Vocabulary and Structure
Choose the best one from the given choices to complete the sentences. 1. Mixed-race couples still face ________ in many places. A. cowardice B. avarice C. prejudice D. sacrifice
2. She ________ a set of silver cutlery from her grandmother. A. inhibited B. inheritable C. inhibition D. inherited
3. I really don't like first dates—it's like there's a ________ you have to follow and there are set things you have to talk about. A. script B. scroll C. sketch
D. skit讽刺文；滑稽短剧
4. There is a famous ________ in the centre of London that many lovers and friends use as a meeting point. A. ornament B. moment C. monument D. movement
5. His ability to make people laugh was one of his best traits. A. trades B. traits C. treats D. tropes
6. \want to quit my job but I'm considering it.\ A. quit B. quite C. quiet D. quick
7. Spinach is full of ________ and minerals. A. vapours B. vegetables C. vines D. vitamins
8. Whilst some people think it's very old fashioned, others still think that poem is the food of love. A. poem B. poet
C. poetic D. poetry
9. I know that recipe but I can't recall the main ingredient. A. recall B. recap C. receive (d) recite
10. Some religious people, like Hindus or Jews, have special cooking and eating traditions.
A. realistic B. religious C. renowned (d) respectable
11. People tend to eat turkey or goose on Christmas Day in the US. A. temp B. tend C. tense D. test
12. The soup was made with a rich chicken stock. A. stitch B. stir C. stock D. stout
13. Friends' opinions can be very __ when it comes to a new girlfriend or boyfriend. A. infamous B. infectious C. inflated D. influential
14. Bubbles appear in water when it starts to boil. A. Baubles B. Billows C. Bobbles D. Bubbles
15. Many people think modesty is an important characteristic in a partner. It's annoying when someone talks about themselves all the time! A. mobility B. modality C. modernity D. modesty
16. At the end of the meal I made a toast and thanked the host for inviting us to dinner.
A. guest B. host C. invitee
D. visitor
17. The meat was cooked with a special local recipe that had been used in the area for hundreds of years. A. local B. locale C. locate D. location
18. She didn't go on a second date with him because of his harsh views on women. A. harmless B. harsh C. hasty D. hearty
19. \________ me.\ A. rejected B. objected C. subjected D. projected
20. \ A. novas B. novels C. novelties
D. novices
21. _______ by the results of the school leaving exam, she decided to go to university. A. Being encouraged B. Encouraged C. Encouraging D. Be encouraged
22. I wish _______ some research before I drew the conclusion. A. I’d done B. I have done C. I did D. do
23. My university has lots of societies and clubs -- it’s a chance to _____ new activities you haven’t done before.
A. trying to B. trying out C. try to D. try out
24. You are on your way to university, this will _____ your parents. A. release B. relief C. relieve D. believe 25. I felt a bit _______ by all the strange looking food.
A. fright B. frightening C. frightened D. being frightened
26. If you _____ late at night you might not be able to get up in the morning. A. stay up B. stay with C. stay still D. go on
27. My university has lots of societies and clubs--- it’s a chance to _____ new activities you haven’t done before.
A. try to B. try out C. try D. trying
28. Don’t ________ your essay late to Mr. Green, or he will get very angry. A. hand out B. handle C. hand in D. give in
29. ________ about my time at university, I realize I was very happy there. A. Thought B. Think through C. Through D. Thinking
30. _________ the boy to be a new student on her course, she invited him in. A. Believing B. Believe C. Believed D. Believe at
31. It is crucial that you submit your subject choices before the start of the semester. A. miserable B. brilliant C. confident D. crucial
32. I didn't want to go to the party but my friend _________ me that I would have a good time. A. assured B. assure C. sure D. ensure 33. He was so miserable that he wanted to burst _______ tears. A. in B. into C. onto D. on
34. Many students run _______ of money and have to borrow some from their parents. A. up B. with C. in D. out 35. ________ the rain, the barbeque in the park was a lot of fun. A. Although B. Despite C. However D. Though 36. I saw the waiter _______ something into the dish.
A. puts B. being put C. putting D. be put 37. I ______ him to a beginner’s class in Chinese food. A. should have taken B. should take C. have taken D. had taken
38. It’s not like a Manhattan Chinatown takeout carefully _____ Westerners tastes. A. adapted to B. adapting to C. adapting for D. adapted for 39. I cannot accept the system of government ______ I have had to live. A. in which B. on which C. under which D. which 40. ______ the description of the man ____ convinced me. A. It was ... who B. It is ... that C. There was ... that D. There is ... that 41. If you feel ______, you are very tired.
A. joy B. exhausted C. bored D. cheerful 42. I get _____ easily if I have to eat the same thing every day. A. boring B. exhausted C. bored D. joy
43. The recipe had a long list of ingredients and I found the instructions rather puzzling.
A. exhausted B. interested C. puzzled D. puzzling 44. Preparing food for 200 people was extremely tiring. A. tiring B. tired C. been tired D. tied 45. I could feel her heart _____ beneath her coat.
A. beats B. beating C. beaten D. bitten
46. \
A. on B. in C. with D. of
47. The desserts looked so delicious that I was ________ and ate two!
A. gracious B. grateful C. greedy D. grimy 48. The price of strawberries varies a lot at different times of the year.
A. varies B. vaults C. volleys D. vouches 49. I know that recipe but I can't recall the main ingredient.
A. recall B. recap C. receive D. recite
50. He was so hungry that he couldn't concentrate on his homework and all he could think about was lunch.
A. compute B. concentrate C. conclude D. control 51. The job they give me to do is __________________. A. as demanding for the previous one B. so far as demanding the previous one C. as to demanding the previous one D. as demanding as the previous one
52. They have ______ an end to the fighting.
A. appealed for B. applied for C. appealed to D. applied to
53. I must try to avoid _____ the same mistake and stop falling in love so quickly. A. to make B. making C. to have made D. make 54. Suits and ties go ______ each other.
A. to B. for C. with D. on
55. People who buy sports clothes are often loyal ____ a particular brand. A. with B. to C. by D. over 56. A(n) _______ noise is one that goes on without stopping. A. continuously B. loud C. continual D. loudly 57. They’re people _________ we have often worked before. A. who B. whom C. to whom D. with whom 58. I can't help you, I’m afraid. I’m a bit short ______ cash. A. of B. on C. with D. off
59. I want to speak to the manager but the line’s busy and I can’t get ____. A. on B. through C. to D. off
60. You ______ by changing your ideas or the way you do things, to get used to a new situation.
A. flip B. surrender C. adjust D. loose
61. The meal came with little pots of sauce to ________ the meat in.
A. dash B. dim C. dip D. drip
62. Sichuan food is ________ by spicy dishes containing lots of chilli peppers. A. characterize B. characteristic C. characterization D. characterized 63. The lady was sitting on the bench crying and was clearly very ______. A. to distress B. distress C. distressed D. distressing
64. My first ______ of him was that he was a funny guy, but still very professional. A. impress B. impression C. impressing D. impressed
65. They didn't have a good relationship so he was not ________ to help her when she told him about the problem. A. incline B. to incline C. inclined D. inclining
66. He was reluctant to introduce her to his friends because he thought they would laugh at her.
A. reluctant B. refused C. rejected D. relative
67.Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak ___________ Chinese.
A. smooth B. fluent C. fluid D. flowing