英语六级重要词汇

1. I said I would do it and I ____ my promise.
A) stand up to B) stand for C) stand by D) stand up for
2. Mr. Morgan can be very sad ____, though in public he is extremely cheerful.
A) by oneself B) in person
C) in private D) as individual
3. Color-blind people often find it difficult to ____ between blue and green.
A) separate B) distinguish C) compare D) contrast
4. Keeping what belongs to another ____ to stealing.
A) applies B) accounts C) attaches D) amounts
5. The time taken on your journey, together with your ____, will enable you to calculate how far you have travelled.
A) distance B) rate C) speed D) motion
6. The newly-built Science Building seems ____ enough to last a hundred years.
A) static B) sophisticated C) steady D) substantial
7. Helen groups all people into two ____: those she likes and those she dislikes.
A) specimens B) categories C) catalogs D) sectors
8. Fry rejected the accepted ____ of behavior and married one of his servants.
A) hint B) code C) signal D) advice
9. We couldn’t see much because there was only a ____ light in the room.
A) delicate B) disguised C) depressed D) dim
10. The truck driver was proved ____ of the crime.
A) indifferent B) independent C) innocent D) inevitable
11. His argument does not suggest that mankind can ____ to be wasteful in the utilization of these resources.
A) resort B) grant C) afford D) entitle
12. He takes a 10% ____ on all the sales he makes: if he sells goods worth $100 he gets $10.
A) portion B) proportion C) concession D) commission
13. Putting in a new window will ____ cutting away part of the roof.
A) include B) involve C) contain D) comprise
14. The authorities ____ tourists from visiting the secret factory.
A) banged B) bound C) bonded D) banned
15. There are certain ____ on which you must interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something.
A) conditions B) occasions C) situations D) environments
16. We had to ____ a lot of noise when the children were at home.
A) go in for B) hold on to C) put up with D) keep pace with
17. The new regulation does not ____ until the first of March.
A) take into effect B) get into effect C) put into effect D) go into effect
18. After dinner, the two men ____ into the study where they could talk freely.
A) retired B) restored C) restrained D) resigned
19. Tom could not ____ the last problem on the arithmetic test.
A) fill out B) figure out C) find out D) filter out
20. Adam has a good position and will pay you back ____.
A) lastly B) inevitably C) eventually D) equally
21. The careless man received a ticket for speeding. He ____ have driven so fast.
A) can’t B) shouldn’t C) wouldn’t D) mustn’t
22. While crossing the mountain area, all the men carried guns lest they ____ by wild animals.
A) should be attacked B) must be attacked
C) had been attacked D) would be attacked
23. Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely ____ to the outside world.
A) having been lost B) losing C) to be lost D) lost
24. They always give the vacant seats to ____ comes first.
A) whoever B) who C) whomever D) whom
25. He said that the driver must have had an accident; otherwise he ____ by then.
A) would have arrived B) should arrive
C) must have arrived D) would arrive
26. Such crimes may be so complex that months or years go by before anyone ____ them.
A) would have discovered B) discovered
C) will discover D) discovers
27. If I ____ harder at school, I would be sitting in a comfortable office now.
A) worked B) had worked C) were to work D) were working
28. ____ much is known about what occurs during sleep, the precise function of sleep and its different stages remains largely in the realm of assumption.
A) Because B) Since C) For D) While
29. Professor Wang, ____ for his informative lectures, was warmly received by his students.
A) knowing B) to be known C) known D) having known
30. It is high time that such practices ____.
A) are ended B) were ended C) be ended D) must be ended
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