Lesson 2
1. Young people are not _____to stand and look at works of art; they want art they can participate in. (CET4-0006-24)
A) conservative B) content C) confident D) generous
Lesson 3
2. One June 8th, the leaders of the world’s seven main industrial countries will meet in Venice for their annual economic ________.
A) gathering B) assembly C) summit D) interview
3. In a typhoon, winds _________ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour. (研-91-15)
A) assume B) accomplish C) attain D) assemble
4. There was a(n) ________ man whose manner made him unpopular with some people.
A) raw B) coarse C) grave D) impatient
Lesson 4
5. There is no _____ evidence that people can control their dreams, at least in experimental situations in a lab. (CET4-0401-61)
A) rigid B) solid C) smooth D) harsh
6. The government has established a(n) ________ to investigate the problem of inner city violence. A) council B) commission C) assembly D) administration
Lesson 5
7. There was such a(n) ________ sunset that the sky’s all ruby and so beautiful.
A) vigorous B) precious C) delicious D) glorious
8. The police are trying to find out the _____ of the woman killed in the traffic accident.
(CET4-0301)
A) evidence B) recognition C) status D) identity
Lesson 6
9. The police have ________ that he must have left his apartment yesterday evening. A) manifested B) unfolded C) contemplated D) deduced
10. The United States is perhaps the country where the ______ spirit is most cultivated and admired.
A) consistent B) competitive C) confident D) constant
11. After she threatened to leave him he was on his best ________ for a few months.
A) model B) activity C) behavior D) pattern
12. It is ________ that women should be paid less than men for doing the same kind of work. (CET6-0201)
A) abrupt B) absurd C) adverse D) addictive
Lesson 7
13. During the nineteen years of his career, France Battiate has won the ________ of a wide audience outside Italy. (CET6-9701)
A) enjoyment B) appreciation C) evaluation D) reputation
14. Four years had ________ since he left college and still he hadn’t found a job.
A) receded B) erupted C) terminated D) elapsed
15. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly _____. (CET49306)
A) gaps B) intervals C) length D) distance
16. A sound made by tapping on the hull (船体) of a ship will be reflected from the sea bottom, and by measuring the time interval between the taps and the _______ of the echoes the depth of the sea at that point can be calculated.
A) receipt B) appearance C) intensity D) duration
Lesson 8
17. We are delighted that the mayor will be _______ us with his presence at our annual dinner.
A) identifying B) gracing C) blessing D) integrating
18. The ________ for rooms and meals are pinned to the door of the hotel.
A) tariff B) dividend C) liability D) mortgage
19. She once again went through her composition carefully to________ all spelling mistakes from it. (CET6-9106)
A) withdraw B) diminish C) abandon D) eliminate
20. The ________ signed by the two sides in January brought a formal end to the war in Bougainville.
A) accord B) formula C) regulation D) file
21. Not until 60 years after the invention of canned food did the ________ for opening them come into being.
A) instrument B) device C) apparatus D) utensil
22. The Liberal Democrats may form a(n)________ with labor to try to beat the Conservatives in the next election.
A. ideology B. census C. hypothesis D. pact
Lesson 9
23. A ________ official is one who is irresponsible in his work. (CET6-0501)
A) timid B) tedious C) suspicious D) slack
24. Many locals have been stockpiling food as a(n) ____ against shortage.
A) insurance B) addition C) precaution D) complement
25. Everybody ____ in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary. (CET4-0006)
A) assembled B) accumulated C) piled D) joined
26. Don't let such a _____ matter as this come between us so that we can concentrate on the major issue. (CET6-0306)
A) trivial B) slight C) partial D) minimal
Lesson 10
27. We made a leisurely ________ of the city walls before lunch.
A) loop B) circuit C) circulation D) cycle
28. The Timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in two eastern states in which it once _________.(研-2001)
A) thrived B) swelled C) prospered D) flourished
29. The under-18s ________ nearly 25% of the town’s population.
A) account B) constitute C) occupy D) include
30. He got the money dishonestly, by ________ his brother’s signature on a check.
A) forging B) duplicating C) prescribing D) improving
Lesson 11
31. For years now, the people of industrialism, education has been _____ towards producing workers. (CET-0006)
A) depressed B) immersed C) oppressed D) cursed
32. His ________ for stealing was that his children were starving.
A. justification B. stimulus C. proposition D. petition
33. I made the cake using cocoa powder rather than chocolate---it’s a bit of a(n) ________, but nobody will notice the difference.
A) alternative B) cheat C) compromise C) disguise
The road to the island only appears when the tide has ________.
A) tumbled B) diluted C) whirled D) receded
Lesson 12
34. People’s expectations about the future may have more influence on their sense of well-being than their ________ state does. (4-0606-41)
A) current B) initial C) modern D) primitive
35. I have no ready ________ on me: can I pay tomorrow?
A) bill B) cash C) balance D) capital
36. Parents have a legal _____ to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education suitable to their age. (CET6-9706)
A) impulse B) influence C) obligation D) sympathy
37. The traveler brought back some ________ of the rocks and minerals.
A) instances B) fractions C) slices D) specimens
38. The United Nations has ________ a resolution that calls for sending UN observers to Iraq.
A) voted B) absorbed C) revised D) adopted
39. The automatic doors in supermarkets __________ the entry and exit of customers with shopping carts. (CET6-0106)
A) furnish B) induce C) facilitate D) allocate
Lesson 13
40. To ________ anything is to turn it round as you turn a wheel.
A) rotate B) swing C) twist D) roll
41. The news of the enemy’s defeat quickly ________ round the town.
A) transferred B) circulated C) broadcast D) distributed
Lesson 14
42. The newspaper's ________ that the Democrats would be totally beaten in the general election came true.
A) statement B) announcement C) forecast D) vision
43. Connie was told that if she worked too hard, her health would _______. (CET6-0301)
A) deteriorate B) degrade C) descend D) decay
44. Her anxieties ________ until they could no longer be endured.
A) overtook B) multiplied C) exceeded D) aroused
45. These continual ________ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear. (CET6-0406)
A) transitions B) transformations C) exchanges D) fluctuations
Lesson 15
46. He has a(n) ________ attitude toward his work; he likes it and does it very well.
A) positive B) cautious C) consistent D) objective
47. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious _______ without scientific basic. (研-1993)
A) process B) practice C) procedure D) program
48. The designer has applied for a________ for his new invention. (CET6-0206)
A) tariff B) discount C) version D) patent
49. The treasurer of a club acts as its ________ in financial matters.
A) agent B) counsel C) assistant D) cabinet
Lesson 16
50. Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practical __________.(研-1999)
A) obligations B) regulations C) observations D) considerations
51.There was some ______ flowers on the table. (CET4-9106)
A) artificial B) unnatural C) false D) unreal
52. To call the music of another music-culture” primitive” is_________ one’s own standards on a group that does not recognize them. (CET6-9306)
A)putting B)emphasizing C)forcing D)imposing
53. The ________ of this difficulty have only recently been recognized.
A) tensions B) extensions C) confusion D) dimensions
54. In this poor country, survival is still the leading industry; all else is _________. (CET6-9801)
A) luxury B) accommodation C) entertainment D) refreshment
55. Some teenagers harbor a generalized resentment against society, which _______ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature. (研-1993)
A) deprives B) restricts C) rejects D) denies
Lesson 17
56. A vague law is always ____ to differing interpretations.
A) subordinate B) comparable C) indispensable D) susceptible
57. Evidence suggested that the AIDS ________ (HIV) was spreading very quickly among the heterosexual(异性的)community.
A) mold B) germ C) virus D) atom
58. One of the boys in the class had a fever and he soon________ other children.
A) invaded B) infected C) influenced D) involved
Lesson 18
59. The ________ of a committee on health issues took several weeks.
A) formation B) imagination C) combination D) consideration
60. The winds came down with the ____ of grass and wild flowers.
A) trait B) blossom C) perfume D) scent
61. They said the building would be finished during the ____ year.
A) due B) followed C) ensuing D) sequent
Lesson 19
62. The English weather defies forecast and hence is a source of interest____ to everyone.
(研-2000)
A) speculation B) attribution C) utilization D) proposition
63. Why do they want________ jobs---jobs usually requiring little skill and knowledge?
A) odd B) routine C) tough D) delicate
. He’s carrying out experiments to prove the _____put forward by his tutor.
A) hypothesis B) petition C) prayer D) tribute
65. Troops were called out to deal with the ________ in the capital.
A) contradiction B) disorder C) roar D) vice
Lesson 20
66. You shouldn’t _______your father’s instructions. Anyway he is an experienced teacher. (CET6-0512-53)
A) deduce B) deliberate C)defy D)denounce
67. Owing to ________ competition among the airlines, travel expenses have been reduced considerably. (CET4-0301)
A) fierce B) strained C) eager D) critical
68. Some people favor the _______ of royal palaces into flats for ordinary people.
A) conversion B) transformation C) transition D) regulation
Lesson 21
69. The former Emperor of China was the _______ ruler of his country.
A) extreme B) divine C) supreme D) absolute
70. He works hard, gets tired, gets behinds with his work, and has to work harder still; it is a ____circle.
A) weary B) resultant C) vicious D) subtle
71. Many tourists were _________ by the city’s complicated traffic system. (CET6-9806)
A) degraded B) bewildered C) evoked D) diverted
72. Their ideas are quite _________ to our way of thinking.
A) alien B) vulgar C) absurd D) void
73. The school has a dress _______ requiring boys and girls to wear shirts and tie, no jeans.
A) core B) code C) permission D) provision
Lesson 22
74. His illness first ______ itself as severe stomach pains and headaches. (CET6-0406)
A) expressed B) manifested C) reflected D) displayed
75. Many people think that the standards of public ___________ have declined.(CET6-9606)
A) morality B) rightness C) awareness D) mentality
76. Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ______ with one another. (CET4-9101)
A) associate B) connect C) communicate D) correspond
77. Some crops are relatively high yields and could be planted in preference to others to ________ the food supply. (CET6-0401)
A) enhance B) curb C) disrupt D) heighten
78. I dropped the mirror on the floor and it ________.
A) collided B) shattered C) ruptured D) crumbled
Lesson 23
79. Dirt and disease are ____ to the best growth of children.
A) pessimistic B) vicious C) adverse D) gloomy
80. I held her firmly by the arm in case she ________ on the ice.
A) skated B) slid C) slipped D) smoothed
Lesson 24
81. The music aroused an _______ feeling of homesickness in him. (CET6-0301)
A) intentional B) intermittent C) intense D) intrinsic
82. The change in people’s attitudes will slowly move from the ________ of theory into the sphere of practice.
A) territory B) universe C) realm D) province
83. I wish he’d stop telling all these ________ jokes to my mother.
A) vulgar B) vicious C) wretched D) trivial
Lesson 25
84. He refused the invitation to dinner on the ___ of being too busy.
A) plea B) concession C) incentive D) justification
85. Mrs. Lackey was awakened by the ringing of the bedside phone 12 hours after her husband’s boat had been ____. (CET6-9306)
A) wrecked B) collapsed C) decayed D) fired
Lesson 26
86. The old building is in a good state of _______ except for the wooden floors.
A) observation B) preservation C) conservation D) compensation (CET6-9501)
87. If I may ________ an opinion, I’d say the plan needs more thought.
A) venture B) initiate C) ignite D) originate
Lesson 27
88. In his biography the author ________ his father as a vicious drunkard.
A) asserted B) portrayed C) embodied D) discerned
Lesson 28
. Many scientists remain ________ about the value of this research program. (CET6-0201)
A) skeptical B) stationary C) spacious D) specific
90. A great deal has been done internationally to _________ the situation in the Middle East.
A) transform B) restore C) remedy D) progress
91. Some people criticize family doctors for _______ too many medicines for minor illness. (CET6-9506)
A ) prescribing B ) ordering C ) advising D ) delivering
Lesson 29
92. Some journalists often overstate the situation so that their news may create a great _____.(研-1998)
A) explosion B) sensation C) exaggeration D) stimulation
Lesson 30
93. He was offered a place in the Himalayan ______ and jumped at the chance.
A ) expedition B ) conquest C ) rivalry D ) endeavor
94. The economy is slowing down, but economists don’t know the ______ of this change yet.
A)latitude B ) multitude C ) altitude D ) magnitude