期末考试复习词汇语法100题

2019级（一年级）
词汇语法复习100题（4-1）
1. Birds learn to fly by ______.
A. instance
B. inspect
C. instinct
D. institute
2. The doctors _______ the medicines to the people in the flood area.
A. prayed
B. packed
C. distributed
D. undertook
3. Much of the news provided by this newspaper is _______, not foreign.
A. murder
B. strain
C. purchase
D. domestic
4. He tried to _______ relations with his former wife but he failed.
A. measure
B. maintain
C. shelter
D. reply
5. 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
6. The _______ work continued for more than a week but there was still no sign of the missing boy.
A. research
B. rescue
C. vessel
D. vast
7. _______ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake.
A. Accumulated
B. Gathered
C. Assembled
D. Collected
8. However, at times this balance in nature is _______, resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.
A. troubled
B. disturbed
C. confused
D. puzzled
9. She is a very ________ secretary: she never forgets anything or makes a mistake.
A. anxious
B. effective
C. adequate
D. efficient
10. Nancy is only a sort of ________ of her husband’s opinion and has no ideas of her own.
A. sample
B. reproduction
C. echo
D. shadow
11. The French pianist who had been praised very highly ______ to be great disappointment.
A. turned up
B. turned in
C. turned out
D. turned down
12. The boy is eager to _______ knowledge in different fields.
A. insert
B. absorb
C. arrange
D. approach
13. If I __________ harder at school, I would be sitting in a comfortable office now.
A. worked
B. were to work
C. had worked
D. were working
14. Chemical changes can ______ energy.
A. give off
B. give up
C. give of
D. give in
15. He __________ another career but, at the time, he didn’t have enough money to attend graduate school.
A. might have chosen
B. might choose
C. had to choose
D. must have chosen
16. I was speaking to Jane on the phone when suddenly we were______.
A. cut off
B. cut down
C. cut back
D. cut out
17. Peter complained to the owner of the bookstore that there were some pages______ in the dictionary.
A. losing
B. missing
C. dropping
D. falling
18. What she told me about the affair simply doesn’t make any_______.
A. idea
B. meaning
C. sense
D. significance
19. The lawyer’s question was a _____ that caused the defendant to admit his guilt.
A. plan
B. plot
C. tap
D. trap
20. Why can’t you do this small ____ for me? I’ve helped you often enough in the past.
A. demand
B. request
C. favor
D. requirement
21. People are ______ for peace.
A. longing
B. shorting
C. lacking
D. wishing
22. In my bedroom, there is a pair of scissors, a stack of books and ______ flowers on my desk.
A. a piece of
B. a pocket of
C. a slice of
D. a bunch of
23. Ryan was late for conference yesterday traffic jam.
A. because
B. since
C. for
D. because of
24. Young as Bill Gates was, he was very good at ________ the computer problems.
A. handling
B. designing
C. changing
D. supplying
25. Mike had prepared carefully for his math exam so that he could be sure of passing it on his first ______.
A. purpose
B. attempt
C. intention
D. struggle
26. I have two boys but _______ of them likes sweets.
A. both
B. neither
C. either
D. none
27. Some stores set ______ special areas where customers can relax.
A.down
B. up
C. off
D. on
28. Parents have the duty to ______ their children into the adventure of life.
A. launch
B. decide
C. relieve
D. set
29. She needs someone to ______ in about a very personal problem.
A. speak
B. decide
C. confide
D. talk
30. You really shouldn’t carry so much money ______ with you.
A. of
B. around
C. on
D. along
31. He’s tried many things with no particular success, but he is _____ an incapable person.
A. in term of
B. by no means
C. in addition to
D. by means of
32. He went ahead ______ all warnings about the danger of his mission.
A. in case of
B. because of
C. regardless of
D. prior to
33. She was so _____ in her job that she didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door.
A. attracted
B. absorbed
C. drawn
D. concentrated
34. During the lecture, the speaker occasionally ____ his point by relating his own experiences.
A. illustrated
B. hinted
C. cited
D. displayed
35. Whatever one has planned to do is ____ to be altered in the process.
A. prohibited
B. eager
C. embarrassed
D. bound
36. After a long and exhausting journey, they arrived ______.
A. till the last
B. at last
C. by the end
D. at the end
37. We object ________ punishing a whole group for one person’s fault.
A. against
B. about
C. to
D. or
38. I can’t ______ what that object is.
A. make up
B. make over
C. make out
D. make for
39. I’m ______ for New York tomorrow to attend a business meeting.
A. setting
B. setting in
C. setting about
D. setting out
40. You must ______ your fear of heights when standing on the top of Mount Tai.
A. conquer
B. defeat
C. lose
D. forget
41. At drama school, there is _________ attention to a student’s control of both voice and movement, and the
different departments work at developing a student’s overall acting technique.
A. current
B. worldwide
C. primary
D. constant
42. The kitchen _____ fresh baked bread, which carried her back to her childhood.
A. emerged
B. smelled of
C. displayed
D. pervaded
43. If your child is spending too much time on computer games, think carefully about how you are going to
_______ the situation.
A. accomplish
B. arrange
C. handle
D. decrease
44. If you drive very fast every day, the ______ are that you’ll have an accident one day.
A. probabilities
B. odds
C. likelihoods
D. misfortunes
45. Music, for both of us, is a part of life we treasure, and Michael has found his records and tapes a constant
_______ of happiness during the long hours of inactivity forced upon him.
A. source
B. illustration
C. addition
D. package
46. His knowledge of English is ______ for the job, although he is not fluent in the language.
A. proper
B. effective
C. adequate
D. reliable
47. The only way to _______ a fear is to face it, and to do so as frequently as possible.
A. commit
B. enlarge
C. communicate
D. conquer
48. Our teacher is someone _______ we must show a lot of respect.
A. for whom
B. in which
C. to whom
D. under whom
49. He isn’t _______ the habit of saying much when he comes to see us.
A. on
B. in
C. to
D. for
50. I want to speak to the manager, but the line’s busy and I can’t get _______.
A. in
B. on
C. off
D. through
51. People who buy sports clothes are often loyal _______ a particular brand.
A. to
B. with
C. over
D. by
52. I’m afraid I bought the shoes _______ impulse without looking at the price.
A. at
B. for
C. on
D. off
53. It can be argued, for example, that teaching can be _______ more effectively if teacher and student take
their appropriate roles.
A. disciplined
B. confessed
C. accomplished
D. proposed
54. You should make sure you know where the parents can be ______, and that they have given you all the
information you are likely to need about the child.
A. connected
B. communicated
C. committed
D. contacted
55. The “unsinkable”passenger liner Titanic sank on her maiden ______ when she struck an iceberg in the
Atlantic.
A. trip
B. tour
C. voyage
D. journey
56. The result of every accident, however _______, is a rise in the cost of insurance.
A. radical
B. rare
C. reluctant
D. minor
57. Jane is very ________ -- if she says she’ll do something she’ll do it.
A. reliance
B. reliable
C. reliant
D. relies
58. We’ll do our best to help those ________ people after the disaster.
A. unfortunate
B. fortunate
C. misfortune
D. fortune
59. This knife of yours needs ________.
A. widen
B. widening
C. sharpen
D. sharpening
60. Sometimes it is an advantage to be _______, for example in court.
A. emotionally
B. emotional
C. unemotional
D. emotion
61. Iron has an important role to play in the ______ working of the human body and is vital to healthy living.
A. efficient
B. favorite
C. primary
D. current
62. The boy _________ turned the TV off as the clock struck ten, time for him to go to bed.
A. reluctantly
B. disappointedly
C. fortunately
D. undoubtedly
63. He could see her lips _________ and hoped she would not cry in public again.
A. swallowing
B. trembling
C. shaking
D. stooping
64. I started to read newspapers and magazines more, and, for just about the first time in my life, I began to
take an interest in ________ affairs.
A. personal
B. current
C. ancient
D. social
65. I’d like to ________ that students should be allowed more time for independent study.
A. propose
B. command
C. arrange
D. steer
66. Although this law does not actually ________ the possession of weapons whose use is illegal, it is clearly
moving in that direction.
A. prohibit
B. allow
C. stop
D. promote
67. Is there anything in your personal life which would _______ the party if it became public?
A. embarrass
B. appreciate
C. waken
D. involve
68. Learning ________ help make the difficult task of studying English easier.
A. opportunities
B. process
C. strategies
D. materials
69. After resting in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more _______ his friends attempt to
dissuade him.
A. round the corner
B. by no means
C. in spite of
D. in addition to
70. Groups of children sometimes can ________ games of their own, or maybe entertain themselves in their
own way if they are free of adult interference.
A. solve
B. arrange
C. invent
D. challenge
71. If you _______ all your efforts on the learning of English, you will eventually learn the language well.
A. increase
B. concentrate
C. prepare
D. hold
72. The acting prime minister has announced that the best way to ________ this goal is to unite as many
sympathetic people as possible.
A. accomplish
B. steer
C. compete
D. manage
73. The writer would rather live in his native country, and not be allowed to _______, than go elsewhere and be
free to do so.
A. write
B. escape
C. publish
D. retire
74. Last year the advertising rate _______ by 20 percent.
A. raised
B. aroused
C. arose
D. rose
75. Though ________ in a big city, Peter always prefers to paint the primitive scenes of country life.
A. grown
B. raised
C. tended
D. cultivated
76. If you have worked hard ________, you won’t have to sit up all night before the exams.
A. at the same time
B. at a time
C. every time
D. at other times
77. As a fireman, you must be ready to ________ hardships and even suffer death.
A. reject
B. endure
C. refuse
D. select
78. The baby’s first step caused great __________ in the family.
A. excitement
B. excited
C. exciting
D. excitedly
79. You can’t let your eyes glide across the lines of a book and ______ an understanding of what you have read.
A. come up to
B. come up with
C. stand up to
D. put up with
80. Although I liked the appearance of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful
______ through the window.
A. vision
B. look
C. picture
D. view
81. You may never experience an earthquake or a volcanic eruption in your life, but you will______ changes in
the land.
A. adapt
B. adopt
C. witness
D. define
82. Tommy took all the apples, so the teacher told him that he was being______.
A. greedy
B. grateful
C. generous
D. gloomy
83. Students sometimes support themselves by ______ of evening jobs.
A. ways
B. efforts
C. means
D. methods
84. Mr. Smith spent the weekend in the country as he ______ to the office on Saturday.
A. was not necessary
B. must not go
C. did not have to go
D. ought not to have gone
85. The ______colors are red, blue and yellow.
A. ordinary
B. primary
C. principal
D. average
86. He made no ______ at winning the prize..
A. decision
B. intention
C. attempt
D. mention
87. There are plastic and wooden chairs but the _____ are more expensive.
A. later
B. late
C. latter
D. latest
88. Once she has set her mind _____ her goal, there is no stopping her.
A. to achieve
B. to achieving
C. achieve
D. achieving
89. It is true that these herbs can be used to ______ pain.
A. relieve
B. minus
C. relief
D. plus
90. The lecture was so _____ that I couldn’t help yawning.
A. bored
B. boring
C. bore
D. bores
91. At three thousand feet, wide plains begin to appear, and there is never a moment when some distant
mountain is not ______.
A. on view
B. at a glance
C. on the scene
D. in sight
92. During the summer holiday season there are no ______ rooms in this seaside hotel.
A. empty
B. blank
C. deserted
D. vacant
93. With ______ exceptions, the former president does not appear in public now.
A. rare
B. unusual
C. extraordinary
D. unique
94. He will have to answer ______ his indecent behaviour one day.
A. to
B. for
C. back
D. about
95. The opening ceremony is a great ______. It is essential for us to be prepared for that.
A. occasion
B. place
C. on occasion
D. situation
96. In those days the Portuguese were trying to reach India by sailing around Africa, but Columbus was ______
to prove that India could be reached by sailing west.
A. decided
B. determined
C. considered
D. regarded
97. Very few plants and animals can _______ heat or cold for a long time.
A. suffer
B. hold
C. accept
D. endure
98. I am afraid that the _______ between rich and poor is still widening in our country.
A. ditch
B. gap
C. channel
D. distance
99. Mom told me to put my dirty clothes in the ________ basket.
A. wash
B. water
C. cleaning
D. laundry
100. Being a sailor ________ long periods of time away from home.
A. involves
B. connects
C. links
D. relates
Keys:
1-5. CCDBA 6-10. BABDC 11-15. CBCAA 16-20. ABCDC 21-25. ADDAB 26-30. BBACB 31-35. BCBAD 36-40. BCCDA 41-45. DBCBA 46-50. CDCBD 51-55. ACCDC 56-60. DBADC 61-65. AABBA 66-70. AACCC 71-75. BAADB 76-80. DBABD 81-85. CACCB 86-90. CCBAB 91-95. DDABA 96-100. BDBDA。