新视野大学英语Book3词汇练习6-10

Directions: For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1. Since many insects have already become __b__ to DDT, scientists have to look for some new insecticide.

A) active B) resistant

C) tough D) gradual

2. It is a type of desert bush that can __c__ extremes of temperature.

A) adapt B) withdraw

C) withstand D) shade

3. If a man is easily taken in by emotional traps, he will not be able to make __c__ judgments.

A) sensitive B) sentimental

C) sensible D) sensational

4. Whenever he writes to his parents, he __a__ a cheque with his letter.

A) encloses B) contains

C) reserves D) invests

5. Y ou should save your work often as a __b__ against computer failure.

A) sanction B) precaution

C) shield D) shelter

6. It took millions of years for order to grow out of the __c__ of the universe.

A) adjustment B) change

C) chaos D) profile

7. According to the weather _d___, it’s going to be fine today.

A) prediction B) indication

C) provision D) forecast

8. Accidents are of frequent _d___ on this motorway because the traffic is extremely heavy here.

A) arrival B) proportion

C) scale D) occurrence

9. Her pulse was so weak that the doctor had difficulty _b___ it.

A) inspecting B) detecting

C) touching D) contacting

10. There is need to check the __b__ of the report.

A) frequency B) accuracy

C) emergency D) efficiency

11. The old man did not seem to attach any importance _a___ the question.

A) to B) with

C) towards D) for

12. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all fastened our seat belts.

A) tied B) locked

C) D) closed

13. Professor Collins was __d__ of the latest developments in physics because he had

been in hospital for several months.

A) unconscious B) negative

C) robbed D) ignorant

14. It has been revealed that some government leaders __c__ their authority and

position to get illegal profits for themselves.

A) employ B) take

C) abuse D) overlook

15. Fertilizer will __b__ the growth of these tomato plants.

A) accomplish B) accelerate使加速

C) accumulate积累D) account

16. Y ears of __d__ labor had hardened his muscles.

A) survival B) mental精神的

C) restless D) manual体力的

17. V ery few plants will ___a_ without water.

A) flourish兴旺B) fade褪色

C) stem D) cultivate

18. We rarely perceive more than a minute fraction of the sights and sounds that fall

upon our sense organs; the great majority pass us by.

A) fiction B) function

C) fraction 小部分D) fragment

19. I guess the whole paper has to be rewritten; only the first few paragraphs may be

_d___.

A) sustained持久的B) contained

C) maintained D) retained保留

20. The police will give you a ticket if you __d__ the speed limit.

A) break B) reject

C) suspend D) exceed

21. The wise man exercises c in his behavior and enjoyments.

A) limitation B) interest

C) restriction 限制D) restraint抑制

22. When Jack was eighteen he _a___ going around with a strange set of people and

staying out very late.

A) took to开始从事B) took for以为

C) took up拿起，吸收D) took on采取

23. Which is the most expensive _b___ training equipment, players’ personal

equipment and uniforms?

A) in place of B) in terms of

C) by means of D) by way of

24. The survival of civilization, as we know, is __b__ threat.

A) within B) under

C) towards D) upon

25. George took __d__ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.

A) chance B) effect

C) occasion D) advantage

26. The boy cycling in the street was knocked down by a minibus and received