英语vocabulary

Unit 1(A)

31. I am ready to take my own stand on this common _____.

A. surface

B. position

C. floor

D. ground

正确答案：D

32. She decided to ____ her studies after obtaining her first degree.

A. strive

B. pursue

C. purse

D. follow

正确答案：B

33.Up to the present day no ____ exists between the earth and her satellite.

A. bond

B. obligation

C. force

D. union

正确答案：A

34. I'm not a(n) ____ employee; I'm working here on a fixed-term contract.

A. constant

B. enduring

C. stable

D. permanent

正确答案：D

35. We arranged to meet at the cinema at 7:30, but he failed to ____.

A. turn around

B. turn up

C. turn back

D. turn over

正确答案：B

36.A good evaluator must have an excellent ____ of the Suggestion program.

A. grasp

B. respond

C. possession

D. dominance

正确答案：A

37. He was a(n) ____ student of the war's developments and of military history.

A. sensitive

B. intense

C. keen

D. vivid

正确答案：C

38. They give each other a gold ring to symbolize their marriage ____.

A. approval

B. commitment

C. consent

D. obligation

正确答案：B

39. Sports clothes are not ____ for a formal wedding.

A. appropriate

B. unique

C. polite

D. absolute

正确答案：A

40. Sometimes he makes his observations in the "natural" ____.

A. instruction

B. direction

C. trend

D. setting

正确答案：D

41. Social activities usually ____ old people from the loneliness of old age.

A. maintain

B. preserve

C. reserve

D. defend

正确答案：B

42. The city will ____ these buildings to make room for the new highway.

A. tear away

B. tear into

C. tear down

D. tear up

正确答案：C

43. You manage to reduce what seems quite ____ propositions to stark nonsense.

A. obvious

B. plain

C. absurd

D. sensible

正确答案：D

44. The title must not be allowed to ____ the reader's thoughts.

A. conceal

B. darken

C. hide

D. brighten

正确答案：B

45. ____ the reason he had given, a baby would have refused it.

A. As to

B. In spite of

C. Due to

D. As a result of

正确答案：A

46. In a word, Mrs. Bate put a good face against fortune, and kept up appearances in the most

____ manner.

A. competent

B. innocent

C. vicious

D. virtuous

正确答案：D

47. When the couple go to the farm, their relatives ___ and wine them splendidly.

A. dip

B. dink

C. dine

D. dint

正确答案：C

48. Patience is one of the most important ____ of a successful teacher.

A. tones

B. attributes

C. manners

D. characters

正确答案：B

49. They had to ____ the mission work in Kansas City a few years before.

A. break up

B. break down

C. make in

D. break out

正确答案：A

50. I should assign you your ____ of labour, and compel you to accomplish it.

A. segment

B. share

C. process

D. attribute

正确答案：B

51. It was yesterday ____ John bought a toy train for his son.

A. when

B. which

C. in which

D. that

正确答案：D

52. ____ the drought in Kansas has become less serious.

A. It is apparently that

B. It appears that