UNIT1

1.?b

Have you heard the _______ news about the earthquake there?

·?appalled

·?appalling

·?appealed

·?appealing

2.?a

When she got on the stage to start the speech, she was so nervous and her mind went completely _______.

·?blank

·?black

·?bracket

·?blanket

3.?b

BBC gave the story extensive _______ in the evening news.

·?average

·?coverage

·?spreading

·?sprawling

4.?d

There are so many ______ in the dormitory, so I have to study in the library in the weekend.

·?destructions

·?distinctions

·?distributions

·?distractions

5.?c

Many people think it necessary to ______ the new law strictly.

·?endow

·?engage

·?enforce

·?endeavor

6.?c

The spokesman had to _____ some tricky questions from the reporters at the press conference.

·?file

·?fill

·?field

·?filter

7.?b

For quite a few days the police found it difficult to _____ the body.

·?classify

·?identify

·?justify

·?specify

8.?b

I made her cry but it was not _______.

·?irrational

·?intentional

·?instructional

·?instrumental

9.?b

Her ______ attempts to interview the president turned out to be fruitless.

·?instant

·?persistent

·?consultant

·?resistant

10.?b

Crimes are on the increase in the densely- _______ urban areas.

·?popular

·?populated

·?popularized

·?populous

11.?c

Our dean was one of the earliest ______ of the educational reform, but later he changed his idea and was strongly against it.

·?prophets

·?protests

·?protagonists

·?protectionists

12.?d

The family picture was put in a ______ position on the desk.

·?promotional

·?component

·?prompt

·?prominent

13.?b

This amount of the salary increase, even not so much, is not to be _______ at.

·?snatched

·?sniffed

·?sneezed

·?sneaked

14.?b

Please remain ______ and report any unattended luggage to the authorities.

·?alarming

·?alert

·?warning

·?detectivae

15.?a

She felt a sudden ______ to scream at the sight of a snake.

·?urge

·?urgent

·?urgency

·?emergency

16.?b

In spite of the difficulties we always managed to ______ back.

·?brace

·?bounce

·?bound

·?brand

17.?c

If unemployment continues to rise, social stability may be ______.

·?dangerous

·?perilous

·?endangered

·?desperate

18.?b

People have to ______ noise pollution in big cities.

·?live on

·?live with

·?live for

·?live out

19.?a

It ______ to save money while you can.

·?makes sense

·?gets sense

·?takes sense

·?does sednse

20.?d

I just want to _____ on the couch for a few minutes before writing the report.

·?stress out

·?spray out

·?spread out

·?stretch out

UNIT2

1.?b

The article ______ the problems of diseases connected with malnutrition.

·?adapts

·?addresses

·?adheres

·?adopts

2.?b

He is really a caring and ______ man.

·?comparative

·?compassionate

·?compatible

·?competitive

3.?c

Did you hear the ______ of breaking glass behind you?

·?clash

·?crack

·?crash

·?crush

4.?d

Jack has become a top ________ in a computer firm.

·?execute

·?execution

·?executioner

·?executive

5.?a

I’m quite angry at the ______ that I would have lied to you.

·?implication

·?implementation

·?reference

·?reflection

6.?b

We have to take special care of the _______ traffic in that small town.

·?coming

·?oncoming

·?ongoing

·?outgoing

7.?bThe novel was written from the _______ of a poor child.

·?inspective

·?perspective

·?prospective

·?respective

8.?b

They think their lives are filled with too many ______ tasks.

·?immeaningful

·?meaningless

·?nonmeaningful

·?unmeaningful

9.?a

I don’t think they should ______ too deeply into your personal affairs.

·?probe

·?prompt

·?prolong

·?pursue

10.?c

Brian was ______ by the army because of his bad eyesight.

·?projected

·?prohibited

·?rejected

·?refuted

11.?b

A good teacher should know how to ______ students to succeed.

·?speculate

·?stimulate

·?substitute

·?sustain

12.?b

As a senbior at college, he decided to _______ international law.

·?sparkle with

·?specialize in

·?specify about

·?speculate on

13.?d

The stranger ______ a package into Tom’s hand and ran away.

·?thrilled

·?thrived

·?threw

·?thrust

14.?b

He just laughed and ______ my suggestion as unrealistic.

·?dismayed

·?dismissed

·?displayed

·?disbposed

15.?b

Airlines have been advised to stock the planes with gloves and face masks ______ an emergency.

·?in honor of

·?in case of

·?in consideration of

·?in terms of

16.?a

Safety regulations were not strictly obeyed in the factory, so this tragedy didn’t happen ________.

·?by accident

·?by contrast

·?by definition

·?by turns

17.?d

The President’s health care proposals would not ______ any greater burden on the state’s finances.

·?comment

·?concentrate

·?elaborate

·?impose

18.?a

Her intelligence more than _______ for her lack of experience.

·?compensates

·?compromises

·?subsidizes

·?substitutes

19.?d

The growth of the company has bucked the recessionary _______ in the industry.

·?currency

·?tendency

·?tide

·?trend

20.?d

Dynamics is a _____ that can’t be mastered without extensive practice.

·?discharge

·?discourse

·?disciple

·?discipline

UNIT3

1.?

We will send you the copy as soon as it becomes ________.

·?favorable

·?desirable

·?available

·?predictable

Key: C

2.b?

To ________ my point, I have done a comparative analysis.

·?indicate

·?illustrate

·?predefine

·?conclude

3.?

He ________ that he was unwelcome and left.

·?perceived

·?conceived

·?received

·?aware

Key: A

4.?d

It is necessary to do some assignments to _________ what is learned in class.

·?strengthen

·?fix

·?fasten

·?reinforce

5.?a

They often don’t want to cause offence and __________, will start their sentences using certain expressions to soften the blow.

·?consequently

·?so

·?since

·?but

6.?

He has _________ all the stories in the newspapers.

·?refused

·?rejected

·?declined

·?denied

Key: D

7.?

After a brief ________ about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music.

·?inquiry

·?query

·?survey

·?investigation

Key: A

8.?

This was a (n) _______________ reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries.

·?oblivious

·?accidental

·?predictable

·?undesirable

Key: C

9.?

He has been on a ________________ to help end Lebanon's political crisis.

·?task

·?work

·?responsibility

·?mission

Key: D

10.?

She has done her best to keep calm but finds herself trembling with _________ and indecision.

·?concerned

·?tension

·?worrying

·?stressful

Key: B

11.?

Do you know anyone who can ______ our requirements?

·?fulfill

·?complete

·?finish

·?diminish

Key: A

12.?

Take the opportunity to ___________ yourself into your career.

·?participate

·?join

·?indulge

·?plunge

Key: D

13.?

We don’t want to profit from someone else's ____________.

·?misfortune

·?sadness

·?tragedy

·?injury

Key: A

14.?

In Europe, _______ forestry is ecologically more advanced, the non-commercial tree species are recognized as members of the native forest community, to be preserved as much, within reason.

·?that

·?which

·?where

·?from which

Key: C

15.?

__________ the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods.

·?In

·?Among

·?Over

·?During

Key: C

16.?

We spoke in whispers _______ we might wake the baby.

·?in case that

·?for fear that

·?as far as

·?as long as

Key: B

17.?

Jenny is writing a film ___________.

·?script

·?text

·?subtitle

·?version

Key: A

18.?

The hot weather is partly to __________________ the water shortage.

·?charge for

·?accuse with

·?blame for

·?angry with

Key: C

19.?

They will _____________ having to do the work.

·?seek out

·?grumble about

·?act out

·?have no awareness of

Key: B

20.?

It was a vain attempt to ___________ the responsibility for the murder to somebody.

·?transfer

·?transform

·?shift

·?reverse

Key: C

UNIT4

1.?a

When he left school, he _______ to go to college and study for a degree, rather than getting a job straight away.

·?opted

·?elected

·?would rather

·?selectedb

2.?b

Easter eggs _______ the renewal of life.

·?characterize

·?symbolize

·?analyze

·?realize

3.?c

None of our food products contain any ___________ flavoring or colouring.

·?false

·?man-made

·?artificial

·?faked

4.?d

Expressions dealing with the nose are widely used to _______ to human weakness: fury, pride, contempt and revenge.

·?infer

·?transfer

·?differ

·?refer

5.?c

They decided to _________ the partnership.

·?break down

·?break out

·?break up

·?break through

6.?a

Words cannot _________ how delighted I was.

·?convey

·?carry

·?speak

·?mean

7.?b

His public statements have always ___________ to those of his sons.

·?compared

·?contrasted

·?contradicted

·?different

8.?a

The parcel was sent to the wrong _______________.

·?destination

·?determination

·?depression

·?descend

9.?c

Who will be his main ___________ in the presidential election?

·?enemy

·?voter

·?rival

·?competitor

10.?d

If your actions ________ others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

·?make

·?force

·?motivate

·?inspire

11.?b

In the years following the real estate implosion, foreign purchases have been one of the few bright spots in an otherwise _________ market.

·?dark

·?gloomy

·?grooming

·?depression

12.?d

What a(n) _________ there is in a renowned name!

·?charming

·?attraction

·?appealing

·?fascination

13.?b

He hopes that by traveling to places not often visited by artists, he can in some small way ____________ the issues at stake.

·?pay attention to

·?draw attention to

·?catch eyes to

·?move attention to

14.?b

No agreement was reached in the discussion between the two parties, _______ either side refused to soften their position.

·?when

·?while

·?unless

·?even though

15.?c

Only when I reached thirties, ________________________.

·?I realized that reading can’t be neglected

·?I realized that reading can’t neglect

·?did I realize that reading can’t be neglected

·?did I realize that reading can’t neglect

16.?a

The standings now which we will reveal in a minute inevitably _______ Buffett's reaction after the bet's first year, 2008.

·?bring to mind

·?keep in mind

·?have in mind

·?make up our mind

17.?d

Tom felt himself being drawn towards Mary’s __________ personality.

·?excited

·?vibrating

·?energetic

·?vibrant

18.?b

______ great was the force of explosion that all the windows were broken.

·?Such

·?So

·?What

·?How

19.?a

Our _________ system allows strong security, increased capacity and saves the company money.

·?internal

·?spiral

·?rival

·?vertical

20.?c

What does the word “feminist” ___________ for you?

·?bring up

·?catch up

·?conjure up

·?wake up

UNIT5

1.?d

Bing said that Google's success today was not ______ linked to the company's culture, but simply spun out of the fact that it became successful in web search before its rivals.

·?impressively

·?remarkably

·?excessively

·?tangibly

2.?b

No mealbs are served in these houses, but generally public eating places ______ them.

·?adjacent

·?adjoin

·?joint

·?junction

3.?b

Habits acquired in youth—notably smoking and drinking—may increase the risk of ______ diseases in a person’s later life.

·?consecutive

·?chronic

·?chronological

·?cyclical

4.?a

All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colorful balloons _____ slowly into the sky.

·?ascending

·?elevating

·?escalating

·?lingering

5.?a

A magazine in England found that _____ tap water from the Thames River tasted better than several leading brands of bottled water that were 400 times more expensive.

·?plain

·?ordinary

·?normal

·?common

6.?b

She accused them of leaking _____ information about her private life.

·?confident

·?confidential

·?private

·?close

7.?d

Wit without _____ is a sword in the hand of a fool.

·?discrimination

·?sense

·?description

·?discretion

8.?a

Banking has become increasingly _____ due to the introduction of computerized systems.

·?impersonal

·?neutral

·?objective

·?impartial

9.?c

Please contact the Malvern Hills Conservators to book a place so that we can _____ you by phone if the event is cancelled.

·?alert

·?remind

·?notify

·?notice

10.?b

For 40 years the actress has captivated the world with her _____ looks.

·?dazzling

·?radiant

·?radial

·?gleaming

11.?a

Native people were allowed to _____ some sense of their traditional culture and religion.

·?retain

·?refrain

·?restrain

·?remain

12.?d

The Americans came from behind to _____ victory by a mere eight seconds in the 400m relay race.

·?stretch

·?squeeze

·?seize

·?snatch

13.?a

We use e–commerce to market or _____ our products or services.

·?transact

·?transfer

·?translate

·?transport

14.?c

Saudi Arabia, _____ some other Gulf oil states, is concerned to avoid any repetition of the two oil price shocks of the 1970s.

·?in opposition to

·?in comparison with

·?in company with

·?in accordance with

15.?a

Ecuador provides a perfect introduction to South America; it's a continent _____.

·?in miniature

·?in comparison

·?in addition

·?in advance

16.?d

In getting a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend _____ can mean the difference between success and failure.

·?quickly

·?easily

·?roughly

·?decidedly

17.?c

The cheque _____ to the floor like a bird with a broken wing.

·?fled

·?fluctuated

·?fluttered

·?flew

18.?a

Welcome to our theatre to experience a journey of ____ about the past together.

·?reminiscence

·?reflection

·?resemblance

·?residence

19.?c

Poor educational performance is related to emotional _____.

·?distraction

·?dismiss

·?disturbance

·?dominance

20.?a

We can see the dust _____ floating in the sunlight clearly.

·?particles

·?elements

·?items

·?Atoms

UNIT6

1.?c

You should treat those remarks with the ______ that they deserve; don’t give them a second thought.

·?negative

·?disgrace

·?contempt

·?sarcasm

2.?d

Analyst said that there is ______ among constituencies toward the governmental scandal and the economic crisis in Greece.

·?discretion

·?discontinuity

·?disconnection

·?discontentment

3.?a

Of course, frugal travel has long been the ______ for many firms since the economic stagnation started in the country.

·?norm

·?normality

·?average

·?regulation

4.?b

Clarke says his team could have lasted another 15 days before fatigue would have begun to ______.

·?take effect

·?take a toll

·?collect tolls

·?come into effect

5.?

Food prices tripled overnight, and many salaries were made virtually ______.

·?priceless

·?worthless

·?useless

·?hopeless

Key: B

6.?c

Jackson said her boss became increasingly ______ and reverted to smoking heavily.

·?repressed

·?depressive

·?depressed

·?suppressed

7.?a

Discarded fishing lines or nets ______ sea life, amputating fins or strangling them.

·?entrap

·?enclose

·?stretch

·?snatch

8.?c

Robber bees are so-called because, rather than forage, they simply ______ other bees' nests and steal their food reserves.

·?insert

·?intrude

·?invade

·?interfere

9.?a

Adolescent ______ is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress.

·?suicide

·?genocide

·?pesticide

·?hosticide

10.?a

Mr. Watson said the group’s actions are dangerous and there is no reason for them to ______ their safety.

·?be concerned for

·?be concerned with

·?be concerned over

·?be concerned in

11.?d

The band rose to national ______ after the success of their third album,?La Sexorcisto: Devil Music.

·?protrusion

·?projection

·?prestige

·?prominence

12.?a

For many old people, declining health is the constant source of dissatisfaction and ______.

·?distress

·?diversion

·?drain

·?dread

13.?b

Regular screening tests can catch some cancers early, when they're more ______.

·?preventable

·?treatable

·?triable

·?negligible

14.?a

To get a good job probably one needed a good contact, a good ______.

·?referral

·?deferral

·?admiral

·?approval

15.?b

Don’t let oppositions from those envious of your talents ______ you.

·?doubt

·?daunt

·?taunt

·?devour

16.?b

Public ______ about the health effects of radiation was misconceived.

·?comprehension

·?apprehension

·?anticipation

·?cohesion

17.?b

Tony Edelblute is a music ______ at The Children's Hospital in Denver.

·?physician

·?therapist

·?doctor

·?surgeon

18.?c

The Russian Parliament will hold a special ______ later this month to decide his fate.

·?recession

·?procession

·?session

·?succession

19.?d

President Obama’s approval rating ______ to an astounding 88 percent.

·?looped

·?scooped

·?skipped

·?leaped

20.?c

A key task is to get pupils to ______ for themselves the relationship between success and effort.

·?conceive

·?deceive

·?perceive

·?receive

UNIT7

1.?a

Deserts and high mountains have always been a ______ to the movement of people from place to place.

·?barrier

·?fence

·?prevention

·?jam

2.?c

He was expelled from his state ______ school at 15.

·?comprehensible

·?comprehension

·?comprehensive

·?comprehend

3.?d

The ______ was only sentenced to pay a fine of $10,000.

·?worm

·?trial

·?tube

·?criminal

4.?b

If most people ______ a day’s pay to the Hope Project, then it will be hopeful.

·?gift

·?donate

·?present

·?give

5.?a

The police ______ the photograph of the missing girl.

·?enlarged

·?enhanced

·?strengthened

·?regulated

6.?c

The developing countries bear the burden of an ______ external debt.

·?much

·?extensive

·?enormous

·?energetic

7.?b

He is a gracious, thoughtful and very well-______ host.

·?influenced

·?informed

·?accustomed

·?claimed

8.?a

What do you think is the author’s ______ in this passage?

·?intention

·?integrity

·?amusement

·?instinct

9.?c

The statue was a cultural ______ of the Renaissance.

·?legal

·?leisure

·?legacy

·?legislature

10.?b

It is highly important to ______ the environment.

·?reserve

·?preserve

·?conserve

·?deserve

11.?d

Tom was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ______ storming into the boss’s office.

·?prevent

·?prohibit

·?refrain

·?avoid

12.?d

The best method to _____ this goal is to unite as many people as possible.

·?undertake

·?accompany

·?perform

·?accomplish

13.?a

They’ve ______ government backing for the project.

·?secured

·?contained

·?reserved

·?rescued

14.?a

If no agreement was reached, the army would ______.

·?step in

·?step on

·?come up with

·?come into contact with

15.?a

Simon calculates as quickly as Debbie, but not as ________ .

·?accurately

·?abruptly

·?properly

·?clearly

16.?d

At the meeting, the master suggested the teachers receive further education to ______ the latest development.

·?keep in touch with

·?get in touch with

·?call in

·?catch up with

17.?b

Catherine was determined, hard-working and intelligent; ______, I couldn’t speak ______ highly of her.

·?as a result; very

·?in a word; too

·?after all; much

·?anyhow; so

18.?

After the earthquake, the injured were cared __b____ in the hospitals or taken by air to the hospitals in the neighboring cities.

·?of

·?for

·?after

·?with

19.?

I think it’s high time you made up your mind to choose a(n) ___d___.

·?ambition

·?carrier

·?employment

·?career

20.?

The rapid development of science and technology made the __b____ among people more and more convenient.

·?competition

·?communication

·?companion

·?comprehension

?