英语词汇系列练习题（十）1. 单项选择:1) We want to rent a bus which can 40 people for our trip to Beijing.A. loadB. holdC. fillD. host2) Li Lei wanted to tell her everything, but something made him ________.A. hold upB. hold backC. hold onD. hold out3) Washington, a state in the United States, was named _______ one of the greatest American presidents. A. in favour of B. in the hope of C. in honour of D. by means of4) The young man went there ______ a job with a higher pay.A. with the purpose of findingB. in the hope of findingC. hoping to findD. all of the above5) The committee is discussing the problem right now. it will _______ have been solved by the end of next week. A. eagerly B. hopefully C. hurriedly D. gradually6) --- Michael was late for Mr. Smith's oral class this morning.--- ______? As far as I know, he never came late to class.A. How comeB. So whatC. Why notD. What for7) ___________, Mother will wait for him to have dinner together.A. However late is heB. No matter how he is lateC. However is he lateD. However late he is8) If you______ your belief, you promise to succeed eventually.A. hugB. stick up forC. keep up withD. hold up9) Zhang Jiajie is well-known for its_______ area of forest and beautiful natural scenery.A. bigB. hugeC. greatD. hopeful10) Mike didn't play football yesterday because he had ______ his leg.A. damagedB. hurtC. hitD. struck11) My ______ of this weekend’s activity is going out with some good friends.A. ideaB. opinionC. idiomD. thought12) The computer will ______ your fingerprints before it allows you to enter the building.A. tellB. realizeC. identifyD. imagine13) Don’t ______ your carelessness. It may lead to serious problems.A. improveB. keepC. impressD. ignore14) Look at the trouble I am in. ______ I had followed your advice.A. Only ifB. If onlyC. But forD. As long as15) --- My children are always arguing. --- ________.A. Just ignore themB. That's rightC. Are you sureD. How old is the boy16) Can you imagine _________ across the big desert?A. Tom goingB. Tom goesC. Tom is goingD. Tom to go17) The policemen went into action _______ they heard the alarm.A. suddenlyB. hurriedlyC. quicklyD. immediately18) --- How was Robert's cooking? --- Oh, pretty good. I was quite .A. admiredB. interestedC. impressedD. inspired19) ---You look beautiful _______ the red skirt.---Thank you, and it surely looks wonderful _____ you.A. on, inB. in; onC. with; withD. at, at20) The serious __________ along the border increased our fears of the war.A. accidentB. affairC. incidentD. event21) --- How come a simple meal like this cost so much?--- We have _______ in your bill the cost of the teapot you broke.A. increasedB. includedC. containedD. charged22) He stays at home every day without a job, but he gets good _______.A. wageB. payC. salaryD. income23) One of the consequences of our planet's being warming up is a(n) ______ in the number of natural disasters. A. result B. increase C. reason D. income24) The research results seem to _______ a connection between poor housing conditions and badhealth, but more work must be done to test it.A. indicateB. analyzeC. identifyD. prove25) Being always excellent at his _____, he can easily find a new ____.A. job; workB. jobs; workC. work; jobD. works; job26) The bell _____ the end of the period rang, _____ our heated discussion.A. indicating; interruptingB. indicated; interruptingC. indicating; interruptedD. indicated; interrupted27) Have you got any new ______ about the results of the exam?A. newsB. ideasC. noticesD. information28) The managing director of our company is in charge of this office, so all the other employees are______ him. A. junior to B. junior of C. junior from D. junior towards29) The _____ the bell rang, the teacher walked into the classroom.A. immediatelyB. hurriedlyC. hardlyD. instant30) Violence on TV may turn out to be a strong ________ on some young people.A. impressionB. expressionC. influenceD. influential31) Professor White has written some short stories, but he is _____ known for his plays.A. the bestB. moreC. betterD. the most32) The manager promised to keep me ________ of how our business was going on.A. to be informedB. on informingC. informedD. informing33) We insisted the girl ______ the job, but the boss insisted that we ______ to her.A. didn't fit; offeredB. wasn't fit for; offerC. wasn't fit; offeredD. be unfit for; offer34) Always read the ______on the bottle carefully and take the right amount of medicine.A. explanationsB. instructionsC. descriptionsD. introductions35) The international agreement, encourage children not to smoke and help people kickthe habit, was signed on February 27.A. intending toB. inspired toC. intended toD. inspiring to36) I'm sorry, Henry. It wasn't my ______ to cause a quarrel between you and Tony.A. meaningB. instructionC. intentionD. attention37) ---Is there anything________ in today’s newspaper?---Yes. Two places______ have just been opened to the public in Xi’an.A. of interest; of interestB. interesting; of interestsC. interested; interestingD. interesting; of interesting38) The doctor's mistakes in _______ can lead to the death of the patient.A. judgementB. surveyC. informationD. resolution39) If you can't come tomorrow, we'll _______have to hold the meeting next week.A. yetB. evenC. ratherD. just40) As Senior 3 students, it is the most important to a good state of mind in face of failure.A. keep upB. keep onC. keep outD. keep off41) One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain _____ good knowledge of basic word formation. A. / B. the C. a D. one2.2) _________ to make something better, or to become better3) ________ to show that a particular situation exists, or that something is likely to be true4) _________ happening at the beginning5) ______ to encourage someone by making them feel confident and eager to do something6) _________ a plan or desire to do something7) __________ to stop someone from continuing what they are saying or doing8) _________ the period of time between two events, activities etc9) _______to make, design, or think of a new type of thing10) ________ having a low rank in an organization or profession3.选用下列词的适当形式填空：Part 12) As the mountains beyond our village are becoming greener and greener, they have become______to a large amount of wild life.3) --- What do you think of last night’s lecture?--- ________speaking, I thought it was rather boring.4) The soldier's brave deeds brought him _______ and glory.5) When asked whether there was any ________of saving the patient, the doctor said firmly that there was.6) Mark became ___________ because he could not see any ship except endless water.7) The job of an air ________ is to serve food and drink to passengers on a plane.8) Please tell me _____ you would like to have your coffee --- black or white.9) If we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty, _________ great it is.10) Is it lunch time yet? I'm getting ________.Part 212) There are strong winds and heavy rain in a _________.13) Candy and toys are a child's ______ of happiness, while a grown up's is quite different.14) Only when your ________ has been checked, will you be allowed in.15) The more __________ students have about the school, the easier it will be for them to adapt to the new environment.16) To “be hard up” is an English _________ meaning “to lack money”.17) She is unlucky, and she’s always suf fering _____ luck one after another.18) It is _______ to sell tobacco to someone under 16.19) A scientist in China made another wonderful discovery recently about human genes (基因), which I think is of great ______________ to science.20) To hold back the wheel of history is ________.Part 322) With such a small _______, a great many workers in the factory can’t get enough to eat.23) Robert aimed to be ___________ of his parents by the time he was twenty.24) Heavy __________ was concentrated in the north of the country.25) Now children are taken good care of in the __________.26) After she'd overcome her ________ shyness, she became very friendly27) He was charged with murder but found _________ later and he went out of the police station with his head held high.28) After the fight, a caretaker (管理员) found that a young man was seriously _______ so he telephoned for an ambulance immediately.29) Hold on, please. He'll be back in an __________.30) He graduated from a famous foreign language _________.Part 4on the child’s disease.32) The piano is a sweet musical ____________.33) People without ____________ had to pay for their own repairs.34) He equals me in strength but not in ___________.35) Li Ping has decided to go abroad for further education with the _________ of improving his English and finding a better job when he returns.36) Tom sounds very much __ in the job, but I’m not sure whether he can manage it.(07安徽)37) They held the meeting for the common __________of the Third World.38) At the end of every sentence, teacher will give us a ten-second _______ to wirte down what we have heard.39) The food was so _____________ that the child couldn’t help tastin g it.40) ____________ is needed to make crops grow in dry regions.41) She wore so much ____________ that she seemed to be covered in gold.42) He is a _________ member of the committee; he hasn’t much experience.43) The run-away criminal was finally brought to __________.44) The ______ to solving the problem between the company and the customers is to meet the demand made by the customers.4.选用下列动词的适当形式填空：Part 12) His noble example _________ the rest of us to greater efforts.3) There is a new problem in the popularity of private cars that road conditions need to be improved .4) September 10th, Teacher’s Day in China is to _______ the teachers the glorious profession in the world.5) Nowadays many young people get into the h abit of smoking in public and can’t _____ it.6) As is well known, China has successfully won the right to _____ the 2008 Olympic Games.7) --- You have made a lot of mistakes in the exam.--- You must be ________ I checked it several times.8) When I saw Jane, I stopped and smiled, but she _________ me and walked on.9) You can’t __________that a well-behaved gentleman should be so rude to a lady.10) The government has an interest in _________ scientific equipment from foreign countries.Part 212) To __________ their service, the workers of the hotel are active in learning English.13) The cost of the hotel room doesn’t usually _______that of breakfast.14) Since the operation, the player has taken more exercise to ________ his strength.15) Statistics ________ that unemployment has caused over 70 percent of low-income residents tolive in poverty.16) David apologized for his not being able to _________ me of the change in the plan.17) I _______ the key in the lock, but it wouldn’t work. That wasn’t the key to the lock.18) The boy ________that he hadn’t stolen the money and he be set free at once.19) The Queen accompanied President Hu Jintao in ___________ a Guard of Honour (仪仗队).20) _________ to be the top winner in the contest, Tom felt as if he were on the top of the world.Part 322) Insurance companies usually don’t ________ old people.23) ---I thought you were coming back from Shanghai next week.---Oh, I had ________ to stay there for one more week, but I changed my mind.24) There was a second knock at the door. It was the second time I had been ___________ that evening.25) As a former president, his views are treated with respect when he is __________.26) After the new technique was __________, the factory produced twice as many cars in 2007 as the one before.27) You may go ahead, I will _______ you in five minutes.5.选用下列短语及词组的适当形式填空：Part 12) We thought of selling this old furniture, but we've decided to ________ it. It might be valuable.(NMET 02)3) Our government shows great concern to people who suffer earthquake and promises that food supply will _______ till they rebuild their home and lead a normal life.4) What a pity! I have missed meeting my boss at the airport because my car was ____ ____ in the traffic jam.5) I've always ___________ the belief that the more people have, the more they want.6) ______ yourselves ________. Would you like a cup of coffee?7) The club was named after a very popular football star ___________his contributions to thecountry.8) Liam decided to ignore the warning and just ___________ the best.9) He is on time for everything. _________ he was late for the meeting yesterday?10) On their arraval at the beach the kids were ______________ shellsPart 212) He _______ good _______ the examination result when he saw his daughter’s face.13) Joe isn’t a bad boy, _________, he is a pretty good one.14) The schoolgirl could be a pretty one ______ she paid more attention to her manners and clothes.15) We are _____________ of what is happening in the world by reading newspapers and watchingtelevision.16) Against the advice from his friends, he __________driving alone at the rush hour.17) The film Harry Potter IV ______ children above 12 and adults for it contains horror andviolence．18) --- ______________a number of the cars, there are not many people in the club.---I think so. People would stay at home in such bad weather19) _________ sound travels through the air in waves, so electricity travels through the air in whatwe call radio waves.20) If she doesn’t tell him the truth now, he’ll simply _________ asking her until she d oes.Part 322) The boss _________ $40 from my salary without any good reason, which made me very angry.23) The only way to get your weight down is ___________ all the fattening foods.24) Whatever happens, you should ________ what you have started until you're completely successful.25) I am sure Mike will come on time. He is a man of his word and will ________ his promises.26) The officer told the soldiers to ______ their spirits when they were on the point of giving up.27) Julie is one of those women who always ______________the latest fashion.28) ________________on the stove in case the coffee boils.29) _____________ by a car, he spent a week in the hospital30) He was in such a hurry that he almost _____________ the headmaster.31) If you buy more than ten, they ________ 20 pence _____ off the price.32) Close the door please so that we can ________ the cold ______.6.2) Mary kept ____________ herself to see how much heavier she was getting.3) Having sat for about half an hour without talking to each other, the man finally broke the ___.4) ---You could have turned to the soldiers for help.---Yes, but we hoped to have _______ it on our own. Who would think we would fail?5) The three students went swimming in the river _________ their teachers’ knowledge. And one of them almost drowned.6) A good storyteller must be able to hold his listeners’ _________ until he reaches the end of the story.7) If city noises are not kept from ___________, people will have to shout to be heard even at the dinner table 20 years from now.8) He likes to carry out his own plans independent of _________influence.7.翻译：1) He said he was sorry ______________________ (让我们等) outside for so long a time.2) __________________________ (你的建议没有被忽视)，It is still under discussion.3) You ______________________ (难以想象他们多么激动) when they heard the news that the Chinese team won.4) 我们被她的表演所打动。