词汇语法综合练习

T E M-4V o c a b u l a r y a n d S t r u c t u r e
1.Both parties promised to _____ the contract to be signed the following day.
A. keep with
B. tangle with
C. adhere to
D. devote to
2.Attempts to persuade her to stay after she felt insulted were _____.
A. of no avail
B. on the contrary
C. at a loss
D. in no way
3.Although the colonists _____ to some extent with the native Americans, the
Indians’ influence on American culture and language was not extensive.
A. migrated
B. matched
C. mingled
D. melted
4.The purpose of the survey was to_____ the inspectors with local conditions.
A. inform
B. notify
C. instruct
D. acquaint
5.Animals that could not _____ themselves to the changed environment perished
and those that could survive.
A. change
B. adapt
C. modify
D. conform
6.The city government plans to complete its study of the local economy in five years.
There is _____ time to do a thorough and complete study
A. adequate
B. enough
C. sufficient
D. ample
7.We are interested in the weather because it _____ us so directly –what we wear,
what we do, and even how we feel.
A. affection
B. influences
C. affects
D. effects
8.The problem has _____ simply because you did not follow the instructions in the
handbook.
A. assembled
B. arisen
C. risen
D. resulted
9.The _____ driver thinks accident only happen to other people.
A. average
B. common
C. usual
D. normal
10.She refused to _____ the door key to the landlady until she got back her deposit.
A. hand in
B. hand out
C. hand down
D. hand over
11.We should always bear in mind that _____ decision often result in serious
consequences.
A. urgent
B. instant
C. prompt
D. hasty
12.The _____ physicist has been challenged by others in his field.
A. respectable
B. respectful
C. respective
D. respecting
13.Though badly damaged by fire, the palace was eventually _____ to its original
splendor.
A. recovered
B. renewed
C. restored
D. replaced
14.Can you run _____ 200 copes of this notice before the post goes?
A. out
B. in
C. down
D. off
15.Notebooks, textbooks and school magazines were accidentally _____ all over the
floor.
A. spread
B. separated
C. splashed
D. scattered
16.Two of the children have to sleep in one bed, but the other three have _____ ones.
A. similar
B. singular
C. different
D. separate
17.In the next few years major changes will be _____ in China’s industries.
A. brought forward
B. brought about
C. brought on
D. brought up
18.From time to time, there have been _____ demands that the basic wage be
increased.
A. insistent
B. persistent
C. consistent
D. resistant
19.He was so _____ on his work that he did not hear her come in.
A. intent
B. absorbed
C. engrossed
D. involved
20.Tony has not the least _____ of giving up his research work.
A. intention
B. interest
C. wish
D. desire
21.The main road through Littlebury was blocked for three hours today after an
accident _____ two lorries.
A. involving
B. including
C. combining
D. containing
22.Inside the apartment was an unpleasant smell of _____ air.
A. stale
B. smoke
C. misty
D. wet
23.Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not _____ to close
examination.
A. look up
B. pay up
C. keep up
D. stand up
24.The millionaire in the story had a(n) habit of sleeping with his sack of money laid
beside him in place of his wife.
A. economic
B. miserly
C. disgusted
D. playful
25.We were filled with _____ about flying in such bad weather.
A. troubles
B. obscurity
C. ignorance
D. misgivings
26.This automobile plant has a monthly _____ of 500 cars.
A. proficience
B. capability
C. strength
D. capacity
27.If he _____ in that way for much longer he will find himself in the bankruptcy
court.
A. carries on
B. carries off
C. carried by
D. carried away
28.Am I to understand that his new post _____ no responsibility with it at all?
A. keeps
B. supports
C. carries
D. possesses
29.The album might well have _____ had it been less expensive.
A. worked out
B. fallen through
C. caught on
D. fitted in
30. Very few scientists _____ with completely new answers to the world’s problems.
A. come to
B. come round
C. come on
D. come up
31. Every fall geese _____ over the house located directly on the bay.
A. fly
B. flies
C. have flown
D. flown
32. Measles _____ a kind of disease by which children are easy to be attacked.
A. is
B. are
C. being
D. they are
33.This is their resolution that extra-curriculum activities _____ part of their school
life.
A. are made
B. were made
C. was made
D. be
34. You and I could hardly understand, _____?
A. could I
B. couldn’t you
C. couldn’t we
D. could we
35. _____, he would not have recovered so quickly.
A. Hadn’t been taken good care of
B. Had he not been taken good care of
C. Had not he been taken good care of
D. Had he been not taken good care of
36. _____, he always tries his best to complete it on time.
A. However the task is hard
B. However hard the task is
C. Though hard the task is
D. Though hard is the task
37. He resented _____ to wait. He expected the minister _____him at once.
A. to be asked, to see
B. being asked, to see
C. to be asked, seeing
D. being asked, seeing
38. _____ nobody was enthusiastic about it, they decided to cancel the trip.
A. Seen that
B. Seeing that
C. So
D. While
39. I _____ writing the paper as scheduled, but my mother’s illness interfered. I hope
you will excuse me.
A. am to have finished
B. was to have finished
C. was to finish
D. ought to finish
40. When you are traveling, _____, you often need to stay in a hotel.
A.if on business or for pleasure
B.whether on business or for pleasure
C.whether business or pleasure
D.on business or pleasure
41. It is not so much the language _____ the cultural background that makes the book
difficult to understand.
A. but
B. not
C. as
D. like
42. With the introduction of the electronic computer, there are no complicated
problems _____ can be solved.
A. that
B. as
C. but
D. which
43. I was to have made a speech if _____.
A. I was not called away
B. nobody would have called me away
C. I had not been called away
D. nobody called me away
44. Life is a candle _____ to burn ever brighter.
A. being meant
B. meaning
C. to mean
D. meant
45. Having no money but _____ to know, he simply said he would go without dinner.
A. not to want anyone
B. not wanting anyone
C. wanted no one
D. to want no one
46. ______ your timely advice, I would never have known how to go about the work.
A. Whomever
B. but for
C. Who
D. Not for
47. ______ the two, Bob is _____ student.
A. Of, more diligent
B. In, more diligent
C. Of, the more diligent
D. In, the more diligent
48. She has taken great pains to conceal her emotions, and thereby made them _____
conspicuous.
A. all the more
B. all the much
C. all more
D. all much
49. But that he saw it, he _____ it.
A. could not have believed
B. could not believe
C. did not believe
D. can not believe
50. Fat can not change into muscle _____ muscle changes into fat.
A. any more than
B. no more than
C. no less than
D. much more than
51. The animal has a brain which is nearest _____.
A. in man’s size
B. in size to man
C. in size to man’s
D. to the size in man
52. It is highly necessary that the rocket _____ until all the preoarations have been
made.
A. is not launched
B. were not launched
C. not be launched
D. is not to be launched
53. She must be in the dormitory now! No, she _____ be there. I saw her in the
classroom a minute ago.
A. mustn’t
B. can’t
C. couldn’t
D. wouldn’t
54. The English of this composition is too good. He _____ it himself.
A. can’t have written
B. mustn’t have written
C. won’t have written
D. shouldn’t have written
55. He _____ the 8:20 bus because he did not leave home till 8:25.
A. couldn’t have caught
B. ought to have caught
C. shouldn’t have caught
D. must not have caught
56. My Scottish friend says there is _____ monster in Loch Ness.
A. no such thing as
B. no such thing as a
C. no such a thing as
D. no such a thing as a
57. It was as a physician that he represented himself, and _____ he was warmly
received.
A. as such
B. such as
C. as that
D. so that
58. Of all the four grandchildren, Bill is their _____ son.
A. more preferable
B. most favourable
C. the most favourite
D. favourite
59. _____, he is ready to accept suggestions from different success.
A.Instead of his contributions
B. For all his notable contributions
C. His making notable contributions
D.However his notable contributions
60. It is high time the doctor ______ a move on,” thought one of the men.
A. gets
B. got
C. getting
D. was getting。