词汇100题

Vocabulary

1. He was ______ as the best model football player of 200

2.

A. designated

B. asserted

C. named

D. rejected

2. The government is ______ about what should be done to solve the problem.

A. regulating

B. diagnosing

C. deliberating

D. wandering

3. You must ______ your paper by the end of this month.

A. draft

B. submit

C. modify

D. revise

4. Now in China many large stores use discount coupons as ______ to attract customers.

A. motives

B. incentives

C. awards

D. rewards

5. He was regarded as a great ______ to the committee.

A. asset

B. profit

C. prosperity

D. interest

6. According to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, wisdom comes from the ______ of maturity.

A. achievements

B. fulfillment

C. establishment

D. accomplishment

7. The fight could have been avoided if both of you had been able to ______ your anger.

A. hold back

B. hold on

C. hold out

D. hold up

8. In speaking, the choice of words is of the utmost importance. But too often careless use of words ______ a meeting of the minds of the speakers and the listener.

A. prevents

B. stirs

C. destroys

D. offers

9. He always acts on his own ______.

A. initiative

B. creative

C. infinitive

D. aggressive

10. Football, baseball and basketball are ______ sports --- that is, only a few people actually take part in them while many more only watch them.

A. spectator

B. spectacle

C. spectrum

D. spectacular

11. Sally wanted to go to Florida for the holiday, but her husband thought ______, saying that they would go to New York to join his parents for Christmas.

A. likely

B. likewise

C. meanwhile

D. otherwise

12. We are trying to make people more ______ to the difficulties faced by the laid-off workers.

A. sensible

B. sensational

C. sentimental

D. sensitive

13. Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to ______ or at least weaken, the trends that emerged in the 1980s.

A. revolve

B. revolt

C. revive

D. reverse

14. Traditional Chinese medicine is famous for using herbs with healing ______.

A. possessions

B. estate

C. purpose

D. attributes

15. To a first-year student, the doctoral degree is a distant ______.

A. aspect

B. respect

C. spectacle

D. prospect

16. The strong wind with sand comes from the ______ hill in front of their house.

A. empty

B. isolated

C. remote

D. bare

17. At the meeting, John argued ______ in favor of the proposal.

A. warmly

B. severely

C. heavily

D. forcefully

18. He gave a brief ______ of the history of the university before the opening of the conference.

A. reference

B. statement

C. comment

D. account

19. The picturesque scenery of his hometown has often ______ him to write poems.

A. excited

B. induced

C. attracted

D. inspired

20. Please come and help me with this form because I don’t know how to ______ it.

A. set off

B. set aside

C. set up

D. set about

21. The engine has more than 300 ______, made of a number of different materials.