学位英语词汇练习 1

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1. Let's the problem for the time being: we can return to it later. A. settle C. interrupt B. stop D. leave 2. Those opinions are now out of .

A. fashion C. order B. mood D. form 3. He finds it difficult to himself to the climate. A. apply C. avail B. account D. accustom 4. When she heard the bad news, she ______ completely. A. broke away C. broke out

B. broke down D. broke through 5. This is much _____ to the one I bought last week.

A. worse C. inferior B. lower D. equal 6. You should not _____ too much from him.

A. expose C. express B. expect D. experience

7. The novel ended happily, and the young couple were married in the ___ . A. final C. end B. closing D. conclusion

8. Why were the talks scheduled for that afternoon _____off at last minute? A. called C. stopped B. cancelled D. abandoned

9. The building _____ mostly undamaged after the earthquake, and only minor repairs were necessary.

A. recovered C. lasted B. consisted D. remained 10. I saw a traffic _____ this morning.

A. event C. conflict B. accident D. damage 11. The desert was regarded as _____ for settlement.

A. uncertain C. unfit B. unable D. unlike 12. Kindness is the most important _____ a man can have.

A. habit C. quality B. property D. effect 13. They rose one after ______ and walked out.

A. the other C. others B. each other D. another

14. _____ you ought to do is to see a doctor.

A. How C. Which B. What D. That 15. He said ______ was not within his power to answer the question. A. that C. such B. this D. it 16. Mrs. Jonson ______ about it before me.

A. would not like speaking C. had better not speaking B. would not like to speak D. had better speaking not 17. I like to get up early so that I can get plenty of work _____ before lunch. A. to do C. done

B. doing D. being done 18. John suggested _____ anything about it until they found out more facts. A. not to say C. to say not B. not say D. not saying 19. His theory is very difficult, but _____ people understand it. A. a few C. a little B. few D. little 20. Do you consider _____ more people over?

A. it any good sending C. that any good sending B. any good sending D. any good to send 21. You'd _____ tell him the truth before it is too late.

A. better C. most B. rather D. like 22. The policeman ______ the thief down the road.

A. rushed C. chased B. ran D. raced 23.We are opposed to _____ without him.

A. have a party C. us have a party B. we have a party D. having a party

24. _____one occasion he helped an old woman who was in danger _____ the risk of his life. A. In/at C. By/with B. On/at D. At/in

25. Three months after she settled down in America she began to get _____ and homesick. A. bore C. boring B. bored D. boredom 26. It was getting late, so we set off______ .

A. to home C. for home B. at home D. home 27. Every child in Britain is _____to free education at school.

A. cared C. liable B. entitled D. given 28. I didn't buy the apples; she gave them to me _____ nothing.

A. as C. in addition to

B. for D. due to 29. He could not _____ his teacher that he was telling the truth.

A. admit C. convince B. trust D. ensure 30. He _____the present, but he didn’t accept it.

A. took C. received B. accepted D. gained 31. The earthquake left 3,000 homeless

A. violent C. endless B. extensive D. furious 32. They _____ the aid of the United States but did not receive it. A. asked C. sought B. found D. obtained

33. Some members of the committee were opposed _____the club members’ money to redecorate the meeting hall.

A. to use C. to have use B. to using D. to be used 34. A man's _____ lessens as he grows old.

A. life C. temper B. effort D. vigor 35. Will you _____ my clothes while I go for a swim?

A. watch C. intend B. notice D. attend 36. This room _____ 10 meters across.

A. broadens C. averages B. measures D. lengthens 37. It didn’t take the children long to _____out the correct answer. A. get C. calculate B. figure D. see

38. His life as a river-boat-pilot came to a sudden end and he was _____to leave the Mississippi at the outbreak of the war.

A. committed C. compelled B. convinced D. compared 39. Jean _____to own a car but I don’t believe her.

A. confirms C. completes B. claims D. convinces 40. “Shall I remove the ink stains on the writing table?” “No, please do not _____.”

A. bother C. matter B. disturb D. distract 41. How far was he _____for what had happened?

A. reliable C. responsible B. respective D. provided

42. George took _____of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.

A. advantage C. interest

B. profit D. charge 43. The plan is not practical and is ______ to failure.

A. due C. doomed B. expected D. certain

44. The ______ of their performance was expressed in their prolonged applause. A. understanding C. appreciation

B. judgement D. determination 45. You needn't wait; you are free _____ whenever you like.

A. going C. to go B. and going D. and go

46. _____ gathering and storing information, the computer can also solve complicated problems. A. Not only C. Unless B. Except D. Besides 47. Does he speak English or Russian? ---- He doesn't speak ____. A. either C. all B. neither D. none 48. Can you tell me _____ a post office near here?

A. whether is there C. if there is

B. that is there D. what them is 49. The benefit concert isn't a recorded one. It is ______.

A. alive C. live B. living D. lived 50. The airport is five miles _____.

A. from here far C. far from here B. from here away D. away from here 5l. My dog has never _____ anyone, except when provoked.

A. bitten C. biting B. bit D. bite 52. Father said such a thing _____ to happen again.

A. ought to be not allowed C. ought to be allowed not B. ought not to be allowed D. not ought to be allowed 53. She ______ her hair into her cap.

A. pressed C. tucked B. touched D. tightened

54. Mary was very annoyed when her husband made a ______ of himself before her colleagues. A. spectator C. game

B. plan D. spectacle 55. He was left alone with _____to look after him.

A. not one C. anyone B. no one D. someone 56. _____ since she was a young girl, she had wanted to become an actress. A. Always C. Long

B. Ever D. Frequently

57. Business letters must always be ______ but we should write in a natural way to friends. A. formal C. former B. normal D. casual 58. Arabic is a language I found ____ to learn.

A. it difficult C. difficult it B. that difficult D. difficult 59. We _____ to get what we want, anyway.

A. operated C. controlled B. managed D. handled

60. We have received a (an) ______ from the neighboring college to play them at football. A. demand C. order

B. challenge D. requirement

61. Living here at the top of the mountain with no one else near you must be very ______ . A. lonely C. single B. alone D. sole

62. ______ , the temperature of a body rises when it receives heat. A. As for C. As a rule B. As yet D. As such 63. He drove fast and arrived an hour ______ of schedule. A. in advance C. abreast

B. ahead D. in front

. Finding it difficult to______ to the climate in the city, he decided to move to the north. A. fit C. suit B. adopt D. adapt 65. She was ______ in white like a nurse.

A. clothing C. wearing B. dressed D. worn

66. It was a good game, and at the end the ______ was Argentina 3, West Germany 2. A. account C. score B. mark D. record 67. I didn't know what to do but then an idea suddenly ______ to me. A. occurred C. appeared B. happened D. lighted

68. Is there anyone who ______ the plan put forward by the committee? A. differs C. objects B. disagrees D. opposes

69. She told her children that they must not, ______ , play with matches. A. on any account C. in no sense B. to good account D. by no means

70. Our public transportation system is not ______ for the needs of the people. A. complete C. normal B. adequate D. perfect 71. Tom and I are ______ seeing you, so don't disappoint us! A. looking for C. looking to

B. looking forward to D. looking out on 72. Smoking in bed ______1000 fires a year.

A. burns C. keeps B. catches D. causes 73. The United States ______ a population of over 200 million. A. possesses C. owns B. have D. has 74. She opened the door very ______ so as not to wake the baby. A. attentively C. patiently B. cautiously D. nervously 75. He speaks English ______ better than I.

A. very C. much B. so D. too 76. I enjoy playing basketball and then ______ .

A. eating C. eat B. to eat D. ate 77. You don't object ______ you by your first name, do you?

A. to me to call C. me to call B. to my calling D. my calling 78. He apologized ______ having to leave so early.

A. because of C. owing to B. since D. for 79. 9. There is no_____ in insisting on the impossible.

A. mind C. sense B. meaning D. help 80. Professor Black had us ______compositions every Friday.

A. to write C. write B. wrote D. writing 81. He didn't know ______ or go home.

A. if to wait C. whether to wait B. to wait D. either to wait 82. How can you avoid mistakes when you're in such a _____ ?

A. speed C. hastening B. worry D. hurry 83. We must begin testing this instrument, no matter ______ difficult it is. A. however C. whatever B. how D. what 84. One of my ____ sayings is \"there is no smoke without fire. \"

A. favourite C. favourable B. alike D. likely 85. He makes a good living ______selling used car.

A. for C. of

B. on D. out of 86. I am _____ of the same old breakfast every morning.

A. worn out C. ill

B. tired D. exhausted 87. I couldn't understand the lecture, and ______ .

A. neither could Sue C. Sue couldn't neither B. so couldn't Sue D. Sue couldn't also 88. She's going to the photographer's ______ .

A. that her photograph be taken C. to have her photograph taken B. to have her photograph taking D. to have taken her photograph . ______ people can speak a foreign language perfectly.

A. Not much C. Only a small number B. Little D. Few 90. I don't talk with them in English ______ .

A. no longer C. not any longer B. any more D. no more 91. He lent me a few books, but ______ are easy to read.

A. neither of them C. not either of them B. none of them D. not both of them 92. There is something wrong with my TV set. I must have it _______ . A. check C. to check B. checking D. checked 93. Which door does this key ____ to ?

A. set B. become C. fit D. belong 94. He's lived in London ______ .

A. since a long time C. long before

B. for some time D. some time ago 95. Try to make as ______ mistakes as possible in your homework.

A. less C. least B. a few D. few 96. The child was ______to open the refrigerator door.

A. barely tall enough C. tall barely enough B. barely enough tall D. enough barely tall 97. You can't go that way, I'm afraid, as the road is ______repair.

A. for C. under B. in D. on

98. We have to produce more food to _____ the demand of the ever-growing population. A. suit C. meet B. fill D. respond 99. That field _____ a good crop of potatoes last year.

A. planted C. raised B. grew D. yielded 100. When he was in prison he was not allowed to _____ with his family.

A. commit C. commission B. communicate D. command