Unit Five
1. The children performed a very ____ dance for their parents. A) precise B) smart
C) graceful D) successive
2. In the _____ paragraph some comments had been made of it. A) proceeding B) preceding
C) progressing D) processing
3. The dog’s collar was so ____ that it came off over his head. A) loose B) slight
C) broad D) excessive
4. We finally managed to ____ the committee’s approval of our plans. A) secure B) arouse
C) exert D) execute
5. Thousands of people died of starvation during the ____ in that African country. A) objection B) poverty C) consumption D) famine
6. Four people were seriously ____ in an accident on the motorway. A) damaged B) harmed
C) injured D) wounded
7. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ____. A) gaps B) lengths
C) distances D) intervals
8. While admitting that this forecast was _____ exaggerated, the scientists warned against treating it as a cry of wolf. A) anyhow B) somewhere
C) somewhat D) anyway
9. The thief tried to open the locked door but _____. A) in no way B) in vain
C) at a loss D) without effect
10. He had a ____ look in his eyes. He must have been shocked.
A) empty B) bare C) blank D) hollow
11. Stone does not ____, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of
the men who made them have disappeared without trace.
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A) crack B) decay C) destroy D) crush
12. The swimming pool is so ____ that it’s safe for small children. A) stable B) smooth C) superficial D) shallow
13. Being named the best athlete of the year was an important ____ in the baseball player’s
life.
A) segment B) ingredient C) contribution D) episode
14. Only hotel guests have the ____ of using the private beach. A) occasion B) possibility C) privilege D) habit
15. Many people save money to ____ for their old age. A) supply B) offer C) provide D) yield
16. Having decided to rent a flat, we ____ contacting all the accommodation agencies in the
city.
A) went up B) went down C) went out D) went about
17. American women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard
struggle. A) ignored B) refused C) neglected D) denied
18. The medicine the doctor gave me ____ my headache. A) reduced B) improved C) released D) relieved
19. As I had earlier made up my mind to run for governor, I could not ____. I must go on
with the fight. A) vary B) withdraw C) undergo D) discard
20. The water was so ____ that we could see the fish inside clearly. A) transparent B) obvious C) apparent D) visible
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21. While studying he was financially dependent ____ his wife. A) to B) of C) on D) from
22. He ____ the medicine quickly and then drank some orange juice. A) sucked B) swallowed C) licked D) digested
23. Another big issue ____ the new republic is the problem of the education of its citizens. A) confining B) confirming C) conflicting D) confronting
24. I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite ____. A) arbitrary B) rational C) mechanical D) unpredictable
25. His parents no longer worry about him. He has a good job and can live ____ his own
now.
A) at B) by C) on D) with
26. Mr. Henderson was determined to remain _____. He neither stood on his wife’s side nor
on his mother’s side.
A) natural B) neutral C) nervous D) native
27. Do you believe these two ____ friends used to be bitter enemies? A) intimate B) emotional C) intense D) supreme
28. As he had worked in the army as an electrical engineer for many years, he had every
____ for the job. A) privilege B) obligation C) qualification D) commitment
29. She was very ____; she cried even when her husband left for another city on business. A) sensitive B) indifferent C) reluctant D) emotional
30. Young children soon ____ words they hear their elders use. A) put forward B) look forward to C) turn up D) pick up
1-5 CBAAD 6-10 CDCBC 11-15 BDDCC 16-20 DDDBA 21-25 CBDAC 26-30 BACDD
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Unit 6
1. Since many insects have already become ____ to DDT, scientists have to look for some new insecticide.
A) active B) resistant C) tough D) gradual
2. It is a type of desert bush that can ____ extremes of temperature.
A) adapt B) withdraw C) withstand D) shade
3. If a man is easily taken in by emotional traps, he will not be able to make ____ judgments.
A) sensitive B) sentimental C) sensible D) sensational
4. Whenever he writes to his parents, he ____ a cheque with his letter.
A) encloses B) contains C) reserves D) invests
5. You should save your work often as a ____ against computer failure.
A) sanction B) precaution C) shield D) shelter
6. It took millions of years for order to grow out of the ____ of the universe.
A) adjustment B) change C) chaos D) profile
7. According to the weather ____, it’s going to be fine today. A) prediction B) indication C) provision D) forecast
8. Accidents are of frequent ____ on this motorway because the traffic is extremely heavy here.
A) arrival B) proportion C) scale D) occurrence
9. Her pulse was so weak that the doctor had difficulty ____ it.
A) inspecting B) detecting C) touching D) contacting
10. There is need to check the ____ of the report.
A) frequency B) accuracy C) emergency D) efficiency
11. The old man did not seem to attach any importance ____ the question.
A) to B) with C) towards D) for
12. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all ____ our seat belts.
A) tied B) locked C) fastened D) closed
13. Professor Collins was ____ of the latest developments in physics because he had been in hospital for several months. A) unconscious B) negative C) robbed D) ignorant
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14. It has been revealed that some government leaders ____ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.
A) employ B) take C) abuse D) overlook
15. Fertilizer will ____ the growth of these tomato plants.
A) accomplish B) accelerate C) accumulate D) account
16. Years of ____ labor had hardened his muscles.
A) survival B) mental C) restless D) manual
17. Very few plants will ____ without water.
A) flourish B) fade C) stem D) cultivate
18. We rarely perceive more than a minute ____ of the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs; the great majority pass us by. A) fiction B) function C) fraction D) fragment
19. I guess the whole paper has to be rewritten; only the first few paragraphs may be ____.
A) sustained B) contained C) maintained D) retained
20. The police will give you a ticket if you ____ the speed limit.
A) break B) reject C) suspend D) exceed
21. The wise man exercises ____ in his behavior and enjoyments. A) limitation B) interest C) restriction D) restraint
22. When Jack was eighteen he ____ going around with a strange set of people and staying out very late. A) took to B) took for C) took up D) took on
23. Which is the most expensive ____ training equipment, players’ personal equipment and uniforms?
A) in place of B) in terms of C) by means of D) by way of
24. The survival of civilization, as we know, is ____ threat. A) within B) under C) towards D) upon
25. George took ____ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden. A) chance B) effect C) occasion D) advantage
Keys: 1~5 BCCAB 6~10CDDBB 11~15ACDCB
16~20 DACDD 21~25 DABBD
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