综英选择题
高级英语2 期末考试复习练习
Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. There was a great deal of ________ about the decision of that semi-barbaric king’s daughter.
A prediction
B aspiration
C contemplation
D hesitation
2. The twin brothers showed great ________ to their elder sister, who had acted as sole parent to them since their parents died during the American Civil War.
A allegiance
B devotion
C compliance
D admiration
3. The town maintains very many Chinese tradition which are among the highest achievements of those who created the ________ we now enjoy.
A heritage
B inheritance
C genetics
D estate
4. It’s impossible to _______ these two points of view because they are too different.
A compromise
B unite
C reconcile
D combine
5. Many countries in the suburban areas have now succeeded in ________ malarial mosquitoes.
A effacing
B abolishing
C eradicating
D. alternative
6. The surly insolence of the waiters drove him into a _____, and he flung her serviette to the floor and stalked out of the restaurant
A rage
B fury
C indignant
D anger
7. Night patrols were sent out to engage the enemy in a series of small _______.
A battle
B fight
C skirmish
D clash
8. Ro bert Smith’s reputation was established with eth publication of his first poem in 1938 and was ______ by his splendid short stories for children.
B revived
C obscured
D enhanced
9. By then the 4-2-1 ________, i.e., the type of family made up of four helpless grandparents, two demanding parents and one frustrated child, will have become commonplace.
A symptom
B synchronization
C syndrome
D symbiosis
10. During the Romantic period it was fashionable in literature to have a ______ outlook on the world and to turn one’s back on liveliness and joy
A depressed
B disconsolate
C lugubrious
D melancholy
11. The exiled lived for years in a ________ state of fear and never reveal their real identity to the public.
A lasting
B permanent
C perpetual
D durable
12. Arguing world only give further ________ to his allegations
A substance
B sustenance
C subsistence
D surveillance
13. The old building has an ________ air of sadness about it.
A insurmountable
B insuperable
C intangible
D insufferable
14. His lecture was readily ________ to all the students.
A intellectual
B intelligen
C integrated
D intelligible
15.Her husband is an ________ gambler and stay outside all day long.
A incorrigible
B inconceivable
C incompatible
D incongruous
16. The old man’s _________ will contribute a lot to his final victory in fighting against the sea.
A inescapable
C inevitable
D inextricable
17. Arriving early gave him the ________ of an unhurried dinner.
A right
B liberty
C privilege
D freedom
18. He is a teacher of high ________ but of little ________ among his colleagues.
A position, rank
B rank, status
C status, position
D rank, position
19. Louisa May Alcott based the ______ characters of her book Little Women on her sisters and herself.
A principal
B complex
C original
D many
20. Is a woman to be more highly ________ for her talent or for her beauty?
A estimated
B evaluated
C esteemed
D reckoned
21. She did her work _________her manager had instructed.
A.as
B. until
C. when
D. though
22. _______ of the twins was arrested, because I saw both at a party last night.
A.None
B. Both
C. Neither
D. All
23. For some time now, world leaders _______ out the necessity for agreement on arms reduction.
A.had been pointing
B. have been pointing
C. were pointing
D. pointed
24. Have you ever been in a situation ______ you know the other person is right yet you cannot agree with him?
A by which
B. that
C. in where
D. where
25.We’ve just installed two air-conditions in out apartment, _______should make great differences in our life next summer.
A.which
B. what
C. that
D. they
26. AID is said _________ the number-one killer of both men and women over the past few years in that region.
A.being
B. to be
C. to have been
D. having been
27. She managed to save ______ she could out of her wages to help her brother.
A.how little money
B.so little money
C.such little money
D. what little money
28. Fool ____ Jane is, she could not have done such a thing.
A.who
B. as
C. that
D. like
29. The experiment requires more money than _____.
A.have been put in
B. being put in
C.has been put in
D. to be put in
30. _______ for the fact that she broke her leg, she might have passed the exam.
A. Had it not been
B. Hadn’t it been
C. Was it not
D. Were it not
31. “What courses are you going to do next semester?”
“I don’t know. But its about time _______ on something.”
A. I’d decide
B. I decided
C. I decide
D. I’m deciding
32. The police have offered a large ________for information leading to the robbers arrest.
A. ward
B. compensation
C. prize
D. reward
33. I arrives at the airport so late that I ______ missed the plane.
A.only
B. quite
C. narrowly
D. seldom
34. The popularity of the film shows that the reviewers’ fears were completely ______
A.unjustified
B. unjust
C. misguided
D. unaccepted
35. The head of the Museum was ____ and let us actually examine the ancient manuscripts.
A.promising
B. agreeing
C. pleasing
D. obliging
36. The multinational corporation was making a take-over _____ for a property company.
A. application
B. bid
C. proposal
D. suggestion
37. The party’s reduced vote was ______ of lack of support for its policies.
A.indicative
B. positive
C. revealing
D. evident
38. There has been a ______ lack of communication between the union and the management.
A. regretful
B. regrettable
C. regretting
D. regretted
39. The teacher ________ expects his students to pass the university entrance examination
A.confidently
B. proudly
C. assuredly
D. confidently
40. The ______ family in Chinese cities now spends more money on housing than before.
A.normal
B. average
C. usual
D. general
41. The new colleague ____ to have worked in several big corporations before he joined our company.
A. confess
B. declares
C. claims
D. confirms
42. During the reading lesson, the teacher asked students to read a few ______ from the novel.
A.pieces
B. essays
C. fragments
D. extracts
43. During the summer holiday season it is difficult to find a(n) _____ room in the hotels here.
A.empty
B. vacant
C. free
D. deserted
44. The old couple will never ______ the loss of their son.
A.get over
B. get away
C. get off
D. get across
45. Scientific research results can now be quickly ________ to factory production.
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B. applied
C. tried
D. practiced
46. My daughter was so _______ in the TV program that she forgot to turn the microwave oven off.
A. distracted
B.attracted
C.enchanted
D.engrossed
47. Tourists are ______ to beware of pickpockets in the bus.
A. commanded
B. notified
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D.advised
48. Before you start a business, you have to raise the necessary ________.
A.asset
B.investment
C. capital
D.income
49. Susan is a devoted daughter, always very ________ to the needs of her old parents.
A. attentive
B. observant
C. recurrent
D.earnest
50.These mountaineers will have to ________ severe cold and terrible winds.
B. endure
C. attain
D.go through
51. Josh found that the evening was beginning to ________ after his mother made efforts to forbid him to watch television.
A. extend
B. prolong
C.drag
D.delay
52. Jim was completely _________ by most of the essay questions, so he must have failed.
A. baffled
B. enchanted
C.stunned
D.stultified
53. The dreadful scenes of the major skirmish __________ the children off their dinner.
A. took
B. put
C.sent
D.set
54. We were asked to _________ from smoking until the plane was airborne.
A. resist
B.restrain
C. restrict
D.refrain
55. As a rule, Dad is generous, but as a businessman, he usually drives a hard____________.
A.negotiation
B. deal
C.bargain
D.agreement
56. His argument ________ that people still regard television as a favourable, beneficial, wondrous influence upon the family but this is no longer the case.
A. presents
B. offers
C.concerns
D.presupposes
57.The purpose of the survey was to ________ the parents with the changes television has made in family life.
A. acquaint
B. inform
C.tell
D.notify
58. We are of the opinion that standards of craftsmanship have been _______ over the past years.
A.lifted
C. raised
D.uplifted
59. The zoo attendant opened the cage and tried hard to ____ the tigers back in.
A. pacify
B. reassure
C.induce
D.coax
60. The unfair criticism let Norman quite _____ with anger.
A.spellbound
B. speechless
C. silent
D.mute
61. In a television-oriented family, children cannot expect to have much time to ________ games, familiar songs and shared activities.
A. devote
B. concentrate
C.spare
D. spend
62. We are not sure why she didn’t go into the advanced class, but we ______ she failed the English Proficiency Test.
A. predict
B. deduce
C.induce
D. suspect
63. By the end of the month our only hopes of success __________ in recruiting more extra help.
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B. consist
C.stood
D. arose
64. I remember seeing the film but the name of the protagonist just______________ me.
A.fails
B. misses
C.escapes
D. deludes
65. As Susan made no __________ of the full-scale war at dinner. I assume she had forgotten the TV program that night.
A.mention
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C. reference
D. statement
66. The citizens are grateful to the government for the ______ environment.
A. wholesome
B. wholesale
C. noisome
D. tiresome
67. Such ______ of the facts cannot be allowed to go unchallenged.
A. distortion
B. disturbance
C. distraction
D. distribution
68. Cutting the bush back in the autumn will help promote ______ growth in the spring.
A. violent
B. virtual
C. vigorous
D. visual
69. In this story, the clever little fox ______ the hunters and escapes from the trap they set.
A. outweighs
B. outwits
C. outnumbers
D. outgrows
70. The British ______ time, effort and huge sums of money on pets.
A. lavish
B. grant
C. provide
D. supply
71. The fortunes of the major political parties tend to ______ and flow over time.
A. halt
B. fall
C. ebb
D. fly
72. I’m tired of listening to her ______ the virtues of her children.
A. exposing
B. explaining
C. extending
D. extolling
73. New books were displayed in a ______ position on tables at the front of the shop.
A. prominent
B. preeminent
C. dominant
D. relevant
74. The government is trying to ______ the people into thinking that a war is necessary.
A. inspire
B. poison
C. adopt
D. brainwash
75. You need to demonstrate to the examiners that you have more than a(n) ______ understanding of the text.
B. factual
C. literal
D. literary
76. Some studies confirmed that this kind of eye disease was __________ in tropical countries.
A. perpetual
B. prospective
C. prevalent
D. provocative
77.It’s no use _______ about it now.
A. to complain
B. complaining
C. to be complaining
D. having complained
78. I play tennis but _______ my brother does.
A. not half as well as
B. not half as well than
C. not half better than
D. not half so better as
79. There will be a mass ______ to the seaside, the countryside and foreign holiday destinations during summer vacation.
A. departure
B. inflow
C. evasion
D. exodus
80. John was angry when the boss said that his proposal was completely ______.
A. disposable
B. dismissible
C. unapproachable
D. unavoidable
81. Lack of sleep has ______ her concentration.
A. deconstructed
B. impaired
C. demonstrated
D. repaired
82. He had long held a(n) ______ fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare.
A. arbitrary
B. mortal
C. morbid
D. courteous
83. The government replaced the narrow street with a wide ______ with the funds raised.
A. lane
B. path
C. boulevard
84. Like so many politicians, he had an ______ appetite for power.
A. innumerable
B. inseparable
C. insufferable
D. insatiable
85. At British universities, it is ______ to cease work and spend a half-hour or so sipping tea and eating cookies with the members of one’s department.
A. satisfactory
B. extraordinary
C. contemporary
D. customary
86.The concentration of populations in cities has given ______ to many problems of housing, education, and medical services.
A. rise
B. reason
C. result
D. response
87. This discovery is highly ______ in the circle of science.
A. measured
B. appreciated
C. calculated
D. experimented
88. I don’t complain about the smoking ______ because I hate watching people smoking in hospitals.
A. programs
B. restrictions
C. arguments
D. advertisements
89. His muscles are firmest and his ______ colds and infections is highest.
A. ignorance of
B. independence of
C. resistance to
D. attribution to
90. Regardless of ______ poll results, a number of objections have been published in newspapers.
A. practical
B. sensible
C. favorable
D. outstanding
91. She has born a ______ against me ever since I turned down her application.
A. grudge
B. malice
C. love
D. hatred
92. Although each TV series will be rated on the basis of its usual content, the ratings can _____ from week to week.
A. flow
B. fluctuate
C. Finite
D. flushing
93. She is a ______ person and does not want to live on charity.
A. proud
B. snobbish
C. arrogant
D. shabby
94. It is ______ for adults to forget how long and hard and dull school is.
A. habitual
B. customary
C. natural
D. conventional
95. ______ of the bombing of the embassy went swiftly across the country.
A. Condemnation
B. Accusation
C. Cry
D. Blaming
96. He said he would go to the dress rehearsal, ______ he was not too busy.
A. provided
B. unless
C. if
D. because
97. The newly-recruited soldiers swore a(n) ______ of loyalty to their country.
A. promise
B. oath
C. answer
D. word
98. He wanted a ______ of the report to show to his friends.
A. description
B. transcript
C. illustration
D. explantion
99. The score is 3 to 2 in their favor. This is not ________ result as we expected.
A. a bad
B. as a bad
C. bad a
D. as bad a
100. They are an odd couple. She is as tall ________ he is short, and he is as fat ________ she is thin. But they are ________ happy as they are old.
A. as; as; so
B. while; while; as
C. and; and; as
D. as; as; as
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