Quiz(Book 1, Unit 6-8)

Quiz
Directions: For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the One answer that best completes the sentence.
1.Our journey was slow because the train stopped __________ at
different villages.
A. unceasingly
B. gradually
C. continuously
D. continually
2.Although most dreams apparently happen _________, dream activity
may be provoked by external influences.
A. spontaneously
B. simultaneously
C. homogeneously
D. instantaneously
3.Our ______ from London to Paris is by way of Dover and Calais.
A. route
B. way
C. road
D. routine
4.They expressed their ________ at being looked down upon by
demonstration.
A. optimism
B. enthusiasm
C. pessimism
D. indignation
5.His political _____ came to an end 20 years ago.
A. occupation
B. employment
C. career
D. profession
6.Marry has a bad cold and a ________ throat.
A. sore
B. painful
C. tender
D. sour
7.Success in school ______ much hard work.
A. calls for
B. calls off
C. calls up
D. calls on
8.He’s always _______ about giving his address to strangers, especially
in places where gun control policy has not been implemented.
A. ignorant
B. cautious
C. capable
D. alert
9.People know that babies cry by ________ where they are hungry.
A. instinct
B. distinct
C. institution
D. impulse
10.Nuclear science should be developed to benefit people _______ harm
them.
A. more than
B. other than
C. rather than
D. better than
11.I still feel _______ about that mistake in the report; I ought to have
noticed it, and pointed it out.
A. innocent
B. illegal
C. guilty
D. unlawful
12.Even a child he showed an inclination to ______ over the other
children.
A. dominate
B. rule
C. govern
D. inspect
13.W hen people try to remember things, there is a tendency to _____,
alter and add details.
A. admit
B. submit
C. emit
D. omit
14.T he purpose of this election is to set up a government truly ______ of
the people.
A. typical
B. representative
C. characteristic
D. responsible
15.T he bank will lend you money on every favorable terms as long as
they are _________ that you will be able to return the money in good time.
A. composed
B. convinced
C. recognized
D. satisfied
16.T he South-to-North Water ______ project aims to divert water from
the Yangtze River to China’s parched northern regions.
A. transport
B. transplant
C. transact
D. transfer
17.H e chose to ________ astronomy as his major despite his parents’
opposing him.
A. take away
B. take over
C. take up
D. take in
18.B ecause the weather here is very good for crops, this place has great
_______ wealth.
A. inevitable
B. constant
C. overwhelming
D. potential
19.P assing the English examination should _______ your chances of
getting the post.
A. magnify
B. enlarge
C. enhance
D. strengthen
20.T he hall had been full to its ________ with newspapermen long before
the time when the government officials announced the important news.
A. possession
B. potential
C. capacity
D. impact。