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1. After dinner the minister made a short ___to the guests.
A. talk B. pronunciation C. conversation D. speech
2. Those are very pleasant rooms. How much do you __them?
A. want B. demand C. ask for D. ask
3. A mistake is not serious unless it is _____.
A. made B. well-known C. great D. repeated
4. He ___live in the country than in the city.
A. prefers to B. likes to C. had better D. would rather
5. You can _____my surprise when I heard the news.
A. suppose B. see C. imagine D. believe
6. Peter begged his neighbour to ____him twenty pounds until the weekend.
A. lend B. supply C. borrow D. give
7. I have always ___you my best friend.
A. regard B. considered C. trusted D. found
8. I sat near the entrance for a long time ___him, but he didn’t arrive.
A. expecting B. waiting C. hoping D. wanting
9. Looking for new ways to do old jobs means _______.
A. work B. goodness C. success D. progress
10. Bats do not see well. Instead, they ____where they are going.
A. smell B. listen to C. watch D. ask
11. I’m __to get the tickets for the show, as there are hardly any left.
A. worried B. anxious C. after D. troubled
12. The more you ____things to chance, the less chance there is for you.
A. leave B. have C. take D. put
13. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the _____before the fine weather came
to an end.
A. fields B. plants C. seeds D. harvest
14. His ____of the plane was correct and could really fly.
A. shape B. pattern C. design D. model
15. He left in such a hurry that I ____had time to speak to him.
A. hardly B. almost C. even D. nearly
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专项训练
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1. In a low voice she _____that someone was moving about upstairs.
A. shouted B. told C. spoke D. whispered 2. There is a lot of food here, but we’ll need _____more.
A. any B. a few C. even D. little 3. All life on the earth ___on the sun.
A. lives B. feeds C. depends D. keeps 4. It seemed as if all of a ____the animal had smelt danger in the air.
A. moment B. sudden C. minute D. shot
5. Quite a few people watch TV only to ______time.
A. waste B. spend C. kill D. pass
6. I ____an answer to my letter within a few days.
A. hope B. wait C. expect D. think
7. He is ____dark glasses to protect his eyes from the sun.
A. carrying B. bringing C. having D. wearing
8. It will do you good to ___a holiday.
A. spend B. make C. take D. do
9. I took the medicine, but it didn’t have any _____on me.
A. effect B. answer C. cause D. work
10. “What’s your _______?” the doctor asked.
A. trouble B. sickness C. illness D. matter
11. The boy cannot reach that branch, it’s _____above his head.
A. good B. fine C. well D. nice
12. We’ve made our plans, and now we must put them into ________.
A. work B. practice C. promise D. goods
13. The printing press was invented in 1456. Before the time, books were prepared by
_____.
A. factories B. machine C. hand D. memory
14. The streets are wet because it has rained ____all the morning.
A. heavily B. thickly C. strongly D. deeply
15. He ran very fast and soon left the other runners ______.
A. back B. behind C. away D. far
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专项训练
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1. She was standing by an electric heater, and her nightdress ____fire.
A. caught B. set C. took D. had 2. “Here’s the money I promised,” he said. “I always ___my promise.”
A. agree B. follow C. made D. keep 3. Students should answer seven of the _____questions.
A. below B. following C. under D. added 4. He came to my house last night and invited me to join in a ___of football.
A. match B. team C. game D. party 5. Mary said that she was __able to wash the plate herself.
A. too B. quite C. much D. plenty 6. Kindness is the most important ___a man can have.
A. answer B. quality C. habit D. character
7. He had a good ____of the examination result when he saw his daughter’s face.
A. report B. thought C. idea D. news 8. After the party we all thanked Freda for ____us a lovely evening.
A. letting B. asking C. enjoying D. giving 9. Freda said she was very happy to ____us all.
A. have B. take C. accept D. get
10. Traveling across the country was once a ___journey, but it is quite safe now.
A. terrible B. dangerous C. expensive D. noisy 11. After two hours of hard fighting, the southern army won the ______.
A. force B. power C. war D. battle 12. The college got some money by selling one of its old ___pictures.
A. useful B. helpful C. usual D. valuable 13. Since he began work, he hasn’t ___asked his father for money.
A. greatly B. very much C. badly D. ever 14. I couldn’t go to the party because of a ___cold.
A. quick B. surprising C. sudden D. hurried
15. When the headmaster ___the room, all the pupils stood up.
A. saw B. entered C. appeared D. came
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专项训练
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1. You have no _____to borrow my bicycle without asking my permission.
A. use B. choice C. pleasure D. right 2. The shop assistant ___me so much for the book.
A. cost B. charged C. required D. asked 3. I knew the visitor was a woman , because I could hear her _______.
A. sound B. voice C. noise D. words 4. The train leaves London at ten o’clock and ____Bristol at twelve.
A. teaches B. comes C. ends D. finishes
5. Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River. That’s why this body of river is ___after
him.
A. followed B. looking C. flowing D. named
6. Like airplane pilots, people who ___must know how to direct the course of their ships.
A. ride B. hunt C. sail D. travel 7. I’ve promised to help you and I’ll _____my word.
A. hold B. keep C. follow D. take 8. It was midnight I didn’t know the party would finish ___like that.
A. last B. late C. long D. at last 9. These shoes are too dear; I’m looking for ___ones.
A. lower B. cheaper C. dearer D. better 10. The clock ___and we realized it was two o’clock.
A. struck B. hit C. turned D. rang
11. It was a holiday, but a paper on the shop-door said “______at 10 o’clock.”
A. Begin B. On C. Open D. Doing
12. Our table-tennis team ___with the others from all over the world for the world cup.
A. matched B. played C. tried D. fought 13. ---Can I have a drink?
---___yourself. A. Have B. Drink C. Help D. Get 14. It was ten o’clock in the evening but the sky was still _______.
A. white B. light C. sunny D. fine 15. Business has _____Mr Stone here.
A. fetched B. taken C. driven D. brought
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专项训练
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1. A kind of glass dish that ____heat is useful. A. resists B. rejects C. defends D. keeps 2. The city’s underground ___more people than the buses.
A. brings B. sends C. fetches D. carries 3. I’ve ___my things at home.
A. forget B. forgotten C. left D. lost 4. ___at the door before you come into the room.
A. Hit B. Knock C. Touch D. Strike 5. I _____to him for what I said.
A. excused B. apologize C. pardoned D. explained 6. The car was repaired but not quite to the owner’s _________.
A. joy B. pleasure C. satisfaction D. decision 7. ---How can we settle the problem?
---Well, we must ____it to her own judgement. A. believe B. express C. leave D. depend 8. I’m very sorry. I’ve ____your book at home again. I’ll bring it tomorrow.
A. forgotten B. lain C. left D. laid 9. The railway runs through a _____under the mountain.
A. pipe B. tunnel C. canal D. highway 10. She had a nature that quickly ____her the friendship of her workmates.
A. got B. won C. had D. caught 11. He _____the cooking yesterday.
A. did B. made C. took D. had 12. It would be ___a risk to let the child go to school by himself.
A. running B. following C. passing D. carrying 13. Much ____to be settled.
A. remains B. remembers C. forgets D. leaves 14. It _____them $2000 a year to run a car.
A. spends B. costs C. takes D. pays
15. ---Who broke the window?
---I _________. A. had B. broke C. was D. did
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