新教材词汇练习book_1

第一册Lesson 11. My husband, because of his own professional _____, goes to Cambridge every week.A. judgmentsB. criteriaC. personalitiesD. commitments2. While looking for the address book, Mr. Hailey _____ some of his old love letters in hiswife’s d rawer.A. came aboutB. came up withC. came acrossD. came out with3. Mrs. Bush, head of the intelligence department, is _____ immense talent and boundlessenergy.A. capable ofB. blessed withC. associated withD. recognized as4. The audience are deeply impressed by the leading character of the feature film that looks_____ at social problems.A. squarelyB. obviouslyC. accuratelyD. deliberately5. The Prime Minister has decided to take advantage of his popularity in the opinion polls, andcalled a _____ election for next month.A. snapB. clean-outC. magneticD. convincing6. The singer is very popular with the general public, but she is often regarded as being too_____ on stage.A. instinctualB. refreshingC. flamboyantD. eloquent7. Mr. Potter had taken it for granted that his verbose and _____ explanation of the facts wouldconvince the jury of his innocence.A. flimsyB. individualC. glibD. greasy8. Malaysia and Indonesia rely on open markets for forest and fishery products. _____ someAsian countries are highly protectionist.A. DeliberatelyB. ConverselyC. EvidentlyD. Naturally9. According to legal provisions, the properties will either _____ the original owners or else besold at auction.A. commit toB. take toC. romp toD. revert to10. The measures are little more than _____ that will fade fast once investors take a hard look atthem.A. blind faithB. window dressingC. good impressionD. winning image1. The number of people who consult psychiatrists today is not, as is sometimes felt, a _____ ofincreasing mental illness.A. revelationB. syndromeC. symptomD. repugnance2. That snake is not poisonous. It's a completely _____ little garden snake.A. inoffensiveB. innocuousC. ingeniousD. incompatible3. Evidence _____ to the trial must be submitted to the police.A. prevalentB. subsequentC. subordinateD. pertinent4. University teaching may be _____ if the government increases the number of students withoutproviding additional funding.A. jeopardizedB. patchedC. improvisedD. generalized5. The child's parents were _____ into accepting the demand of the kidnappers'.A. pleadedB. intoxicatedC. intimidatedD. besieged6. The detectives _____ on the terrorists' conversations by using secret microphones.A. overheardB. eavesdroppedC. reflectedD. mused7. The two sides are so _____ to each other that there is no way to work out a compromise.A. inimicalB. reconcilableC. magneticD. conducive8. They tried to keep it quiet but eventually everyone learned about _____ the meeting.A. clandestineB. intangibleC. sedateD. squalid9. Although Jack had moved away before the baseball season ended, the most valuable playeraward was _____ his.A. dubiouslyB. dulyC. excessivelyD. transiently10. Many citizens appealed to the city government for enacting _____ laws to protect theconsumers.A. lavishB. equivocalC. stringentD. flabbyLesson 21. Probably the physics of the mid-nineteenth century was not as spectacular as that of the _____and following periods, but its theoretical advances were nevertheless very impressive.A. posteriorB. overwhelmingC. precedingD. potential2. We will encourage every school to _____ its character, ethos and areas of special interestwithin a more flexible National Curriculum framework.A. facilitateB. enhanceC. acquaintD. install3. _____ her dreams, Lynne traveled the world, leaving her 2-year-old son Stephen in the care ofbabysitters.A. In spite ofB. In case ofC. In place ofD. In pursuit of4. His deep _____, subtle approach, sharp analytical capacities and broad clinical knowledgemade him a brilliant clinician.A. intuitionB. revelationC. hypothesisD. indulged in5. Western medicine, _____ science and practiced by people with internationally acceptedmedical degrees, is only one of many systems of healing.A. rooted inB. originated fromC. trapped inD. indulged in6. The computer acts as a substitute for human friends, perhaps, but the human-computer _____may also bring about the end of existing human-human relationships.A. apathyB. intensityC. conceptD. infatuation7. She had something to tell him, something so important that even this unexpected opportunityfor _____ of their desire must take second place.A. appetiteB. consummationC. intimacyD. potentiality8. Such an approach forces managers to communicate with one another and helps _____ rigiddepartmental boundaries.A. break downB. stand forC. set offD. pass over9. He knew that he had one more duty to perform before he allowed himself to succumb to his_____ for rest.A. orientationB. anticipationC. cravingD. objection10. To be honest, I felt rather embarrassed by Jane’s _____ and flirting during her interview.A. spontaneousnessB. anticipationC. coynessD. sensationp601. It is _____ upon all users of this equipment to familiarize themselves with the safetyprocedure.A. necessaryB. indispensableC. incumbentD. requisite2. The kidnappers specified that the _____ money should be left at the bus station by 12 o'clockthe next day, otherwise they would kill the boy.A. ransomB. prizeC. conscienceD. revenue3. According to the economic forecast, some people are hopeful of a drop in the inflation figures,but others are less _____.A. fastidiousB. sanguineC. lenientD. prudent4. Her rise to fame was quite _____—in less than two years she was a household name.A. phenomenalB. bleakC. blankD. vacant5. I looked for her through the window, but the curtains were drawn and I could only see her in_____.A. featureB. profileC. silhouetteD. reverse6. I tried to persuade her to take the job but she was quite _____ that she did not want it.A. desperateB. paranoidC. absoluteD. adamant7. We are not compatible—he likes nearly all the things that _____ me.A. repulseB. surpassC. banishD. repatriate8. In his will, the millionaire _____ nearly all his fortunes to the housemaid who took care ofhim in his last days.A. inheritedB. bequeathedC. owedD. remitted9. When the only witness finally came to tell the truth, poor Mike was _____ from allresponsibility for the accident.A. pardonedB. derivedC. exoneratedD. charged10. The negotiation had reached an _____, with both sides refusing to compromise.A. eclipseB. impasseC. ultimatumD. abyssLesson 3p731. Hard training will _____ you richly when it comes to the actual competition.A. bringB. payC. serveD. make2. At the news conference, the foreign minister_____ a confident smile and answered all thequestions raised by the journalists.A. woreB. expressedC. settledD. cultivated3. After years of research, scholars have finally _____ this anonymous play _____ ChristopherMarlowe.A. taken ... forB. obliged ... withC. ascribed ... toD. reconciled ... to4. Most parents have occasional _____ about whether they're doing the best thing for theirchildren.A. burdensB. qualmsC. necessitiesD. securities5. It _____ me to thank you for all you have done for the association in the last few years.A. falls toB. falls intoC. falls onD. falls in with6. I never heard anyone in my village mention my uncle Tony—I think he was a bit of a _____.A. white elephantB. dark horseC. guinea pigD. black sheep7. The _____ that she suggested for discussion were based on the most recent medical research.A. contributionsB. occupationsC. expostulationsD. amendments8. Rosa used to be quiet and introverted, but now she is _____ being sociable.A. looking forward toB. going back onC. making a point ofD. standing up to9. Mary broke off her engagement to John when she found him often _____ the pretty girls in hisoffice.A. putting up withB. seeing throughC. making fun ofD. philandering with10. Instead of ending up in jail or _____, she was remarkably successful and became one of thewealthiest people in Britain today.A. in the rawB. in the gutterC. in the extremeD. in the fleshp881. As one of the youngest branch managers in the IT company, Mr. Yang is certainly on the_____ of a brilliant career.A. trackB. marginC. courseD. threshold2. In _____ times, human beings did not travel for pleasure, but to find a more favorable climate.A. primeB. primaryC. primitiveD. preliminary3. While it's true that techniques of active listening can _____ the value of lecture, few studentspossess such skills at the beginning of their college careers.A. enhanceB. enlargeC. accessD. exaggerate4. In the library, I found Dabbie was frowning, apparently _____ a word.A. tumbled toB. collided withC. coincided withD. stumped on5. Fierce storms have been _____ rescue efforts and there's now little chance of finding moresurvivors.A. hamperingB. bewilderingC. tanglingD. blundering6. They didn't even give him any sick-pay when he was off ill, which is a fairly _____ way totreat an employee.A. vulnerableB. makeshiftC. shoddyD. backhanded7. It must be realized that large price increase can only _____ demands for even larger wageincrease.A. call offB. trigger offC. make offD. carry off8. When the old lady was back from shopping, she was shocked to find that her house had been_____.A. pawnedB. leasedC. ransackedD. mortgaged9. Since this was my first job interview, I asked _____ about the salary.A. discouraginglyB. diffidentlyC. differentiallyD. diffusely10. The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.A. vanishedB. abandonedC. scatteredD. disregarded第106页1. As television continued to command the family hours of the evening, radio found its ownprime time hours in the morning with wake-up shows, bright with music and _____, as well as time and weather announcements.A. chitchatB. hyperstimulationC. collaborationD. spur2. At this conference Trudeau admonished the press as“a pretty lousy lot”for _____ into hisprivate life.A. lapsingB. snoopingC. sneezingD. yawning3. The demoralizing effect on the enemy of such bombing and _____ from planes completelyhidden in a clouded sky was tremendous.A. explosivesB. minesC. barrelsD. barrages4. Three schools in Putney have _____ their resources and order to buy an area of waste groundand turn it into a sports field.A. pooledB. capturedC. suckedD. transcended5. The U.S. economy appeared to function on autopilot during much of 1995 with _____mergers that kept the stock market in a tizzy.A. appallingB. anticipatingC. mind-bogglingD. brain-racking6. After Steve entered the room he _____ the satchel on the label and sat down on the sofa infront of the telly.A. plunked downB. plucked outC. ran amokD. pecked out7. The roads tied _____ regions together, moving the goods and people required to build andmaintain extensive public works.A. full-blownB. far-goneC. far-flungD. far-fetched8. Evidence from drawings of that time indicates that the Egyptians used a _____, probably milk,to reduce the sliding friction and thus increase the efficiency of the inclined planes.A. nutritionB. junkC. queryD. lubricant9. Since last Sunday, the volcano has _____ a giant cloud of ash, dust and gases into the air.A. musteredB. demolishedC. forgedD. spewed10. He _____ together a living from several part-time jobs by running sight-seeing charters, andcollecting dry cleaning.A. hauntsB. cobblesC. flattensD. underscoresp1281. The old lady has developed a _____ cough which can't be cured completely in a short time.A. benignB. permanentC. perpetualD. chronic2. The police were alerted that the murderer might still be in the _____.A. roundB. circumstancesC. vicinityD. track3. Listening to the soft tapping of rain on the roof can _____ a person's nervous tension.A. provokeB. sootheC. retainD. revive4. The _____ the farmer gave on his woodland to a lumber company expires in two years' time.A. premiumB. subsidyC. extinctionD. lease5. It's more important to pave the way for children's desire to know than to put them on a diet offacts they are not ready to _____.A. disperseB. assimilateC. alternateD. affiliate6. Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, arenever alone or _____ of life.A. wearyB. waryC. cautiousD. callous7. If the freed men had become landowners instead of _____ laborers, their descendants wouldbe prosperous today.A. affluentB. stingyC. impoverishedD. gorgeous8. This cream can be used to treat cuts and bruises and other_____ minor injuries.A. floppyB. sundryC. infirmD. murky9. They _____ agreed to the proposal that hostage-taking be made an international crime.A. incompatiblyB. presumablyC. invariablyD. unanimously10. For reasons of personal safety, the man told the police that he wished to remain _____.A. anonymousB. suspiciousC. conspicuousD. rigorous第143页1. The new rule stipulated that a worker who was _____ three times in one month should bedismissed immediately.A. awkwardB. aloofC. clumsyD. tardy2. At the end of the President’s speech, leaders of both parties announced their full support of thedoctrine he had _____.A. complimentedB. enunciatedC. disguisedD. deprived3. Because of its capacity to _____ numerous substances in large amounts, pure water rarelyoccurs in nature.A. sufficeB. dissolveC. withholdD. recognize4. In Austria he met with President Kurt Waldheim, who remained a figure of controversybecause of his reported _____ in Nazi crimes against Jews and others during World War II.A. caricatureB. complicityC. citadelD. protocol5. When we arrived there we saw many red-and-white streamers floating gently into the outfieldgrass, fireworks _____ overhead.A. boomingB. intoningC. squabblingD. mounting6. The bird put his tiny head to one side and looked up at him with his soft bright eye. Then hehopped about and pecked the earth _____, looking for seeds and insects.A. dubiouslyB. lavishlyC. transientlyD. briskly7. John reached for a cigarette and _____ a little. “We did not think anybody would be stubbornenough to come here in spite of our discouragement.”A. overheardB. chuckledC. generalizedD. jeopardized8. For a moment I thought he was being serious, but then he _____ at me.A. intimidatedB. musedC. reflectedD. winked9. Many of the country’s prosecutors feared the proposal was ultimately aimed at curbing theirconsiderable powers and _____ wrongdoers _____.A. patching…upB. picking…outC. letting…off the hookD. brushing…off10. About half of all children in South Asia and one-third of those in sub-Saharan Africa sufferfrom _____, which usually results from an inadequate intake of essential vitamins and minerals.A. eclipseB. repugnanceC. malnutritionD. revelationp1601. A photograph taken in Bern during Eva Peron's 1947 tour of Europe depicts the _____Argentine first lady, bejeweled and elegantly dressed in a Pads gown.A. spuriousB. glamorousC. clamorousD. proliferous2. Actors on stage bring characters to full life who would _____ have lain inert on the printedpage.A. thereofB. neverthelessC. furthermoreD. otherwise3. Human cloning is probably not _____ because they will be heavily discouraged by manygovernments.A. imminentB. eminentC. efficientD. impeccable4. Snow began to fall at round about the beginning of the New Year and continued on and off for_____ ten days.A. appropriatelyB. exceedinglyC. approximatelyD. apprehensively5. Hungry birds in search of _____ of food made delicate impressions on the surface of thesnow.A. scrapsB. scratchesC. scrapesD. scents6. The glade was pear-shaped, roughly a hundred yards long and fifty yards wide, with a _____pool of rain-water in the center of it.A. randomB. blankC. hollowD. stagnant7. Geraldo's reports exposed the _____ conditions and neglectful, often abusive, treatment of thepatients in the hospital.A. tertiaryB. stationaryC. solitaryD. unsanitary8. After endless difficulty, we managed to catch the horse, but could not get him move and wereobliged to camp in a most _____ spot where we could not light a fire.A. inevitableB. indispensableC. inhabitableD. insatiable9. It's curious how often sympathy for the old and _____ takes a form which actually humiliatesthem.A. infirmB. infamousC. impatientD. ignorant10. After we had waited for ten minutes in the crowded tea shop, the clergyman's son came _____through the door.A. lumberingB. plunderingC. glitteringD. rumbling第178页1. Dissatisfaction with the Labor government now seems to have _____ every section of society.A. heraldedB. permeatedC. conceivedD. scrutinized2. We know these chemicals are dangerous, but their benefits far _____ any risk to theenvironment.A. overtakeB. manipulateC. stockD. outweigh3. All previous attempts to _____ the fighting have failed so why should these proposals be anymore successful?A. compromiseB. haltC. withstandD. sustain4. The president and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a _____ for continuedeconomic reform.A. mandateB. assertionC. discourseD. determinism5. She is not satisfied with her job because it provides no _____ for her energies and talents.A. conceptionB. outreachC. outletD. essentialism6. John has been _____ me with drinks all evening—I don’t think I am capable of driving home.A. shiftingB. offeringC. plyingD. crushing7. My second and more _____ reason for going to Dearborn was to see the Henry Ford Museum.A. compellingB. wearyC. perplexingD. worthy8. Scotland’s _____ on Wales in the second half of the match earned them a 4-1 victory.A. impositionB. onslaughtC. pushD. edge9. By the time I left his house he had become pretty hostile; I felt I _____ better than that.A. pursuedB. fosteredC. entitledD. deserved10. Today almost every household has radios, TVs and a whole _____ of gadgets by electricity.A. endeavorB. hostC. supplyD. facultyp1931. Taking more than the recommended dose of tablets is quite _____.A. hilariousB. perilousC. surreptitiousD. hideous2. Even the best medical treatment can not cure all the ills that _____ men and women.A. beseechB. bestowC. bewitchD. beset3. The field of medicine has always attracted its share of quacks—that is, _____ women andmen with little or no medical knowledge.A. disreputableB. disguisedC. distinguishedD. dissoluble4. The reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans is that there is sharpdifference in appearance between them and their white _____.A. consultantsB. counterpartsC. culpritsD. conservatives5. All the questions _____ around what she had been doing on the night of the robbery.A. resolvedB. revokedC. revolvedD. revived6. We tried to drive our horse into the river, but he simply could not _____.A. trudgeB. surgeC. budgeD. dredge7. The experiments _____ that in overpopulated communities, mother rats do not behavenormally.A. defiedB. verifiedC. purifiedD. intensified8. The aim of the president's speech was to convince still reluctant countries of the greatnecessity of imposing sanctions against the countries that _____ terrorists.A. kidnappedB. harassedC. heckledD. harbored9. In other words, we discovered a _____ of effects from the power failure, each becoming thecause of the next.A. successionB. recessionC. processionD. secession10. In establishing or _____ a causal relation, it is usually necessary to show the process by whichthe alleged cause produces the effect.A. reframingB. redeemingC. refutingD. redressingp2091. We looked out across a river valley to the broad snow-white ridge of Mount Ararat, its peak_____ against the blue sky.A. galvanizingB. exhilaratingC. incandescentD. unreachable2. Would you care for some tea, or even a light meal, to _____ yourself before setting off for anew adventure?A. colorB. foregoC. boostD. fortify3. The company she was working for was failing so she decided to _____ and set up her ownbusiness with a friend.A. deal outB. bail outC. hold outD. fall out4. Fisher was given a _____ in the marketing section before a decision was made about hisfuture.A. tryoutB. momentumC. convictionD. permissiveness5. This is one of the few jobs you can do in this place and _____ being completely drunk.A. contribute toB. get away withC. make forD. try on6. The lieutenant general has got such an enormous _____ —I've never known anyone so full ofthemselves!A. humilityB. illusionC. altruismD. ego7. Before becoming a _____ director, Jason had worked as a film critic for a magazine for anumber of years.A. full blownB. lovelornC. grown upD. rootless8. According to a survey of 250 high schools, the _____ rate among students is currently one infive.A. alterationB. dropoutC. impulseD. denial9. Please don't be so depressed; I'm sure things will start to _____ for the motor trade in thecoming year.A. look upB. dredge upC. take holdD. sell out10. After a heated debate, the Parliament voted to impose a two-year _____ on nuclear weaponstesting.A. curfewB. strainC. settlementD. moratoriump2251. Even in those schools, which have tried to enforce no smoking by _____ punishment, there'sas much smoking as in other schools.A. cordialB. contingentC. convertibleD. corporal2. People who have such an addiction are _____; i.e., they have a very powerful psychologicalneed that they feel they must satisfy.A. compulsoryB. compulsiveC. comprehensiveD. consistent3. Those living in countries with long dark winters are apt to be less talkative and less sociablethan inhabitants of countries where the climate is more _____.A. excessiveB. equivalentC. equableD. exquisite4. Jill was seriously injured and for days he _____ between life and death.A. hoveredB. hewedC. hobbledD. huddled5. Professor Smith has already retired, but his teachings still _____ a strong influence on hisstudents.A. executeB. forsakeC. exertD. forge6. This is but a _____ of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored.A. frictionB. fractionC. factionD. fracture7. The country has been faced with a _____ problem of unemployment since the newly-electedPresident came into power.A. saggingB. joggingC. loggingD. nagging8. The English language is capable of expressing many subtle _____ of meanings.A. shallowsB. sermonsC. shadesD. shadows9. It's established that everyone has over a thousand dreams a year, however, few of these _____productions are remembered during waking hours.A. tacitB. stringentC. nocturnalD. mawkish10. The belief that you should own your house is deeply _____ in British society.A. ingrainedB. inflictedC. afflictedD. enragedp2401. Chris decided to divorce Pat because he often _____ a girl young enough to be his daughter.A. brought upB. stood up forC. took advantage ofD. played around with2. Generations of women in this part of the world were _____ by poverty, by religion and bytradition.A. acquiredB. undergoneC. enslavedD. bolstered3. My neighbor is always complaining about his secondhand ear--he doesn't know when he's_____.A. celebratedB. well offC. deceptiveD. well-founded4. It is becoming abundantly clear that, unless I make some determined move, I will become apermanent _____ in the machine.A. cogB. modelC. victimD. conductor5. The recent fall in house prices has _____ disaster for many people who want to sell theirhouses.A. speltB. avertedC. resolvedD. transformed6. I told my sister I'd lend her my new shirt if she let me borrow her jacket, but she didn't rise tothe _____.A. baitB. maskC. obligationD. compromise7. My husband ate a _____ breakfast before he set off for his remote farmhouse.A. primeB. heartyC. convenientD. heady8. Yesterday morning when she said she was going to leave him for good, he thought it was onlya _____.A. blissB. sacrificeC. bluffD. consequence9. Alice was _____ with grief when she heard her husband died in a plane crash.A. above herselfB. in touchC. in lineD. beside herself10. Due to an _____ by my bank, there was less money in my account than there should havebeen.A. intentB. oversightC. indecisionD. engagementp2561. We are now in a world where the speed at which you distribute information often means thedifference between success and failure, and immediacy _____ quality.A. supervisesB. supplementsC. supersedesD. scandalizes2. A teacher must constantly evaluate her own attitude because her influence can be _____ if shehas personal prejudices.A. delectableB. deleteriousC. meritoriousD. deliberate3. The _____ anthropologist George Murdock has listed seventy-three items that characterizeevery known culture, past and present.A. eminentB. imminentC. reminiscentD. legitimate4. These computer hackers skip school and lose contact with friends; they may even _____personal hygiene.A. forgeB. furrowC. forgoD. fortify5. Education _____ the conviction that you can always learn something new.A. installsB. instillsC. fulfillsD. imbues6. Sadly, the Giant Panda is one of the many species now in danger of _____.A. immigrationB. extinctionC. distinctionD. extraction7. Jane was in a _____ as to whether to marry Paul, who was poor, or Charles, who was ugly.A. paradoxB. stigmaC. dilemmaD. predication8. Most public places are simply not _____ to the needs of people with a physical handicap.A. desertedB. dwelledC. motivatedD. geared9. People who like to wear red dresses are more likely to be talkative and _____.A. vivaciousB. introvertedC. lucrativeD. perilous10. The _____ who had isolated himself from the outside world for over ten years was found deadin his hamlet.A. miserB. hermitC. pauperD. vegetarian274页。