2014级第一学期第15周词汇测试及答案

词汇测试
1. During their ____ on the club, the policemen found illegal drugs.
A) search B) clash C) ban D) raid
2. The chairman asked members to ____ their votes for or against the proposal.
A) bid B) offer C) cast D) throw
3. The plane ____, its bombs exploding as it hit the ground.
A) smashed B) crushed C) plunged D) crashed
4. I’ve ____ into the door again and hurt my knee.
A) wandered B) plunged C) bumped D) rushed
5. I strongly opposed the ____ that women not be allowed to join the society.
A) resolution B) reservation C) solution D) conclusion
6. A ____ of wild ducks blocked the road.
A) pack B) school C) herd D) flock
7. The little boy had walked for a long day; he was feeling ____. He must have a good rest.
A) excited B) lazy C) content D) exhausted
8. A window in the kitchen was ____; there was rubbish everywhere, and the curtains and carpets had been stolen.
A) scattered B) scraped C) scratched D) smashed
9. All our attempts to ____ the child from drowning were in vain.
A) regain B) recover C) reserve D) rescue
10. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: several fishing boats were ____
and many houses collapse.
A) wrecked B) spoiled C) torn D) injured
11. She was fined $30 for failing to keep her dog under ____.
A) control B) command C) obedience D) hand
12. I wonder why they were so easily ____ by his story.
A) taken on B) taken over C) taken in D) taken up
13. The bank is reported in the local newspaper to have been robbed in ____ daylight yesterday.
A) broad B) exclusive C) extensive D) abroad
14. When he was a young man, Lincoln ____ down the Mississippi in a flatboat.
A) drained B) dragged C) dripped D) drifted
15. The ____ presence of a police officer made him feel guilty.
A) common B) mere C) just D) plain
16. In this poor country, survival is still the leading industry; all else is ____.
A) luxury B) accommodation C) entertainment D) fancy
17. As a commander, you should not ____ the soldiers to unnecessary danger.
A) express B) exploit C) explode D) expose
18. Which ____ of the economy has been hardest hit by the recession?
A) fraction B) sector C) format D) bureau
19. The airplane took off soon. It was like being on an old train ____ from side to side and going faster and faster.
A) surrounding B) foregoing C) swaying D) frowning
20. When he caught a ____ of his girlfriend in the rain, Jack asked the taxi driver to stop to pick her up.
A) harbor B) kettle C) glimpse D) scale
21. This kind of medicine has the power to _______poison.
A) splash B) resist C) convey D) recruit
22. He is easily _______ so I do not like to talk with him.
A) defended B) afforded C) offered D) offended
23. I am _______ to believe that he won’t come back to see his wife again.
A) inclined B) initiated
C) accompanied D) acknowledged
24. After talking for nearly ten hours, he _______ to the government’s pressure at last.
A) expressed B) yielded D) C) demonstrated D) approved
25. My hands and feet were ________ with cold as I waited for the bus.
A) cliff B) steep C) stiff D) stick
26. This problem is beyond his ability and he cannot ________ it.
A) slip B) figure C) sip D) solve。