大学英语4-2词汇和语法练习100题

⼤学英语4-2词汇和语法练习100题
2019级⼤学英语4-2学期词汇和语法练习100题Directions：There are 100 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.
1. What really ________ is that a teacher should be responsible for his students.
A. minds
B. matters
C. cares
D. values
2. With all the careful examinations, they were convinced that the picture is ________.
A. genuine
B. truthful
C. real
D. true
3. He is a respectable gentleman; however poor he is, he has never lost his ____.
A. pride
B. vanity
C. dignity
D. identity
4. He spends a lot of money on unnecessary things. A case in _______ is his collection of rare sports cars.
A. view
B. time
C. mind
D. point
5. Please throw away the _______ bread, it is harmful to your health.
A. fresh
B. stale
C. stable
D. expensive
6. When working in the garden, he is quite careful to avoid being ____ by the bees on the flowers.
A. bitten
B. stung
C. pointed
D. swallow
7. Due to his financial problems, Mr. Johnson seldom _____ his friends in his home since he quit his job.
D. follow
8. There is an obvious _______ between the two brothers. The elder is diligent and kind-hearted while the younger is lazy and greedy.
A. comparison
B. contrast
C. relation
D. similarity
9. HIV damages the human defense mechanism which makes humans ________ to diseases.
A. intrigued
B. immortal
C. immune
D. ingenious
10. Trust your ____ and do what you think is right.
A. instance
B. instinct
C. instruction
D. existence
11. Scientists continue to work on the technology to ________ solar energy more efficiently.
A. release
B. produce
C. protect
D. store
12. The magazine article will _____ the dangers of lead paint in old houses.
A. review
B. disclose
C. condemn
D. account
13. New Zealand attracts the immigrants for its land of sunshine and ______ house prices.
A. sensitive
B. great
C. miserable
D. reasonable
C. approached
D. proceeded
15. On seeing the wounded soldier, Lucy quickly folded her arms round him, then just as quickly pulled back to ______ his swollen nose and mouth.
A. inspect
B. monitor
C. recognize
D. reveal
16. It takes little ________ to see clearly what lies under one’s nose.
A. ability
B. effort
C. diligence
D. patience
17. It is the ______ of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.
A. character
B. weaknesses
C. tendency
D. significance
18. However _______ fashion may be, it is far less ridiculous to follow it than to set it at defiance.
A. absurd
B. hopeless
C. challenging
D. appealing
19. If you don’t read, then ________ you will forget how to read.
A. mysteriously
B. unfortunately
C. positively
D. eventually
20. Comprehensive information and judgment free of personal bias and opinions are two basic principles in an _______ evaluation.
A. progressive
B. partial
21. A new ______ to bilingual teaching has been developed by them. It will benefit students to a great extent.
A. attendant
B. approach
C. action
D. argument
22. Journalists should act in accordance with their professional ________ and abide by laws and regulations in China.
A. ethics
B. integrity
C. decency
D. morality
23. These programs are designed for those young people who want to ______ higher education but do not have enough time to go to university.
A. persist
B. purse
C. purchase
D. pursue
24. You can tell the _____ of cats from the information provided by Cat Fanciers’ Association.
A. skin
B. color
C. sort
D. amount
25. The ______ of the sound is measured using the decibel scale.
A. rate
B. strength
C. length
D. distance
26. I’m not quite sure how to get there -- I’d better _____ a map.
A. ask
B. borrow
C. read
D. buy
27. For many people, ______ activities offer a pleasant break from their usual daily life.
C. international
D. overseas
28. He _______ to study harder in the future so that he could have more opportunities to find a better job.
A. resolved
B. resorted
C. requested
D. reserved
29. In a small enterprise or department, management by inertia is a ______ disease.
A. current
B. deadly
C. radical
D. typical
30. You can help your children to gain the ______ that soil is not just dirt but something necessary for life.
A. formation
B. concept
C. creativity
D. imagination
31. She did not appear. The chairman spoke in her _______
A. shoes
B. position
C. stead
D. tongue
32. Rabbits _______ so quickly that their population can double after one year.
A. raise
B. breed
C. cultivate
D. bring up
33. The much-_____ photograph documents what a lot of people today can’t believe.
A. handled
B. done
C. worn
D. faded
34. Some adults _______ another degree to improve their educational qualifications through the online
C. accept
D. make
35. My parents really _______ through for me when I needed help.
A. came
B. passed
C. made
D. run
36. The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is 6 months ________; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
A. in payment
B. in return
C. in jail
D. in labor
37. We were ________ by the news that they were getting divorced, they got married just a month ago and were considered such a perfect match.
A. relieved
B. dismayed
C. startled
D. disillusioned
38. If you insist ______ doing it yourself, you will need to ensure that your computer system has the capability.
A. in
B. on
C. of
D. at
39. We all were caught ______ in the magical mood of that evening.
A. up
B. out
C. on
D. with
40. The penetrating ________ of garlic soon filled the entire apartment.
A. sound
41. If you love plants, the chances are you buy them on ______.
A. purpose
B. impulse
C. display
D. cue
42. If you have to go through a smoke-filled area, you’d better _____ with your head low.
A. crawl
B. retreat
C. proceed
D. drag
43. Mother _______ my brother to keep his voice down but he ignored her.
A. remarked
B. motioned
C. shrugged
D. impressed
44. If doing one thing gives you an unpleasant feeling, the normal ____ would be to stop doing it.
A. perspective
B. emotion
C. reaction
D. function
45. Among these articles, which do you think are most ______ to interest our students?
A. unexpected
B. awkward
C. competent
D. likely
46. These rows of small trees growing close together _______ living walls for shelter and privacy in the garden.
A. obtain
B. breed
C. arrange
D. create
47. Don’t _______ to let me know if there’s anything I can do for you.
D. thrill
48. During the nine months before her baby is born, her face is one _____ smile.
A. humble
B. exclusive
C. perpetual
D. modest
49. Traditional Chinese food is far _______ to McDonald’s and KFC or any other fast foods I know.
A. immune
B. superior
C. essential
D. similar
50. Under this law, consumers have the right to ______ faulty goods and demand a refund.
A. resent
B. reject
C. object
D. replace
51. I was shocked by the conditions in the factory, which _____ definite health and safety dangers.
A. constituted
B. masked
C. enclosed
D. prevented
52. His bedroom ________ a single bed with a small television at its foot.
A. makes up
B. consists of
C. lays out
D. serves as
53. The workers in the factory stopped working in _______ against their foreman using bad language.
A. protest
B. threat
C. contrast
D. criticism
54. This technique is traditionally thought to be of Chinese _____.
B. architecture
C. wisdom
D. civilization
55. As a matter of fact, all those countries with whom we are failing to _______ invest more in education than we do.
A. balance
B. compete
C. emerge
D. involve
56. That’s just an______ -- nobody really knows what the figure is because nobody bothers to calculate it.
A. estimate
B. range
C. balance
D. factor
57. The body cannot store vitamin C so it is _______ to have a fresh supply every day.
A. essential
B. visible
C. ultimate
D. profound
58. More and more people are taking their bikes as a(n.____ to driving or using public transport.
A. choice
B. opportunity
C. alternative
D. rejection
59. Innovators rarely come up with new ideas; instead, they ______ old ideas into new ones, adapting them from one context to another.
A. constitute
B. convert
C. stretch
D. acquire
60. Andrew was determined to ______ a computer career after graduation.
A. apply
B. shave
C. pursue
61. I______ at the letter bu t I couldn’t read the name at the bottom.
A. lean
B. rub
C. peer
D. pace
62. Many people approach a topic with ______, which afterwards turn out to be false when they consider the question from a rational point of view.
A. procedure
B. assumption
C. interaction
D. specialty
63. Different people will always ______ other people’s ideas in different ways.
interpret B. notice C. debate D. consult
64. There is no ________ for sport; it is one of the most basic needs of a human being.
A. feature
B. exchange
C. replace
D. substitute
65. In today’s Olympics, _________ the best athlete a gold medal, while the band plays the national anthem of his/her country, has become a ritual.
A. paying
B. affirming
C. scratching
D. awarding
66. “We have monitored in the area and there is no _______ to health,” she said.
A. suggestion
B. hazard
C. compliment
D. recipe
67. A long period of illness in which you are unable to do any sport is likely to make you ______.
A. competitive
B. depressed
C. logical
D. critical
D. embraced
69. We expect the news to be available quickly as well as _____.
A. aggressive
B. vigorous
C. reliable
D. efficient
70. Editors need to be careful not to publish photos that may _______ some people.
A. inform
B. chase
C. rebel
D. offend
71. I prefer waiting for the change ______ instead of losing my dignity by taking part in violent action.
A. patiently
B. unexpectedly
C. moderately
D. enormously
72. Surely it is a moral necessity for governments to pass laws which protect ______ in danger.
A. proposal
B. treatment
C. species
D. welfare
73. A law which gives rights to animals ______ new rules about hunting.
A. collects
B. boasts
C. casts D implies
74. She has found it hard to come to _______ with the demands of her job.
A. terms
B. links
C. virtues
D. minds
75. Many wild animals feel ______ in the presence of humans.
76. In Switzerland there is a lawyer who specializes _______ animal rights.
A. in
B. on
C. with
D. by
77. Farmers do not want to be accused ______ treating animals badly.
A. to
B. for
C. with
D. of
78. As the year _______ to a close, the debate over the new project grew more intense.
A. moved
B. drew
C. wound
D. arrived
79. Her job is to defend animals which have been subjected ____ cruelty.
A. by
B. at
C. to
D. against
80. Knowing something as a whole is far from knowing all its ________.
A. characters
B. instances
C. items
D. details
81. The fact that one is ignorant _____ the law is not accepted as an excuse for breaking the law.
A. of
B. about
C. at
D. with
82. Ten days ago the young man informed his boss of his intention to _________.
83. The mayor ordered all _____ one of the 16 industrial plants near the city to close down.
A. besides
B. but
C. regardless
D. except for
84. Most people who travel in the course of their work are given traveling ________.
A. income
B. allowance
C. wages
D. pay
85. If you want to protect our most beautiful landscape and conserve wildlife and habitats, we should encourage public participation ______ caring for the countryside.
A. to
B. on
C. in
D. with
86. He ________ his job for a better position.
A. stopped
B. quitted
C. parted
D. withdrew
87. One of the main reasons ______ Americans have a higher chance to get heart disease than people in other countries is the unhealthy diet.
A. is
B. are
C. says
D. that
88. This meeting will be the first _______ between the party leaders since the election.
A. endeavor
B. experience
C. deal
C. who
D. which
90. The herdsmen stayed _____ there were grass and water for the animals.
A. wherever
B. that
C. when
D. which
91. Tom is going to have trouble _____ his father knows what he has done.
A. that
B. so
C. now that
D. when
92. Mary has done very well, ______ that she has only one year’s experience of teaching.
A. for
B. as
C. so
D. considering
93. It has the same result, _____ way you do it.
A. however
B. wherever
C. whichever D whatever
94. She is so compulsive about avoiding noise that she refuses to begin to do her homework _____there is complete silence in the dorm.
A. as long as
B. until
C. when
D. if
95. The teacher _______ him out as the only student to get a perfect score on the test.
A. chose
B. left
C. gave
A. better that
B. more than
C. other than
D. rather than
97. Only by shouting at the top of his voice ___________.
A. he was able to make himself hear
B. was he able to make himself hear
C. he was able to make himself heard
D. was he able to make himself heard
98. I could not persuade him to accept it, _____ make him see the importance of it.
A. let alone
B. or I could not
C. nor could I
D. no more could I
99. We have been told that under no circumstances ________ the telephone in the office for personal affairs.
A. may we use
B. we may use
C. we could use
D. did we use
100. After a whole day’s heavy work, the old worker returned home, ________
A. hungry and exhausted
B. hunger and exhaustion
C. hungry and exhausting
D. hungry and felt exhausted
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