新视野读写第二册单元词汇练习

新视野读写教程第二册第七单元词汇练习

Directions: For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and

D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1. You cannot imagine how I feel ____ with my duties sometimes.

A) overflowed B) overwhelmed C) overthrown D)

overturned

2. Just in the middle of his speech, his head began to ____ and he fainted.

A) turn B) rotate C) spin D) move

3. The men spent all day ____ water out of the flooded houses.

A) absorbing B) sucking C) forcing D) pumping

4. The nation must follow its own policy and not be influenced by ____ events.

A) exterior B) extra C) inferior D) interior

5. Teams of oxen pulled the heavy wagons into the ____ of North America.

A) exterior B) interior C) internal D)

external

6. A good boss always ____ responsibility to his assistants.

A) removes B) delegates C) refers D) leases

7. Allen placed too much ____ on sports and paid little attention to his studies.

A) concern B) interest C) hobby D) emphasis

8. The arguments are over now, and we hope no one will ____ them up again.

A) stir B) boil C) disturb D) interfere

9. Sport provides a(n) ____ for a teenager’s feelings of aggression or frustration.

A) exit B) exhaust C) outlet D) leak

10. I can ____ him to you for the job. He is a very good worker.

A) recall B) promote C) suggest D) recommend

11. This organization is completely ____ any political parties.

A) relative to B) innocent of C) independent of D) characteristic of

12. The problems requiring immediate solution will be given ____ at the meeting.

A) priority B) urgency C) superiority D) emergency

13. The ____ for making application is tomorrow, so you’d better send in your form today.

A) date B) agenda C) terminal D) deadline

14. During the United States Civil War, many people in the South were forced to ____ their homes.

A) withdraw B) withstand C) flee D) fleet

15. Americans may have to ____ the number of privately owned cars and depend more on public transportation systems.

A) break down B) cut down C) get down D)

drop down

16. Our taxi was caught in a traffic ____, so we were late for the show.

A) knot B) block C) lock D) jam

17. Water evaporates (蒸发) into the air to make clouds. This same water then comes back to the earth as rain. Such a repetition is a form of water ____.

A) cycle B) course C) circle D) circuit

18. The ____ of the difficulty have not yet been fully realized.

A) sizes B) scales C) measurements D) dimensions

19. These chemicals must be kept at a ____ temperature of 40°C.

A) continuous B) consistent C) constant D) permanent

20. As a public figure, he knows well enough what he does will have ____ for society.

A) effects B) results C) influences D) consequences