词汇练习七

词汇练习七

词汇练习七

Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

1.When someone is in hospital, it is traditional to bring them

some chocolates, or a(n) ________________ of flowers.

A. bunch

B. swarm

C. flock

D. army

2.________________ he works hard, I do not mind when he

finishes the experiment.

A. As soon as

B. As well as

C. So far as

D. So long as

3.He would have helped us but that he was ________________

money at the time.

A. sort of

C. lack from

D. filled with

4.When he returned to his motherland, the pop singer was

greeted by a huge ________________ of fans.

A. army

B. herd

C. flock

D. school

5.In my opinion, she is ________________ the most

imaginative of all the contemporary poets.

A. at best

B. for all

C. in all

D. by far

6.The mayor is a woman with great ________________ and

therefore deserves our political and financial support.

A. intention

C. instinct

D. intensity

7.Miss Smith ________________ this suggestion that some

tapes in our lab should be replaced.

A. put down

B. put forward

C. put out

D. put up

8.This accident was due ________________ to carelessness,

but mainly to bad luck.

A. in effect

B. in part

C. in turn

D. in short

9.The signpost ________________ the direction of London

from here.

A. indicates

C. reveals

D. points out

10.This newspaper article is a disgraceful ________________

into my private life.

A. indication

B. inference

C. interpretation

D. intrusion

11.The pilot shut off the motors and ________________ down to

the landing field.

A. glided

B. skipped

C. slipped

D. grossed

12.We are taught that a business letter should be written in a

formal style ________________ a personal one.

A. better than

C. less than

D. other than

13.I was not there, but ________________ it was a good party.

A. apparently

B. accurately

C. accordingly

D. approximately

14.His greatness is ________________ not alone to his profound

medical knowledge and insight but to his broad general

education.

A. distributed

B. contributed

C. attributed

D. tributed

15.Sometimes teachers ________________ their students' poor

comprehension to a lack of intelligence.

A. apply

C. attach

D. attribute

16.Jane ________________ her lateness to the traffic jam.

A. contributed

B. reflected

C. attributed

D. represented

17.He is not ________________ to recover from the injury in a

week or two.

A. possible

B. likely

C. probable

D. capable

18.Chinese commodities ________________ for export are

richly varied.

A. able

C. probable

D. available

19.The simple plan ________________ into a complicated

scheme in a week's time.

A. solved

B. revolved

C. involved

D. evolved

20.Drug treatment should only be used as a last

________________.

A. resort

B. revenge

C. trend

D. hint

21.During the lecture, the speaker occasionally

________________ his point by relating his own experiences.

A. illustrated

C. cited

D. displayed

22.We have always been concerned with questions of right and

wrong, and thought this experiment would give us

________________ into how ordinary people would react

when confronted with an everyday ethical choice.

A. information

B. indications

C. insights

D. evidence

23.Mary knew clearly that success or failure here would be

________________ to her future prospects.

A. crucial

B. overwhelming

C. magnificent

D. acute

24.You mustn't let your social life ________________ of your

studies.

A. take charge

B. keep track

C. set aside

D. get in the way

25.He proposed a ________________ to handle the affairs in a

friendly manner.

A. bless

B. mission

C. plunge

D. motion

26.There is a ________________ of impatience in the tone of his

voice.

A. hint

B. notion

C. dot

D. phrase

27.According to the key witnesses, a peculiarly big nose is the

criminal's most memorable facial ________________.

B. hint

C. spot

D. signature

28.Mr. Bloom is not ________________ now, but he will be

famous someday.

A. significant

B. dominant

C. magnificent

D. prominent

29.In Scotland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom,

________________ schooling begins at age 5 and ends at age 16.

A. compelling

B. forced

C. obliged

D. compulsory

30.The evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very

________________.

B. deafening

C. compelling

D. exhilarating

31.The water ________________ through the coffee grounds

and dripped into the pot.

A. licked

B. filtered

C. glided

D. leaped

32.An enormous tractor with ________________ wheels was

driving across this path.

A. prime

B. scary

C. giant

D. undue

33.He gave no ________________ that he was ready to

compromise.

B. navigation

C. investigation

D. illustration

34.He ________________ his vegetable garden, trying to think

up ways to keep the deer away from it.

A. watched out

B. handed out

C. watched over

D. handed over

35.The insistent rhythm of piano practice ________________

each room of the house.

A. penetrated

B. investigated

C. uncovered

D. illuminated

36.Good as the film is, it fails to ________________ the

atmosphere of the book.

B. remove

C. revolve

D. reproduce

37.I have never been very good at keeping ________________

of what I spend my money on.

A. pace

B. track

C. watch

D. step

38.China's economy has made a great ________________

forward in recent years.

A. leap

B. motion

C. mission

D. chase

39.This creature ________________ from a smaller, horse-like

creature into what we know as a horse.

B. revolved

C. evolved

D. solved

40.The weather in the mountains is very ________________. Be

careful not to catch cold.

A. changeable

B. unreliable

C. considerable

D. flexible