英语学业测试三及答案

Vocabulary

1.After earning a degree in creative writing at Carnegie Mello University in Pittsburgh, Lois

_______ a job at the Sentinel Star in Orlando, Florida.

A. applied

B. looked

C. found

D. did

2. They have ________ a hands-on approach to helping poor children and have launched similar programs to provide school supplies.

A. taken

B. come

C. gone

D. approved

3. Mutual funds are thus best for investors who don’t want to take the time to study stocks _______ or who _______ the resources to build a portfolio.

A. in the detail … lack

B. in the detail … lack in

C. in detail … lacking

D. in detail … lack

4. As Blair was in Pakistan on the last ________ of a south Asian diplomatic tour, India ruled out any immediate talks with Pakistan.

A. portion

B. leg

C. part

D. stage

5. A Midwestern farm family _________ after federal financial support and protection was withdrawn.

A. went bankrupt

B. became bankrupt

C. came broke

D. approached bankrupt

6. According to a ________ by IKEA, the top five worries keeping people awake at night are fear of aging, personal finance, own weight.

A. summary

B. statistics

C. sample

D. survey

7. “_______,” Kane told the boy, “ you’ll be a contender for the Olympic team.”

A. Some day

B. Someday

C. Some days

D. Somedays

8. Hotel rooms used to be dictated by the seasons, but today hotels are using “yield management,” the same system airlines use t o ________ full flights.

A. insure

B. ensure

C. sure

D. make sure

9. The people who _______ in your life are the ones who care.

A. make a difference

B. make a distinction

C. cause a distinction

D. bring a difference

10. For many working people, their largest_______ is their ability to produce an income.

A. access

B. asset

C. accession

D. estate

11. If you moonlight _________ of saving those additional dollars.

A. make sure

B. make a point

C. careful

D. pay attention

12. Do you know how many glasses or milk it______ to get you daily calcium?

A. requires

B. needs

C. takes.

D. uses

13. Levels of pesticides and other toxins in fish_______ in commercial ponds tend to be much lower than levels in fish caught recreationally.

A. raised

B. risen

C. grown

D. produced

14. They had been_______ with each other for years before they actually met in Pittsburgh.

A. written B corresponding C. calling D. visiting

15. Has it________ to you that he might have thought differently?

A. known

B. happened

C. dawned

D. occurred

16. It suddenly ________ on me that I had turned to the wrong person for help.