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自测题第一套
I. For each ntence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choo the ONE
that best complete the ntence:
1. The _ is ud by astrologers to help calculate the influence of the planets on
people’s lives.
A. D.zest
2. It’s a _ timetable. Sometime lessons happen, sometimes they don’t.
A. haphazard B.odious C.haughty D.handicapped
3. No men was allowed to _ on the livelihood of his neighbour.
A. wade B.invoke C.muffle D.infringe
4. The poor man’s clothes were so _ that they couldn’t be repaired any more.
A. oozed B.ked
5. The scents of the flowers was _ to us by the breeze.
A. intercepted B.detested C.saturated D.wafted
6. The machinery had been wrecked so efficiently that police were sure it was a ca
of _.
A.vagaboned B.sabotage C.paradox D.tachyon
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7. The actor amud the audience by _ some well-known people.
A. embroidering B.lping D.mimicking
8. The speaker _ us with tales of exotic lands and buried treasure.
误解英文A. detour B.offt C.tantalized D. ushered
9. I assure you there was no _ motive in my suggestion.
A. ulterior B.stationary C. vulgar D. toxic
10. Government loan have been the _ of veral shaky business companies.
A. tornado B.salvation C.delinquency D. momentum
11. The hunter kept the lion’s skin and head as _.
corollary
A. trophies B. fillet C. tulip D. clown重庆会计网
12. We saw the canoe _ , throwing its pasngers into the water.
A. prostrate B. overturn C. simulate D. brag
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13. He has been drinking alcohol so heavily that his death verely affected and got
his _ alcoholically.
A. quittance B. qualm C. quail D. quietus
14. The orphanage is just one of he r_ caus.
A. phonetic B. philanthropic C. prevalent D. lunatic
15. After a period of probation a _ becomes a nun.
A. soprano B. hippie C novice D. monsieur
16. Despite his wealth and position, he has an _ personality.
A. unassuming B. unprecedented C. undermining D. uncouth
17. The island is maintained as a _ for endangered species.
A. wetlands B. sanctuary C. mire D .heath
18. If you _ something, such as food or drink, you reduce its quality or make it weaker,
for example by adding water to it.
A. adulterate B. moor C. vaccinate D. sue
19. A _ is a grill on which meat, fish, and other foods are cooled over hot charcoal,
usually out of doors.
A. duet B. fag C. tonic D. barbecue经济学人中文网
20. The _ warned the sleeping troops that the enemy was creeping near.
A. pickpocket B. picket C. pike D. pickup
21. When you are suffering from _ you have red spots on your skin and you feel as if
you have a cold,
A. apathy B. measles C. impotence D. schizophrenia
22. Their business was war, murder, _ and rape.
A. pillage B. audit C. bonanza D. nectar
23. He was brought before the _ for trial.
A. tribunal B. isle C. granary D. obrvatory
24. The guests, having eaten until they were _ , now listened inattentively to the
speakers.
A. contracepted B. satiated C. griped D. trespasd
25. If you spill hot liquid on your skin it will _ you.
A. scale B. scald C. shun D. shunt上海口译网
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26. The meeting took on a different _ after his moving speech.
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A. presage B. posture C. travesty D. trauma
27. While she had the fever, she _ for hours.
A .raved B. sniggered C. tittered D. perforated
拔擢28. The mice _ when the cat came.
A. rambled B. lingered C. sauntered D. scampered
29. Many animals display_ instincts only while their offspring are young and helpless.
A. cerebral B. imperious C. rueful D. maternal
30. On August 18th the president announced a general _ for political exiles.
A. ado B. yoga C. quartet D. amnesty
II. Each ntence has a xsrord or phra underlined. There are four words or phras
beneath each ntence. Choo the ONE word or phra which would best keep the
meaning of the original ntence if it were substituted for the underlined part:
31. She lived on the yonder side of the valley.
A.farther B. nearer C. either D. left
32. Theolddouple lived in abject poverty.
A. honest B. ble
33. Larry was so absorbed in his novel that she forgot about his dinner cooking in the
