大学英语第四册unit1-5词汇测试及练习

第一部分：Unit1-5词汇测试1) If you have not signed a contract, you are under no ______ to pay them any money.A) instinct B) influenceC) sympathy D) obligation2) The thought of seeing her again _____ him throughout the hardest time in his life.A) contributed B) providedC) sustained D) favored3) It was so hot that the butter started to ______.A) decrease B) dissolveC) melt D) harden4) He criticizes the money _______ common among young people.A) worship B) prayC) respect D) admire5) Somewhat to my _______, the police will soon eliminate her from their inquiries.A) entertainment B) judgmentC) relief D) relaxation6) The foreign-born Chinese are thought of as yellow on the outside and white on the inside because they only look like Chinese but never think or ______ like Chinese.A) direct B) accustomC) adjust D) behave7) His ________need to be loved springs from a deep sense of insecurity.A) crucial B) terminalC) intensive D) desperate8) After about an hour and a half the party ______ because there was not enough wine that evening.A) broke off B) broke awayC) broke up D) broke through9) A series of tragic _______ made Mr. Terres feel he has to face up to his life.A) accidents B) incidentsC) events D) occurrences10) For many young people, the late 1960s was a period of _______ against the moral values that had been the pride of the past generations.A) revolt B) rebelC) chaos D) challenge11) Two drivers were killed in a head-on ________ between a car and a taxi last night.A) collapse B) conflictC) collision D) crush12) A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease ______A) for long B) before longC) ever since D) for good13) The citizens in the neighborhood all ______ for the local government's decision to close thesmall paint factory.A) claimed B) crackedC) clapped D) crashed14) The girls were all _____ of Grace because she was so pretty, with beautiful hands and a facelike a film-star's.A) greedy B) controversialC) competitive D) jealous15) Japanese banks, once _____ competitors in the British banking market, have all but disappeared.A) bold B) fierceC) wild D) harmful16) You may laugh at my idea but I'm in _____.A) intensive B) generousC) earnest D) voluntary17) When I come back, I feel _____and many new ideas occur to me.A) renewed B) recreatedC) reshaped D) refreshed18) According to the Centers for Disease Control, women will soon _____ 80 percent of thosediagnosed with HIV.A) make up B) build upC) stand for D) conform to19) She ______the knives and forks at the lunch table.A) laid up B) laid offC) laid down D) laid out20) ________some other low-income countries in Africa, most children here do eventually get toprimary school and stay there for a few years.A) Contrary to B) In regard toC) In contrast to D) With respect to21) Prices of goods are governed by the cost of the ______ materials, as well as by the cost of production.A) primitive B) roughC) original D) raw22) In the countryside there are no ________ and no free medical care for the aged.A) wages B) pensionsC) profits D) rewards23) You are legally _________ take faulty goods back to the store where you purchased.A) entitled to B) involved inC) associated with D) assigned to24) She made a _______of $200 to the Children's Hospital.A) publication B) donationC) acquisition D) quotation25) Environmental protection is _________ national and local economic development.A) devoted to B) involved inC) included in D) subjected to26) If the rain doesn't stop, people will be ________ serious flooding.A) facing with B) faced withC) subjecting with D) subjected with27) How do you _______your long absence from classes without asking for leaveA) account for B) count onC) account of D) count for28) They were ___ of armed robberies and sentenced to 15 years and 14 years respectively.A) convicted B) convincedC) sentenced D) condemned29) Most flowers will not ____ without sunshine.A) cultivate B) boomC) sustain D) thrive30) He took the evening newspaper and _______ quickly through the story in minutes.A) plunged B) perceivedC) sketched D) skimmed31) The prisoner remained _________ throughout his trial.A) clumsy B) deafC) dumb D) still32) The editor ______the manuscript to half of its original length.A) condensed B) condemnedC) concealed D) concentrated33) _______ in the world can you find more attractive scenery than in Switzerland.A) Hardly B) LittleC) Seldom D) Nowhere34) It is technological advances that make easier the storage and rapid ________ of information into homes and offices.A) transformation B) transactionC) transport D) transmission35) With the coming of the Internet, young people have _______ to the most recent events thathappen in the world.A) assess B) excessC) success D) access36) The government should ________ active policies to pull the country out of the recession.A) come up with B) put up withC) catch up with D) come up to37) After she qualified as a lawyer, she decided to specialize ____ contract law.A) on B) inC) with D) of38) It is known that iron has a _______ role to play in the efficient working of the human bodyand is vital to healthy living.A) crucial B) competitiveC) acute D) satisfactory39) We must not _______ behind other nations in our efforts to help those people made homeless by the great floods.A) decline B) delayC) lack D) lag40) He has put his car entirely at our ____ for the holiday.A) usage B) applicationC) disposition D) disposal41) Estimates of the cost of a human mission to Mars _______ from about $20 billion to $55billion.A) alter B) separateC) range D) differ42) I'd just like to _______ by saying that it's been a tremendous pleasure to work with you.A) sum up B) cut upC) end up D) turn up43) He made great efforts to _______ her violent temper after she became his wife.A) tend B) cultivateC) breed D) tame44) There is a strong possibility that the fire was started on _________.A) choice B) purposeC) intention D) design45) This film is about a young man of________ origin, who wants to marry the beautifuldaughter of a rich banker.A) humble B) harshC) wicked D) wrecked46) The old woman almost _______ to death in the thick fumes.A) blocked B) provoked（激怒）C) choked D) stroked47) He will first give you a summary of the situation and then discuss it at________.A) detail B) extentC) degree D) length48) Nothing seems to be sure for certain about the prediction of earthquakes __________.A) for a long time B) for the first timeC) for the time being D) from time to time49) Immediately, she felt the floor ____ as the children started to beat drums in the smallroom.A) shiver B) shakeC) vibrate D) tremble50) _______ vegetables are believed to be healthful and environmentally friendly.A) Superb B) OrganicC) Vigorous D) Rotten第二部分：Unit1-5词汇练习1) Seven hundred thousand tons of ______ oil has poured out of the damaged tanker into the sea.A) raw B) roughC) crude D) tough2) The film producer sent him the ______ and assured him there was no question of himappearing on stage in the role.A) scrape B) catalogC) category D) script3) If a ________ were to reach the gas it would go off at once.A) spot B) spillC) spark D) spray4) Prisoners are reported to have been deliberately _______ without trial.A) murdered B) convictedC) executed D) punished5) The Watergate ______ was exposed by two investigative journalists working for theWashington Post.A) shame B) convictionC) belief D) scandal6) 5000 people held a protest march and_____ against sexual discrimination.A) rally B) conjunctionC) episode D) judgment7) A _____ broke out at the stadium when the home team lost 5-0.A) rebel B) strikeC) violation D) riot8) You may laugh at my idea but I'm in _____.A) earnest B) eagernessC) deed D) fact9) The _______ of our trip to New York was going to the top of Empire State Building.A) peak B) boomC) summit D) highlight10) A small ______ plane crashed into a hillside in Northern England yesterday, killing six people.A) assembled B) dominatedC) monitored D) chartered11) Mr. Thomson is strongly opposed to the proposal of constructing a power plant in the area that is ____ populated.A) densely B) vastlyC) enormously D) largely12) In the ______ of physics, Albert Einstein was a genius.A) settlement B) operationC) realm D) scope13) They're such a conventional family --- they must have been frightened when their son ____ his hair pink.A) soaked B) sketchedC) dyed D) dipped14) The doorway was so low that we had to _____ to go through it.A) lower B) leanC) stoop D) bow15) Most of them are not used to food and _____ for home; some find it difficult to observe the regulation about time.A) desire B) hopeC) long D) wish16) More than $20,000 has been paid in ______ to victims of another poisoned water accident in the region.A) installment B) compensationC) substitution D) commitment17) The longer one is out of teaching, the harder it is to ______ confidence and the ability to teach again.A) set up B) put upC) build up D) catch up18) I at last surrendered to the ________ and ate the last piece of chocolate.A) intention B) appealC) temptation D) charm19) The headmaster has_______ views about what his pupils should wear.A) noble B) flexibleC) liberal D) liable20) I decided to keep a low ______, after all I was a guest.A) profile B) positionC) attitude D) mood21) If you throw away your credit card _______ and someone else gets it, they can use thenumber to buy things in your name.A) check B) ticketC) receipt D) label22) It is frightening for a youngster to feel that he is in charge of himself; it's like being in a car without ________.A) brakes B) componentsC) gears D) signals23) She made a _____ of $ 69,000 for the flat, which was accepted.A) currency B) proposalC) bid D) purchase24) After the recent bomb attacks, members of the public are being warned to be _____ at all times and to look out for any suspicious packages.A) alert B) awareC) conscious D) nervous25) Bombing, which was _______ in the city center, has destroyed most of the major buildings.A) integral B) intentionalC) intensive D) intense26) The child finished the dessert and then _______ the plate.A) scratch B) clickedC) licked D) scraped27) In 1974 and 1975, the economy plunged into the worst ______ since the Great Depression of the 1930's.A) reservation B) recreationC) reversion D) recession28) Be careful with the cat. It may ____ you if you make it angry.A) punch B) scrapeC) tear D) scratch29) They have all ______ significant amounts of time and energy in this project.A) invested B) intendedC) restored D) resorted30) The government's _________ is made up chiefly of the money people pay in taxes.A) efficiency B) privilegeC) revenue D) validity31) Communication is the process of ____ a message from a source to an audience via a channel.A) transmitting B) submittingC) transforming D) switching32) The computer has become smaller and cheaper and ____ more available to a greaternumber of people.A) yet B) henceC) still D) nevertheless33) Decrease the _______ of medicine as you feel better.A) therapy B) prescriptionC) injection D) dose34) He was a war________ in Europe during the Second World War.A) resident B) correspondentC) ambassador D) applicant35) _________ rubbers are widely used as a substitute for natural rubber.A) Practical B) CompoundC) Raw D) Synthetic36) All our household goods are ________against accidental damage.A) ensured B) insuredC) assured D) guaranteed37) My home is close to a bus _________ so that it is very convenient for me to go to work.A) end B) closingC) terminal D) concluding38) People running for president often ______ reducing taxes.A) sponsor B) contributeC) advocate D) perform39) The Olympic Games began with a _______ of all the competing nations.A) exhibition B) displayC) parade D) show40) She felt their relationship had lost its initial excitement and had become __________.A) static B) stainedC) stable D) stale41) They were of the generation that had gone through the Great ______ and a world war.A) Boom B) NightmareC) Depression D) Disadvantage42) They ______ no flaws in their plan because some VIPs will be present in the meeting.A) resist B) sustainC) undergo D) tolerate43) Employers therefore ________ to the reduction of costs, most particularly in wages, in order to compete in world markets.A) resorted B) appealedC) proceeded D) inclined44) The _____ listened carefully to the evidence and concluded that the man was guilty.A) panel B) juryC) court D) legislation45) It is generally acknowledged that engineering science is an extremely ______ andtheoretical science.A) abstract B) practicalC) concrete D) superficial46) She ____________ in delight upon hearing the good news.A) grasped B) grippedC) claimed D) exclaimed47) This beef is rather tough; you have to ____ it for a long time.A) chew B) biteC) eat D) swallow48) Potentially dangerous goods are often taken back by the company ________ they maydo any harm to the customers.A) only if B) in caseC) now that D) so that49) Don’t forget to ____ the letter before you post it.A) stick B) fastenC) seal D) enclose50) ____________, the voice is an actor's number one asset and it will be in use all the time.A) After all B) As usualC) In particular D) For all。