Test 6

1、单选题：
‏We advised them to take a rest, but they _______ in finishing the work.‌
选项：
A: struck
B: insisted
C: persisted
D: maintained
答案: 【 persisted】

2、单选题：
​The cheers and applause _______ in a roar.‎
选项：
A: went
B: fixed
C: fitted
D: mingled
答案: 【 mingled】

3、单选题：
‌In the past we were made ______ heavy manual work in the countryside.‌
选项：
A: to do
B: do
C: doing
D: having done
答案: 【 to do】

4、单选题：
‍People ______ around the dead body to get a better look.‏
选项：
A:  clustered
B: clung
C: snatched
D: mingled
答案: 【  clustered】

5、单选题：
‌I don’t think you ______ how much time I spent preparing this meal for you.‌
选项：
A: snatch
B: saturate
C:  appreciate
D:  conceive
答案: 【  appreciate】

6、单选题：
‏Cinnamon, ginger and cloves are all ______.‍
选项：
A:  spices
B: salads
C:  chicory
D:  mixtures
答案: 【  spices】

7、单选题：
‌To get a high score, _________.‎
选项：
A: working hard is needed
B: working hard is very important
C: one must work hard
D: requirement is what is needed
答案: 【 one must work hard】

8、单选题：
‏"This light is too ________ for me to read by. Don’t we have a brighter bulb somewhere?” said the elderly man.‍
选项：
A: mild
B:  minute
C: dim
D:  slight
答案: 【 dim】

9、单选题：
​It’s a/an _________ to treat your mother that way.‏
选项：
A:  crime
B: sin
C: offense
D: evil
答案: 【 sin】

10、单选题：
‏The leather still looks good, although I’ve noticed it ______ at the top of the ankle seam.‏
选项：
A: running out
B: wearing on
C:  running away
D: wearing away
答案: 【 wearing away】

11、单选题：
‍Cohen was hospitalized after he ______ on the floor and briefly lost consciousness.​
选项：
A:  collided
B: clung
C: collapsed
D: claimed
答案: 【 collapsed】

12、单选题：
‍Police dispersed the crowds with teargas, and tanks were ______ in the city.‏
选项：
A: stationed
B: stationing
C: station
D: stations
答案: 【 stationed】

13、单选题：
‌In this paper I will give a broad ______ of the research we have been doing.​
选项：
A: outlay
B: outlook
C: outline
D: outlet
答案: 【 outline】

14、单选题：
‏Solving the problem will require ______ perception and subtle communication.‍
选项：
A: acute
B: accuse
C: accurate
D: actual
答案: 【 acute】

15、单选题：
‏He studies the little dark face and massages a ______ hand until the fingers curl around his own.‌
选项：
A: limp
B:  limb
C:  lamp
D: lamb
答案: 【 limp】

16、单选题：
‌The country seems to have made a ______ and successful transition to a capitalist economy.​
选项：
A: swift
B:  sincere
C: dreary
D: solitary
答案: 【 swift】

17、单选题：
‏The street sellers repeatedly _____ their selling cries about their goods.‍
选项：
A: advocated
B: pursued
C:  barked
D: confirmed
答案: 【  barked】

18、单选题：
‌He _____ his work to his colleagues before he went abroad.‎
选项：
A: transferred
B:  commenced
C: delivered
D: commended
答案: 【 transferred】

19、单选题：
‏He spent all his time in the flat, cleaning and tidying it, to cover his grief _____.​
选项：
A: to excess
B: in time
C: by virtue
D: to the point
答案: 【 to excess】

20、单选题：
‎Her objection _____ the plan is based on the misleading facts.‏
选项：
A:  to
B: for
C: towards
D: upon
答案: 【  to】

Test 1

1、单选题：
Toronto residents are already wary of going to restaurants, ridership has dropped on public ______, and industry watchers say the decline in tourism has been devastating.‎
选项：
A: transit
B: rendezvous
C: gratitude
D: territory
答案: 【 transit】

2、单选题：
In the late 1940s, experimenting with high-frequency radio waves, Percy L. Spencer of the Raytheon Company soon invented the microwave ______, which made millions of dollars for Raytheon and millions of bags of popcorn for kids everywhere.‌
选项：
A: bomb
B: prospect
C: stove
D: oven
答案: 【 oven】

3、单选题：
Monkeys swing between the trees on ______.‌
选项：
A: sleeves
B: laces
C: vines
D: antennas
答案: 【 vines】

4、单选题：
The page had so many corrections and comments on it that the original text was virtually ______.​
选项：
A: unloaded
B: unreadable
C: unpredictable
D: undone
答案: 【 unreadable】

5、单选题：
Anyone who has handled a fossilized bone knows that it is usually not exactly like its modern _____, the most obvious difference being that it is much heavier.‌
选项：
A: replacement
B: alternative
C: counterpart
D: substitution
答案: 【 counterpart】

6、单选题：
Now the cheers and applause _____ in a single sustained roar.‌
选项：
A: mingled
B: concentrated
C: assembled
D: permeated
答案: 【 mingled】

7、单选题：
The illustrations for the book were drawn by a _____ artist.‎
选项：
A: monster
B: long-overdue
C: flourishing
D: freelance
答案: 【 freelance】

8、单选题：
The massive _____ readership, the almost free publication, and the ease in putting words online, combined, mean that literary magazines, which are practically profit-free in printed form, are blooming across the Web.‏
选项：
A: potential
B: rotary
C: patronize
D: dizzy
答案: 【 potential】

9、单选题：
The team are ten points ahead of their closest _____ in the league.‎
选项：
A: enemies
B: fugitives
C: watchmen
D: pursuers
答案: 【 pursuers】

10、单选题：
The scientists have absolute freedom as to what research they think is best to _____.‎
选项：
A: engage
B: devote
C: seek
D: pursue
答案: 【 pursue】

11、单选题：
By _____ computation, he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost him a thousand dollars.‏
选项：
A: coarse
B: rude
C: crude
D: rough
答案: 【 rough】

12、单选题：
Young people are not _____ to stand and look at works of art; they want art they can participate in.‏
选项：
A: conservative
B: content
C: confident
D: generous
答案: 【 content】

13、单选题：
He _________ his lessons about Italy with photographs of the people who live there.‍
选项：
A: illustrated
B: cited
C: quoted
D: explained
答案: 【 illustrated】

14、单选题：
What she told me about the affair simply doesn’t make any ________.‎
选项：
A: idea
B: sense
C: meaning
D: significance
答案: 【 sense】

15、单选题：
________ the dog was the first animal to be domesticated is generally agreed upon by authorities in the field.‏
选项：
A: Until
B: It was
C: What
D: That
答案: 【 That】

16、单选题：
Most parents encourage their children to take an active part in social events, _______ those events do not i