托福雅思GRE词汇进阶练习题

托福、雅思、GRE 词汇进阶练习（01）

1.China is________ a ban on all forms of tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion

of tobacco products, according to a draft regulation on Monday.

A mulling

B muffling

C mellowing

D missing

2.It’s a __________of transformation that if we want things to be different we have to

change ourselves.

A trash

B treatment

C truism

D trust

3.W hat worries you most deeply isn’t money. It is how___________ your partners are, how

indifferent they are to their ambitions, whether they be income-earning or not.

A alphabetic

B apathetic

C apologetic

D adolescent

4.When used by emotionally healthy people with good intentions, ultimatums offer a

respectful and loving way though an ________ that will sooner or later destroy a

relationship on its own anyway.

A immenseness

B impasse

C impromptu

D immoral

5.Both of you express love and adoration for your partners. You don’t want to lose them.

How might you accept your __________darlings for who they are at this era of their lives?

A dead-beat

B dastardly

C desperate

D devastated

6.Did her notions come from actual facts based in ration and reason or did she _______

them up from the hell pit?

A drill

B drag

C draft

D dredge

7.I got a job when I was 14 and the money I earned went to things like clothes, school

activity fees, a junked out car, gas, car insurance, movie tickets, ________ for my

eyelashes and so on.

A massacre

B mascara

C massage

D maple

8.He said he couldn’t breathe and soon an emergency medical crew was summoned, but

officers made no immediate attempt to ________ him and he died soon afterward.

A resurrect

B rescue

C resuscitate

D relieve

9.Grand jury proceedings, contrary to popular belief, are a ________ in our judicial system

and very successful.

A stalwart

B stardust

C springboard

D stardom

10.The new shuttle looks like a ___________ to the Apollo era, but it is roomier and

designed to go far beyond the moon.

A threadbare

B threat

C throwback

D throwaway

11.For decades, in a ________ to curb population growth, the Indian government has run a

nationwide sterilization program.

A bid

B bite

C breach

D bust

12.When the boxer dog entered the room he was so pleased to see everyone that he wagged

his __________ tail and got very excitable running one to another.

A stumpy

B sticky

C slender

D slim

13.As he waited to be served he gazed across the room, it was a good ________ for a 20 year

reunion and he was impressed at the group that had gathered.

A turnaround

B turnip

C turnout

D turner

14.CIA officials __________ or entirely misstated the success of the enhanced interrogation

program when briefing White House officials, according to the Senate report.

A overviewed

B overran

C overplayed

D overruled

15.Michael is the joker in the________ with an inquisitive mind and he never fails to bring

along happy surprises.

A pack

B sack

C quack

D jack