新课标高中英语词汇系列练习题（十）
1. 单项选择:
1) We want to rent a bus which can 40 people for our trip to Beijing.
A. load B. hold C. fill D. host
2) Li Lei wanted to tell her everything, but something made him ________.
A. hold up B. hold back C. hold on D. hold out
3) Washington, a state in the United States, was named _______ one of the greatest American presidents.
A. in favour of B. in the hope of C. in honour of D. by means of 4) The young man went there ______ a job with a higher pay. A. with the purpose of finding B. in the hope of finding C. hoping to find D. all of the above
5) The committee is discussing the problem right now. it will _______ have been solved by the end of next week.
A. eagerly B. hopefully C. hurriedly D. gradually 6) --- Michael was late for Mr. Smith's oral class this morning. --- ______? As far as I know, he never came late to class.
A. How come B. So what C. Why not D. What for 7) ___________, Mother will wait for him to have dinner together.
A. However late is he B. No matter how he is late C. However is he late D. However late he is 8) If you______ your belief, you promise to succeed eventually.
A. hug B. stick up for C. keep up with D. hold up
9) Zhang Jiajie is well-known for its_______ area of forest and beautiful natural scenery. A. big B. huge C. great D. hopeful
10) Mike didn't play football yesterday because he had ______ his leg. A. damaged B. hurt C. hit D. struck
11) My ______ of this weekend’s activity is going out with some good friends. A. idea B. opinion C. idiom D. thought
12) The computer will ______ your fingerprints before it allows you to enter the building.
A. tell B. realize C. identify D. imagine 13) Don’t ______ your carelessness. It may lead to serious problems. A. improve B. keep C. impress D. ignore 14) Look at the trouble I am in. ______ I had followed your advice. A. Only if B. If only C. But for D. As long as 15) --- My children are always arguing.
--- ________.
A. Just ignore them B. That's right C. Are you sure D. How old is the boy 16) Can you imagine _________ across the big desert?
A. Tom going B. Tom goes C. Tom is going D. Tom to go 17) The policemen went into action _______ they heard the alarm. A. suddenly B. hurriedly C. quickly D. immediately
18) --- How was Robert's cooking? --- Oh, pretty good. I was quite . A. admired B. interested C. impressed D. inspired 19) ---You look beautiful _______ the red skirt.
---Thank you, and it surely looks wonderful _____ you.
A. on, in B. in; on C. with; with D. at, at
20) The serious __________ along the border increased our fears of the war. A. accident B. affair C.incident D. event 21) --- How come a simple meal like this cost so much?
--- We have _______ in your bill the cost of the teapot you broke. A. increased B. included C. contained D. charged
22) He stays at home every day without a job, but he gets good _______. A. wage B. pay C. salary D. income
23) One of the consequences of our planet's being warming up is a(n) ______ in the number of natural disasters.
A. result B. increase C. reason D. income
24) The research results seem to _______ a connection between poor housing conditions and
bad health, but more work must be done to test it.
A. indicate B. analyze C.identify D. prove 25) Being always excellent at his _____, he can easily find a new ____. A. job; work B. jobs; work C. work; job D. works; job
26) The bell _____ the end of the period rang, _____ our heated discussion. A.indicating; interrupting B. indicated; interrupting C. indicating; interrupted D. indicated; interrupted 27) Have you got any new ______ about the results of the exam?
A. news B. ideas C. notices D. information
28) The managing director of our company is in charge of this office, so all the other employees are ______ him. A. junior to B. junior of C. junior from D. junior towards
29) The _____ the bell rang, the teacher walked into the classroom.
A. immediately B. hurriedly C. hardly D. instant
30) Violence on TV may turn out to be a strong ________ on some young people. A. impression B. expression C. influence D. influential
31) Professor White has written some short stories, but he is _____ known for his plays. A. the best B. more C. better D. the most
32) The manager promised to keep me ________ of how our business was going on. A. to be informed B. on informing C. informed D. informing
33) We insisted the girl ______ the job, but the boss insisted that we ______ to her.
A. didn't fit; offered B. wasn't fit for; offer C. wasn't fit; offered D. be unfit for; offer 34) Always read the ______on the bottle carefully and take the right amount of medicine. A. explanations B. instructions C. descriptions D. introductions
35) The international agreement, encourage children not to smoke and help people kick
the habit, was signed on February 27.
A. intending to B. inspired to C. intended to D. inspiring to 36) I'm sorry, Henry. It wasn't my ______ to cause a quarrel between you and Tony. A. meaning B. instruction C. intention D. attention 37) ---Is there anything________ in today’s newspaper?
---Yes. Two places______ have just been opened to the public in Xi’an. A. of interest; of interest B. interesting; of interests C. interested; interesting D. interesting; of interesting 38) The doctor's mistakes in _______ can lead to the death of the patient.