第一组：
1. The vacuum cleaner is a valuable labor-saving ______ action.
A. device B. engine C. piece D. instrument
2. The flight was postponed becau of technical problems and was finally cancelled last week when a ______ was discovered.
A. accident B. defect C. damage D. defeat
3. When she was crossing the road, she was knocked down by a motor-car and lay ______ by the roadside.
A. asleep B. thoughtless C. unconscious D. unaware
4. The novels he has written have shown his ______ ability as an author.
A. literal B. literally C. literature D. literary
5. The reader is urged to be a leader, rather than a follower; to rely on his own power, rather than to ______.
A. inform B. conform C. deform D. reform
6. He would much ______ it if you could do him the favor.
A. award B. apply C. appreciate D. anticipate
7. If our ______ is correct, then the space-craft should reach the moon on Monday.
A. calculation B. composition C. communication D. vision
8. San Francisco’s Chine community, comprising 67, 000 ______ is the largest concentration of Chine outside of Asia.
A. visitors B. workers C. adults D. inhabitants
9. We didn’t catch the train on ______ of the traffic congestion.
A. basis B. charge C. account D. behalf
10. Though he has suffered from cancer for so many years, it is so strange that he has ______ to the prent day.
A. deprived B. survived C. derived D. revived
11. During the races there were two accidents to motor-cyclists including one ______ accident.
A. fatal B. killing C. deadly D. deathly
12. Business picked up in the stores during December, but ______ again after Christmas.
A. dropped out B. dropped on C. dropped over D. dropped off
13. His misbehavior and ______ dismissal from the firm was reported in the newspaper.
A. improper B. inefficient C. subquent D. frequent
14. Everry citizen has the sacred ______ to defend his country.
A. right B. objective C. authority D. obligation
15. We need an umbrella on the beach to give us some ______ at midday.
A. shed B. shade C. shadow D. dark
16. ______ to the Revolutionary War, the United States was an English colony.
A. Prior B. Clo C. Earlier D. Next
17. If you are an electrician, you will know the difference between an alternating and a direct ______.
A. conductor B. circuit C. cable D. current
18. The company has the ______ right to print Mr. Dare’s books.
A. virtual B. exclusive C. overall D. flexible
19. Digging the foundation is the first ______ of our building project.
A. solution B. procession C. pha D. achievement
20. The curtains have ______ becau of the strong sunlight.
A. faded B. dulled C. fainted D. weakened
第二组
1. You need to ________ the time for the meeting or you will come late.
A. measure B. maintain C. confirm D. mend
2. All of his friends came and __________ him on his success.
A. concentrated B. melt C. congratulated D. mounted
3. The team ________ twenty young people who were carefully chon for the work.
A. faces up to B. gets across C. gives ri to D. consists of
4. That country was _________ by the Allies in the Second World War.
A. persisted B. condend C. persuaded D. conquered
5. The ________ expresd their passive view about the government’s policy.
A. critics B. politics C. economics D. tractors
6. At that time work was mainly ______ to slaves in that society.
A. blamed B. complained C. restricted D. expected
7. I didn’t expect to ________ my teacher in the street yesterday.
A. refer to B. wok with C. deal with D. run into
8. A sign announcing “No Meeting” was _________ on the door.
A. removed B. hung C. delayed D. panted
9. She has _________ a large sum of money from her father.
A. inherited B. prented C. hosted D. turned
10. The manager has to be _________ becau he could not keep his promi.
A. replaced B. pasted C. frightened D. patched
11. At this moment, they are still __________ with many economic problems.
A. centered B. believed C. referred D. confronted
12. The conference was ____________ by one hundred experts in this field.
