专四词汇练习单选题2000(含生词批注)(9)

专四词汇练习单选题2000

a. gloomy b. dull c. awkward d. tedious

208. The weatherman broadcasts the __________ in temperature twice a day.

a. diversion b. variety c. variation d. modification

209. The old lady can t hope to ________ her cold in a few days.

a. get away b. get off c. get out d. get over

210.I seem to have reached a rather gloomy conclusion, but I think that something cheerful may

still be _________ from it.

a. derived b. extracted c. abstracted d. adapted

211. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully_________.

a. admitted b. acknowledged c. absorbed d. considered

212. Animals can become unusually _____ when they are upset by a sudden environmental

change.

a. vigorous b. predominant c. aggressive d. irritable

213. There is not much time left, so I ll tell you about it __________.

a. in particular b. in brief c. in short d. in all

214. Anyone who has spent time with children is aware of the difference in the way boys and girls a. similar b. alike c. same d. likely

215. With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very ________ for the nineteenth-century factory workers.

a. hostile b. tedious c. anxious d. obscure

216. A university is an educational institution which awards degrees and ________ research.

a. carries through b. carries off c. carries out d. carries about

217. Louis was asked to _____ the man who stole her purse.

a. identify b. recognize c. claim d. confirm

218. _____ my return, I learned that Professor Smith had been at the Museum and would not be

back for several hours.

a. At b. On c. With d. During

219.The bus that _________outside the inn would soon take the visitors downtown.

a. held back b. set forth c. got down d. pulled up

220.A violent crime was ________ every 32 seconds in this city last year.

a. conducted b. performed c. committed d. executed

221.If you don't mind, I _________listen to pop songs than to jazz.

a. would rather b. would prefer c. would like d. feel like

222.I believe reserves of coal here are _______ to last for fifty years.

a. efficient b. sufficient c. persistent d. rich

223.It took him several months to_________ the wild horse.

a. tend b. cultivate c. tame d. breed

224.The twins are so much ________ that it is difficult to tell one from the other.

a. similar b. same c. like d. alike

225.The photo _________ happy memories of my early childhood.

a. refreshes b. brings to mind c. stimulates d. reminds

226.I need a book dealing ________ anti-pollution problems.

a. about b. on c. with d. to

227.He has been asked to account ______ his absence.

a. of b. on c. about d for

228.These are the first steps _______ the abolition of nuclear weapons.

a. of b. towards c. into d. during

229.The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had already started

there was no point in _______.

a. protesting b. denying c. upsetting d. competing

230.There are many things whose misuse is dangerous, but it is hard to think of anything that can

be compared _________tobacco products.

a. in b. with c. among d by

231.Grace _________tears when she heard that her husband had been injured in an accident.

a. broke in b. broke off c. broke into d. broke out

232.She refused to _______ the car keys to her husband until he had promised to wear his safety

belt.

a. hand in b. hand out c. hand down d hand over

233.Michael found it difficult to get his British jokes _______ to American audiences.