单词练习(BOOK 3)

BOOK 3 (UNIT 1, 3~8)

Quiz one

1) His speech was so eloquent that all the birds were glad they had brought him, and nodded their heads ________ approval of all he said.

A) in B) at C) to D) on

2) The official in the tax office ________ that the shopkeeper was innocent.

A) contented C) contained B) consented D) contended

3) The new furniture does not ________ to the design of the new room.

A) conform C) condemn B) confine D) confirm

4) The employer is ________ to ask for references.

A) conceited C) condemned B) entitled D) despair

5) I am very ________ of all the support you gave me.

A) eloquent C) appreciative B) jealousy D) spoiled

6) Although they are sisters, they are the ________ opposite of one another.

A) very B) much C) little D) just

7) The rumors of an attack were later ________.

A) convinced C) conformed B) confirmed D) confined

8) His self-confidence was ________ by repeated failures.

A) underestimated C) undermanned B) underexposed D) undermined

9) I have ________ you that it's not worthwhile to take the risk.

A) secured C) assured B) ensured D) insured

10) The gun ________ the monkeys and they all escaped.

A) bothered C) overflowed B) impressed D) startled

11) Knowledge without common sense ________ little.

A) counts C) counts up B) counts on D) counts fo r

12) The police have ________ all the other suspects, so only one now remains.

A) reduced C) diminished B) eliminated D) removed

13) He's very ________ to his pupil's need for encouragement and knows when to praise them.

A) sensational C) sensible B) sensitive D) sensuous

14) Reading the newspaper ________ one of my parents' life habits since they retired.

A) become C) have become B) are becoming D) has become

15) My uncle was made ________ his research work due to his ill health.

A) giving up C) to give up B) given up D) give up

16) He will never ________ the window this afternoon when he was playing football in the front yard.

A) admit to break C) admit having broken B) admit to have broken D) admit him break

17) He has a very strange ________ on life.

A) interview C) outlook B) perspectives D) angle

18) They ________ themselves that the accident was a million-to-one chance.

A) reassured C) insured B) realized D) instructed

19) I ________ my fear of flying by taking several short flights last month.

A) undermined C) confronted B) overcame D) challenged

20) There is noise on this ________. I can hardly hear you.

A) occasion B) connection C) case D) scene

21) If anything happened to the kids I'd never _______ myself.

A) forgive C) threaten B) dismiss D) convince

22) These events are a major ________ to the establishment of a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

A) dismissal C) consequence B) grip D) setback