Nuclear science be developed to benefit the people ________ harm them. A. more than B. other than C. rather than D. better than 15. William is certainly confident _____ his future success. A. at B. with C. to D. of
16. I had every _____ in my secretary; she would do the right thing. A. knowledge B. dependence C. belief D. confidence 17. This is a great event that _____ the future of our company. A. concerns B. relates C. connects D. associates
18. Tom’s parents returned to find him _____ a goose over an open fire in the backyard. A. roasting B. burning C. baking D. toasting
19. In some cases, different approaches _____ the same scientific problem lead to conflicting theories.
A. in B. to C. of D. for 20. I look _____ you to support me in this matter. A. at B. in C. to D. on
Unit 3
1. The university _____ consists of full professors, associate professors and assistant professors. A. crew B. personnel C. faculty D. staff
2. We _____ Edison’s success to his intelligence and hard work. A. subject B. attribute C. owe D. refer
3. I shall have companion in the house after all these ________ years. A. single B. sole C. alone D. lonely
4. The university _____ me that I’d passed the entrance examination. A. noticed B. reported C. notified D. informed
5. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _____. A. emergency B. crisis C. urgency D. emergence
6. My camera can be ________ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions. A. treated B. adjusted C. adopted D. remedied 7. It’s rude to _____ people when they are speaking
A. interfere B. interrupt C. disrupt D. block
8. His speech was so welcome that it was constantly _____ by applause. A. interpreted B. interviewed C. interrupted D. interrupter
9. We went to see the exhibition ____ the storm.
A. but for B. in spite C. in spite of D. despite of
10. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son’s illness had put him under great _____.
A. excitement B. stress C. crisis D. nervousness 11. I always ________ what I have said.
A. get to B. hold to C. lead to D. see to
12. Many people complain of the rapid ________ of modern life. A. rate B. speed C. pace D. growth
13. There are certain ________ when you must interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something.
A. conditions B. situations C. occasions D. environments
14. The French pianist who had been praised very highly ________ to be a great disappointment. A) turned up B) turned in C) turned out D) turned down
15. If a person talks about his weak points, his listener is expected to say something in the way of _____.
A. assurance B. persuasion C. encouragement D. confidence 16. She opened the packet and emptied its _____ out onto the table. A. contents B. content C. consent D. contend 17. She wore a silk dress that _____ her figure.
A. clung to B. clang around C. clung with D. clung at
18. He _____ his old car for a new model as soon as he had won the money. A. changed B. replaced C. converted D. exchanged 19. A huge forest fire _____ after the lightning struck.
A. broke in B. broke out C. broke up D. broke off 20. He is _____ a very old man but in fact he is only fifty.
A. apparently B. obviously C. actually D. really
Unit 4
1. We’ll stop now and _____ working at 2 o’clock.
A. presume B. assume C. consume D. resume
2. Liu Xiang is ______ this season.
A. at best B. at his best C. in his best D. in best
3. The teacher-student _____in China’s universities is much lower than that in the U.S. A. rate B. degree C. ratio D. scale
4. She was _____ step down after four years as chief executive.
A. related to B. content with C. related with D. content to 5. Professor True _____ all his students with his great knowledge of history. A. pressed B. expressed C. impressed D. touched 6. Having failed in the math examination, Tom feels very _____.
A. oppressed B. suppressed C. depressed D. compressed 7. Don’t talk about such a thing in the _____ of young ladies.
A. presence B. present C. presentation D. president
8. At 7:30, I’ll drive over to _____ you _____. Please get ready at that time. A. pick … on B. pick … out C. pick … up D. pick … off 9. He is very much ______ to the cause of language teaching.
A. communicated B. committed C. consistent D. committing 10. His understanding made a deep impression ________ the young girl. A. in B. on C. for D. to
11. Imagine _____ at the top of the hill, and what wonderful view you will see. A. standing B. stand C. to stand D. stood 12. This story is not real, and it is only _____.
A. imaginary B. imaginative C. imaginable D. imagined
13. ______ discipline must be followed in the army.
A. Sound B. Obvious C. Economic D. Rigid 14. I have to buy a more _____ stove.
A. economic B. financial C. economical D. economics 15. It was difficult to guess what her ________ to the news would be. A. impression B. reaction C. comment D. opinion
16. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into ________ when judging my examination. A. regard B. counting C. account D. observation 17. Will all those ________ the proposal raise their hands?
A. in relation to B. in contrast to C. in excess of D. in favor of 18. I did not see him again except for a brief _____ on a train. A. encounter B. counter C. meet D. count
19. I don’t think those curtains _____ very well with the wallpaper. A. suit B. go C. fit D. match
20. The new tough laws are being interpreted as a _____ of the government’s determination to work out the problems.
A. sign B. signal C. symbol D. signature
