Vocabulary (Unit 2)
1. Several police officers are being questioned about the ______ of the docume
nts A. definition B. alteration C. qualification D. exception 2. He is anxiously ______ the result of the medical tests. A. looking B. taking C. awaiting D. making
3. I tried to ______ in my speech how grateful we were for his help. A. communicate B. consider C. confer D. convey
4. The sound of the door closing ______ me into thinking they had gone out. A. believed B. received C. deceived D. relieved 5. He uses a(n) _______ glass to read the tiny print. A. magnifying B. enhancing C. enlarging D. extending 6. Can you ______ the writing on this envelope? A. decide B. decipher C. decode D. deduce 7. He was charged with possessing a ______ passport. A. genuine B. false C. true D. fake
8. Political ______ is widespread throughout the country. A. corruption B. confession C. confusion D. collision 9. The suffering ______ on these children is terrible to see. A. conflicted B. inflicted C. reflected D. neglected
10. She was a bit _______ that she hadn’t been invited to the party. A. attached B. refused C. identified D. offended
11. With the ______ of a few spelling mistakes, it is a good composition on the whole.
A. example B. aspect C. exception D. excuse
12. We are often ______ to say things we don’t mean out of politeness. A. compelled B. offended C. tend D. opposed
13. Are you hesitant about revealing your _______ when you chat on the internet? A. identification B. identity C. dignity D. digital 14. Many people think cyberspace _______ dangers to us. A. poses B. makes C. takes D. imposes
15. Every mistake that she makes further ________ her authority. A. underlines B. underlies C. underpins D. undermines
16. You shouldn’t expect immigrants to _______ into an alien culture immediately. A. take B. assimilate C. accept D. develop
17. My original statement has been completely ______by the media. A. distorted B. distressed C. distracted D. disposed
18. When he realised the police had _____ him, the man made for the exit as quickly as possible.
A. offended B. spotted C. stopped D. missed 19. It's hard to ______ work after such a long vacation. A. get down to B. get on C. get around D. go back
20. Actually the Web is no more ______ dangerous than anything else in the world.
…. A. apparently B. negatively C. inherently D. positively 21. The teacher was completely _______ by my excuse. A. taken up B. taken on C. taken over D. taken in 22. He _______ his company’s collapse by reckless speculation. A. brought out B. brought in C. brought about D. brought back
23. The government has announced plans to ________ access to higher education. A. make up B. give up C. put up D. open up
24. A 200-year-old building is very old _________ American history. A. in terms of B. in sight of C. in view of D. in spite of
25. He was released from detention last week _________ three other journalists. A. away from B. along with C. along from D. away with
Keys:
1 B . 2.C . 3.D . 4.C 5.A. 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.D 11.C 12. A 13.B 14.A 15.D 16.B 17.A 18.B 19A 20.C 21.D 22.C 23.D 24. A 25 B
1. However, growth in the new industry was able to _____ some of the decline in the iron and steel industry.
A. overturn B. overtake C. offset D. oppress
2. When the fighting started, police and reporters were soon _____.
A. to the spot B. on the spot C. in the spot D. of the spot 3. Many of the scientist and engineers are _____ in terms of how profitable their achievements are.
A. passed B. graded C. judged D. chained 4. He said he would _____ me to Mr. Li but actually he didn’t.
A. comment B. suggest C. command D. recommend 5. If you were _____ by vulgar language, what would you do? A. destroyed B. violated C. attacked D. offended
6. The jurors who lacked in basic law training were obviously not _____ pass a verdict.
A. competent to B. capable of C. capable to D. competent for 7. The report you heard from the government spokesman _____ the facts. It is not reliable.
A. retorted B. extorted C. distorted D. distracted
8. _____ your education, I would suggest that you go for an education loan and concentrate on your study. After all, you can start paying off the loan after you finish studying.
A. As for B. As against C. As from D. As of 9. I was really _____when I knocked the cup of tea over my teacher.
A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrass D. embarrasses 10. She has a great _____ for English teaching and students enjoy her class very much.
A. kindness B. friendliness C. warmth D. affection
11. While nuclear weapons present grave _____ dangers, the predominant crisis of overpopulation is with us today.
A. inevitable B. constant C. overwhelming D. potential
12. _____ the enormous flow of food from the entire globe, these countries have for many years not felt any population pressure.
A. Thanks to B. By means of C. In line with D. With regard to
13. On the crowded bus, he _____ his seat _____ an old man.
A. yielded…to B. competed…with C. provided…with D. exchanged...with
14. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds _____ his arguments in favour of the new theory.
A. to be based on B. to base on C. which to base on D. on which to base
15. You _____ my authority by allowing children to do things I’ve forbidden. A. underestimated B. undermined C. unfolded D. unified 16. Some fish have a greater _____ for acid water than others.
A. tolerance B. resistance C. dependence D. persistence 17. Computer technology will _____ a revolution in business administration. A. bring around B. bring about C. bring out D. bring up
18. Because of the snow, many parts of the countryside are only _____ by helicopter.
A. available B. appropriate C. accessible D. achievable 19. With the _____of Mary, all the girl students are eager to go to the party. A. exhibition B. exception C. except D. reception
20. Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an _____ for breaking the law. A. excuse B. intention C. option D. approval
21. It’s very difficult to _____ the exact meaning of an idiom in a foreign language.
A. exchange B. transfer C. convey D. convert
22. The increase in student numbers _____ many problems for the universities. A. imposes B. poses C. pauses D. probes
23. We are completely _____ by his story and lent him the money at once. A. taken on B. taken off C. taken in D. taken for 24. He was strongly _____ my plan because he thinks the plan is not workable. A. supposed to B. appointed to C. assigned to D. opposed to 25. When she felt she could trust me she began to _____. A. open up B. act on C. speed up D. let out Keys:
1—5 C B C D D 6—10 A C A A D 11—15 D A A D B 16—20 A B C B A 21—25 C B C D A
