Exercises for vocabulary andstructure

2021年1月26日发(作者：himiko)
Exercises for vocabulary and structure
Directions: Choose the one that best complete the sentence.
1.

His speech was so eloquent that all the birds were glad they had brought him, and nodded their heads ________
approval of all he said.



A. in





B. at





C. to




D. on
2. I am very ________ of all the support you gave me.


A. eloquent



B. jealousy




C. appreciative

D. spoiled
3. Although they are sisters, they are the ________ opposite of one another.


A. very




B. much




C. little



D. just
4. The rumors of an attack were later ________.


A. convinced



B. confirmed



C. conformed


D. confined
5. I have ________ you that it's not worthwhile to take the risk.


A. secured




B. ensured



C. assured


D. insured
6. The police have

________ all the other suspects, so only one now remains.


A. reduced




B. eliminated



C. diminished


D. removed
7. He's very ________ to his pupil's need for encouragement and knows when to praise them.


A. sensational



B. sensitive



C. sensible


D. sensuous
8. He has a very strange ________ on life.


A. interview



B. perspectives


C. outlook


D. angle
9. They ________ themselves that the accident was a million-to-one chance.


A. reassured



B. realized



C. insured


D. instructed
10. I ________my fear of flying by taking several short flights last month.


A. undermined



B. overcame



C. confronted


D. challenged
11. There is noise on this ________. I can hardly hear you.



A. occasion



B. connection



C. case



D. scene
12. If anything happened to the kids I'd never ________ myself.


A. forgive




B. dismiss



C. threaten


D. convince
13. I was not able to ________ all I set out to do.


A. accomplish



B. plan




C. attain



D. establish

14. Try _________ the shoes to see if they fit.



A. out




B. on




C. out for


D. for
15. The nurses do all they can to make the patients feel














.



A. at stake



B. at ease



C. at hand


D. at random
16. The trip to the museum has been _________ until Thursday 11
th
March.


A. lengthened



B. postponed



C. prolonged


D. cancelled
17.
I’m sure Harry will remember, but why not give him a ring












he forgets?
A. in the case



B. in case of



C. in case



D. in the case of
18. He seemed very young, but














he was older than all of us.
A. in nature



B. in reality



C. by nature


D. in origin
19. Only under special circumstances













to take make-up tests.


A. freshmen are permitted






B. are freshmen permitted


C. permitted are freshmen






D. are permitted freshmen
20. We are in











of extra pay for extra work.

A. favor




B. general



C. view



D. terms
21. There were no tickets












for Friday’s concert.

A. achievable



B. accessible



C. available


D. acceptable
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22.
It’s impossible to __________ exactly how our reactions will affect the future.

A. expect




B. assess




C. foresee


D. guess
23. This middle school is












to a key university.
A. attained




B. attacked



C. attached






D. attracted
24. Farmers will have a bumper (
特大的
) harvest,












that the weather is favorable.
A. consuming




B. assuming






C. assuring






D. resuming
25. Since 1939, __________ studies have been conducted to determine whether smoking is a health


hazard.




A. number



B. numerous




C. much


D. fewer

26. ________ your belief that we will fail, I am confident that we will succeed.



A. In constrast to


B. In contrary to


C. In regard with
D. In comparison with

27. We should __________ regular hours for the more important aspects of our work.



A. set down



B. set off



C. set about



D. set aside

28. Temperature is at a ______________ 26 degrees in this hotel.



A. content.




B. confined




C. constant


D. continual
29. At the meeting, the speaker ___________ that point for more than an hour.



A. communicatied with


B. thought about


C. discussed on

D. dwelt on
30. His presence at the party was _____________ as showing that he wished to make up the

quarrel.





A. improved


B. interpreted


C. interrupted


D. interacted

31.
The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t worry ____________ about a single test.




A. excessively


B. absolutely


C. eventually


D. inevitably
32. The famous athlete was born in a mountain village that is ____________ from all other communities.



A. distinguished


B. related



C. isolated



D. linked

33. I have had so many _____________ that I’ve stopped offering to help her.




A. relations



B. rejections


C. responsibilites


D. respects

34. Filters and low tar tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only slightly reduce,
not ____________ the dangers.



A. decrease


B. improve


C. enhance


D. eliminate

35. The principal is ______________ disappointed with the performance of the children.



A. somewhat

B. something


C. somehow


D. sometime

36. The boy ____________ when he saw his mother stealing a glance at his diary by the bedside.




A. jumped on his feet





B. jumped to his feet



C. stood to his feet





D. stood up to his feet

37. Their ambassador has accepted an __________ to meet with the president and discuss their issue.




A. investment


B. invention

C. investigation


D. invitation

38. I hope that the arragement will meet with your _____________.




A. appliaction

B. approval

C. appointment


D. appeal
39. They decided to _________ a reserve fund to meet emergencies.



A. set out


B. set about

C. set up




D. set off

40.
“I will not perform the ___________ task of comparing cases of failure,”once said Abraham Lincoln.




A. ungrateful

B. unfamiliar

C. unimportant


D. unusual
41. At the very ___________ of the cart driver, John felt ashamed of himself for his own action.



A. considertation
B. thinking


C. thought


D. dwelling

42. She could not have failed to see it, but she had ___________ to ignore it.




A. pointed


B. picked



C. selected



D. chosen

43. In spite of the much greater technoloical and economic resources of the modern world, __________ still strikes
many parts of the world, expecially in Africa.

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A. fortune


B. famine


C. harvest


D. shortage

44. Computer literacy means being able to tell a computer to do ___________ you want it to.



A. that


B. when


C. why



D. what

45. His father gave John the ____________ of staying in high school or going to work.



A. difference


B. altitude


C. alteration


D. alternative
46. It was reported that peace was the ___________ theme of the conference held last week.



A. dominate

B. dominant

C. subordinate

D. precious

47. There are fears that political ___________ in the region will lead to civil war.



A. interference

B. impact


C. mess



D. instability
48. It is said that she was born in Paris during German ____________.




A. occupation

B. control

C. pursuit



D. aggression
49. The workers marched through the street to ___________ against the rising cost of living.




A. illustrate


B. charge

C. demostrate


D. inform

50. We have consistently ______________ a friendly policy toward them.



A. pursued


B. chased


C. pushed



D. sustained

51. The electric lamps went out so we had to __________ candles to light the room.




A. apply to


B. resort to


C. seize on



D. draw out

52. The rise in the violent crime is a disturbing new _____________.




A. style


B. incident

C. trend



D. challenge
53. He has no ____________ and will do anything for money.



A. morals


B. morale

C. standards


D. personality
54. That factory has _____________ some major changes in the past few years.




A. undertaken

B. understood

C. undergone


D. undermined





55. ___________ the advances of science, the discomforts of old age will no doubt always be with

us.



A. As for




B. Besides

C. Except


D. Despite

56. It is useful to be able to predict the extent ____________ which a price change will after supply and demand.





A. from



B. with


C. to



D. for

57. ____________ is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great Americann writer.




A. That



B. Which

C. As



D. It

58. The most __________technological success in the twentieth century is probably the computer revolution.



A. prominent


B. prosperous

C. solemn

D. prevalent

59. He ____________knowing anything about their plans.



A. refused



B. defied

C. denied

D. accused

60. She decided to ________ her studies after obtaining her first degree.




A. purchase


B. pursue

C. persuade

D. prevail

61. It has been _____________ that as many as one out of four male workers between the age of 20 and 25 change
their lines of work.



A evaluated


B. soluted


C. estimated


D. involved

62. Everything that he writes has a high __________purpose.



A. moral




B. insight


C. inside


D. incident

63. When polite requests failed, Paul _____________ to threats.



A. consumed


B. assumed

C. assured


D. resorted

64. The hero’s funeral is the most __________scenery in the play.




A. domineering

B. adjoining

ng


D. striking

65.
I’m sure Harry will remember, but why
not give him a ring __________ he forgets?



A. in the case



B. in case of


C. in case


D. in the case of

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