英语考试秘籍

短语动词专项训练

1. One month passed and nobody_______ a practical solution to the new problem.

A. came up to（达到符合，比得上） B. came up with （提供，提出） C. came to（总计，达到，苏醒，复原） D. came across（偶然发现）

2. The rise in electricity costs has ____ our difficulties.

A. referred to（指的是） B. kept to（保持） C. added to（增加）

D. pointed to（指的是）

3. Most people ______ the government’s promises with complete disbelief.

A. look out（当心，小心） B. look after （照顾） C. look into（调查，观察，过问） D. look on（旁观，观看，看待，视作）

4. He didn’t ____ details, but I gather from what he said that she was seriously injured.

A. go into（进入，调查，研究） B. go around（足够分配，流传） C. go for（竭力想争取，喜爱，适用于） D. go up

5. If you think you can do my job better than I can, you are welcome to ____.

A. take in（欺骗，领会，理解，接纳，接受，吸收） B. take over（接受，从事 ) C. take up（开始从事，占据） D. take to（对··产生好感，开始喜欢，开始从事)

6. It ___ that what he had said was false.

A. turned over（仔细考虑，翻转） B. turned up（出现，来到，开大） C. turned out （结果是， ） D. turned down

7. Negotiations are likely to be __ by differences between them.

A. held out B. held back C. held on D. held up

8. It’s____ in the regulations that members must always sign guests in.

A. laid off B. laid out C. laid down D. laid aside

9. The bad weather will____ our building plans by one month.

A. set about B. set back C. set down D. set out

10. Having taken n ice holiday in Spain, it’s hard for me to ___ work.

A. get along with B. get down to C. get out of D. get rid of

11. We went too fast round the corner and ____ a lamppost.

A. ran down B. ran into C. ran through D. ran over

12. This custom has been ____ in the family since the 16th century.

A. handed down B. handed in C. handed out D. handed over Keys:

1---5 BCDAB 6---10 CDCBB 11-12 BA

近义词专项训练

1. Since my childhood I have been always taught that it is very ____ to interrupt.

2. The supplier has ____ that any faulty parts will be replaced free of charge.

A. ensured B. assured C. guaranteed D. promised

3. There was a lack of local ____, so the company hired a general manager.

A. ability B. capacity C. capability D. talent

4. The police have ____ all the other suspects, so only one now remains.

A. abolished B. eliminated C. cancelled D. forbidden

5. One of the ____ of this method is that it saves a lot of fuel.

A. interests B. benefits C. profits D. advantages

6. You’ll get a fine ____ of the town from the top of the hill.

A. scene B. scenery C. view D. landscape

7. The teacher spoke so rapidly that I could hardly ____ the meaning of what he said.

A. capture B. receive C. seize D. catch

8. The student’s ____to become a general manager was never realized.

A. ambition B. intention C. devotion D. motive

9. Red is the ____ color of wedding gown in China.

A. normal B. common C. conventional D. ordinary

10. I could tell at a ____ that she had been crying.

A. glance B. glimpse C. sight D. look

11. I was able to see an English movie in the ____ with ease after two years’ study.

A. origin B. source C. resource D. original

12. The trade union is seeking ____ for two factory workers who were dismissed last week.

A. compensation B. awards C. rewards D. allowances Keys:

1---5 ACDBD 6----10 CDACA 11-12 DA

近形异义词专项训练

1. We must ____our forests and woodlands for future generations.

A. reverse B. reserve C. conserve D. convert

2. Our ____ new machines are much economical to run.

A. effective B. efficient C. affected D. affectionate

3. It would improve our ____ if we used more up-to-date methods.

A. affect B. effect C. effort D. efficiency

4. The world economic system ____ the developing countries in favor of the developed ones.

A. explodes B. explores C. exploits D. exports

5. The bank will extend your loan, should the need ____.

6. After a few ____ opening remarks, he made a brilliant speech.

A. convenient B. controversial C. conventional D. consistent

7. A major ____ in child education is to help the children form good habits.

A. preliminary B. priority C. primitive D. privilege

8. It’s simply not economically ____ for us to buy such a big house.

A. favorite B. favorable C. feasible D. federal

9. Please ____ your remarks to the subject under discussion.

A. confess B. confuse C. confine D. confirm

10. In only 30 years the country has been ____ into an advanced industrial power.

A. transmitted B. transformed C. transported D. transferred

11. The stronger the ____, the more quickly a person will learn a foreign language.

A. motive B. motivation C. moving D. motion

12. His account of what happened the other day was a complete _____.

A. fraction B. friction C. fiction D. function Keys:

1---5 CBDCA 6 —10 CBCCB 11----12 BC

同根词专项训练

1. It was very ____ of you to let us know in advance that you were going to be late.

A. considerable B. considered C. considering D. considerate

2. The airline says this route is no longer ____, so they’re going to discontinue it.

A. economic B. economical C. economizing D. economics

3. The crowd stood in ____ silence as the funeral procession went by.

A. respective B. respectful C. respected D. respectable

4. The football match on TV wasn’t a recorded show; it was _____.

A. alive B. living C. live D. lively

5. A new pay settlement is the most ____ outcome of these discussions,

A. alike B. like C. unlike D. likely

6. My secretary is perfectly ____, but she doesn’t have much initiative.

A. competition B. competitor C. competent D. competitive

7. It would be ____ to get a second opinion before taking any further action.

A. sensitive B. sensible C. senseless D. sensational

8. Doctors tried every _____ means in vain to treat the patient.

A. imaginary B. imagination C. imaginative D. imaginable

9. I am tired of the way he ____ complains about everything I have done.

A. continuously B. continually C. consistently D. gradually

10. It is hard to ensure that people doing jobs receive equivalent rates of pay.

A. comparative B. comparable C. relative D. equal

11. The fall in the cost of living is directly to the drop in the oil price.

A. related B. relative C. relation D. relationship

12. The old lady was ____ the job of looking after the new students.

A. assigned B. designed C. signaled D. resigned

13. Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to ____ disease.

A. assist B. consist C. resist D. persist

14. I don’t see much ____ of being employed by the international trading company.

A. aspect B. suspect C. respect D. prospect

15. The noise outside the classroom ____ me from listening attentively to the teacher.

A. contracted B. distracted C. extracted D. abstracted Keys:

1---5 DABCD 6---10 CBDCB 11----15 AACDB

固定搭配专项训练

1. The market was filled with salted fish, _____ the worst smell that you can smell.

A. sending off B. giving up C. sending down D. giving off

2. I finally ____ down the sort of ribbon I needed in a little shop near the station.

A. traced B. tracked C. trailed D. pursued

3. I can’t attend the meeting ____, but I’m sending my secretary to speak for me.

A. by nature B. at heart C. on purpose D. in person

4. Her elegant manners give her an advantage _____ other candidates for the job.

A. above B. than C. over D. with

5. It sounded like a good idea, but_____ it didn’t work.

A. in practice B. in contrast C. in private D. in return

6. It was hard to understand her____ on the lecture.

A. opinion B. comment C. attitude D. reaction

7. We can’t afford to delay the project, so we must take ____ to raise the money.

A. sides B. directions C. decisions D. steps

8. The library in our university was named ____ the father of the sponsor.

A. with B. by C. after D. from

9. The police are ____ to the public for any information about the murder victim.

A. adding B. amounting C. applying D. appealing

10. The government has ____itself to improving health education.

A. decided B. committed C. made D. resolved

11. Let’s find another place to park---- I don’t want the ____ of getting a fine.

A. opportunity B. advantage C. chance D. charge

12. His exam results were not very good, but we must ____ his long illness.

A. have access to B. take into account C. take pride in D. learn by heart

13. We have made approaches_____ them with an intention to form a business partnership.

A. towards B. on C. with D. to

14. He is going to live by the coast for the ___ of his health.

A. effect B. sake C. aim D. reason Keys:

1---5 BBDCA 6---10 BDCDB 11---14 CBDB

重点高频词汇练习题100

1. Let’s ______the problem for the time being: we can return to it later.

A. settle B. stop C. interrupt D. leave

2. He was in hurry and left things in a real ______.

A. mixture B. confusion C. mess D. mass

3. This is much ______ to the one I bought last week.

A. worse B. lower C. inferior D. equal

4. I guess the whole paper has to be rewritten; only the first few paragraphs may be ______.

A. sustained B. contained C. retained D. maintained

5. Why were the talks scheduled for that afternoon ______ off at last minute?

A. called B. cancelled C. stopped D. abandoned

6. The building ______ mostly undamaged after the earthquake, and only minor repairs were necessary.

A. recovered B. consisted C. lasted D. remained

7. The curtain has ______ because of the strong sunlight.

A. faded B. dulled C. fainted D. weakened

8. He’s suffered from cancer for many years; it is so strange that he has ______ to the present day,

A. deprived B. survived C. derived D. revived

9. Every child in Britain is ______ to free education at school.

A. cared B. entitled C. liable D. given

10. Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still _______.

A. bare B. vacant C. blank D. hollow

11. The price of beer _____ from 50 cents to $ 4 per liter during the summer season.

A. altered B. separated C. ranged D. differed

12. The senators______ to the committee-room to make their decision.

A. retired B. ran away C. escaped D. disappeared

13. I don’t believe that ridiculous scheme is _____ of our serious consideration.

A. worthless B. worthwhile C. worthy D. worth

14. Some members of the committee were opposed ______ the club members’ money to redecorate the meeting hall.

A. to use B. to using C. to have use D. to be used

15. All their attempts to _____ the child from the burning building were in vain.

A. regain B. recover C. rescue D. reserve

16. “Sorry, there are no tickets ______for tomorrow’s performance,” the ticket officer said.

A. preferable B. considerable C. favorable D. available

17. Jean ______ to own a car, but I don’t believe her.

A. confirms B. claims C. completes D. convinces

18. With the gradual improvement of transportation and communication, farmers have now had easier ______ to cities and towns.

A. access B. reach C. contact D. touch

19. George took _____ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.

A. advantage B. profit C. interest D. charge

20. Mobile phones have proved to ______ with flight instruments and have a negative effect on flight safety.

A. interfere B. disturb C. interrupt D. trouble

21. The _____ earthquake left more than 300 000 people homeless.

A. violent B. extensive C. endless D. furious

22. Bill has a ______against pop music so he only listens to classical music.

A. prejudice B. preference C. preservation D. presentation

23. Business letters must always be _____, but we should write in a natural way to friends.

A. formal B. normal C. former D. casual

24. We have received a(n) ______from the neighboring college to play them at football.

A. demand B. challenge C. order D. requirement

25. We are lucky enough to have _____ supplies to last through the winter.

A. ancient B. efficient C. sufficient D. proficient

26. I didn’t know what to do but then an idea suddenly _____ to me.

A. occurred B. happened C. appeared D. lighted

27. Is there anyone who _____ the plan put forward by the committee?

A. differs B. disagrees C. objects D. opposes

28. She has been so ______ lately that I think she must be sick.

A. annoyed B. irritable C. furious D. angry

29. She opened the door very ______ so as not to wake the baby.

A. attentively B. cautiously C. patiently D. nervously

30. There is no ______ in insisting on the impossible.

A. mind B. meaning C. sense D. help

31. That field _______ a good crop of potatoes last year.

A. planted B. grew C. raised D. yielded

32. When he was in prison he was not allowed to ______ with his family.

A. commit B. communicate C. commission D. command

33. The hotel could not ______ a party of thirty because almost all its rooms were booked.

A. consist B. include C. reserve D. accommodate

34. Any student who ______ his homework is unlikely to pass the examination.

A. reduces B. offends C. practices D. neglects

35. Unfortunately, science is still _______ of the causes of many kinds of cancer.

A. ignorant B. unconscious C. conscious D. informed

36. We have ______ to the government for a home improvement loan.

A. arranged B. approached C. applied D. appointed

37. Our public transportation system is not ______ for the needs of the people.

A. complete B. adequate C. normal D. perfect

38. The thief was _______ by the police with breaking the law.

A. accused B. commented C. criticized D. charged

39. The concert was quite a ______ in Chicago.

A. blow B. strike C. hit D. lot

40. Maria tried to sound _______, but her excitement was obvious.

A. harsh B. casual C. humble D. formal

41. The girl will not become a nurse because she will faint at the ______ of blood.

A. vision B. eyes C. sight D. view.

42. It was a minor illness, and I soon_______ it.

A. got over B. got on with C. got around D. got out.

43. If you want to see the chairman of the department, you’d better make an ______ with him first.

A. admission B. agreement C. appointment D. argument

44. Whenever anything ______ happens, a crowd of people is certain to gather.

A. emotional B. sensational C. famous D. helpful

45. He is easily ______ so I do not like to talk with him.

A. defended B. afforded C. created D. offended

46. This year our university does not have any ______ to continue the international student exchange program.

A. function B. fundamental C. funeral D. funds

47. This movie has a ______ ending. You can not imagine who will be killed finally.

A. dramatic B. original C. considerable D. temple

48. During the graduation ______, the president gave a wonderful opening speech.

A. evolution B. sign C. individual D. ceremony

49. No one has yet succeeded in explaining the _____ of how life began.

A. cause B. reason C. confusion D. puzzle

50. The paper parcel_____ a clean shirt, socks and a handkerchief.

A. composed B. contained C. constituted D. combined

51. He comes from a poor country village in the mountains, so it’s very hard for him to pay the whole school year’s ________ at one time.

A. money B. fare C. fees D. tuition

52. We’d decided to sell our car, but then we began to have second ________.

A. plans B. minds C. ideas D. thoughts

53. During the recession they ________ the workers off for three months.

A. gave B. laid C. called D. dropped

54. I haven’t enough money to buy a car, so I just have to do _______.

A. nothing B. none C. without D. nobody

55. The committee ______ a conclusion only after days of discussion.

A. achieved B. reached C. arrived D. completed

56. You are always _______ faults with what I do.

A. thinking B. seeing C. discovering D. finding

57. In site of the thunderstorm, the children slept ______ all night.

A. noisily B. sensitively C. soundly D. quickly

58. They did their utmost and made ______ progress in a short time.

A. remarkable B. obvious C. unapparent D. spectacular

59. The old man has the ______ habit of forgetting to tie his shoes.

A. unusual B. ignorant C. peculiar D. crazy

60. When he was a student, his father gave him a monthly _____ towards his expense.

A. allowance B. salary C．alley D．money

61. I was paid last week, but I can't remember the exact ______ of money.

A. number B. quality C. amount D. altitude

62. Many difficulties have ______ as a result of the change over to a new type of fuel.

A. risen B. arisen C. raised D. arrived

63. There was a large crowd in the square _______ against war.

A. protecting B. protesting C. preventing D. promoting

64. This magazine is very ______ with young people, who like its content and style.

A. familiar B. popular C. similar D. particular

65. The woman was ______ in her work so she failed to notice something happening around.

A. absorbed B. attracted C. focused D. digested

66. Nice homes and cars are thought to be signs of ______.

A. respect B. prosperity C. promotion D. prospect.

67. He is quick enough to ______ himself to new surroundings.

A. adapt B. adopt C. admit D. accept

68. You and your brother are so much ______ that people are often confused.

A. same B. like C. alike D. similar

69. Tourism, which is a major _____ of income for the city, may be seriously affected.

A. source B. course C. resource D. origin

70. The children are _______ in as great deal of outdoor activities.

A. occupied B. dealt C. entered D. engaged

71. Surprisingly, this innocent-looking person should have ______ such a crime.

A. acted B. made C. committed D. performed

72. The young boy was ______ with a knife and fork over western meal.

A. awful B. awkward C. aware D. awake

73. If you want to make further progress，you should ______ making same mistakes.

A. avoid B. prevent C. keep D. deny

74. The doctor ______ his patient of a quick recovery.

A. insured B. assured C. ensured D. believed

75. You can not buy a ticket now because all the seats are ______ by a millionaire.

A. bought B. reserved C. arranged D. preserved

76. The vegetable is both nourishing and delicious to eat______.

A. rare B. raw C. rear D. row

77. He is quite sure that it’s ______ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.

A. absolutely B. exclusively C. fully D. roughly

78. His ______ to carry out the plan was not weakened by the difficulties he met with.

A. destination B. description C. decision D. determination

79. The farmers are ______ in need of rain.

A. very B. hard C. badly D. bad

80. Would you think me ______ if I ask you how much your hat costs?

A. brave B. bold C. courageous D. frank

81. He earns quite a high ______ in his present job.

A. salary B. bill C. check D. payment

82. It’s necessary for one to read the _______ on the bottle carefully and take the right amount of medicine.

A. explanations B. instructions C. descriptions D. introductions

83. Students or teachers can participate in excursions to lovely beaches around the island at regular ________.

A. gaps B. rate C. length D. intervals

84. We paid a price that was well above the market ______.

A. money B. payment C. value D. profit

85. He came all the way to China for promoting friendship ______for making money.

A. other than B. instead C. apart from D. rather than

86. Mr. and Mrs. Brown _______ a small restaurant in China Town in New York.

A. serve B. start C. open D. run

87. He cannot _______ a car, for he doesn’t earn that much money.

A. obtain B. get C. deserve D. afford

88. Hasn’t he arrived yet? He is _______to be here at 8. Now it is 8:30.

A. regarded B. supposed C. considered D. known

89. Mr. Smith is looking for an experienced secretary who is _______ of organizing a sales office.

A. able B. capable C. possible D. responsible

90. When it _______ to American history, he knows little about it.

A. talks B. speaks C. comes D. tells

91. Siemens company has ______ in all large cities all over the world.

A. branches B. parts C. bodies D. shops

92. I'm sorry；I didn't quite ______ what you said.

A. listen B. catch C. ask D. answer

93. Water is _______ short in many big cities.

A. running B. flowing C. becoming D. moving

94. Excuse me for _______ you with such a small matter.

A. troubling B. taking C. interrupting D. making

95. This morning our water supply was ________ because of the cold weather.

A. let down B. cut off C. taken up D. brought away.

96. Many English words are _______from Latin.

A. displayed B. spread C. lost D. derived

97. If you’re going to the airport by car, can you give me a _______?

A. lift B. seat C. drive D. hand

98. I didn’t _______to hurt you, so don’t take it to heart.

A. mean B. assume C. hope D. suppose

99. I feel _______to say that I can not believe what he said.

A. wanted B. observed C. obliged D. wandered

100. To _______their new shampoo, they are selling it at half price for a month.

A. progress B. proceed C. promote D. propose Keys:

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