英语单项选择题-词汇篇-答案详解

二、词汇题（650题）1. The manager asked his secretary if it was possible for her to ______ theinvestment plan within five days.A) work out B) make outC) take out D) set out2. She called me up______ she received my letter.A) promptly B) immediatelyC) quickly D) properly3. Leaning a foreign language is a question of learning new skills, or a questionof ______ new knowledge.A) obtaining B) gainingC) achieving D) acquiring4. Scientists have found new uses for some ______ such as mercury and lead.A) stuff B) mattersC) substances D) materials5. This book is ______ as it is the only one ever signed by the author.A) special B) uniqueC) rare D) unusual6. Ann’s boss is always finding ______with her the way she does things.A) error B) mistakeC) fault D) flaw7. Mozart began to ______ poems and taught literature at the age of 20.A) compose B) makeC) write D) create8. The young doctor treated his ______ with great patienceA) clients B) clerksC) consumers D) customers9. If a person talks about his weak points, his listener is expected to say somethingin the way of ______.A) discouragement B) persuasionC) encouragement D) confirmation10. His superior is often caught ______ by his smart questions dealing withtransactionsA) up B) outC) on D) up with11. The accused man was found not guilty and was ______.A) excluded B) dischargedC) driven D) dismissed12. The lawyer really didn’t know how to ______ the problem.A) tackle B) copeC) deal D) dispose13. A witness in a murder trial is ______ to know the facts in the case.A) assumed B) resumedC) consumed D) assured14. Gettysburge was the ______ of the most important battle in the American civilwar.A) view B) sceneC) sight D) landscape15. She claimed she was ______ to a social position high above those of the commonsdue to her noble birth.A) entitled B) givenC) granted D) assumed16. It was ______ for Mary to wear a T shirt at the press conference.A) out of question B) out of placeC) out of order D) out of practice 5117. At the end of her trial, she was ______ to three years’ imprisonment.A) found B) convincedC) sentenced D) condemned18. If you have a ______ to make about the quality, we are willing to help you.A) dislike B) discomfortC) discontent D) complaint19. Although I had told them not to keep me waiting, they made no ______ to speedup the deliveries.A) trial B) attemptC) action D) progress20. John’s black eye gave ______to rumours that he had been in a fight.A) rise B) reasonC) suspicion D) impulse21. It seemed as if all of a ______ the animal had smelt danger in the air.A) sudden B) momentC) minute D) once22. The patient’s condition is now ______; if he can’t get proper treatment, he willdie.A) vital B) urgentC) emergent D) critical23. When the maid was questioned about the missing nacklace, she firmly ______ havingseen it before.A) rejected B) refusedC) denied D) ignored24. The two countries have always been on good ______ with each other.A) friendship B) relationsC) connection D) terms25. Mr. Wang wants to get his decayed tooth ______ this afternoon.A) repaired B) mendedC) filled D) cured26. The engineer ______ a rare disease when he was working in Africa.A) took B) sufferedC) caught D) infected27. After the music had ______ there was a moment of absolute silence.A) died out B) died offC) died away D) died down28. Fred’s good nature makes him the most ______ boy in the school.A) well-known B) favorableC) preferable D) popular29. What he described as a ____ detail, I thought, was the most important part ofthe plan.A) common B) plainC) mere D) flat30. Without the friction between their feet and the ground, people would ____ beable to walk.A) in no time B) by all meansC) in no way D) on any account31. There is pressure on the British Government to ____ the number of immigrantspermitted to settle in the U.K.A) confine B) decreaseC) restrain D) limit32. The tourist is prevented from entering a country if he doesn’t have ______passport.A) an operative B) a validC) an effective D) an efficient33. According to the psychoanalyst Signumd Freud, wisdom comes from the ____ ofmaturity.A) achievement B) accomplishmentC) fulfilment D) establishment34. The board of the company has decided to ____ its trade to all parts of the world.A) enlarge B) expandC) stretch D) extend35.Accuracy and preciseness are vital in academic ____.A) circus B) cyclesC) circles D) circuits36．In many societies, a person who fails to conform to conventional behavior is likely to be ____ by others.A) avoided B) neglectedC) retreated D) ignored37. We are now living in an age where every mind feels the ____ of the new ideas.A) impact B) impulseC) impression D) shock38. John’s news report covering the conference was so ____ that nothing had beenomitted.A) concrete B) integratedC) comprehensive D) abstract39. I thought you might be interested to hear about a ____ phenomenon which I hadobserved. It was really peculiar.A) revealed B) brilliantC) scarce D) curious40. I hope Mrs. Smith will take my recent illness into ____ when judging myexamination.A) account B) regardC) count D) observation41. The lawyer asked the witness to ______ the facts just as he remembered them.A) setting down B) setting outC) putting across D) putting away42. ____ of money prevented us from finishing the research work this year.A) Expense B) LackC) Limit D) Short43. Tall-growing crops should be planted where they will not shade or ____ with thegrowth of smaller crops.A) interrupt B) interfereC) disturb D) distract44. The farmers are more anxious for rain than the people in the city because theyhave more at ____.A) danger B) stakeC) loss D) threat45. The famers in the mountain area bring their ______ to town early each Saturdaymorning.A) products B) outputC) manufactures D) produce46. The lady was detained by the police at the airport because his passport was foundto be ____.A) an artificial one B) an unnatural oneC) an untrue one D) a false one47. The ____ of the book, with the text on the left and the notes on the right, makespleasant reading.A) layout B) systemC) pattern D) style48. In the long-distance race, Marvin took the lead , and ______ it till the endof the race..A) obtained B) maintainedC) persisted in D) insisted on49. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to ______ healthy.A) preserve B) stayC) maintain D) reserve50. It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents ____.A) at a time B) between timeC) at times D) at the time51. Normally he is rather _____ but sometimes he talks freely about himself.A) sociable B) reservedC) serious D) peaceful52. Please give my ______sincere regards to all the members of your family.A) honest B) sincereC) true D) hopeful53. With night falling we employed a guide to ______ us on our way up the mountain.A) take B) guideC) conduct D) lead54. Current hiring policies in China seek to ____ equal employment opportunitiesfor women and minority groups.A) continue B) confirmedC) provide D) presented55. The mechanic examined the car engine ______ but could find nothing wrong withit.A) exactly B) completelyC) thoroughly D) throughout56. After giving birth to children, many women now take active part in sports and______ of different kinds.A）matches B) gamesC) races D) events57. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not ______ your visit.A) postpone B) lengthenC) delay D) prolong58. He has recently got an interesting ______ in a textile factory.A) work B) jobC) profession D) employment59. Only thoroughly unpleasant people leave the ______ of their picnics to spoilthe appearance of the countryside.A) remains B) restC) container D) content60. Papers clips, drawing pins and safety-pins were ______ all over the floor.A) delivered B) scatteredC) separated D) sprayed61. The neighbors do not consider him quite ______ as most evenings he awakens themwith his drunken singing.A) respective B) respectedC) respectable D) respectful62. The autumn air felt ______ so she went to fetch a coat.A) cool B) chillyC) cold D) fresh63. The melting of the snow has caused flooding by _____ riversA) increased B) expandedC) overgrown D) swollen64. Make sure you ______ your food properly before you swallow it.A) have B) eatC) chew D) bite65. The leather goods failed to _____ the required standard and were sent back tothe shop.A) live up to B) face up toC) come up to D) give way to66. With an eighty-hour week and little change of enjoyment, life must have beenvery ______ for the nineteenth-century factory workers.A) weary B) anxiousC) dark D) dreary67. Peter wants to rent a flat, ______ , one reasonably near his company.A) eventually B) in factC) if possible D) really68. One of the tigers has got ______. Warn everyone of the danger.A) lose B) looseC) loosened D) lost69. Free medical treatment in this country covers sickness of mind as well as ______sickness.A) usual B) regularC) ordinary D) average70. Now my parents live partly on their pension and partly on the ______ of theirsavings account.A) income B) wagesC) interest D) salary71. Every day thousands of ______ fly the Atlantic for negotiations with Americanfirms.A) merchants B) dealersC) businessman D) tradesmen72. He ______ spends his holidays in the mountains though occasionally he goes tothe seaside instead.A) usually B) invariablyC) rarely D) always73. Before you ______ down other people, it is as well to consider your own faults.A) turn B) bringC) run D) send74. Though it was only a ______fever, the doctor gave me an injection.A) mild B) smallC) weak D) faint75. This was one of many horrible crimes they ______ against Chinese people.A) make B) performC) commit D) achieve76. As a result of the radio ______ for help for those who lost their homes in theearthquake, over a million pounds has been raised.A) appeal B) callC) program D) demand77. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of ______.A) urgency B) dangerC) crisis D) emergency78. The brain needs a ______ supply of blood.A) continual B) constantC) continuous D) lasted79．The explorer ____ all the way to the source of the river by boat.A) drove B) rodeC) travelled D) followed80. Remember not to ______ your stomach by eating too much rich food.A) hurt B) destroyC) harm D) upset81. The kindergarten is half empty as a serious epidemic of measles has broken ______.A) up B) outC) in D) down82. To our amazement, both his health and his business ______ within a year.A) fell B) sankC) dropped D) collapsed83. The old couple were ______ to hear that their son had been sentenced innocent.A) relieved B) relaxedC) released D) relayed84. Tom failed in the physics exam, it ______ him right because he had not studiedfor the semester.A) served B) taughtC) got D) put85. The country is well-known for its impressive mountainous ______ .A) views B) scenesC) scenery D) nature86.The _______ in which a child grows up may have an effect on his development.A) condition B) atmosphereC) surroundings D) environments87. These figures can not be ______ with the results obtained in previousexperiments.A) constant B) consistentC) conventional D) convenient88. It is frightening to think that the cruel murderer is still ______.A)as follows B) in placeC) at intervals D) at large89. As the cloud is drifted away, an even higher peak became ______ to the climbers.A) in sight B) visibleC) obvious D) clear90. They were required to ______ the house to the way it might have looked on the1930s.A) repaired B) builtC) recovered D) restored91.The rise in the price of raw material will _____ the market.A) affect B) effectC) confirm D) depress92. A historical novel is a form of ______, which may include many facts.A) legend B) taleC) myth D) fiction93. All of us had been exhausted but felt considerably ______ after a meal and arest.A) relieved B) refreshedC) recreated D) renewed94. It is really impolite to ______ when someone is speaking to you on the phone.A) hold up B) give upC) hang up D) hang on95. I was sorry to see that you were ______ me as if I had been a criminal.A) regarding B) treC) thinking D) considering96. Since many students like to fin an apartment near the University, there are veryfew _____ apartments in the area.A) free B) emptyC) bare D) vacant97. The invention of the train enabled many more people to travel ______.A) independently B) freelyC) readily D) free98. Our compass and maps proved ______ to us in the walking tours.A) valuable B) worthC) profitable D) valueless99. As one of the four ______ of the company he often had to attend important policymeetings.A) directors B) bossesC) presidents D) governors100. Under the Constitution, government can not interfere ______ the private lives of citizens.A) in B) intoC) with D) of101. There was a short______ after the second act of the play.A) gap B) pauseC) break D) interval102. The city government has planned to ______ the two islands with a bridge.A) connect B) contactC) combine D) unite103. I can’t advise you what to do; you must use your own ______.A) opinion B) justiceC) thought D) judgement104. By that time, Li siguang had already risen to ______ in the geographical circle in the world..A) elevation B) prominenceC) phenomenon D) significance105. The fundamental ______, which govern all physical processes, are also related to many everyday occurrences.A) rules B) regulationsC) principals D) principles106. Negotiations about fixing the ______ between the two countries are still going on.A) border B) boundaryC) edge D) frontier107. It is difficult to express it in ______ of science.A) words B) termsC) expressions D) vocabulary108. It is said that great men often have great ______.A) errors B) mistakesC) faults D) flaws109. His wife earns a high ______ as an account.A) salaries B) wagesC) incomes D) savings110. Some famous experts and engineers have been called in to plan ______ for boating , tennis, refreshments and children’s games in the projected town park.A) equipment B) instrumentsC) implement D) facilities111. Canadians use their cars for nearly 90 per cent of all personal ______.A) trips B) voyageC) travels D) journey112. Would you mind repeating what you said, I didn’t quite ______.A) catch at B) catch onC) catch up D ) catch out113. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name ______.A) in print B) in pressC) for publication D) out of the newspaper114. To my great delight, I read in your February ______the letter to the Editor written by my uncle.A) issue B) copyC) magazine D) printing115. It is said that old people do not like having their daily ______ upset.A) custom B) habitC) routine D) practice116. Anyone who has spent time with children is aware of the difference in the way boys and girls respond to ______ situations.A) similar B) sameC) alike D) likely117. Though Mr. Ker is not a professional writer, he has became an ______ member of the Writers’ Association.A) honor B) honoredC) honorary D) honorable118. It is absolutely ______ that our team will win the game.A) exact B) sureC) right D) certain119. The beauty of the mountain is more than I can describe. I’m sure whoever sees it will ______ its charm.A) yield to B) appeal toC) stick to D) draw to120. The new secretary has written a remarkable ______ report in a few pages but with all the details.A) concise B) clearC) exact D) precise121. The foreigner reads the Chinese article remarkably well, with a clear ______ agreeable voice.A) delicious B) sincereC) distinct D) distant122. We made plans for a visit but ____ difficulties with the car prevented it.A) frequent B) subsequentC) inefficient D) insufficent123. They have the ____ rights for the sale of Ford cars in this town.A) flexible B) virtualC) essential D) exclusive124. It is a ____ error for people to fancy others in their own position.A) general B) commonC) usual D) ordinary125. The difference is only very ____; we can hardly see it.A) slight B) delicateC) light D) careful126. It is the practice of the local club to give ____ performances during the summer.A) desperate B) dangerousC) dramatic D) domestic127. He told me his digestive trouble is cured ____ and all.A) for long B) for lifeC) for ever D) for good128. Today’s newspaper ______ that there will be campaign for find raising.A) writes B) reportsC) tells D) states129. Your socks ______ your shoes, they look very well together.A) fit B) suitC) match D) correspond130. The speaker talked about sports in general and about football in ______.A) peculiar B) specialC) particular D) unusual131. As it is possible now to import food from distant countries, people today havea more ____ diet than their ancestors.A) various B) variety.C) varied D) variable132. Never use such ____ language in front of your children.A) strong B) forcefulC) heavy D) rigid133. Although the area is very poor now, its _____ wealth is great.A) practical B) possibleC) potential D) powerfu134. The ____ length of a meter is 40 inches; the exact length is 39.37 inches.A) appropriate B) approximateC) nearby D) strict135. Someone shouted “fire” but it was a ____ alarm and there was no danger.A) untrue B) wrongC) false D) fierce136. You must obtain ______ from the landowner to fish in the river.A) right B) freedomC) permission D) allowance137. That ____ instrument can record even very slight changes.A) tender B) tenseC) delicious D) delicate138. The boss failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to ______ the consequences.A) answer for B) apply forC) run into D) blame on139. Government institutes of statistics are usually ____ the birth rate and the death rate, and the collection and interpretation of other official statistics.A) familiar with B) concerned withC) consistent with D) communicating with140. All units of measurement are ____, because space, time, weight, and other dimensions are not naturally divided into units.A) virtual B) beneficialC) artistic D) artificial141. At that time, the people of this area were ______ to every kind of danger: flood, starvation, disease and war.A) supposed B) proposedC) opposed D) exposed142. Success in diving requires not only skill and balance but also ____ alertness and concentration.A) nervous B) manualC) mental D) mortal143. Economic progress is closely bound up ____ educational development.A) with B) fromC) at D) to144. Her grandfather’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will ______.A) pull out B) pull backC) pull up D) pull through145. Mrs. Mawson is becoming increasingly ____. Last week she locked herself out of her house twice.A) unconscious B) forgetfulC) senseless D) mindless146. it is ______ to insure your jewellery and valuables separately from your house contents.A) probable B) valuableC) advisable D) considerable147. My house is very ____ for getting to work as it is only a few minutes from the station.A) reliable B) availableC) suitable D) convenient148. _____ aids are ictures that help you to understand something.A) visual B) visibleC) video D) virtual149. One should not be ____ to traffic regulations.A) forgetful B) unconsciousC) inconsiderate D) indifferent150. This copy is ______ with the ones you bought last week.A) identical B) parallelC) equivalent D) equal151. Seen from the top of the mountains, it looks ____ glorious at sunrise.A) fairly B) justlyC) practically D) perfectly152. The liquid was heated until the temperature ____ 1000 C.A) arrived B) reachedC) achieved D) attained153. He’s ______ too pleased with himself.A) fairly B) ratherC) very D) quite154. Kerry and his two sisters each had three cookies, and when they went out, hardly ____ cookies were left.A) any B) someC) ever D) few155. The basketball match will be televised ____ from the Worker’s Stadium.A) alive B) livelyC) live D) life156. One car ran too fast and ____ missed hitting the other one.A) slightly B) narrowlyC) nearly D) closely157. Half the planet always faces the sun, while the other half is ____ dark.A) clearly B) consequentlyC) continually D) continuously158. She tried to explained that she was going to pay him forty pounds without _____ next week.A) miss B) failC) failure D) disappointment159. I know Zoe______ but I have never actually spoken to him.A) by sight B) with sightC) in sight D) on sight160. Kent would like to rent a flat, modern, comfortable and ____ in a quiet environment.A) before all B) first of allC) after all D) above all161. This is a photograph of Lucy taken a few years ____ by her father.A) previously B) preciselyC) primarily D) primitively162. Some ____ good luck brought us nothing but trouble.A) seemingly B) satisfactorilyC) uniformly D) universally163. With the civil war lasting for several years, the people of the country are longing for ______ peace.A) previous B) practicalC) permanent D) periodical164. She made a ______ mistake of giving him her telephone number.A) mortal B) fatalC) critical D) incurable165. It is very convenient for a businessman to carry a _____ computer when they go on business trip.A) mobile B) flexibleC) movable D) portable166. Automobile production of the present time has been increased ____.A) greatly B) highlyC) infinitely D) much167. Our company’s business has been ______ quickly in the recent years.A) enlarged B) extendedC) expanded D) broadened168. It is agreed that a good teacher should _____ as well as teach.A) amuse B) instructC) dedicate D) entertain169. The article is so badly written that I can hardly ______ what the writer is trying to say.A) find out B) fill outC) think out D) figure out170. Paula likes to walk through the woods ____. Her brother prefers to walk witha companion.A) to herself B) by herselfC) by herself D) in itself171. It is amazing that a small child of 3 or 4 years of age can sing a song without______ understanding its meaning.A) fully B) really wellC) entirely well D) very much172. The international situation has been growing ____ difficult for the past few years.A) simply B) mainlyC) potentially D) increasingly173. The essay is a model of style, whether considered ____ or in part.A) as the whole B) on the wholeC) in whole D) on whole174.You have done your best to _____ him in correcting his mistakes.A) guide B) assistC) help D) favor175. He came all the way to China for promoting friendship ____ for making money.A) other than B) more thanC) better than D) rather than176. Jack is the only person in the office who has been drinking ____.A) heavily B) stronglyC) deeply D) seriously177. She knows little of mathematics, and ____ of chemistry.A) none the less B) even moreC) still less D) still more178. He made an excellent speech, and everything he said was ______.A) at this point B) to the pointC) beside the point D) off the point179. At age 16, he _____ his mother could do anything.A) considered B) supposedC) claimed D) assumed180. For five miles ______ the road is bordered with apple orchards.A) on end B) without endC) to the end D) to this end181. No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country;____ is this more true than in Europe.A) little B) hardlyC) seldom D) nowhere182. Countless revolutionary martyrs have ____ down their lives in the interest of the people.A) lain B) laidC) lied D) lay183. After a careful investigation, the committee has decided to ____ the run-down city hall.A) replace B) renovateC) remove D) revise184. In a typhoon, winds ____ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.A) retain B) assembleC) attain D) accomplish185. He always takes full ______ of the mistakes made by his rivals.A) interest B) advantageC) benefit D) profit186. It ____ him more than what was reasonable to have his watch repaired.A) cost B) consumedC) wasted D) spent187. The patient could no longer ____ between illusion and reality.A) compare B) contrastC) separate D) distinguish188. Jean doesn’t ______ her roommates and there are often disagreements between them.A) get on with B) take toC) put up with D) go on with189. The _____ estimate of grains in gross national product suggested a fast recovery from economic recession.A) primary B) introductoryC) preliminary D) previous190. Airline seats should be ______ at least a fornight before you want to travel.A) book B) buyC) occupy D) preserve191. You can see these apples ______ in size from small to medium.A) alter B) differC) change D) vary192. The bus driver ____ himself badly in the traffic accident.A) injured B) damagedC) hurt D) harmed193. Every year a national plan outlines and ____ special problems for research.A) assigns B) assistsC) designs D) delivers194. Mr. Maxwell always takes a ______ with him to clean the windscreen of his car.A) cloth B) clothesC) clothing D) stuff195. When you apply for your passport to be renewed, you have to send a ____ photograph.A) up-to-date B) fashionableC) recent D) modern196. Peter came in and ______ something in Daddy’s ear.A) shouted B) utteredC) screamed D) whispered197. The meal was excellent; the pears were particularly ______.A) flavored B) deliciousC) tasteful D) desirable198. She was extremely lucky; when her great-uncle died, she ______ a fortune.A) came by B) came overC) came into D) came about199. Advertising costs are no longer in reasonable ______ to the total cost of the product.A) relationship B) matchC) measure D) proportion200. The noise was so faint that only those with excellent ______ were aware of it.A) ear B)listeningC)hearing D) ears201. Some teenagers are said to harbor a generalized resentment against society, which ____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.A) rejects B) deniesC) deprives D) declines202. It won’t ______ to postpone the matter for a few days.A) pain B) acheC) harm D) hurt203. It was in the Far East that I ______ a liking for shellfish.A) achieved B) realizedC) acquired D) required204. The secretary went through the typescript carefully to ______ all errors from it.A) abandon B) eliminateC) discharge D) desert205. The oral composition gave the student an opportunity to through speech first.A) showed B) expressedC) displayed D) revealed206. Jean asked her elder sister to ______ the holes in the pocket of her trousers.A) fill B) fixC) mend D) repair207. The judges have decided who the prize winners will be, and will ______the names at the closing ceremony tomorrow.A) declare B) nameC) claim D) announce208. They gazed at the stars______ in the lake.A) shaded B) reflectedC) shadowed D) refreshed209. The mayor refused to ______ on the rumor that he had voted against the new housing project..A) explain B) scoldC) talk D) comment210. I have been trying to read this book all day, but somehow I can’t ______ to it properly.A) settle for B) settle inC)settle up D) settle down。