09专升本词汇练习

词汇练习

1. If you have some trouble with work, I can _____ you a job in my company.

A. offer

B. accept

C. supply

D. provide

2. My study of biology has ______ much of my spare time, but it has given me a great deal of enjoyment.

A. taken off

B. taken down

C. taken up

D. taken away

3. We can never relax in this office. New problems are continually _____.

A. coming out

B. coming up

C. raising up

D. going out

4. He ______ his hat and bowed politely as he passed.

A. took off

B. gave off

C. put out

D. took on

5. Trains stop here in order to ______ passengers only.

A. get off

B. pull up

C. take in

D. pick up

6. The food smells good, but what does it ______ like?

A. taste

B. feel

C. try

D. eat

7. He thought the painting was of little _______, so he let me have it for only ten pounds.

A. cost

B. value

C. price

D. expense

8. At that time they were poor, and they ______ a difficult time.

A. went down

B. went through

C. went it for

D. went along with

9. Not long ago, John Smith, whom you know very well, was ________ a car accident.

A. met with

B. involved in

C. included in

D. damaged by

10. We took ________ of the fine weather and spent the day on the beach.

A. chance

B. advantage

C. occasion

D. effect

11. There were twelve policemen _______ at the football ground during match.

A. out duty

B. over duty

C. of duty

D. on duty

12. Because you were ill last week, you’ll have to ______ the final examination.

A. make up for

B. make a rush for

C. make out

D. make sure of

13. Most of the cattle are _______ under the trees.

A. lying

B. laying

C. remaining

D. leaning

14. He is sometimes bad-tempered but he is a good fellow _______.

A. in heart

B. with heart

C. at heart

D. by heart

15. Tom was ________ up by his grandparents in France.

A. grown

B. raised

C. taken

D. brought

16. He used ______ of milk and water.

A. a good many

B. great deal

C. large quantities

D. lot

17. Income tax rates are ______ to one’s annual income.

A. based

B. related

C. dependent

D. associated

18. Being both spoilt and lazy, she _______ everyone else for his lack of success.

A. charged

B. accused

C. blamed

D. scold

19. Nobody has been able to explain the ______ of this commonly-used expression.

A. beginning

B. start

C. origin

D. cause

20. It ______ time for them to fit in with the new surrounding.

A. needs

B. costs

C. spends

D. takes

21. You have no ______ how worried I was.

A. thought

B. opinion

C. mind

D. idea

22. It’s always difficult being in a foreign country, _______ if you don’t speak the language.

A. extremely

B. naturally

C. basically

D. especially