词汇专练[上学期]

Words Exercise For Unit 3 (M5)
1.The result of this examination will be ____ tomorrow.
A. published B. declared C. announced D. opened
2. ____ the national science conference will soon be held in Jinnan.
A. It announces B. It is announced that C. It declares D. It declared
3. I don’t want to buy the dictionary. ___ it is too expensive; ____ I don’t have enough
money with me at present.
A. Because; and B. At first; then C. On one hand; on the other hand
D. On the hand; on other hand
4. I didn’t want to buy the coat, ____ I don’t like the colour, and ____, the price is too
____. A. For one thing; for another; high B. For things; for the other; expensive
C. For one thing; for another; low D. For one thing; for other; cheap
5. ---Shall we have a talk with her and tried to persuade her not to see a movie tonight?
---There is no ____ talking to her. She never listens.
A. good B. value C. point D. worth
6. Now you’ve come to the point ____ a change is needed, or you’ll fail.
A. when B. where C. which D. that
7. Few people know the great scientist’s name, though mankind ____ from his great
discovery for some time already. A. have been benefiting
B. has been benefiting C. have benefited D. has benefited
8. Are Mary and Susan ____ names for girls in English-speaking countries?
A. usual B. common C. ordinary D. normal
9. They had much in ____ and got on very well.
A. ordinary B. common C. usual D. normal
10. You have made s few mistakes in spelling, but ____ you have done a good jog.
A. on the whole B. in general C. above all D. on the other hand.
11. The leader spoke ____ the man who had given his life for the cause.
A. in praise for B. in praise of C. to praise of D. to praise for
12. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble breathing.
Young people shouldn’t be doing exercises ____ for 18-year-olds.
A. used B. intended C. made D. described
13. It has been reported that the Galileo Space Project is a satellite positioning and
navigation system ____ for civilian use.
. A. intending B. intended C. to intend D. to be intended
14. She felt very ____ when her husband forgot her birthday.
A. desperate B disappointed C. hopeless D. deserted
15. The old couple decided to ____ a boy and a girl though they had three of their own.
A. adapt B. bring C. receive D. adopt
16. Professor Mark came to our department, _____ a lecture on how to preserve our
environment. A. gave B. making C. deliverying D. delivering
17. All the boys have geography books and they will be ____ me if I didn’t get one.
A. before B. ahead of C. in front of D. in the front of
18. He _____ an important speech at the opening ceremony.
A. stated B. issued B. addressed D. delivered
19. But if they ever _____ catching one, they may face a real problem.
A. succeed in B. insist on B. depend on D. join in
20. If you want to be ____ in business, you must be aggressive(闯劲).
A. a success B. succeeded C. successfully D. success
21. Doing morning exercises ____ our health and we ____ it. A. benefits to; benefit
B. benefits; benefit from C. benefits from; benefit D. benefits; are benefited by
22. What he did was ____ to the people.
A. benefit B. of benefit C. of benefits D. benefitful
23 ____ number of foreign guests were invited to the meeting, but ____ of 2o foreign
guests didn’t turn up.
A. A. totally B. The. in total C. A; a total D. A; in all
24. The fastest these animals can run is about 65kph and _____ their hunting methods have
to be very efficient indeed.
A. at any rate B. at this rage C. in the end D. in consequence
25. If you continue to steal, you’ll _____ in prison.
A. give up B. end up C. break up D. send up
26. The latest model of this video recorder is now _____ in your shop.
A. for sale B. selling C. on sale . sale
27. With drink and food ___, the prisoner had to walk out of the cave where he was hiding.
A. run out B. run out of . use up D. using up
28. All the money he had had been ____, so he had to make a living by begging.
A. used up B. taken up C. stayed up . brought up
29. The text is too difficult. Please ____ on it. A. turn B. comment C. put D. try
30. I think he’ll surely give ____your composition if you ask him to.
A. comment on B. comments about . comments on . comment up on
31. At proper hose races everyone has already studied the form of the horse ___.
A. behind time B. in progress C. in advance D. in time
32. She is very strict not only ___ all of us, but ____ all her own work.
A. in; with B. with; with C. with; in D. in; in
33. My father is an engineer by____.
A. profession B. job C. occupation D. status
34. ____ I don’t want to go, and in the second place I can’t afford to.
A. In the first place B. In place C. Out of place D. In my place
35. Some people do not ____ normally when they are worried.
A. believe B. conduct C. behave D. react
36. Anyway, the crowd around me were obviously enjoying their day out at the races, ____
by their happy faces and the sense of excitement.
A. observing B. judging C. considering D. inferring
37. How much do you need for school ____?
A. expense B. sum C. charge D. amount
38. We must arrive there _____ before midnight.
A. at all costs B. at the cost C. at half cost D. to our cost]
39. I have business ____ him.
A. relation with B. relation to C. relations with D. relations to
40. He ____ to get some train tickets, but he failed.
A. advised B. tried C. managed D. succeeded
41. You might wonder how it ____ to live without eating for so many months.
A. keeps B. succeeds C. manages D. tries
42. A long-term study ____ by the medical school shows that babies of smoking mothers
will be less healthy than those of nonsmoking mothers.
A. performed B. undergo C. managed D. conducted
43. Copper ____ electricity better than other materials do.
A. guides B. leads C. conducts D. perfom
44. ____ passengers survived in the traffic accident except a woman and two children.
A. The most B. A majority of the C. Most of D. The majority of the
45. They urged that the library ____ during the vacation. A. be kept open
B. would be kept opening C. to be kept opened D. was open kept
46. The United Nations urge that every country all over the world ____ terrorism.
A. fights against B. fight against C. against D. againsts
47. When the thief ____ to enter the room, a cough frightened him away.
A. sought B. risked C. imagined D. need
48. It’s wise of you to ____ your father’s advice when you come to any difficulty.
A. ask B. seek C. try D. attempt
49. If you want to see a doctor, you should fix a date with him ahead of time. That is a
common ____ in the USA.
A. sense B. practice C. rule D. reality
50. When we plan our vacation, mother often offers ____ suggestions.
A. careful B. practical C. effective D. acceptable
51. The young surgeon ____ his first operation successfully.
A. made B. exercised C. carried D. performed
52. We must set a limit ____ the expense of the trip.
A. about B. to C. in D. for
53. Our holidays ____ two weeks.
A. limit B. limit to C. are limited by D. are limited to
54. You are really very kind. I’ll never forget the ____ you have done to me.
A. favor B. deed C. help D. kind
55. What laughing ____ we had about the socially respectable method for moving spaghetti
from plate to mouth.
A. speeches B. lessons C. sayings D. arguments
56. ---Why do these photos look so ____? ---The film was not ____ in the right way.
A. black; washed B. dark; developed C. bad; printed D. wrong; worked
57. The teacher turned ____ when he heard someone whispering.
A. in B. around C. to D. on
58. What he said has ____ true.
A. turned out B. turned over C. turned in D. turned up
59. We’ve missed the last bus. I’m afraid we has no ____ but to take a taxi.
A. way B. choice C. opinion D. idea
60. He tries every way ____ he could find to solve the problem.
A. how B. in which C. / D. which
61. What surprised me was not what he said but ____ he said it.
A. the way B. in the way that C. in the way D. the way which
62. They sat in a car that “falls” from a tall tower and they screamed their ____ down to a
safe landing.
A. road B. way C. track D. path
63. Laszlo Biro is considered ____ the ball-point pen.
A. to invent B. inventing C. to be inventing D. to have invented
64. Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ____ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided
yet. A. had considered B. has been considering
C. considered D. is going to consider
65. He is considering ____ his job, you shouldn’t consider him ____.
A. to change; to be mad B. changing; to be mad
C. changes; mad D. having changing; mad
66. ____ it is expected that students come to university with the ability to take a good set of
notes, this is not always the case.
A. When B. While C. For D. As
67. _____ modeling business is by no means easy to get into, the good model will always
be in demand.
A. While B. Since C. As D. If
68. Betty has chosen Spanish ___ her second foreign language ___ I have chosen German.
A. as; as B. as; while C. like; but D. for; when
69. The doctor said that the old man’s condition was ____ and that they had tried their best.
A. hope B. hoped C. hopeful D. hopeless
70. We stood there _____ at the ____ sight. A. frightened; frightful
B. frightening; frightful C. fright; frightening D. frightful; fright
71. I like to buy a house, modern, comfortable and above all in a quite ____.
A. neighbor B. neighborhood C. neighbors D. neighbor’s
72. The necklace that she lost is very expensive. It’s of great ____.
A. valuable B. value C. valueless D. invaluable
73. _____ generally, boys are bolder than girls.
A. To speak B. Speaking C. Spoken D. To be spoken
74. I ____ their method of making the machine.
A. adopted B. voted C. elected D. commanded
75. Her ability made her ____ in everything she does.
A. success B. attention C. fame D. position
76. More and more students are _____ this modern type of instruction.
A. resulting from B. figuring out C. benefiting from D. bringing up
77. I’ll telephone and make sure how many guests will come to our party ____.
A. in totally B. all together C. add up to D. in total
78. I had no idea what the _____ of my leaving home would be until I found out that my
mother became ill as a result of it.
A. duty B. consequence C. task D. conclusion
79. Will the new product be ____ as early as next month?
A. for sale B. on sale C. in sale D. on sales
80. He is a man of _____ ideas and he often makes a careful plan ____.
A. advanced; before advance B. advancing; in advance
C. advanced; in advance D. advancing; in advance of
81. You should ask your teacher to make ____ your composition, then you can revise it.
A. comment on B. comments about C. comments upon D. comment upon
82. The meeting began ____ the singing of the national song and ended ____ also the
singing of it. A. at; at B. with; with C. at; with D. by; up with
83. You are wasting your words. There is no ____ in persuading him, for he never listens to
others. A. result B. point C. viewpoint D. conclusion
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