2015-2016-2阅读词汇大赛（词汇篇）Test2
Directions: There are 60 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. To meet the needs of the war, a general call for troops was ______.
A) published B) declared
C) issued D) produced
2. If you ______ all your energies on the study of English, you will master the language.
A) congratulate B) devote
C) concentrate D) engage
3. They ______ to recognize that our population is increasing faster than the supply of food and job
opportunities.
A) miss B) fail
C) lose D) fade
4. As more and more factories become ______ dependent on oil, the oil-producing countries are more and
more powerful than before.
A) basically B) decreasingly
C) increasingly D) fundamentally
5. He made such a ______ contribution to the university that they named one of the new buildings after him.
A) genuine B) generous
C) modest D) modern
6. Several loudspeakers are ______ from the ceiling and we can hear the speaker very clearly
A) connected B) sustain
C) associated D) suspended
7. He had ______ to spend his holiday in Italy, but circumstances forced him to change his mind.
A) tended B) intended
C) extended D) pretended
8. The students’ ______ towards the new comer shows that they do not like her.
A) conduct B) behavior
C) act D) activity
9. ______ it is a good thing I did not get that post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was
disappointed at the time.
A) In a way B) In the way
C) In no way D) In any way
10. With the development of socialist construction, our country will ______ more and more advanced
technology and management from abroad.
A) develop B) bring
C) introduce D) receive
11. It is no use just telling me to do it; give me ______ advice as to how to do it.
A) passive B) active
C) negative D) positive
12. Has the Minister for Foreign Affairs ______ on this event with the American President?
A) corresponded B) telephoned
C) communicated D) touched
13. The lady who had invited us heard me talking to my wife that the dinner was terrible so I was ______.
A) puzzled B) embarrassed
C) nervous D) shameful
14. People around the world are becoming more and more ______ about the population explosion.
A) concerned B) connected
C) related D) worrying
15. In ______ to your inquiries, we regret to inform you that we can’t help you in this matter.
A) application B) observation
C) reflection D) response
16. This bird is easily ______ from its size and unusual shape of its tail.
A) proved B) recognized
C) discovered D) recovered
17. My sister is always finding ______ with the way I do things.
A) fault B) mistake
C) weakness D) shortcoming
18. It is a ______ that women get married in long white dresses.
A) habit B) tradition
C) practice D) manner
19. He made practical use of information gathered from what he had ______ in his experiment.
A) watched B) examined
C) observed D) admired
20. I spent a very ______ day with my cousins in the country last weekend.
A) pleasant B) pleased
C) pleasure D) pleasing
21. We can’t spend all our money. We’d better put some ______ for future use.
A) away B) aside
C) off D) up
22. She is already 16 years old. But she ______ as if she were still a little girl.
A) believes B) absorbs
C) accesses D) behaves
23. Though ______ rich, he was better off than at any other period in his life.
A) by any means B) by some means
C) by all means D) by no means
24. San Francisco is usually cool in the summer, but Los Angeles ______.
A) is rarely B) rarely is
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C) is hardly D) is scarcely
25. A written word is a sign of a certain sound and that sound is ______ the sign of an idea.
A) in return B) by turn
C) in turn D) on the turn
26. The world will be a dull place when all the different nationalities behave exactly ______
A) alike B) like
C) same D) similar
27. These goods are ______ for export, though a few of them may be sold on the home market.
A) essentially B) completely
C) necessarily D) remarkably
28. I hate people who ______ the end of film that you haven’t seen before.
A) reveal B) rewrite