
1.I was away in the army and always _______for news from home.
A.accounted
B.applied
C.staved
D.apologized
2.Contrary to popular_______,eating carrots does not improve your eyesight.
A.glory
B.motto
C.incident
D.belief
3.Tom _____a lot of experience and the friendship of the local people, working there for 3 years.
A.earned
B.won
C.gained
D.made
4.Now that you are a college student, you should learn to be______of your parents’ help.
A.energetic
B.obvious
C.independent
D.religious
5.Martin was once _______the title of “Advanced Worker” for his excellent work in his company.
A.paid
B.prized
C.rewarded
D.awarded
6.Jane got up at 7, dressed and made herself up, and then ______herself in the mirror before going to work.
A.stared
B.enjoyed
C.admired
D.recognized
7.Although my grandfather is in his eighties, he is still as_______as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.
A.independent
B.intelligent
C.energetic
D.sensitive
8.We should follow the_______in a foreign country we are visiting.
A.habit
B.customs
C.tradition
D.things
9.Mary decided to hold a family party to ______her parents’ silver wedding.
A.gather
B.celebrate
C.congratulate
D.welcome
10.He came to me in the _________that I could help him.
A.trust
B.choice
C.trick
D.belief
11.My watch _______two minutes. Would you be so kind to set it backwards?
A.gains
B.earns
C.wins
D.loses
12.The captain ______all the soldiers before him, telling them to get ready for the fight.
A.collected
B.selected
C.gathered
D.elected
13.The Curies were __________the Nobel Prize for their great contributions to science.
A.awarded
B.offered
C.rewarded
D.supplied
14.She stood still in front of the shop windows as if she were _______something in them.
A.admiring
B.looking
C.respecting
D.attaching
15.It is ______to eat yuanxiao on the Chinese Lantern Festival in China.
A. habit
B.a habit
C.a custom
D.custom
16.He can _____his breath under the water for five minutes.
A.keep
B.hold
C.take
D.make
17.I know you don’t like Betty, but do you have to make it so_____?
A.energetic
B.obvious
C.independent
D.attractive
18.---Call me at 9:00. I can’t afford to miss such an important conference.
---Don’t worry, sir. You’ll surely be_____.
A.reminded
B.warned
C.informed
D.remembered
19.It’s polite that children ask their parents’______before going out from their homes.
A.strength
B.prediction
C.independence
D.permission
20.It was pretty______from her voice that she disliked the young man.
A.stubborn
B.religious
C.familiar
D.obvious21.I can’t think of his name---can you ____me?
A.affect
B.attach
C.command
D.remind
22.---Are you still willing to lend money to your roommate?
---Yes. I have always held the _____that he is an honest fellow.
A.custom
B.truth
C.belief
D.trick
23.Many of his ideas, which were not known to all at first, have______popular support later.
A.gained
B.owned
C.gathered
D.accepted
24.The boy received a(an)______from the government for his saving the women’s life.
A.award
B.reward
C.prize
D.quality
25.The old photos buried at the bottom of the suitcase_____me of those happy old days we had spent together.
A.repeated
B.reminded
C.informed
D.remembered
Unit Two
1.They felt extremely ______because there was no progress in the project.
A.frustrating
B.frustrated
C.surprising
D.surprised
2.It is not easy for a woman to ______her career and family.
A.balance
B.separate
C.match
D.divide
3.My aunt is good at bargaining and she always bus things at a_______.
A.discount
B.cost
C.price
D.benefit
4.One of Tom’s______is that he is always telling lies.
A.awards
B.designs
C.tricks
D.weakness
5.----Why do you choose to work in an international travel agency?
----Well, you know,English is my______. So it is my best choice.
A.strength
B.talent
C.ability
D.skill
6.Man’s greatest energy does not come from his physical______but from his dreams.
A.force
B.strength
C.pressure
D.ability
7.If you just spend time______advantages and disadvantages, you may get nothing in the end.
A.matching
B.balancing
C.observing
D.examining
8.Mary is a girl of great _______. She takes an interest in everything.A.concern
B.belief
C.curiosity
D.strength
9.You are old enough to _____your own living.
A.win
B.gain
C.take
D.earn
10.I am heavily ______at the moment, but I hope to be out of it when I get paid.
A.in debt
B.in trouble
C.in advance
D.in danger
11.There was little time left, so the chairman asked me to _____my speech to 20 minutes.
A.make
B.give
C.limit
D.remind
12.London is one of the best places in the world to _____education with pleasure so it’s good for your pupils.
A.compare
B.replace
C.equip
D.combine
13.Just like a voyage at sea, our life journey, whose days are________, is full of difficulties.
A.limited
B.gone
C.exhausted
D.experienced
14.Mrs Brown really____go on a diet. She has put on so much weight since she gave up jogging.
A.could
B.ought to
C.may
D.would
15.He finally gave in to______and opened the letter addressed to his wife.
A.worry
B.feeling
C.curiosity
D.hope
16.As we all know, no one is perfect, and everyone has his own ________.
A.mistake
B.weakness
C.limit
D.belief
17.After the operation, Bill has been doing a lot of physical exercise to build up his______.
A.ability
B.strength
C.energy
D.mind
18.I have a really bad headache, and I have to ______a doctor about my pains.
A.consult
B.remind
C.inform
D.advise
19.During her childhood Susan read a lot about Chinese history, from which she _____greatly in her work in China now.
A.observes
B.recovers
C.recognizes
D.benefits
20.She usually ______creative imagination with intelligence to create some wonders.
A.connects
B.joins
C.combines
D.attaches
Unit Three
1.Many doctors were on the ____soon after the traffic accident, helping the injured passengers.
A.situation
B.occasion
C.position
D.scene
2.Then you usually lie there just___the ceiling, thinking about everything that could go wrong.
A.glancing at
B.watching at
C.glaring at
D.staring at
3.His wife is constantly finding _____with him, which makes him very angry.
A.errors
B.shortcomings
C.fault
D.mistakes
4.---What shall I do next? ----You’d better ____advice from your lawyer on this matter.
A.listen
B.seek
C.hear
D.beg
5.Whenever I made mistakes, the teacher pointed them our with_____.
A.curiosity
B.satisfaction
C.envy
D.patience
6.Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime_______.
A.stage
B.scene
C.location
D.occasion7.In the early 1920s, thousands of people went to Australia to _______their fortune.
A.seek
B.take
C.develop
D.consult
8.I’ll look into the matter as soon as possible. Just have a little_____.
A.wait
B.time
C.patience
D.rest
9.The trip to the mountain reminded me of the ______of my childhood when I lived in the countryside.
A.views
B.scenes
C.scenery
D.sights
10.My father read through my composition and _____quite a few spelling mistakes in it.
A.spotted
B.stared
C.sought
D.selected
11.My boss is always finding ______with all of us and it seems that he is never satisfied with anything we have done.
A.blame
B.excuse
C.fault
D.error
12.It is bad _____to talk loudly in public in western countries.
A.manners
B.habits
C.ways
D.efforts
13.I spent almost an hour persuading him and at last I lost____.
A.devotion
B.belief
C.patience
D.balance
14.Just as the bus started moving, the driver______a man up ahead in a wheelchair.
A. started
B.spotted
C.spied
D.watched
15.Although twenty years have passed since that night, I can still remember everything about it very clearly_________.
A.especially
B.finally
C.instead
D.indeed
Unit Four
1.The ________cause of his success was his ability to work for long hours without being tired.
A.religious
B.fundamental
C.sensitive
D.satisfactory
2.Everyone knows smoking is _______to their health,but many of them can’t keep themselves away from it.
A.harmful
B.good
C.helpful
D.bad
3.Getting more information on how to use these tools can_______your chances of success.
A.raise
B.multiply
C.add
D.gain
4.During hot summers, the germ ______quickly, and can produce food poisoning.
A.affect
B.develop
C.seek
D.multiply5.When the young man came back, he just forgot to turn on the radio and________missed the program.
A.anyway
B.thus
C.however
D.besides
6.The study shows that the ________scenes in movies and TV are harmful_______children.
A.cheerful; for
B.violent; to
C.disappointing; for
D.touching; for
7.Recently a kind of industrial glue which is ______to people’s health has been found in some medicine.
A.harmful
B.harmless
C.sensitive
D.friendly
8.The deer ______quickly when the animals, harmful to them, disappointed.
A.multiplied
B.produced
C.laid
D.developed
9.The earth is a rocky planet where there is liquid water, which is necessary for life to_____.
A.come
B.exist
C.stand
D.happen
10.He worked hard day and night,______paying off his debts within two years.
A.and
B.still
C.also
D.thus
11.Seeing the bad results of the exams, she was rather frustrated and felt _____about her future.
A.surprising
B.puzzling
C.puzzled
D.surprised
12.It will be my _____to clean our classroom tomorrow.
A.way
B.task
C.job
D.turn
13.There was a _______quarrel between the husband and the wife;after that the wife left home and never came back.
A.sensitive
B.serious
C.violent
D.strict
14.The taxi driver had to _______because the traffic light had turned red.
A.set up
B.shut up
C.catch up
D.pull up
15.I had no idea when World War II ________, so I turned to my teacher for help.
A.broken down
B.broken out
C.broke in
D.broke away
Unit Five
1.---How long do you guess the new bridge is? ----It at least ______1 kilometre.
A.keeps
B.measures
C.contains
D.surrounds
2.The earth is so heavily polluted. It is time for us to take______to protect the environment.
A.ways
B.means
C.warnings
D.measures
3.They ___to finish the project before Sunday, but they didn’t make it because of the heavy snow.
A.helped
B.tried
C.managed
D.refused
4.----Did you catch ______sight of a tall TV tower in the distance just now?
---Yes, and now it’s out of _____sight.A./;the
B./;/
C.the; the
D.a; a
5.The girl who is studying at the art college has a _____for music and dance.
A.strength
B.present
C.power
D.gift
6.When they saw they were______by our troops; the enemy gave in.
A.surrounded
B.gathered
C.limited
D.crashed
7.---Are you worried about the result of the exam ? ----Only______.
A.absolutely
B.approximately
C.slightly
D.extremely
8.His work is a ______of photography and painting.
A.cooperation
B.confusion
C.mixture
D.connection
9.You’d better call the airline to _____your flight reservation a week before you leave for Ottawa.
A.confirm
B.calculate
C.charge
D.account
10.The faces of four famous American presidents on Mount Rushmore can be seen from a _____of 60 miles.
A.length
B.distance
C.way
D.space
11.----How much is your new mobile phone? ---It cost _____3000yuan. I can’t remember exactly.
A.mainly
B.approximately
C.especially
D.fundamentally
12.There is______support for the government’s policies.
A.broad
B.obvious
C.wide
D.gentle
13.What_____the foreign experts most is that the new factory is perfectly environment-friendly.
A.terrifies
B.reminds
C.forgives
D.impresses
14.She looks unhappy, for the manager is not______with her sales record this month.
A.excited
B.puzzled
C.terrified
D.pleased
15.He is famous for _____Chinese musical traditions with Western forms and instruments.
A.mixing
B.preventing
C.dealing
D.charging
16.---When do you think the president will______you in office? --Probably next Monday.
A.prove
B.suggest
C.confirm
D.announce
17.As a successful businessman,he was so_____that he never cared how much money he spent on education.
A.energetic
B.violent
C.wealth
D.rude
18.He works in a big factory which has_____300 people.
A.slightly
B.briefly
C.approximately
D.logically
19.To ____your knowledge of English, you should read as much as possible.
A.raise
B.take
C.broaden
D.permit
20---Thank you for showing me the way! ---My pleasure. I live____, so I am familiar with this area.
A.away
B.nearby
C.back
D.far
21.It is a Chinese _____for elders to give children lucky money in red paper as a gift during the Spring Festival.
A.tradition
B.habit
C.practice
D.hobby
22.In the competition she_____the judges with both knowledge and excellent performance, and eventually won the championship.
A.defeated
B.attracted
C.overcame
D.impressed
23.--We are afraid we can’t finish the task _____a month.
---Take your time, but next month you’ll have a new one.
A.within
B.by
C.among
D.after
24.With the end of his career in_____, Armstrong was already looking forward to spending some days at the beach with his family.
A.view
B.range
C.reach
D.sight
25.The recent airplane crash____me in the belief that stronger safety regulations are needed.
A.confirms
B.combines
C.controls
D.concerns
26.Your house is always so neat---how do you ____it with three children?
A.manage
B.serve
C.adapt
D.construct
27.It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot_____easy reach.
A.near
B.upon
C.within
D.around
Unit one
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Unit two
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Unit three
1--5 DDCBD 6--10BACBA 11--15CACBD
Unit four
1--5 BABDB 6--10 BAABD 11--15 CDCDB
Unit five
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