2024年6月6日发(作者：)

Unit 1

1. There were calls for her _______ from the board of the firm because of her

mistakes which caused great losses to their business.

A. revenue B. resignation C. ridicule D. revenge

2. Her elegant style ____ her ____ from other journalists.

A. down B. set…forth C. set…apart D. set…up

3. The two countries agreed to _____ bilateral talks the following week.

A. recommence B. recommencing C. record D. rebooting

4. His lecture was ____ with photos taken during the expedition.

A. illustrated B. illuminated C. illumined D. explained

5. If we ____ carefully we’ll be able to afford the trip to Tibet.

A. arrange B. plan C. budget D. consider

6. At the meeting they denounced the director for his _____ speaking.

A. intrigued B. reckless C. redundant D. reluctant

7. Soil erosion was ____ by the planting of trees in these areas.

A. mitigated B. mistaken C. involved D. confirmed

8. The results are entirely ____ our earlier research on the origin of a rare species of

beetle.

A. consistent with B. agreement with

C. concordance with D. concord with

9. Russia as a permanent member of the UN Security Council has played a ____ role

in the peace negotiations on the world nuclear issue.

A. descriptive B. prescriptive C. decisive D. fateful

10. The findings of the research offer that anxiety is shown to increase ____ with the

decrease in success rates.

A. conversely B. reversely C. proportionately D. deliberately

11. The research attempts to ____ two types of motivation, internal and external, or

intrinsic and extrinsic.

A. perplex B. distinguish C. differentiating D. negotiating

12. Overproduction, ____ falling sales, has led to huge losses for the country.

A. in course of B. coupled with C. on course for D. in

agreement for

13. While our bus _______ at the steep slope towards its destination, the mountain top,

we were chatting with each other happily.

A. inched its way B. wound its way

C. elbowed its way D. made its way

14. We cannot accept the research result because the whole argument ____ a false

assumption.

A. believes in B. concords with C. rests upon D. results in

15. It is my great honor to have this opportunity to ____ my appreciation to my

teachers.

A. complement B. compliment C. deliver D. hone

Key : 1-5 BCAAC 6-10 BAACC 11-15BBBCC

Unit 3

1. He is _______ his gardening and won’t be back in the house until dinnertime.

A. laboring at B. laboring for C. laboring under D. laboring of

2. A group of noisy children ____ the bus, and ran for the school building.

A. tumbled out of B. tumbled along C. tumbled about D. tumbled around

3. He _____ himself among his classmates by his many talents.

A. varies B. differentiates C. differs D. distinguishes

4. The sun shone on the sea and the waves ____ and sparkled.

A. innovated B. leased C. danced D. refrained

5. To his disappointment, all hopes of a peaceful settlement had now ____.

A. vandalized B. vanquished C. varnished D. vanished

6. After finding so many errors in his contract, Harry would like to _____ through it,

looking for more errors.

A. fury B. rage C. range D. rant

7. They were planning to get married and the war ____.

A. interpreted B. intervened C. interrogated D. intersected

8. The news has been greeted with ____ by local and national business leaders.

A. dismal B. dismiss C. dismay D. dismember

9. Take a warm bath to ____ tense, tired muscles, after a long journey in mountainous

areas.

A. soothe B. comfort C. appease D. satisfy

10. After three years’ negotiation with the landlord, they have taken over the ____ of

the large farm.

A. tenacity B. insulting C. anguish D. insinuation

11. The chairman suffered the ____ of being refused admission to the international

meeting.

A. indignant B. indignation C. hatred D. indignity

12. The article ____ that the ex president Clinton was having an affair with his

friend’s wife.

A. inspired B. insinuated C. installed D. instilled

13. The twins have _______ the song many times for the better effect before they

perform on the stage.

A. rehearsed B. overtaken C. restrained D. entreated

14. With ____ honesty she told him he did not love Jack which made him feel sad

enough.

A. immediate B. consequent C. brutal D. subsequent

15. You can jump from the side of a mountain, ____ a kind of parachute in a

paragliding, or a frame like a very large kite in hang-gliding.

A. to wear B. wearing C. being worn D. being wearing

Key : 1-5 AADCD 6-10BBCAA 11-15DBACB