英语TEM-8专八测试模拟卷含答案
I. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best complete the sentence:
1. The _ is used by astrologers to help calculate the influence of the planets on people’s lives.
A. zephyr        B.zodiac        C.zyme          D.zest
2. It’s a _ timetable. Sometime lessons happen, sometimes they don’t.
A. haphazard      B.odious        C.haughty        D.handicapped
3. No men was allowed to _ on the livelihood of his neighbour.
A. wade          B.invoke        C.muffle          D.infringe
4. The poor man’s clothes were so _ that they couldn’t be repaired any more.
A. oozed          B.ragged        C.mopped        D.mocked
5. The scents of the flowers was _ to us by the breeze.
A. intercepted      B.detested      C.saturated      D.wafted
6. The machinery had been wrecked so efficiently that police were sure it was a case of _.
A.vagaboned      B.sabotage      C.paradox        D.tachyon
7. The actor amused the audience by _ some well-known people.
A. embroidering    B.rigging      C.yelping        D.mimicking
8. The speaker _ us with tales of exotic lands and buried treasure.
A. detour        B.offset        C.tantalized      D. ushered
9. I assure you there was no _ motive in my suggestion.
A. ulterior        B.stationary      C. vulgar          D. toxic
10. Government loan have been the _ of several shaky business companies.
A. tornado        B.salvation      C.delinquency      D. momentum
11. The hunter kept the lion’s skin and head as _.
A. trophies        B. fillet        C. tulip          D. clown
12. We saw the canoe _ , throwing its passengers into the water.
A. prostrate        B. overturn      C. simulate        D. brag
13. He has been drinking alcohol so heavily that his death severely affected and got his _ alcoholically.
A. quittance        B. qualm        C. quail          D. quietus
14. The orphanage is just one of he r_ causes.
A. phonetic        B. philanthropic  C. prevalent      D. lunatic
15. After a period of probation a _ becomes a nun.
A. soprano          B. hippie      C novice        D. monsieur
16. Despite his wealth and position, he has an _ personality.
A. unassuming      B. unprecedented C. undermining  D. uncouth
17. The island is maintained as a _ for endangered species.
A. wetlands        B. sanctuary      C. mire        D .heath
18. If you _ something, such as food or drink, you reduce its quality or make it weaker, for example by adding water to it.
A. adulterate        B. moor          C. vaccinate    D. sue
19. A _ is a grill on which meat, fish, and other foods are cooled over hot charcoal, usually out of doors.
A. duet              B. fag          C. tonic          D. barbecue
20. The _ warned the sleeping troops that the enemy was creeping near.
A. pickpocket        B. picket        C. pike          D. pickup
21. When you are suffering from _ you have red spots on your skin and you feel as if you have a cold,
A. apathy            B. measles      C. impotence      D. schizophrenia
hermit22. Their business was war, murder, _ and rape.
A. pillage            B. audit          C. bonanza        D. nectar
23. He was brought before the _ for trial.
A. tribunal          B. isle          C. granary        D. observatory
24. The guests, having eaten until they were _ , now listened inattentively to the speakers.
A. contracepted      B. satiated        C. griped          D. trespassed
25. If you spill hot liquid on your skin it will _ you.
A. scale            B. scald          C. shun          D. shunt
26. The meeting took on a different _ after his moving speech.
A. presage          B. posture        C. travesty        D. trauma
27. While she had the fever, she _ for hours.
A .raved            B. sniggered      C. tittered          D. perforated
28. The mice _ when the cat came.
A. rambled          B. lingered        C. sauntered        D. scampered
29. Many animals display_ instincts only while their offspring are young and helpless.
A. cerebral          B. imperious      C. rueful          D. maternal
30. On August 18th the president announced a general _ for political exiles.
A. ado              B. yoga          C. quartet          D. amnesty

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