20090422_163214_词汇练习(08级期中)

Mid-term Test paper

1.Fill in the gaps with words or phrases chosen from the box. Change the form where

necessary. 20*1=20’

Hooked on, for the sake of, to the contrary, in sight, on the whole, needless to say look forward to, abuse, relationship, communication, symptom, acquaintance slip, initial, edit, angle, repeatedly, investigate, phenomenon, spit,

1)His forgetfulness may be a ______ of brain trouble.

2)My initial reaction to the news was relief, but as I thought more about it I began to feel

angry.

3)For a long time it was thought to be a harmless substance but there has recently been

some proof _________ and you are now warned off it.

4)From the early 1990s on many Chinese families began to Hooked on an apartment of

their own.

5)Food chemists will ____ the health food on sale to see if it really does give the benefits

claimed.

6) A full understanding of mathematics is sufficient to explain a wide variety of natural

________

7)When we say that we see light at the end of the tunnel, we mean that victory is ______.

8)This is one-sided view on the issue. We need to look at it from all possible _______

before we can form an objective opinion.

9)Some students have got so _ look forward to ______ computer games that hey neglect

their studies and fail in their courses.

10)Joseph has given up smoking for the sake of his health

11)Because my computer broke down, the telephone became the only means of __________

with my foreign friends and it cost me a lot.

12)The article is interesting, but it needs some ______ before it can be published.

13)Jason is one of my old _____________________, but somehow I have never achieved

intimacy with him.

14)Through the ages the land emerged and re-submerged ________, and consequently many

different rock types formed.

15)No one noticed when she _____ into the room.

16)The small boy started to spit blood and his mother panicked.

17)The leaders agree that to maintain a friendly relationship between the two countries will

be in the best interests of both.

18)Despite some unexpected delays at the beginning, our project, _____________ , went on

smoothly.

19)These laws are intended to prevent government officials from _________their power.

20)___________________, Tom, the top student of our class, came out with highest score in

the national test.

２．Choose the correct answer from the following four choices. 20*1’=20’

1) I will come as promised, ____ it rainy or fine.

A. should

B. if C whether D. be

2) Some of the students requested that the trip ______ .

A. be postponed

B. postponing

C. postpone

D. being postpone

3) The security council ________ of five generals and four police offices.

A. made

B. contain

C. consists

D. composes

4) Government establish ______system to provide a safety net to prevent people from

suffering the effects of poverty.

A. social

B. welfare

C. safety

D. security

5) When I entered the Japanese-owned store, all shop assistants bowed to me ___.

A. in unit

B. in unison C in together D. in agreement

6) Many animals face extinction as the result of human _____

A. entrance

B. interference

C. handling

D. extinction

7) A _____ reply is much more appreciated than beating around the bush.

A. indirect

B. polite

C. impolite

D. frank

8) Call me, write to me, email me; ______ let’s keep in touch.

A. all the time

B. at the rate

C. at any rate

D. at rate

9) Make sure the label is firmly _________ to the parcel before you mail it.

A. embraced

B. attaching

C. attached

D. attach

10) We don’t usually accept late applications, but since you were so sick I will make an

______

A. decision

B. exception

C. exceptional

D. expectation

11) When I got to his house I found Jim ______ an article about the current situation in

Afghanistan.

A. work out

B. working on

C. work on

D. working out

12) Natural fiber is said to be ______ to synthetic fiber.

A. superior

B. related

C. expectant

D. subordinate

13) I have had _______ problems with this computer ever since I borrowed it from a friend.

A. continual

B. continuous

C. constant

D. persistent

14) Complaints from the students began arriving at the ________ office.

A. principal’s

B. principle’s

C. principal

D. principle

15) She herself believed in freedom, ______ she would rather die than live without it.

A. so that

B. so much so that

C. therefore

D. then

16) The new tax is meant to force companies to _____ energy-saving measures.

A. adapt

B. adopt

C. adjust

D. attribute

17）Although we may not always notice the effects of industrial pollution at a ______ level, globally it has without doubt caused climatic warming.

A. global

B. local

C. area

D. district

18) I am glad he got the first prize in the speech contest----she really ______ it.

A. reserved

B. deserved

C. resource

D. deserve

19) I still _____ the belief that parents should allow their children to fully develop their talents

by themselves.

A. hold on

B. hold to

C. hold off

D. hold at