英语专业四级词汇练习3.doc

19. When I caught him ______me, I stopped buying things there and started dealing with another shop.
A. cheating B. cheat C. to cheat D. to be cheating
20. John said that he didn’t quite _____ and asked me to repeat what I had said.
A. snatch up B. summon up C. catch on D. watch out
21. Others viewed the findings with ______, nothing that a cause and effect relationship between passive smoking and cancer remains to be shown. A. optimism B. passion C. caution D. deliberation
22. They are ______ investors who always make thorough investigations both on local and international markets before making an investment.
A. indecisive B. implicit C. cautious D. conscious
23. As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to _____ the weekly staff meeting.
A. preside B. introduce C. chair D. dominate
24. With the hospitality so ______ of these people, they opened their house to over fifty guests.
A. characteristic B. unique C. special D. particular
25. She was complaining that the doctor was ______ too much for the treatment he was giving her.
A. expending B. offering C. costing D. charging
26. This hotel _____ $ 60 for a single room with bath.
A. claims B. demands C. prices D. charges
27. The price of the coal will vary according to how far it has to be transported and how expensive the freight ______ are. A. payments B. charges C. funds D. prices
28. Most people in the modern world _____ freedom and independence more than anything else.
A. illuminate B. fascinate C. cherish D. embody
29. That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but ______ the police.
A. called in B. calling in C. call in D. to call in
30. The old lady has developed a ______ cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time.
A. perpetual B. permanent C. chronic D. sustained
31. The new colleague _______ to have worked in several big corporations before he joined our company.
A. confesses B. declares C. claims D. confirms
32. In the present economic _______ we can make even greater progress than previously.
A. air B. mood C. area D. climate
33. They believed that this was not the ______ of their campaign for equality but merely the beginning.
A. climax B. summit C. pitch D. maximum
34. At the party we found that shy girl _____ her mother all the time.
A. depending on B. coinciding with C. adhering to D. clinging to
35. A ship with a heavy load of timber is reported to have sunk ______ the coast of California.
A. off B. on C. at D. in
36. It is fortunate for the old couple that their son’s career goals and their wishes for him ______.
A. coincide B. collaborate C. comply D. conform
37. His tastes and habits _____ with those of his wife.
A. combine B. compete C. coincide D. compromise
38. Mary once ______ with another musician to compose a piece of pop music.
A. merged B. collaborated C. coincided D. constituted
39. He was looking admiringly at the photograph published by Collins in _____ with the Imperial Museum. A. collection B. connection C. collaboration D. combination
40. The helicopter _____ a light plane and both pilots were killed.
A. coincided with B. stumbled on C. tumbled to D. collided with
41. The morning news says a school bus _____ with a train at the junction and a group of policemen were sent there immediately. A. bumped B. collided C. crashed D. struck
42. It is reported that thirty people were killed in a _____ on the railway yesterday.
A. collision B. collaboration C. corrosion D. confrontation
43. The university has launched a research center to develop new ways of _____ bacteria which have become resistant to drug treatments.
A. regulating B. halting C. interrupting D. combating
44. Very few scientists ______ with completely new answers to the world’s problems.
A. come to B. come round C. come on D. come up
45. She’s fainted. Throw some water on her face and she’ll _______.
A. come round B. come along C. come on D. come out
46. One day I ______ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college. A. came across B. came about C. came after D. came at
47. If you happen to ______ my lost papers while you’re looking for your book, please let me know at once by telephone. A. come across B. come up C. come to D. properly
48. Very few scientists ______ completely new answers to the world’s problems.
A. come up with B. come out C. come round D. come up to
49. Advanced computer technology has _____ an answer to accurate weather forecasting.
A. set up B. come up with C. filled in D. faced up to
50. The service was held to ____ the sacrifice of those who died in the war.
A. commemorate B. memorize C. remember D. remind
51. To _____ important dates in history, countries create special holidays.
A. commend B. memorize C. propagate D. commemorate
52. The ceremony will ____ as soon as the minister arrives.
A. complete B. commence C. disperse D. descend
53. Stop shouting! I can’t hear the football______.
A. judgement B. interpretation C. commentary D. explanation
54. By signing the lease we made a ______ to pay a rent of $ 150 a week.
A. conception B. commission C. commitment D. confinement
55. We’ll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A. compensate B. remedy C. supplement D. retrieve
56. To _____ for his unpleasant experiences he drank a little more than was good for him.
A. commence B. compromise C. compensate D. compliment
57. Do employers in your country _____ workers for injuries suffered at their work?
A. conform B. conflict C. compel D. compensate
58. The insurance company paid him $10,000 in _____ after his accident.
A. compensation B. installment C. substitution D. commission
59. In those days, executives expected to spend most of their lives in the same firm and, unless they were dismissed for _____, to retire at the age of 65.
A. integrity B. denial C. incompetence D. deduction
60. Because a degree from a good university is the means to a better job, education is one of the most ____ areas in Japanese life. A. sophisticated B. competitive C. considerate D. superficial
61. Movie directors use music to ______ the action on the screen.
A. contaminate B. compliment C. contemplate D. complement
62. We find it impossible to______ with the latest safety regulations.
A. accord B. unify C. obey D. comply
63. If you want to set up a company, you must _____ with the regulations laid down by the authorities.
A. comply B. adhere C. confirm D. accord
64. All visitors are requested to _____ with the regulations.
A. comply B. agree C. assist D. consent
65. All students in this university are requested to _____ with the regulations.
A. yield B. comply C. submit D. consent
66. Visitors are asked to _____ with the regulations.
A. contrast B. consult C. comply D. conflict
67. People who refuse to _____ with the law will be punished.
A. obey B. consent C. conceal D. comply
68. Many countries have adopted systems of ______ education in order to promote the average level of education. A. constrained B. compulsory C. cardinal D. conventional
69. In Scotland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, ______ schooling begins at age 5 and ends at age 16.
A. compelling B. forced C. obliged D. compulsory
70. He ______ his sorrow beneath a cheerful appearance.
A. retained B. concealed C. conceived D. shielded
71. It is difficult to ______ of a plan to end poverty.
A. ponder B. reckon C. speculate D. conceive
72. Scientists first ______ the idea of the atom bomb in the 1930s.
A. imagined B. conceived D. considered D. acknowledged
73. Anne couldn’t concentrate _____ what she was doing while her family were watching TV.
A. to B. on C. for D. in
74. The rising crime rate is ____ major concern of _____ society.
A. the, the B. a, / C. a, the D. /, the
75. The story that follows _____ two famous characters of the Rocky Mountain gold rush days.
A. concerns B. states C. proclaims D. relates
76. His ideas are invariably condemned as ______ by his colleagues.
A. imaginative B. ingenious C. impractical D. theoretical
77. The mayor was asked to _____ his speech in order to allow his audience to raise questions.
A. constrain B. conduct C. condense D. converge
78. The man in the corner confessed to ______ a lie to the manager of the company.
A. have told B. be told C. being told D. having told
79. The teacher ____ expects his students to pass the university entrance examination.
A. confidentially B. proudly C. assuredly D. confidently
80. We’ll be very careful and keep _____ what you’ve told us strictly.
A. rigorous B. confidential C. private D. mysterious
81. For a particular reason, he wanted the information to be treated as ______.
A. assured B. reserved C. intimate D. confidential
82. If the world is to remain peaceful the utmost effort must be made by nations to limit local______.
A. collisions B. combats C. contradictions D. conflicts
83. As visiting scholars, they willingly ______ to the customs of the country they live in.
A. submit B. conform C. subject D. commit
84. All the students have to _____ to the rules and regulations of the school.
A. confirm B. confront C. confine D. conform
85. E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that ___ well to human needs. A. adheres B. reflects C. conforms D. satisfies
86. All individuals are required to ____ to the laws made by their governments.
A. obey B. conform C. concede D. observe
87. The vast majority of people in any given culture will ____ to the established standards of that culture.
A. confine B. conform C. confront D. confirm
88. Another big issue _____ the new republic is the problem of the education of its citizens.
A. confining B. confirming C. conforming D. confronting
89. Rite of Passage is a good novel by any standards; _____, it should rank high on any list of science fiction. A. consistently B. consequently C. invariably D. fortunately
90. Although Asian countries are generally more _____ in social customs than Western countries, there have been several notable examples of women leaders in both China and India.
A. conservative B. confidential C. comprehensive D. consistent
91. To ____ is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. A. conserve B. conceive C. convert D. contrive
92. The city suffered ______ damage as a result of the earthquake.
A. considered B. considerate C. considerable D. considering
93. Writing is a slow process, requiring _____ thought, time, and effort.
A. significant B. considerable C. enormous D. numerous
94. On a small farm in a dry climate one should not grow crops that need _____ space and a lot of water to ripen. A. quantitative B. significant C. extensive D. considerable
95. It’s very ____ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.
A. concerned B. careful C. considerable D. considerate
96. The construction of a 5-million-ton iron and steel works is now under______.
A. conclusion B. contribution C. continuation D. consideration
97. You must insist that students give a truthful answer ______ with the reality of their world.
A. relevant B. simultaneous C. consistent D. practical
98. It is our _____ policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful means.
A. consistent B. continuous C. considerate D. continual
99. What you say now is not _____ with what you said last week.
A. consistent B. persistent C. permanent D. insistent
100. These figures are not consistent _______ the results obtained in previous experiments.
A. to B. with C. for D. in
101. What a ______person says or does today agrees with what he said or did yesterday.
A. consistent B. harmonious C. constant D. sensible
102. His successful negotiations with the Americans helped him to _____ his position in the government.
A. contrive B. consolidate C. heave D. intensify
103. The presidential candidate _____ his position by winning several primary elections.
A. enforced B. enriched C. intensified D. consolidated
104. A visitor to a museum today would notice _____ changes in the way museums are operated.
A. cognitive B. rigorous C. conspicuous D. exclusive
105. Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from _____ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.
A. configuration B. constitution C. condemnation D. contamination
106. I think we need to see an investment _____ before we make an expensive mistake.
A. guide B. entrepreneur C. consultant D. assessor
107. In Britain people ______ four million tons of potatoes every year.
A. swallow B. dispose C. consume D. exhaust
108. Over the past ten years, natural gas production has remained steady, but ______ has risen steadily.
A. consumption B. dissipation C. disposal D. expenditure
109. Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not _____ contact with the outside world.
A. lose B. fall C. miss D. fail
110. Young people are not _____ to stand and look at works of art; they want art they can participate in.
A. conservation B. content C. confident D. generous
111. We are doing this work in the _____ of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
A. context B. contest C. pretext D. texture
112. Our journey was slow because the train stopped _____ at different villages.
A. unceasingly B. gradually C. continuously D. continually
113. _____ popular belief that classical music is too complex, it achieves a simplicity that only a genius can create. A. Subject to B. Contrary to C. Familiar to D. Similar to
114. In sharp _____ to John, who is frank, Henry is too sophisticated.
A. conflict B. contrast C. comparison D. contradiction
115. Eating too much fat can _____ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.
A. attribute to B. attend to C. contribute to D. devote to
116. Medical research has shown that the widespread use of cigarettes contributes ____ the increase of cancers. A. towards B. for C. with D. to
117. Franklin’s ability to learn from observations and experience _____ greatly to his success in public life.
A. contributed B. owed C. attached D. related
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