词汇检测题

词汇检测试题

1. MrNicklin, a 48-year-old insurance manager, was kept ________________ for two

years by the Saudis, who held him responsible for the debts of his American-owned firm.

A. Captive

B. Capture

C. Bearer

D. Mortgage

2. The report notes that future inflation and the ________________ of market risk will increase.

A. Frailty

B. Captivity

C. Uncertainty

D. Productivity

3. John joined the long queue and eventually after a(n) ________________ wait, reached the revenue table.

A. Impromptu

B. Impressive

C. Provisional

D. lengthy

4. In a pure market economy all ________________ activities are privately owned, as opposed to being owned by the state.

A. Productive

B. Promotional

C. Patent

D. permanent

5. In general, landowners were expected to work the land and to increase ________________, but not to upset the ecological balance.

A. Produce

B. Product

C. Production

D. productivity

6. But they can't ________________ specific objectives and initiatives until they know where they are starting from.

A. figure on

B. check out

C. impose on

D. map out

7. Although humans were not born with wings, they could ________________ how to make their own wings.

A. map onto

B. figure out

C. check out

D. haul up

8. Our ________________ Threat Protection is a unique set of technologies that protect against identity theft, confidential data leakage and all Internet threats.

A. Twofold

B. Twice

C. Dimensional

D. Triple

9. Once you have a theory, it's not too hard to find evidence to ________________ it, at least until some other theory comes along.

A. Realize

B. Materialize

C. Substantiate

D. fulfil

10. I prefer white wine to red and I sometimes keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge ready for any ________________ celebrations.

A. Provisional

B. impressive

C. Impromptu

D. permanent

11. These ballets were successfully conveyed and ________________ the audience's attention from the moment the curtain rose.

A. Promoted

B. Defied

C. Braced

D. captured

12. Which of the following words is NOT appropriate to fill in the sentence "It is ________________ acknowledged that trees are indispensable to us."?

A. Widely

B. Generally

C. Universally

D. commonly

13. It is bound to fail to ________________ one country's values upon another over the issues of human rights.

A. Impose

B. Impress

C. Promote

D. allot

14. We often find ourselves in situations that ________________ comprehension, causing us to