Unit 1
1.During the owners' absence, the lawn became dreadfully ______.
A. sloppy
B. slipshod
C. slovenly
D. unkempt
2.All my pupils are talented, but Susie is really ______.
B.stupendous
D.scrupulous
3.The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary it is that the holder should be somewhat ______ in his observance of conventionalities.
A.punctilious
C.fastidious
4.The nurse ______ the wound for the injured before stitching it.
A.rinsed
B.clarified
C.cleansed
D.soaked
5.Trees in the schoolyard are regularly _____ by workers assigned for the job.
A.cut
B.clipped
C.snipped
6.The Romans used to ____ criminals with a whip that had three knotted strands.
A.clutter
B.flagellate
C.salvage
7.The lorry lost its _____ as it tried to ascend the steep hill.
8.Negotiations between workers and management reached an _____ since neither side would compromise in any way.
A.impasse
B.impassion
C.impact
9.Geraniums thrive if you _____ them from indoors to your garden in hot weather.
A.substitute
B.institute
10.Only a(n) _____ senate committee can make a decision in this case.
A.bipartisan
B.biology
(D,C,A,C,D,B,B,A,C,A)
Unit 2
1. For street children, drugs offer the chance to _____ their hopeless poverty.
A.slur
B.blur
C.smear
D.smudge
2.A cry of _____ burst from her lips when the surgeon told her about her son's death.
A.anticipation
B.angst
C.angular
D.anguish
3.They advised that the president _____ a messenger to the neighboring country.
A.dispatch
B.deliver
4.The other members of the Cabinet _____ the Secretary of Interior when he purchased Alaska because it was not considered valuable at that time.
A.derided
B.deterred
C.decried
D.depressed
5.The success of the play shows that the reviewers' fears were completely _____.
A.misguided
B.misfired
C.unjustified
D.ungrateful
6.Only an artist could _____ the fine shades of color in the painting.
A.polish
B.pursue
C.page
D.perceive
7.We will have to settle this in court if your father insists upon being _____.
A.abject
B.gauche
C.obstinate
D.indignant
8.When you have _____ your notes, please send a copy to Mrs.Baker and keep the original to our files.
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A.subscribed
C.prescribed
D.inscribed
9.It has been announced that a _____ of distinguished translators have been invited to be judges of the translation composition.
C.jury
D.panel
10.Contrary to popular belief, this snake is quite ______.
C.innocuous
(B,D,A,A,C,D,C,B,D,C)
1.The mob threw petrol bombs at the police, who responded by _____ riot gear.
2.The head ministress was _____ with dismay the girls on the playground.
3.There has been a growing worry on the part of parents over the influence of television advertising on _____ young mind.
4.Clint has been in a real _____ since he lost the chance to improve his position.
5.Some religious groups suggested that the language be _____ in adapting the prize-winning novel for television.
6.The dancers had a _____ audience when they were _____ across the floor.
7.These Chinese tourists made themselves understood in Italy by _____.
8.She was stunned by the confession he _____.
(1.doning;    2.regarding;    3.suggestible;    4.funk;    5.sanitized;    6.captive,gliding 7.pantomime; 8.blurted )
Unit 3
1.Is it true that all politicians love the _____ of power?
2.It is advisable that speakers pause fro time to time to let their words soak _____.
A.through
B.in
C.out
D.up
3.The studio audience was disappointed to learn that the guest speaker was _____.
A.indisposed
B.indigent
C.indolent
D.indelible
4.Anyone with a _____ of common sense could have seen that the plan wouldn't work.
A.barrage
B.wealth
5.In the opera "La Boheme" we get a picture of the _____ life by the young artists of paris.
A.prodigious
B.promising
C.promiscuous
D.propitious
6.One of Willa Cather's major _____ in her writing was the need for artists to free themselves from inhibiting influences.
A.discoveries
B.preoccupations
C.suppressants
D.suppressions
7.Expected noises are usually more _____ than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.
B.manageable
C.sustainable
D.perceivable
8.A dictionary will always give us the _____ of a word; frequently, it will also give us its connotation.
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A.indication
B.manifestation
D.denotation
9.Having dialed their number all day only to hear a busy signal, she became _____ and called the operator for assistance.
A.desensitized
B.alleviated
10.Current research indicated that vitamin C has, _____ , very limited effects on the duration of the common cold.
A.at best
B.in best
C.at large
D.in large
(B,B,A,D,C,B,A,D,D,A)
1.Maria, playing an evening match, ______ a 6-0 win over the Belgian.
2.The conflict is _____ the point of peaceful resolution.
3.Her scheme _____ on her so she lost all her money.
4.The organization aims at helping the aged widowers who live in a state of _____.
5.The convenience of online learning has proven a _____ to millions.
6.Does the lizard have greater ______ powers than the snake?
7.The cost of living has been _____ since the new economic law was introduced.
8.Grass fires are reported to have _____ the land near the largest farm of the province.
(1.rattled off    2.past    3.boomeranged    4.neglect    5.boon    6.recuperative 7.escalating 8.seared)
Unit 4.
1._____ and begging has become rare in this Asian metropolis.
A. Vaccination
B.Valance
C.Vagrancy
D.Variance
2.She is looking for a more _____ place to live in.
3.An Italian hostage was released near Kabul today after more than six weeks of _____.
B.captivity
C.cloister
4.The teacher is anxious that student absenteeism has got _____.
A.at hand
B.in hand
C.off hand
D.out of hand
5.Since an in-house search failed to reveal the culprit, an outside investigation was _____.
A.instigated
B.pinched
C.screened
D.infused
6.Samuel Morse requested from the Congress of the United States an _____ to construct an experimental telegraph line.
defendant
B.altar
D.appropriation
7.She is _____ about her chances of winning a gold medal in the world championships next month.
A.pomp
B.quaint
C.akin
D.optimistic
8.Close inspection shows _____ the cracks in the woodwork.
A.up
B.off
C.out
D.away
9.There were many soldiers present and he appeared only for a few seconds, so Mara
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only caught a _____ of him.
A.hint
B.sight
C.glimpse
D.glance
10.None of us was aware of the critical points involved, so our choice was rather _____.
A.ardent
B.arbitrary
C.hustling
D.darting
(C,A,B,D,A,D,D,A,C,B)
1.Researchers warn that the drug may cause unpleasant side effects although it is extremely _____.
2.The travelogue is written in ______ language.
3.The documentary _____ the personal and the political to chart the history of three generations of the Song family.
4. They offered a ________ resistance when the opposition charged.
5. _____ by the honours lavished upon him, he soon lost his orientation.
6.The guests had reached the _____ when we made the last-minute preparation for the dinner party.
7.To the working class young men, gambling is but a _____ habit.
8.These Byzantine buildings have a strangely _____ beauty, and they remains as glamorous today as they were centuries ago.
(1.potent    2.picturesque    3.entwines    4.sturdy    5.Intoxicated    6.portico 7.ruinous 8.imperishable)
Unit 5.
1.The young blacksmith was not used to meeting such elevated _____ as bishops and lords.
A.personages
B.personalities
C.personnel
D.personas
2.The explorers were _____ by the landscapes they found in the wild north of Australia.
A.smashed
B.smeared
C.smitten
D.smartened
3.It is high time the nurses realized that there is great _____ between the amount of work they do and what they get paid for it.
A.discrepancy
B.disparity
C.distance
D.differentiation
4.The _____ rain is bad for crops.
A.incisive
B.incessant
D.infinite
5.Young as he is, Oliver wisely _____ his money.
B.avails
C.husbands
D.saddles
6.Chronic fatigue is also one of the _____ features of depression.
A.salient
B.asinine
7.All the factory's employees are _____ to at least three weeks' holiday with pay each year.
A.accommodated
B.accredited
C.disposed
8.What seems confusing or fragmented at first might well become _____ a third time.
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A.candid and prudent
C.pure and wholesome
D.clear and organic
9.He proposed to the aging billionairess more because of _____ than because of love.
A.avarice
B.aversion
D.hypocrisy
10.I detest her _____ because she is no better than we are.
A.patrician
B.stride
C.approbation
D.haughtiness
(A,C,B,B,C,A,D,D,A,D)
1.The woman walked out of the store _____ (rage) and decided to punish the sales clerk next day.
2.The attorney managed to discover the _____ (contest) proof of the defendant's innocence.
3.The Statue of Liberty is _____ (emblem) of the United States, the Eiffel Tower France, and the Great Wall China.
4.Tom and Nicole are _____ (reconcile) separated and will probably divorce soon.
5.As a rule, students in this institute are _____ (hierarchy) according to ability.
6.With a new dressing code introduced, sports clothes are no longer considered _____ (seem) for wearing in the office.
7.Sailing has been prohibited in those _____ (treachery) waters.
8._____ (mountainous) is a popular sport in many countries.
(1.ragefully  2.incontestably    3.emblematic    4.irreconcilably    5.hierarchized 6.acherous 8.Mountaineering )
Unit 6.
1.The wartime _____ of the two nations subsided into mutual distrust when peace finally came.
A.vexation
B.animosity
C.evolution
2.Allegations of bribery have led to disciplinary _____ being taken against the two government officials.
A.procedures
B.proceedings
C.progression
D.processions
3.Their _____ gossip is malicious and dangerous.
A.perpetual
B.perfidious
C.wretched
D.wrecked
4.With prices _____ so much, it is impossible for the trading firm to plan a budget.
A.vibrating
D.fluctuating
5.My father's long service with the organization was _____ with a present.
C.acknowledged
D.authorized
6.At the ceremony, the newly promoted officers swore an _____, promising to be loyal to the country and head of state.
A.affirmation
C.oath
D.honour
7.As an industry, biotechnology stands to _____ electronics in dollar volume and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.
A.rival
B.strive
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