英语单项选择题-词汇篇-答案详解

391. The newest satellite can ______ a thousand telephone conversations and a color TV program at the same time.

A) carry C) bring

B) extend D) take

392. Don‘t ______ this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.

A) release C) relate

B) relieve D) retain

393. It has been tested plastics tend to be ______ these acids.

A) resistant to C) attached to

394. You can ______ this desk to the height of any child.

A) treated C) adopted

B) adjusted D) remedied B) responsible to D) contrary to

395. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become ______.

A) hurt C) spoiled

396. The captain had an ______ leg, made of wood.

A) false C) unnatural

B) artificial D) unreal B) damaged D) harmed

397. Our limited budget makes it difficult for us to ______ their extravagant（奢侈的）way of living.

A) rate C) speed

B) pace D) growth

398. American women were ______ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

A) ignored C) refused

B) neglected D) denied

399. I can‘t give you ______ for the type of car you sell because there is no demand for it in the market.

A) an expense C) an order

B) a charge D) a purchase

400. She made such a ______ contribution to the factory that they are naming one of the new buildings after her.

A) genuine C) modest

B) minimum D) generous

401. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ______.

A) gaps C) intervals

B) length D) distance

402. You can‘t afford to let the situation get worse. You must take ______ to put it right.

A) decisions C) sides

403. The ______ of blood always makes him feel sick.

A) sight C) view

B) look D) form B) directions D) steps

404. Free medical treatment in this country covers sickness of mind as well as ______ sicknesses.

A) normal C) average

B) regular D) ordinary

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405. This hotel ______ $60 for a single room with bath a night.

A)claims C) prices

B) demands D) charges

406. Although he had looked through all the reference material on the subject, he still found it hard to understand this point and her explanation

only ______ to his confusion. A) extended B) amounted

B) added D) turned

407. A completely new situation will _____ when the examination system comes into existence.

A) arise C) raise

408. It took him several months to ______ the wild horse.

A) tend C) cultivate

B) breed D) tame B) rise D) arouse

409. The view from the other side of the mountain was even more ______.

A) productive C) positive

B) impressive D) decisive

410. Americans ______ have eggs, some meat, toast fruit and coffee at breakfast.

A) normally C) consequently

B) continuously D) traditionally

411. They had an accident on the road and didn‘t ______ at their hotel until after midnight.

A) enter C) check in

B) arrive D) reach

412. I bought this sixteenth-century diamond ring at a quite ______ price.

A) dear C) expensive

B) cheap D) reasonable

413. This kind of trees cannot be grown in such a cold ______ as ours.

A) weather C) air

B) climate D) season

414. I‘ll be unable to join you. Please _____ my name from the list.

A) get rid of C) remove

B) take away D) turn off

415. My mother ______ my forehead and told me I had a slight fever.

A) moved C) sensed

B) touched D) felt

416. It‘s true that many old people in the United States have to _____ loneliness.

A) submit C) suffer

B) receive D) endure

417. Not long ago, a person whom I know very well was ______ an accident.

A) included in C) involved in

B) related to D) subjected to

418. The result were ______ in comparison with the effort required to achieve them.

A) insignificant

B) tiny

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C) minor D) indispensable

419. Color-blind people often find it difficult to ______ between blue and green.

A) compare C) contrast

B) separate D) distinguish

420. Cambridge has announced plans to establish a business school ______ the master‘s degree in business administration.

A) representing C) offering

B) presenting D) supplying

421. There are certain ______ when you must interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something.

A) situations C)conditions

B) occasions D) environment

422. Pupil who pass the test will be ______ to the next grade.

A) progressed C) promoted

B) proceeded D) proposed

423. There was a ______ drop in support for the Union in the 1974 election.

A) delicate C) distant

B) distinct D) downward

424. Throughout his life, Henry Moore ______ an interest in encouraging art in the city of Leeds.

A)contained C) reserved

B) secured D) maintained

425. What he told us about the affair simply doesn‘t make any ______.

A) sense C) meaning

B) idea D) significance

426. Hitler set out to conquer all of Europe in the belief that the Germans were the master ______.

A) race C) blood

B) human D) brain

427. He is uninterested in education and seemingly unfit for other ______.

A) purposes C) pursuits

B) employment D) benefits

428. In the past twenty –five years, workers attained a new ______ of human dignity.

A) statue C) status

B) station D) state

429. Scholarships are too few to ______ the high-school graduates who deserve a college education.

A) meet C) adopt

B) feed D) accommodate

430. The life I lived ______ me into a new kind of human being.

A) shaped C) contributed

431. The price of the article is ______to its value.

A) place C) way

B) question D) proportion B) led D) guided

432. His wife left him after a number of ______ attempts to persuade him to give up taking drugs.

A) vain

B) inefficient

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C) lost D) missing

433. At the interview for the job, he gave a good _____ of himself.

A) opinion C) account

B) idea D) appearance

434. All these children are well-disciplined and highly ______ to their teachers and parents.

A) respectful C) amusing

B) pleasing D) admirable

435. Mr. Keller went over the table again very carefully for fear of ______ any important data.

A) skimming C) ignoring

B) overlooking D) slipping

436. The government spokesman of the country has told the press that the peace talk between the president and the leader of the rebel force has

to be ______ for another two days. A) delayed C) stretched

437. There is too great a ______ of beer in Italy.

A) drink C) consumption

B) use D) sale B) postponed D) prolonged

438. In Chinese universities, English is a _____ course for all students.

A) comparative C) impulsive

B) selective D) compulsory

439. The problem will be discussed at length in _____ chapters.

A) late C) final

B) consequent D) subsequent

440. His father ______ at his rude words and slapped him across the face.

A) shouted C) flared up

B) cried D) flew up

441. The judge dismissed the case because there was not ______ evidence.

A) adequate C) efficient

B) plenty D) abundant

442. Fishing is a hobby which needs a good deal of _____.

A) stiffness C) patience

B) intelligence D) strength

443. Mr. Blake was among the few _____ men who refused to indulge in the foolish trade of the day.

A) senseless C) sensitive

B) sensible D) sensational

444. Chistopher Columber reached the new World in 1492 after he went through all the hardships _____ on the trans-Atlantic voyage.

A) imaginable C) imaginary

B) imaginative D) imagination

445. As civilization _____ in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials of life __ food, shelter and

clothes. A) processes C) proceeds

B) suspend D) exceeds

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