学位英语词汇练习2

学位英语词汇练习

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1. Where did you _____ the magazine I was reading?

A. lay

B. lie

C. remain

D. let

2. It's my turn on _____ tonight, but I don't feel at all well.

A. work

B. task

C. duty

D. obligation

3. _____ these books to the library, as they will soon be overdue.

A. Bring

B. Take

C. Fetch

D. Leave

4. They say more boys are born than girls _____.

A. as a whole

B. in whole

C. wholly

D. on the whole

5. The chairman _____ a question for discussion.

A. aroused

B. raised

C. arose

D. rose

6. He is an honest official and never _____ any gifts from people who sought his help.

A. received

B. expected

C. accepted

D. took up

7. I suddenly _____ that it was past ten o'clock.

A. realized

B. recognized

C. understood

D. happened

8. Any student who _____ his homework is unlikely to pass the examination.

A. reduces

B. offends

C. practises

D. neglects

9. The car was repaired but not quite to my _____.

A. joy

B. pleasure

C. attraction

D. satisfaction

10. They seem to have no interest in _____.

A. mutual

B. ordinary

C. common

D. usual

11. Solar cells have been developed primarily to _____ electric power for spacecraft.

A. seek

B. provide

C. apply

D. insure

12. I can't _____ that loud music.

A. persist in

B. put out

C. hold on to

D. put up with

13. If you can’t turn the key, try _____ some oil in the lock.

A. to put

B. putting

C. put

D. to have put

14. The blackout caused the meeting _____ .

A. to break up

B. stopped at once

C. coming to an end

D. couldn’t continue

15. It makes _____ to me to stay on or to leave.

A. no doubt

B. no problem

C. no use

D. no difference

16. I don’t _____ it against the young man that he spent three years in jail.

A. think

B. hold

C. view

D. consider

17. She has been so _____ lately that I think she must be sick.

A. annoyed

B. irritable

C. furious

D. angry

18. She _____ her ambition of becoming a Fellow of American Science Academy.

A. acquired

B. obtained

C. earned

D. attained

19.

The

succession

of

events

described

in

the

famous

fairy

tale

“Alice

in

the

Wonderland”

is

_____.

A. image

B. imagine

C. imaginary

D. imaginable

20. I’m quite determined to have the thing

_____ with before you go.

A. ended

B. coped

C. done away

D. done

21. The student spent four months _____ the information for his paper.

A. rounding up

B. looking after

C. looking forward

D. rounding together

22. They made great efforts to build _____ the friendship between the two people.

A. /

B. up

C. on

D. upon

23. Jean

____to own a car but I don’t believe her.

A. confirm

B. claims

C. complete

D. convince

24. Every child in Britain is ____to free education at school

A. cared

B. entitled

C. liable

D. given

25. We’ll discuss it

____our dinner.

A. while

B. with

C. over

D. from

26. What’s your____ in doing so stupid a thing?

A. end

B. meaning

C. point

D. idea

27. The thief was _____by the police with breaking the law.

A. accused

B. commented

C. criticized

D. charged

28. Don’t invest in such a project, you’ll risk____ your money.

A. losing

B. lose

C. to lose

D. lost

29. She was not aware of his ____ in the room until he was asked to relate his recent experiences

in the expedition.

A. presence

B. present

C. absence

D. absent

30. John found _____ so complicated a question.

A. it hard to answer

B. himself hard to answer

C. hard for him to answer

D. himself hard answering

31. The next afternoon I went to _____ Miss Barkley again.

A. call on

B. call out

C. call forth

D. call off

32. People usually say

A. clue

B. consideration

C. prove

D. proof

33. His pupils used to make him so angry that he threw books

______ them.

A. in

B. for

C. towards

D. at

34. Sorry I can't answer your question. I know _____ about the subject.

A. a little

B. little

C. some

D. few

35. It's _____ my power to make final decision on the matter.

A. outside

B. beyond

C. out of

D. above

36. Dick usually looks forward to _____ from her.

A. hear

B. be heard

C. hearing

D. have heard

37. That family is always quarrelling ______ themselves.

A. within

B. with

C. between

D. among

38. She grabbed me _______ and pulled me onto the bus.

A. by an arm

B. by the arm

C. on the arm

D. with the arm

39. I don't think this is a good idea. Has he ______ suggestion?

A. any one

B. the other

C. any other

D. some another

40. My sister framed the photograph and ______ it on the wall of her room.

A. hanged

B. hangs

C. hung

D. hanging

41. I shall ______ you by telephone on Friday.

A. contend

B. contact

C. constitute

D. conflict

42. Two ships were barely ______ on the horizon.

A. sensible

B. passable

C. visible

D. available