1. Some fish have a greater ______ for acid water than others.
A.tolerance
B.resistance
C.dependence
D.persistence
A B C D
A
2. The work in the office was ______ by a constant stream of visitors.
A.confused
B.hampered
C.reversed
D.perplexed
A B C D
B
3. The price of the real estate in this area may ______ to unexpected values, so everyone should be conscious of the maximum price that he would want to pay for a particular property.
A.stagger
B.shrink
C.soar
D.suspend
A B C D
C
4. Contrary to popular belief, epidemics do not occur ______ after a natural disaster.
A.spontaneously
B.simultaneously
C.homogeneously
D.instantaneously
A B C D
D
5. Confucianism has evolved into a culture of rationalistic traditionalism, a combination of traditional ______ and group virtues with a pragmatism shaped by the conditions of a new competitive environment.
A.helm
B.assault
C.Filial
D.derivation
A B C D
C
6. For most companies and factories, the fewer the injury ______, the better their workman's insurance rate.
A.proclamations
B.confirms
C.declarations
D.claims
A B C D
D
7. The twins are so much ______ that it is difficult to tell one from the other.
A.similar
B.same
C.like
D.alike
A B C D
D
8. The wood was so rotten that, when we pulled, it ______ into fragments.
A.broke off
B.broke away
C.broke through
D.broke up
A B C D
D
9. The suspect ______ that he had not been in the neighborhood at the time of the crime.
A.advocated
B.alleged
C.addressed
D.announced
A B C D
B
10. Put on dark glasses or the sun will ______ you and you won't be able to see.
A.discern
B.distort
C.distract
D.dazzle
A B C D
D
11. The winners of the football championship ran off the field carrying the silver cup ______.
A.turbulently
B.tremendously
C.triumphantly
D.tentatively
A B C D
C
12. In World War Ⅱ, the Allies suffered a long ______ of defeats before they finally achieved success.
A.compression
B.suppression
C.succession
D.streamline
A B C D
C
13. The music aroused an ______ feeling of homesickness in him.
A.intentional
B.intermittent
C.intense
D.intrinsic
A B C D
C
14. Diamonds have little ______ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity.
A.intrinsic
B.eternal
C.subtle
D.inherent
A B C D
A
15. They used to quarrel a lot, but now they are completely ______ with each other.
A.reconciled
B.negotiated
C.associated
D.accommodated
A B C D
A
16. Don't trust the speaker any more, since the remarks he made in his lectures are never ______ with the facts.
A.symmetrical
B.comparative
C.compatible
D.harmonious
A B C D
C
17. Millions of people around the world have some type of physical, mental, or emotional ______ that severely limits their abilities to manage their daffy activities.
A.scandal
B.misfortune
C.deficit
D.handicap
A B C D
D
18. Their business was war, murder, ______ and rape.
A.pillage
B.audit
C.bonanza
D.nectar
A B C D
A
19. On August 18th the president announced a general ______ for political exiles.
A.ado
B.yoga
C.quartet
D.amnesty
A B C D
D
20. He received the ball from the right near the penalty spot, then ______ it wide of the goal.
A.assayed
B.exterminated
C.jabbed
D.jeered
A B C D
C
21. Thank you for applying for a position with our firm. We do not have any openings at this time, but we shall keep your application on ______ for two months.
A.pile
B.portion
C.sequence
D.file
A B C D
D
22. It will be safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash; virtually all financial ______ will be conducted by computer.
A.transactions
B.transmissions
C.transitions
D.transformations
A B C D
A
23. As the graduation is drawing near, every student began to ______ his future.
A.compensate
B.contemplate
C.jeopardize
D.manifest
A B C D
B
24. Although the resistance groups do not show great military ______, they frequently penetrate deep into the interior.
A.prowess
B.prowl
C.psalm
D.psyche
A B C D
A
25. After years of negotiation, an international agreement to conserve ______ species and eco-systems has finally been changed.
A.ventilated
B.imperiled
C.utilized
D.modified
A B C D
B
26. Within two hours his complexion ______ colour and his limbs became warm.
A.took on
B.took to
C.took up
D.took down
A B C D
A
27. His eyes were injured in a traffic accident, but after a ______ operation, he quickly recovered his sight.
A.considerate
B.delicate
C.precise
D.sensitive
A B C D
A
28. Very few people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very ______.
A.dim
B.obscure
C.conspicuous
D.intelligible
A B C D
B
29. The wings of the bird still ______ after it had been shot down.
A.slapped
B.scratched
C.flapped
D.fluctuated
A B C D
C
30. It is hard to tell whether we are going to have a boom in the economy or a ______.
A.concession
B.recession
C.submission
D.transmission
A B C D
B
31. The law on drinking and driving is ______ stated.
A.extravagantly
B.empirically
C.exceptionally
D.explicitly
A B C D
D
32. Some American colleges are state-supported, others are privately ______, and still others are supported by religious organizations.
A.ensured
B.attributed
C.authorized
D.endowed
A B C D
D
33. I bought an alarm clock with a(n) ______ dial, which can be seen clearly in the dark.
A.supersonic
B.luminous
C.audible
D.amplified
A B C D
B
34. Doctors are interested in using lasers as a surgical tool in operations on people who are ______ to heart attack.
A.infectious
B.disposed
C.accessible
D.prone
A B C D
D
35. The most important ______ for assessment in this contest is originality of design.
A.threshold
B.partition
C.warrant
D.criterion
A B C D
D
36. Excellent films are those which ______ national and cultural barriers.
A.transcend
B.traverse
C.abolish
D.suppress
A B C D
A
37. He is a promising young man who is now studying at our graduate school. As his supervisor, I would like to ______ him to your notice.
A.commend
B.decree
C.presume
D.articulate
A B C D
A
38. He was brought before the ______ for trial.
A.tribunal
B.isle
C.granary
D.observatory
A B C D
A
39. The meeting took on a different ______ after his moving speech.
A.presage
B.posture
C.travesty
D.trauma
A B C D
B
40. Pundits who want to sound ______ are fond of warning against generalizing.