期末词汇题(45)

1. Stop _____ on your problems and do something about them. A. thinking B. startling C. dwelling D. living 2. The police have _____ two suspects from their investigation.

A. reduced B. deleted C. eliminated D. diminished

3. Most people are a mix of optimism and pessimism, but are ___ in one direction or the other.

A. intended B. inclined C. declined D. trend 4. I don’t like a job in which I’m _____ to doing only one thing.

A. conformed B. confined C. confirmed D. confused 5. The goal-keeper was punished for _____ possession of ball. A. exclusive B. executive C. excessive D. inclusive 6. I feel she is trying to _____ my position in the company.

A. circulate B. triumph C. fail D. undermine 7. The players are all in a confident _____. A. mood B. light C. honor D. trial

(8-14 from unit two)

8. There will be a severe penalty for those who _____ traitors.

A. humor B. harbor C. hug D. labor 9. They are _____ with envy and jealousy at what has happened to their sister.

A. consumed B. overjoyed C. grief-stricken D. hideous 10. You will be transformed into two statues of stone but still __ your reason.

A. remain B. require C. inquire D. retain 11. Contemporary art has taken a huge _____ forward in the last five or six years.

A. leap B. hop C. skip D. jump 12. He left for New York, in the ____ of his aunt. A. accompany B. companion C. company D. compassion 13. She has wisely ____ from criticizing the government in public. A. restricted B. restrained C. refined D. refrained 14. Our hosts in the sky will expect us to ____ this age-old custom.

A. honor B. approve C. deliver D. invite (15-19 from unit three)

15. The birds also attack crops when the opportunity _____. A. raises B. rises C. arouses D. arises 16. The wallet turns up in the morning’s mail. It is _____: No money is missing.

A. intact B. instant C. integrated D. insecure 17. He wishes the government would be more _____ to detail in their response. A. advisable B. athletic C. attentive D. accessible 18. Banks normally give _____ to large businesses when deciding on loans. A. emergency B. maturity C. priority D. identity 19. She slamed the door with a _____.

A. bang B. bar C. knot D. damn (20-26 from unit four)

20. There was no ______ but to close the road until Friday.

A. coordination B. rationalization C. avoidance D. alternative 21. A person’s _____ is that person’s chosen life work. A. trade B. career C. profession D. occupation 22. The article gives us a real _____ into the causes of the present economic crisis. A. moral B. implication C. flaw D. insight 23. His feelings to this failure have _____ from bitterness to hope.

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A. scattered B. ranged C. implied D. reflected 24. After retiring, he ___ his hobby of stamp collecting. A. pursued B. pursuit C. foresaw D. chased 25. He couldn’t have passed the exam without ____ to cheating.

A. staking B. resorting C. sticking D. undergoing 26. Buying real estate is a _____ against bad times.

A. hedge B. senior C. option D. selection (27-32 from unit five)

27. My father ________ the value of hard work _____ me.

A. preyed … upon B. left … behind C. sorted … into D. impressed … upon 28. I must tell you how much I sympathize _____ you ____ your loss. A. to … for B. to … with C. with … for D. for … with

29. The children ____the playground for a break from the classroom after the bell had rung. A. crowded into B. packed into C. streamed into D. crawled into 30. Her time at the university was the most ________ period of her life.

A. eventful B. eventual C. cautious D. immeasurable

31. In the morning, the enemy ____ their attack though they failed in their offense yesterday. A. launched B. made C. renewed D. prepared 32. She could _______ what I was thinking.

A. accumulate B. penetrate C. descend D. mastery (33-39 from unit six)

33. Knowledge ________ human beings into civilization.

A. channels B. adapts C. turns D. takes 34. The caged lion is evidently bored and frustrated _______ company.

A. speaking of B. for lack of C. in honor of D. in the presence of 35. The committee kept the results of the survey _______, fearing a bad public reaction.

A. in itself B. to itself C. by itself D. of itself

36. Much of the criticism of the program _____ the fact that we were very fond of dolphins.

A. armed with B. turned to C. based on D. stemmed from 37. The plan has set off _______ controversy.

A. a storm of B. a stone of C. a rock of D. a blow of 38. I thought things would get better, but _______ it is they are getting worse.

A. as B. like C. for D. since 39. Don’t be so shy. You need to learn to ________ yourself. A. assist B. assert C. asset D. assure

(40-45 from unit seven)

40. I expected that big things were ______, that a trip such as this could change my life. A. to the horizon B. on the horizon C. by the horizon D. in the horizon 41. Some diseases are _____ by certain water animals. A. transplanted B. transformed C. transported D. transmitted 42. Her laziness and lack of ___________ are appalling.

A. compromise B. commonality C. commitment D. compliment 43. I felt quite _______ after my holiday. A. restricted B. relived C. regained D. restored 44. Mothers should help their children avoid ____________ into bad habits. A. slipping B. trapping C. stepping D. sleeping 45. There has been ____________ progress in science in the past few decades.

A. fascinating B. famous C. fantastic D. fashionable

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