A. desirably B. desperately C. admirably D. definitely Key: B
14. When Jane awoke from the car accident, she had lost all ______ in her legs.
A. sense B. emotion C. sensation D. feeling Key: C
15. They can recognize also that the joints of a tie must ______ tearing, whereas those of a strut must resist buckling.
A. withstand B. tolerate C. stand D. hold Key: A
16. As in Germany, the intention in 1945 had been to deprive Japan of the economic resources to
______ a war in the foreseeable future.
A. combat B. wage C. mobilize D. wager Key: B
17. They tried to put _______ in the way of our negotiation.
A. defeats B. restrictions C. entanglements D. obstacles Key: D
18. Such a move would undermine standards in schools and ______ teachers. A. defeat B. distrust C. dissolve D. demoralize Key: D
19. It was some time after making his first ______ that he bumped into the pupil in Addison’s Walk.
A. confirmation B. frankness C. confession D. assurance Key: C
20. Our special price will ______ your appetite for the dry season’s gardening essentials. A. wet B. stimulate C. increase D. whet Key: D
21. These government restrictions are going to ______ our trade.
A. throttle B. control C. suppress D. contain Key: A
22. The world was divided into the ______ rich and the labouring poor.
A. idle B. redundant C. scattered D. unused Key: A
23. The Prince of Wales is an ______ font of great ideas, a classic entrepreneur.
A. irrepressible B. uncontrollable C. unsurpassed D. unrepressed Key: A
24. Student demonstrations developed an ugly edge of _____ violence.
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A. unreasonable B. gratuitous C. groundless D. unbiased Key: B
25. Accepting that the rhythms of children in a structured environment appear to develop more
quickly, is this ______ to the child?
A. advanced B. advantageous C. advisable D. additional Key: B
26. He had acted ______ in coming here, but now he was here and yet he found he could do nothing to help.
A. rudely B. improperly C. rashly D. impolitely
Key: C
27. Without seeing her for three months, it can be seen how ______ he longs to reach her on the telephone.
A. insistently B. constantly C. faithfully D. earnestly Key: D
28. They may often have to ______ social evenings and holidays because of their busy work. A. forgive B. forgo C. abandon D. forfeit
Key: B
29. She had no workshop, nobody to help her and no business ______. A. capability B. smartness C. intelligence D. acumen
Key: D
30. Although Schubert died when he was only 32, he composed a ______ amount of music. A. prodigious B. gigantic C. tantamount D. titanic Key: A
31. Overall it was a good tour and several players grew both in _____ and confidence. A. stature B. position C. status D. height Key: A
32. Our history — national and imperial — provides a wonderful ______ of film drama. A. storehouse B. database C. storage D. warehouse Key: A
33. He was probably one of a number of bishops whom Guntram intended to ______. A. dispel B. deport C. exile D. exclude Key: C
34. Even if he cared, he probably wouldn’t believe her anyway, she thought _____. A. smartly B. decisively C. bitterly D. diligently Key: C
35. These are men whose masculinity does not conform to ______ images of the unfeeling male. A. typical B. stereotypical C. statistical D. obvious Key: B
36. Robots are used in ______, monotonous tasks in which human performance might degrade
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over time.
A. varied B. repetitive C. boring D. bored Key: B
37. You will be tested on the material by the hackers who will _____ attempt to penetrate your site.
A. doubtfully B. uncomely C. undesirably D. indubitably Key: D
38. Diligence means work ______, but it doesn’t mean work day and night. A. consistently B. insistently C. persistently D. constantly Key: B
39. We hope this meeting will help ______ friendly relations between our two countries. A. foster B. encourage C. induce D. formulate Key: A
40. I believe that we should all ______ investors who understand exactly what we are doing and why we are doing it.
A. search out B. find out C. seek out D. look out Key: C
Section III Structure
VIII. Complete the sentences
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
1. ______________ (通常), calendars will have a lower mark-up than posters, card or other paper products.
Key: For the most part
2. I love shoes and have boxes of worn-out pairs ______________________ (我不忍丢弃). Key: I can’t bear to part with
3. Elsa _____________________________ (把玩着咖啡杯) while she was talking to her ex-boyfriend.
Key: toyed with her coffee cup
4. For the second time in her life, she says, he had appeared out of the blue __________________ (可以说是). Key: as it were
5. At 14 he ran away, deciding to __________________________ (寻求当地人的帮助). Key: seek out help from local people
6. And, ________________ (为激发你的兴趣), there are many delightful colour photographs in this book.
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Key: to whet your appetite
7. __________________________ (她活跃的天性) was reflected in her early stage names. Key: Her irrepressible nature
8. Your article included some ______________________________ (关于生活方式和收入的毫无根据的评论).
Key: gratuitous remarks about lifestyle and income
9. People in Donegal ____________________ (认真地听牧师布道), but did not seem to be taking in the words.
Key: listened earnestly to the priest
10. This doctor obviously had ______________________ (比当地人聪明得多).
Key: much more acumen than the locals
11. It is reasonable to assume ________________________ (仓库就是我们当地的教堂). Key: that the storehouse is our local church
12. I no longer felt strong or calm, and ___________________________ (我心酸地哭了). Key: I began to cry bitterly
13. While I was doing my research, I __________________________ (偶然发现一些有趣的新数据).
Key: stumbled upon some fascinating new data
14. ______________________________ (他们的共同点是) is that they combine fun with the opportunity to learn something. Key: What they all have in common
15. He’s a mechanic, but he makes a little money _________________________ (业余时间兼职修车).
Key: on the side by repairing cars in his free time
IX. Multiple choices
Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1. The next big issue ______ the workers is the question of low wages. A. confronts B. confronting C. to confront D. confronted Key: B
2. They are left gazing upon a vista of ruined businesses, ______ borrowings and inadequate public services.
A. crippling B. cripples C. cripple D. to cripple Key: A
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3. I take the trouble ______ my schedule, but he does not even want to go another round. A. rearrange B. rearranging C. to rearrange D. and will rearrange Key: C
4. Valuable experiences ______ from project to design construction and monitoring are presented through the engineering case study.
A. that range B. ranged C. ranging D. which will range Key: C
5. Another moment of tension descends while students ______ the domestic flight that will take them to their temporary home in America.
A. are awaiting B. awaited C. will await D. await Key: D
6. The chemical constituents and traditional uses of 20 species ______ to the genus are reviewed and compared.
A. attributed B. attributing C. attribute D. will attribute Key: A
7. Books lying idle in the library are ______ wasted ammunition. A. a B. \\ C. the D. an Key: B
8. Indeed, ______ are the expectations of Mr Obama that one of his biggest challenges will be to manage them so that he does not disappoint too much. A. such B. much C. so D. that Key: A
9. I very much doubt if it ______ the first edition of his novel. A. be B. is C. will be D. must be Key: A
10. In many ways, children live, ______, in a different world from adults.
A. as they were B. as it is C. as they are D. as it were Key: D
11. ______ in Shanghai in the 18th century, the movie describes the ups and downs of a broken family.
A. Being set B. Sets C. Set D. To be set Key: C
12. ______ people of different backgrounds may enable him to be familiar with the idea of
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