13. Some people like dirking coffee, for it has _____ effects.
A. promoting [巩固与提高]
1. Take my _____ young man, and don‘t drive so fast.
A. emphasis
B. notice
C. lesson
D. advice
B. stimulating C. enhancing
D. encouraging
2. When there are small children around, it is necessary to put bottles of pills out of _____.
A. reach
B. hand
C. hold
D. place
3. He is really like a gentleman and he usually _____ the door open to let the ladies go first.
A. holds
B. leaves
C. keeps
D. makes
4. They spent the afternoon _____ blackberries in the wood.
A. picking
B. selecting
C. electing
D. gaining
5. The children are curious about who _____ the world.
A. made
B. formed
C. created
D. produced
6. I held the little bird in my hand and felt it heart _____.
A. driving
B. striking
C. beating
D. knocking
7. _____ in the blanket in such weather, the little boy kept crying.
A. Enclosed
B. Wrapped
C. Covered
D. Banded
8. When I saw Rosie, I stopped and smiled but she _____ me and walked on.
A. missed
B. neglected
C. ignored
D. overlooked
9. Does anyone _____ the plans we have made？
A. oppose
B. object
C. deny
D. refuse
10. During the Gulf War (海湾战争) in 1991, the Iraqi armies _____ heavy losses.
A. received B. suffered C. accepted
D. occurred
11. We are going to _____ our house by building another room onto it.
A. increase
B. enlarge
C. spread
D. stretch
12. People can show their personalities in the colors and _____ of the clothes they choose.
A. forms
B. kinds
C. styles
D. types
13. Being in a leading position, one must base his decisions on actual facts instead of on _____ likes and dislikes.
A. human
B. private
C. personal
D. own
14. He ran down the beach and _____ into the sea.
A. sank
B. headed
C. bathed
D. plunged
15. When we do a good job, the boss _____ us with special gifts.
A. awarded
B. offered
C. affords
D. rewards
16. I feel _____ of his being able to buy a new car.
A. jealous
B. unfair
C. greedy
D. mean
17. The boy _____ that the wallet was his, and he was telling the truth.
A. announced
B. declared
C. claimed
D. reported
18. Lucy is a girl who is hard to please. She is _____ about everything.
A. special
B. especial
C. peculiar
D. particular
19. Don‘t bother me and today I have no _____ for jokes.
A. feeling
B. mood
C. emotion
D. sense
20. Yesterday I had a bad toothache and I had to take some pills to _____ the pain.
A. prevent
B. avoid
C. kill
D. escape
21. When I saw Rosie, I stopped and smiled but she _____ me and walked on.
A. missed B. neglected C. ignored
D. overlooked
22. My uncle has lost his wallet with 3000 yuan in it, and I am going to say something to _____ him.
A. release
B. comfort
C. amuse
D. entertain
23. Free medical treatment in this country covers sickness of mind as well as _____ sicknesses.
A. normal
B. regular
C. average
D. ordinary
24. According to yesterday‘s newspaper, a(n) _____ family of city residents in this country owns about 80,000
yuan in the banks. A. general
B. common
C. average
D. usual
25. Mrs. Brown found herself lost because she could find no _____ of the hotel when she had walked twenty
minutes. A. mark
B. feature
C. sign
D. symbol
26. The manager _____ one of the hotel servants of stealing the money.
A. blamed
B. accused
C. scolded
D. charged
27. This hotel _____ $60 for a single room with bath.
A. claims
B. demands
C. prices
D. charges
28. The water could not flow freely because the pipe was _____.
A. blocked
B. trapped
C. loaded
D. forced
29. The ship ―Titanic‖ was _____ when it hit into an iceberg. A. wounded
B. sunk
C. wrecked
D. failed
30. Every car or trunk usually carries a (n) _____ wheel whenever it goes. A. additional
B. extra
C. extraordinary
D. spare
31. The government is trying to do something to _____ better understanding between the two countries.
A. raise
B. promote
C. heighten
D. increase
32. Lucy seldom talks to others and no one knows why she always _____ herself from the people around.
A. isolates
B. separates
C. prevents
D. resists
33. The actual cost of building was much higher than our original _____.
A. estimate B. plan
C. judgment
D. consideration
34. A power failure completely _____ the cake she was baking.
A. damaged
B. weakened
C. spoiled
D. injured
35. In this time of economic reform, our state of mind should keep _____ with the rapid changes of the economic
system.
A. pace B. touch
C. progress
D. step
36. She was so _____ in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door.
A. attracted
B. absorbed
C. included
D. concentrated
37. Although I like the appearance of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful _____
through the window. A. vision
B. look
C. picture
D. view
38. How can you ______ for your absence from the symposium (专题讨论会) about environmental protection
this morning?
A. reason B. excuse
C. account D. explain
39. Though I knew these are words of Latin _____, I didn‘t quite know their meanings until I looked them up in
the dictionary.
A. origin B. source
C. resource
D. way
40. The ring has been in my husband‘s family for three _____, so I decided to give it to my daughter-in-law.
A. people
B. offspring
C. children
D. generations
41. Without the accident, you could never have imagined his _____ for dealing the difficult situation.
A. ability
B. capacity
C. management
D. capability
42. At last the rescue team came, with only three of the _____ surviving the shipwreck.
A. group
B. crew
C. member
D. crowd
43. The _____ of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is ―Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People‘s
Olympics.‖ A. theme
B. topic
C. spirit
D. subject
44. It took him several months to _____ the wild horse.
A. tend
B. cultivate
C. breed
D. tame
45. Anger, joy, sorrow and excitement are human beings‘ basic _____.
A. psychologies
B. minds
C. desires
D. emotions
46. The police haven‘t been _____ in the case that a woman put itching powder in the shoes in order to take
revenge on her husband who had fallen in love with another woman. A. absorbed
B. involved
C. contained
D. included
47. Many doctors are now searching for _____ to cancer treatment.
A. ways
B. methods
C. measures
D. approaches
48. Some old people don't like pop songs because they can't _____ so much noise. A. resist B. sustain
C. tolerate
D. undergo
49. In some countries anyone who wants to be a teacher must have a teacher‘s _____.
A. diploma
B. quality
C. document
D. license
50. The visiting Japanese prime minister was warmly _____ when he arrived in Beijing.
A. received
B. accepted
C. treated
D. recommended
51. Yantai is one of the areas in China that are famous for _____ apples.
A. manufacturing
B. processing
C. making
D. producing
52. The physics teacher told the students to observe carefully what would happen when a (n) _____ acted on the
object.