大学英语三级考试强化教程词汇和翻译

南京师范学院大学英语三级考试强化训练

词汇练习

Test 1:

1.The price of beer _____ from 50 cents to $4 per liter during the summer

season.

a. altered

b. ranged

c. separated

d. differed

2.There‟s no point in dwelling too much _____ your mistakes long after the

test was over.

a. at

b. on

c. for

d. with

3.The boy tried his best to live up to his parents‟ _____, but finally failed.

a. rejections

b. impressions

c. expectations

d. competitions

4.The idea that women were inferior to men used to gain a wide _____.

a. acceptance

b. coincidence

c. amazement

d. disappointment

5.Your answers on these tests are too much _____. You must have cheated.

a. like

b. liking

c. alike

d. likely

6.Bill _____ to his mother for a larger allowance, but she said no.

a. appealed

b. contributed

c. approved

d. attached

7.Bob _____ me that he would pay back the loan.

a. insured

b. assured

c. guaranteed

d. assumed

8.Are you _____ to serve on the committee?

a. available

b. attainable

c. engaged

d. flexible

9.You need a good sense of _____ to ride a bicycle.

a. level

b. skill

c. balance

d. capacity

10.The judges _____ a gold medal to the gymnast from Romania.

a. rewarded

b. devoted

c. declared

d. awarded

11.Few people can _____ a summer home on the lake.

a. apply

b. afford

c. affect

d. effect

12.She was _____ at your saying that. Actually, she seldom got angry.

a. bothered

b. troubled

c. annoyed

d. worried

13.Police have _____ to the public to come forward with any information

which might help them in their inquiries.

a. urged

b. appealed

c. claimed

d. called

14.We shopped all day, but didn‟t see any _____.

a. bubbles

b. bargains

c. bundles

d. borders

15.The two tourists had a language _____ and could not understand each

other.

a. barrier

b. obstacle

c. boundary

d. burden

16.Both sides exchanged their views on a wide _____ of topics they were

interested in at the meeting.

a. extent

b. degree

c. collection

d. range

17.He was a man of noble _____. He came from an old and prominent family

in Vermont.

a. origin

b. source

c. root

d. resource

18.These experiments all _____ that a liquid exerts an upward force on any

object placed in it.

a. indicate

b. signal

c. mean

d. imply

19.Owing to the effective measures adopted by the government, the disease

has stopped _____.

a. extending

b. expanding

c. spreading

d. stretching

20.All the other rooms are occupied. May I use this _____ room?

a. bare

b. blank

c. vacant

d. hollow

Test 2:

1.The football player is hoping to _____ to another club soon.

a. transfer

b. transform

c. transmit

d. transport

2.Will you please _____ that the amounts on your bill are correct?

a. inform

b. affirm

c. confirm

d. conform

3.The _____ from childhood to manhood is often a difficult time for a young

man.

a. transaction

b. transformation

c. transmission

d. transition

4.Though the long-term _____ can‟t be predicted, the project has been

approved by the committee.

a. effort

b. effect

c. affect

d. afford

5.The department‟s _____ didn‟t include money for electricity.

a. budget

b. estimate

c. outcome

d. scheme

6.The picnic was _____ because of the rain.

a. called for

b. called out

c. called on

d. called off

7.My office doesn‟t have _____ desks for its employees.

a. sufficient

b. efficient

c. effective

d. efficiency

8.Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.

a. facilities

b. instruments

c. appliances

d. equipment

9.We must _____ that the experiment is controlled as rigidly as possible.

a. assure

b. secure

c. ensure

d. insure

10.I asked the tailor to make a small _____ to my trousers because they were

too long.