英语单词练习.docx

1、英语单词练习UNIT21) If a _ were to reach the gas it would go off at once.A) spot B) spillC) spark 火花 D) spray2) After about an hour and a half the party _ because there was not enough wine that evening.A) broke off B) broke awayC) broke up 结束 D) broke through3) House purchase is the biggest decision that

2、most people make and the easiest one to _ for various reasons.A) postpone 延迟 B) conductC) replace D) last4) Somewhat to my _, the police will soon eliminate her from their inquiries.A) entertainment B) judgmentC) relief 安慰 D) relaxation5) The political weakness of these countries _their economic wea

3、kness.A) compromised with B) competed withC) communicated to D) corresponded to 相当于6) A series of tragic _ made Mr. Terres feel he has to face up to his life.A) accidents B) incidents 事件C) events D) occurrences7) The foreign-born Chinese are thought of as yellow on the outside and white on the insid

4、e because they only look like Chinese but never think or _ like Chinese.A) direct B) accustomC) adjust D) behave8) For many young people, the late 1960s was a period of _ against the moral values that had been the pride of the past generations. A) revolt 反抗叛乱 B) rebelC) chaos D) challenge9) I promis

5、ed to_ the others at 5 a.m.A) rouse 醒来 B) stimulateC) motivate D) prompt10) Prisoners are reported to have been deliberately _ without trial.A) murdered B) convictedC) executed D) punished11) This swimming costume is made of _ material.A) elastic B) clumsyC) coarse D) delicious12) Two drivers were k

6、illed in a head-on _ down a car and a taxi last night. A) collapse B) conflictC) collision D) crush13) A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease _A) for long B) before longC) ever since D) for good14) The citizens in the neighborhood all_for the local governments decision to close the small pa

7、int factory. A) claimed B) crackedC) clapped 鼓掌 D) crashed15) The government attempts to put down the_ of the presidents sex scandal.A) news B) rumorC) saying D) proverb16) The fact that we underestimated our _ led to our bitter defeat.A) opponent B) candidateC) colleague D) advocate17) The girls we

8、re all _ of Grace because she was so pretty, with beautiful hands and a face like a film-stars. A) greedy B) controversialC) competitive D) jealous18) The Watergate _ was exposed by two investigative journalists working for the Washington Post. A) shame B) convictionC) rumor D) scandal19) Japanese b

9、anks, once _ competitors in the British banking market, have all but disappeared.A) bold B) fierceC) wild D) harmful20) 5000 people held a protest march and_ against sexual discrimination.A) rally B) conjunctionC) episode D) riot21) A _ broke out at the stadium when the home team lost 5-0.A) rebel B

10、) strikeC) violation D) riot22) It was the third time in three weeks that such ugly scenes had been _ in London. A) endeavored B) demonstratedC) witnessed D) judged23) You may laugh at my idea but Im in deadly _. A) intensive B) generousC) earnest D) voluntary24) When I come back, I feel _and many n

11、ew ideas occur to me. A) renewed B) recreatedC) reshaped D) refreshed25) According to the Centers for Disease Control, women will soon _ 80 percent of those diagnosed with HIV.A) make up B) build upC) stand for D) conform to26) She _the knives and forks at the lunch table.A) laid up B) laid offC) la

12、id down D) laid out27) _some other low-income countries in Africa, most children here do eventually get to primary school and stay there for a few years.A) Contrary to B) In regard toC) In contrast to D) With respect to28) Seven hundred thousand tons of _ oil has poured out of the damaged tanker int

13、o the sea.A) raw B) roughC) crude D) tough29) Fertile soil helps Canada_ among the worlds leading wheat producers.A) rank B) occupyC) arrange D) classify30) The film producer sent him the _ and assured him there was no question of him appearing on stage in the role.A) scrape B) catalogC) category D)

14、 script 答案：15 C C A C D 610 B D A A C11-15 A C D C B 1620 A D D B A21-25 D C C D A 2630 D C C A DUNIT31) Prices of goods are governed by the cost of the _ materials, as well as by the cost of production. A) primitive B) roughC) original D) raw (cf. crude oil)2) In the countryside there are no _ and

15、no free medical care for the aged. A) wages B) pensionsC) profits D) rewards3) You are legally _ take faulty goods back to the store where you purchased.A) entitled to B) involved inC) associated with D) assigned to4) The headmaster has_ views about what his pupils should wear.A) noble B) flexible (

16、that can change or be changed to be suitable for new needs, changed conditions, etc. e.g. a plan)C) liberal D) liable5) She made a _of $200 to the Childrens Hospital.A) publication B) donationC) acquisition D) quotation6) It is frightening for a youngster to feel that he is in charge of himself; its

17、 like being in a car without _.A) brakes B) controls (the means by which a machine /system is controlled c. 控制装置)C) gears D) signals7) Environmental protection is _ national and local economic development. A) related to B) involved inC) included in D) subjected to (governed by or dependent on)8) She

18、 made a _ of $ 69,000 for the flat, which was accepted.A) currency B) proposalC) bid D) purchase9) After the recent bomb attacks, members of the public are being warned to be _ at all times and to look out for any suspicious packages.A) alert /watchful B) awareC) cautious(careful to avoid risks) D)

19、nervous10) If the rain doesnt stop, people will be _ serious flooding. A) facing with B) faced with/confronted withC) subjecting with D) subjected with11) It was _ to the media that the president had resolved to fight.A) leaked (released) B) loosenedC) relieved D) issued12) How do you _your long abs

20、ence from classes without asking for leave?A) account for B) count on/rely onC) account of D) count for13) They were _ of armed robberies and sentenced to 15 years and 14 years respectively.A) convicted B) convincedC) sentenced D) condemned (=C)14) Most flowers will not _ without sunshine.A) cultiva

21、te B) boom (grow rapidly in activity, value or importance)C) sustain D) thrive15) I decided to keep a low _, after all I was a guest.(保持低姿态cf. keep a high political : be eye-catching politically)A) profile B) positionC) attitude D) mood16) If you throw away your credit card _ and someone else gets i

22、t, they can use the number to buy things in your name.A) cheque /check B) ticketC) receipt D) label17) I eventually found the letter I was looking for under a _ of papers.A) stock B) stack/pileC) piece D) sequence18) A small _ plane crashed into a hillside in Northern England yesterday, killing six

23、people.A) assembled B) dominated C) monitored D) chartered (hired or rent out for a special use, e.g. a flight/ship)19) Mr. Thomson is strongly opposed to the proposal of constructing a power plant in the area that is _ populated.A) densely (cf. sparsely) B) vastlyC) enormously D) largely20) In the

24、_ of physics, Albert Einstein was a genius.A) settlement B) operationC) realm (an area of activity, study, etc.) /field D) scope (the area within the limits of a question, subject, action, etc.)21) He took the evening newspaper and _ quickly through the story in minutes.A) plunged B) perceivedC) ske

25、tched D) skimmed22) The _ of our trip to New York was going to the top of Empire State Building. A) peak B) boomC) summit D) highlight23) Theyre such a conventional family - they must have been frightened when their son _ his hair pink.A) soaked B) sketchedC) dyed D) dipped24) The driver was accused

26、 of running red lights, crossing hands on the _ wheel, lack of concentration and insufficient use of the rearview mirror. A) stirring B) drivingC) steering D) rotating25) The doorway was so low that we had to _ to go through it.A) lower B) leanC) stoop (bend the upper body forward and down) D) bow26

27、) Niagara Falls is a great tourist _, drawing millions of visitors every year.A) attention B) attraction (scenic spot)C) appointment D) arrangement27) Most of them are not used to food and _ for home; some find it difficult to observe the regulation about time.A) desire B) hopeC) long D) wish28) Mor

28、e than $20,000 has been paid in _ to victims of another poisoned water accident in the region. A) installment B) compensation (in for sth)C) substitution D) commitment29) The longer one is out of teaching the harder it is to _ confidence and the ability to teach again.A) set up B) put upC) build up

29、D) catch up30) Since the Gulf war, the United States and Britain have used the United Nations to _ Iraq for more cheap oil. A) bleed B) woundC) devote D) depart答案：15 D B A C B 610 A B C A B1115 A A A D A 1620 C B D A C2115 D D C C C 2630 B C B C A Unit4 1) The prisoner remained _ throughout his tria

30、l.A) clumsy B) deafC) dumb D) still2) The Olympic Games began with a _ of all the competing nations.A) exhibition B) displayC) parade D) show3) The editor _the manuscript to half of its original length.A) condensed B) condemnedC) concealed D) concentrated4) Bombing, which was _ in the city center, has destroyed m