2012年12月份四六级必考词汇测试

1.Hospital doctors don’t go out very often as their work _____ all their time.
A. takes away
B. takes in
C. takes over
D. takes up
2.After playing for a while, the children were made to _____ all the toys they had taken out.
A. put off
B. put away
C. put down
D. put up
3.On the long journey, Tom _____ a most interesting guide. We all had a good time.
A. practiced
B. behaved
C. proved
D. conducted
4.This is what you should bear in mind: Don’t ________ a salary increase before you actually get it.
A) hang onB) draw onC) wait onD) count on
5.The ship’s generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ________ instead of mechanically.
A) artificiallyB) automaticallyC) manuallyD) synthetically
6.The little girl was so frightened that she just wouldn’t ________ her grip on my arm.
A) loosenB) removeC) relieveD) dismiss
7.He never arrives on time and my ________ is that he feels the meetings are useless.
A) preferenceB) conferenceC) inferenceD) reference
st night he saw two dark ________ enter the building, and then there was the explosion.
A) featuresB) figuresC) sketchesD) images
9.During the lecture, the speaker occasionally ________ his point by relating his own experiences.
A) illustratedB) hintedC) citedD) displayed
10.Only those who can ________ to lose their money should make high-risk investments.
A) maintainB) sustainC) endureD) afford
11.He found the ________ media attention intolerable and decided to go abroad.
A) sufficientB) constantC) steadyD) plenty
12.There has been a collision ________ a number of cars on the main road to town.
A) composingB) consistingC) involvingD) engaging
13.Ten days ago the young man informed his boss of his intention to ________.
A) resignB) rejectC) retreatD) replace
14.As one of the world’s highest paid models, she had her face ________ for five million dollars.
A) depositedB) assuredC) measuredD) insured
15.Critics believe that the control of television by mass advertising has ________ the quality of the programs.
A) lessenedB) declinedC) affectedD) effected
16.There is a fully ________ health center on the ground floor of the main office building.
A) installedB) equippedC) providedD) projected
17.For more than 20 years, we’ve been supporting educational progr ams that ________ from kindergartens to colleges.
A) moveB) shiftC) rangeD) spread
18.The ________ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.
A) conventionB) confinementC) principleD) discipline
19.The test results are beyond ________; they have been repeated in labs all over the world.
A) negotiationB) conflictC) bargainD) dispute
20.It ________ you to at least 50% off the regular price of either frames or lenses when you buy both.
A) presentsB) entitlesC) creditsD) tips
21.Deserts and high mountains have always been a ________ to the movement of people from place to place.
A) barrierB) fenceC) preventionD) jam
22.In order to make things convenient for the people, the department is planning to set up some ________ shops in
the residential area.
A) flowingB) driftingC) mobileD) unstable
23.Mr. Smith says: “The media are very good at sensing a mood and then ________ it.”
A) overtakingB) enlargingC) wideningD) exaggerating
24.It was the first time that such a ________ had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.
A) presentationB) precautionC) preparationD) prediction
25.________ that he wasn’t happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.
A) PerceivingB) PenetratingC) PuzzlingD) Preserving
26.The board of the company has decided to ________ its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.
A) multiplyB) lengthenC) expandD) stretch
27.His business was very successful, but it was at the ________ of his family life.
A) consumptionB) creditC) exhaustionD) expense
28.First published in 1927, the charts remain an ________ source for researchers.
A) identicalB) indispensableC) intelligentD) inevitable
29.Joe is not good at sports, but when it ________ mathematics, he is the best in the class.
A) comes toB) comes up toC) comes on toD) comes around to
30.Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a ________ for smoking.
A) reliefB) revivalC) substituteD) succession
31.When carbon is added to iron in proper ________ the result is steel.
A) ratesB) thicknessesC) proportionsD) densities
32.Y ou should try to ________ your ambition and be more realistic.
A) reserveB) restrainC) retainD) replace
33.Nancy is only a sort of ________ ofher husband’s opinion and has no ideas of her own.
A) sampleB) reproductionC) shadowD) echo
34.Now that spring is here, you can ________ these fur coats till you need them again next winter.
A) put overB) put awayC) put offD) put down
35.There is a ________ of impatience in the tone of his voice.
A) hintB) notionC) dot D)phrase
36.These teachers try to be objective when they ________ the integrated ability of their students.
A) justifyB) evaluateC) indicateD) reckon
37.Tomorrow the mayor is to ________ a group of Canadian businessmen on a tour of the city.
A) coordinateB) cooperateC) accompanyD) associate
38.I’m ________ enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams.
A) realisticB) consciousC) awareD) radical
39.Science and technology have ________ in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.
A) attachedB) assistedC) contributedD) witnessed
40.As an actor he could communicate a whole ________ of emotions.
A) frameB) rangeC) numberD) scale
41.For many patients, institutional care is the most ______ and beneficial form of care.
A) pertinent B) appropriate C) acuteD) persistent
42.Among all the changes resulting from the ______ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important.
A) massive B) quantitative C) surplusD) formidable
43.Mr. Smith became very ______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.
A) ingeniousB) empirical C) objectiveD) indignant
44.Rumors are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into ______ ones.
A) turbulent B) tragicC) vulnerableD) suspicious
45.The ______ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientists and philosophers alike.
A) incompatibleB) exceeding C) instantaneousD) eternal
46.She remains confident and ______ untroubled by our present problems.
A) indefinitelyB) infinitely C) optimistically D) seemingly
47.Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ______.
A) simultaneously B) spontaneously C) homogeneously D) contemporarily
48.The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the ______.
A) vainB) vicinity C) courtD) jail
49.Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ______ in every family's budget.
A) nutrition B) expenditure C) routineD) provision
50.Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.
A) configurationB) constitution C) condemnationD) contamination
51.There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter.
A) transmission B) transformation C) transitionD) transfer
52.I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.
A) guideB) entrepreneur C) consultantD) assessor
53.The ______ on this apartment expires in a year's time.
A) treaty B) lease C) engagement D) subsidy
54.The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.
A) pensions B) earnings C) salaries D) donations
55.There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.
A) appliance B) accessory C) machineD) mechanism
56.After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.
A) deterioratedB) dispersed C) dissipated D) drained
57.No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.
A) deprivedB) ripped C) strippedD) contrived
58.For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
A) depressed B) immersed C) oppressed D) cursed
59.Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A) harnessed B) hatched C) motivatedD) geared
60.The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.
A) provokedB) irritated C) inspired D) hoisted
61.The suspect ______ that he had not been in the neighborhood at the time of the crime.
A) advocatedB) alleged C) addressed D) announced
62.Although the colonists ______ to some extent with the native Americans, the Indians' influence on American culture and language was not extensive.
A) migrated B) matched C) mingled D) melted
63.E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that _______ well to human needs.
A) adheres B) reflects C) conforms D) satisfies
64.The wings of the bird still ______ after it had been shot down.
A) slapped B) scratched C) flapped D) fluctuated
65.The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ?______ relations between the two countries.
A) tumble B) jeopardize C) manipulateD) intimidate
66.When you put up wallpaper, should you ______ the edges or put them next to each other?
A) coincideB) extend C) overlapD) collide
67.Under the present system, state enterprises must ______ all profits to the government.
A) turn downB) turn up C) turn out D) turn in
68.Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _______.
A) laid out B) laid offC) laid down D) laid aside
69.We'll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A) compensate B) remedy C) supplement D) retrieve
70.She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.
A) decorateB) disguise C) fabricateD) fake
71. Starting with the ________ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientist went on to develop his argument.
A) premise B) pretext C) foundation D) presentation
72. After several nuclear disasters, a ________ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.
A) quarrelB) suspicion C) verdict D) controversy
73. Their diplomatic principles completely laid bare their ________ for world conquest.
A) admirationB) ambition C) administration D)orientation
74. The director gave me his ________ that he would double my pay if I did my job well.
A) warrant B) obligation C) assurance D) certainty
75. The Christmas tree was decorated with shining ________ such as colored lights and glass balls.
A) ornaments B) luxuries C) exhibitsD) complements
76. The two most important ________ in making a cake are flour and sugar .
A) elementsB) components C) ingredients D) constituents
77. Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another.
A) translation B) transition C) transmission D) transaction
78. We must look beyond ________ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing.
A) justificationsB) illusions C) manifestations D) specifications
79. No one imagined that the apparently ________ businessman was really a criminal.
A) respectiveB) respectable C) respectful D) realistic
80. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of species that are alive today will have become ________.
A) deterioratedB) degenerated C) suppressed D) extinct。