大学英语三级词汇专项练习1

大学英语三级词汇专项练习1
大学英语三级词汇专项练习
Directions: There are 500 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and
D). Choose the ONE that best complete the sentence.
1. Now that all her three children have gone ______ to work or study, Mrs. Wang lives in Hongkong alone.
A) aboard B) abroad C) board D) broad
2. Tom, why were you _____ from school yesterday?
-—I got a bad cold and my mother took me to the doctor’s.
A) absent B) present C) left D) lost
3. He found his uncle ________ in the reading of the Sunday newspaper.
A) interesting B) focused C) absorbed D) involving
4. Mary invited me to her birthday party last night, but since
I had to look af ter my younger brother, I didn’t her invitation.
A) accept B) receive C) answer D) reply
5. Students have to the library during the vacation.
A) admission B) allowance C) approval D) access
6. Last time I ran across Jack, my roommate in high school, by .
A) action B) accident C) incident D) luck
7. While teaching a foreign language, we should take into ____ the differences between the
students’ mother tongue and the target langu age.
A) thinking B) mind C) account D) count
8. I don’t think anyone can me of being dishonest.
A) accuse B) complain C) charge D) scold
9. The ability to use a language can be _____only by the act
of using the language.
A) acquired B) required C) accompanied D) realized
10. _____ language, maths and history, the children are also taught music and art.
A) Beside B) Except C) In spite of D) In addition to
11. T here was a serious water shortage in the area as there wasn’t rain for nearly four
months.
A) plenty B) many C) adequate D) efficient
12. You can’t see through a telescope unles s it is ____correctly t o your sight.
A) appointed B) adjusted C) operated D) shifted
13. The thief to taking the gold watch without paying for it.
A) suggested B) managed C) tried D) admitted
14. The factory has new methods of producing high quality washing machines.
A) adopted B) adapted C) raised D) increased
15. The farmers took of the fine weather to gather in the crops last week.
A) chance B) hold C) advantage D) adventure
16. I don’t think the snow will our plans for a picnic.
A) affect B) effect C) infer D) differ
17. I do like this new car, but I can’t it. I’ve spent almost all my savings on th e
decoration of my house.
A) obtain B) apply C) afford D) buy
18. The twins are so much that I can’t tell which is which.
A) likely B) unlike C) alike D) like
19. Children need many things, but they need love.
A) above all B) after all C) all over D) at all
20. The boy was so interested in the radio that he took it to see how it runs.
A) open B) part C) around D) apart
21. The scientists have _______ to the government to take actions against pollution.
A) announced B) appeared C) appealed D) approached
22. Scientific discoveries are often ________ to industrial production methods.
A) provided B) prepared C) applied D) appointed
23. I’ve made an ________ to see Dr. Lewis at 3 o’clock this after noon,
A) appointment B) application C) attention D) apartment
24. He would much _________ it if you could do him that favor.
A) please B) satisfy C) thank D) appreciate
25. As winter ________ the weather became colder.
A) nearby B) advanced C) passed by D) approached
26.She would never do anything that was not _______ of by her parents.
A) agreed B) appointed C) approved D) pleased
27. We should consider other of the problem as well as seriousness.
A) sides B) areas C) aspects D) respects
28. The new line of the factory can produce 100 bicycles every day.
A) assembly B) working C) collection D) producing
29. We naturally Einstein with the Theory of Relativity.
A) accomplish B) appreciate C) accompany D) associate
30. A witness in a murder trial is to know the facts in the case.
A) assumed B) resumed C) assured D) insured
31. Investigations us of the soundness of the plan.
A) insured B) assured C) ensured D) reassured
32. The government of every country should great importance to environmental protection.
A) attach B) approach C) pay D) spend
33. It would have been better to have concentrated on a few things rather than to so
much at a time.
A) attain B) attempt C) attend D) attract
34. There was a large _____at the pop concert last night.
A) viewers B) listeners C) audience D) incidence
35. —I’d like to have a table for four at 6 o’clock.
—I’m sorry. There are no tables this evening.
A) available B) favorable C) r eady D) prepared
36. It was several minutes before I was of what was happening.
A) realized B) aware C) awake D) curious
37. We should maintain a(n) between work and play.
A) peace B) agreement C) relation D) balance
38. All that they had ever had were the necessities of life.
A) empty B) bare C) alone D) lonely
39. The _____New Zealander prefers to buy for his family a separate house.
A) average B) mean C) c ommon D) ordinary
40. I bought a radio for only $ 5 at the sales; it was a real .
A) present B) buying C) bargain D) purchase
41. On the of these theories Godwin working out his picture of the state of the future.
A) base B) basis C) case D) fund
42. Tom, if you don’t ____yourself, you will be kept out of this classroom!
A) behave B) believe C) p erform D) polite
43. Rebuilding the canal has already brought many ____to our national economy.
A) interests B) developments C) advances D) benefits
44. Our team the visitors in the football match yesterday afternoon.
A) got the first of B) got the best of C) took the first of D) took the best of
45. If you keep on working hard, you are to succeed.
A) bound B) bond C) doomed D) insisted
46. You can’t leave the city; all the roads are by snow.
A) held B) caught C) delayed D) blocked
47. During the election period, a big strike _____ in all major cities of the country.
A) broke down B) broke up C) broke out D) broke off
48.The President’s speech was an hour long, but what he de clared, , was that we were
ready to fight against any invading enemies.
A) in detail B) in common C) in brief D) in part
49. I was born in New York and in Texas.
A) brought about B) brought forth C) brought down D) brought up
50. Many a large and important business has been from small beginnings.
A) brought up B) built up C) held up D) caught up
51. During the famous comedian’s performance, the audience out laughing several times.
A) broke B) burst C) brought D) burned
52. I hope to ____you at your office at three o’clock today.
A) call at B) call on C) call off D) call out
53. The whole nation is involved in the to stop drug abuse(滥用毒品).
A)crime B) ease C) campaign D) battle
54. The poison was of causing death within a few minutes.
A) possible B) probable C) able D) capable
55. Neither T om nor Jane this kind of films, so they left the cinema half an hour before
it finished.
A) cared of B) cared for C) took cure D) took care of
56. I had some difficulty in the plan.
A) carrying off B) carrying on C) carrying out D) carrying away
57. __________ he arrives before I get back, please ask him to wait.
A) In the case B) In any case C) In case D) In case of
58. I walked as fast as I could, but I couldn’t him.
A) catch on B) catch hold of C) catch in D) catch up with
59. The value of this exercise is that it the students to express themselves in an
imaginative way.
A) charges B) changes C) challenges D) judges
60. Mr. Smith will be ________ the office next week when the manager is away.
A) in response of B) in charge of C) charged with D) responsible of
61. Under these , you might agree with us that it is rather difficult for your products to
get a footing in this market.
A) situations B) conditions C) circumstances D) cases
62. She never wears clothes made of material.
A) coarse B) course C) cause D) coast
63. When an element is caused to with oxygen it is oxidized.
A) compare B) compete C) combine D) compose
64.I this book in an old bookstore on Fourth Avenue.
A) came on B) came across C) came up D) came over
65.The minister refused to ___________ on the new agreement between the two countries.
A) describe B) report C) complain D) comment
66. During the Second World War, the Japanese Invaders many horrible crimes
against the Chinese people.
A) admitted B) committed C) created D) produced
67. Haven’t you enough _____sense to know that it’s unwise to go swimming just after a big
meal?
A) usual B) ordinary C) common D) general
68. This machine costs more than the other, but considering its quality and efficiency, it is really
cheaper ______
A) in contrast B) in comparison C) by contrast D) by comparison
69. The customer to the storekeeper about the poor quality of the refrigerator.
A) accuse B) criticized C) complained D) explained
70. The professor seemed to be able to put __________ thoughts into simple words.
A) complicated B) combined C) convenient D) immense
71. So far as I’m , some other arrangement would have been satisfactory.
A) concerning B) concerning with C) concerned D) concerned
with
72. _________ , I should like to thank all those who have worked so hard to bring about this
result.
A) As conclusion B) In conclusion C) For conclusion D) The conclusion
73. You may borrow the book, on that you do not lend it to anyone else.
A) terms B) condition C) situation D) account
74. The on international economic problems met in Geneva last Monday.
A) reference B) inference C) conference D) difference
75. Jim was very popular with those who could vote, and he was that he could win
the election.
A) confident B) believable C) trusted D) confined
76. This is a word because it has two meanings.
A) double B) foreign C) separate D) confusing
77. There has been a growth of light industries in the region.
A) giant B) considerable C) available D) rapidly
78. It is important in scientific experiments that all the conditions should be ________ .
A) constant B) instant C) changeable D) comfortable
79. The opposing forces are now in with each other so that a cease-fire(停火)can be
agreed on.
A) confront B) condition C) contact D) contract
80. —I suppose the movie wasn’t very interesting.
—, it was fascinating!
A) On the other hand B) On the contrary C) In the other hand
D) In the contrary
81. The students have _______ generously to the Red Cross, which is raising money for the
homeless.
A) attributed B) distributed C) contributed D) determined
82. Bob thinks highly of himself. No one can _________ him of his mistakes in the work.
A) realize B) notice C) approve D) convince
83. Henry never keeps his promises. His actions do not with his words.
A) relate B) correspond C) respond D) responsible
84.I suppose I can _____you for your help in repairing my TV set.
A) account for B) count on C) be dependent D) be reliable
85. All the passengers were killed in the air .
A) crash B) trouble C) crush D) dash
86. Mr. Brown lost his job last month so the family had to on expenses.
A) cut off B) cut out C) cut back D) cut down
87. The book has been revised and brought ________
A) up to date B) into date C) out of date D) to date
88. The train should have arrived an hour ago. I wonder what could have caused the ________
A) late B) later C) delay D) relay
89. This is a very _____piece of apparatus. You must handle it with care.
A) delicate B) accurate C) complicated D) indicated
90. Postmen are responsible for the of letters to our houses.
A) sending B) distribution C) division D) delivery
91. The experiment _____that energy is required to produce a
change of state.
A) concentrated B) demonstrated C) exhibited D) displayed
92. It was difficult to see through the _____fog.
A) thin B) blank C) dense D) narrow
93. I 100 dollars in my savings account this morning.
A) departed B) deposited C) ordered D) provided
94. “Such bad behaviour a beating.” said the father to his naughty son.
A) rewards B) is worth C) deserves D) is worthy
95. In teaching it is highly _____ to know exactly what one is hoping to achieve.
A) unable B) reliable C) unreasonable D) desirable
96. He _____of ever being able to pay off his debts.
A) complained B) thought C) despaired D) talked
97. In his new book, the author described his adventure in the desert island.
A) in detail B) in turn C) in fact D) in reality
98. The tennis player told the reporters that he was to win the championship this time.
A) decided B) reminded C) determined D) concluded
99. After I had graduated from medical colleges I ____myself to research on the cure of cancer.
A) involved B) spent C) absorbed D) devoted
100. English greatly from Chinese in many respects.
A) infer B) refer C) confer D) differ
101. Being always late for work, John was __________ by his boss.
A) disagreed B) disappointed C) disengaged D) dismissed
102. It is not hard to ________ a hawk from a crow.
A) divide B) compare C) distinguish D) separate
103. —Would you mind my keeping the radio on?
—No, it’s quite all right. You don’t ______me at all.
A) disturb B) interfere C) distribute D) embarrass
104. We have had so many expenses this year that we shall have to _________ a holiday.
A) put off B) hold up C) do without D) go about
105. Although she said that she would go there with me, she still had a _____look on her face.
A) undoubted B) doubtful C) doubtless D) doubtfully
106. Teenagers who _________ of high school have trouble finding jobs.
A) break out B) bring out C) drop Out D) put out
107. The truck bumped into a wall ________ the driver’s carelessness.
A) because B) as for C) now that D) due to
108. After the examination, all the students are __________ to learn about the results.
A) eager B) curious C) thirsty D) hurried
109. His achievement in research ________ him respect and admiration.
A) received B) beat C) won D) earned
110. She is an ____housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.
A) economic B) economical C) enormous D) effective
111. The new system of taxation will take ________ next May.
A) affect B) effect C) affection D) efficiency
112. Trade Union representatives are chosen by _______ ; all the members have a vote.
A) chance B) choice C) election D) selection
113. How can you expect to succeed without even the most _______ knowledge of the field?
A) special B) usual C) elementary D) extraordinary
114. His speech had an effect on our _________ rather than on our reason.
A) movements B) motions C) emotions D) temper
115. The accidents happened because too little was placed on the safety regulations.
A) emphasis B) importance C) weights D) seriousness
116. The new law _________ a man to claim money from the State if he has no work.
A) provides B) supplies C) prefers D) enables
117. With a large family of growing children to feed and clothe, my mother had difficulty in making both ________ meet.
A) ends B) sides C) parts D) ways。