专四词汇练习单选题2000(含生词批注)(15)

专四词汇练习单选题2000

a. takes up b. takes over c. takes away d. takes in

375.Although the pay is not good, people usually find social work _______ in other ways.

a. payable b. respectful c. grateful d. rewarding

376.When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon ______ it.

a. got off b. got across c. got over d. got away

377.I caught a _______ of the taxi before it disappeared around the comer of the street.

a. vision b. glimpse c. look d. scene

378.In most of the United States, the morning newspaper is _____ by school-age children.

a. delivered b. posted c. conducted d. discharged

nguage has always been-----as the phrase goes----the mirror to society. English is no_____.

a. explanation b. excuse c. exception d. expectat1on

380.Some confusion has _______ about who can join the association.

a. arisen b. lifted c. raised d. risen

381.It was unwise of him to __________ the unreliable data in his speech.

a. turn to b. refer to c. keep to d. point to

382.The ceremony was not for the ______ of the dead, but for the comfort of the living.

a. purpose b. respect c. sake d. impression

383.I cannot give you a (n) _________ for the type of car you sell because there is no demand for it in the market.

a. expense b. charge c. purchase d. order

384. It suddenly occurred to Anne that money couldn t _______ all that Bob had suffered in the past five years.

a. make up for b. make out c. work out d. fill out

385. I think the Red Team will win the final game; it s _____ that they will.

a. almost surely b. rather possibly c. very likely d. quite certainly

386.A neighbor may ____a man of playing his radio too loudly.

a. charge b. accuse c. criticize d. condemn

387.Many people complain of the rapid _________ of modern life.

a. rate b. speed c. pace d. growth

388.That boy is such a good violinist that he will probably make quite a _________for himself.

a. name b. credit c. fame d. character

389. ________ the advances of science, the discomforts of old age will no doubt always be with us.

a. As for b. But for c. Except for d. Despite

390.No doctors could _________ the patient of his strange disease.4(

a. restore b. cure c. treat d. recover

391.I am _______ of the same old breakfast every morning.

a. bored b. fed up c. tired d. disgusted

392.They are building the dam ________ in with another firm.

a. association b. correspondence c. touch d. step

393.He said that very clearly so that nobody was in any_______ about what was meant.

a. wonder b. doubt c. question d. consideration

394.With all three children at home all day, the mother was ________trying to keep the house

clean.

a. to her heart's content b. at the mercy of

c. at her wits end d. beyond her means

395.It is predicted that heavy rains are _______ to flood the area in a few days.

a. frightening b. warning c. announcing d. threatening

396.The persons that have the greatest ________ on children are their teachers.

a. effect b. influence c. impression d. impact

397.Cambridge has announced plans to establish a business school _________ the master's degree in business administration.

a. representing b. representing c. offering d. supplying

398.Many Europeans ________ the Continent of Africa in the 19thcentury.

a. explored b. probed c. searched d. toured

399.The detectives kept a __________watch of the suspect's house..

a. keen b. complete c. thorough d. close

400.Two of the girls have to share one bed, but the other three have ______ ones.

a. singular b. separate c. private d. different

401.There are certain _____ when you must interrupt people who are in the middle of doing