2005年12月

41. Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ____of the motor industry is uncertain.

A)terminal       B)benefit          C)fate              D)estimate

42.To speed up the ______of letters, the Post Office introduced automatic sorting.

A)treatment      B)delivery         C)transmission       D)departure

43.These overseas students show great ______ for learning a new language.

A)enthusiasm    B)authority         C)convention        D)faith

44.The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the ______of the murder committed last month.

A)observers     B)witnesses         C)audiences         D)viewers

45.Politically these nations tend to be ______,with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy.

A)unstable      B)reluctant          C)rational           D)unsteady

46.The chairman was blamed for letting his secretary ________too much work last week.

A)take to       B)take out           C)take away         D)take on

47."You try to get some sleep. I'll _____the patient's breakfast, "said the nurse.

A)see to       B)stick to            C)get to             D)lead to

48.TheLondon Marathon is a difficult race.____, thousands of runners participate every year.

A)Therefore    B)Furthermore       C)Accordingly        D)Nevertheless

49.The bank refused to ______him any money, so he had to postpone buying a house.

A)credit       B)borrow           C)loan               D)lease

50.The more a nation's companies _______factories abroad, the smaller that country's recorded exports will be.

A)lie         B)spot              C)stand              D)locate

51.Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an ______for breaking the law.

A)excuse      B)intention         C)option              D)approval

52.Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military _____in the coastal city.

A)goals       B)aims             C)targets             D)destinations

53.It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital _____of milk.

A)storage     B)reserve           C)resource            D)source

54."This light is too______ for me to read by. Don’t we have a brighter bulb some where": said the elderly man.

A)mild       B)dim              C)minute             D)slight

55.We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be ____and go another day.

A)reliable     B)probable          C)feasible            D)flexible

56.We are quite sure that we can ______our present difficulties and finish the task according to schedule.

A)get across   B)get over           C)get away          D)get off

57.______recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical.

A) get across    B)get over        C)get away           D)get off

58.jessica was ______from the warehouse to the accounting office, which was considered a promotion.

A)delivered     B)exchanged      C)transferred         D)transformed

59.Mr.Smith asked his secretary to ______a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.

　A)inject        B)install          C)invade            D)insert

60.There's the living room still to be _____,so that's my next project.

A)abandoned    B)decorated       C)dissolved          D)assessed

61.The old paper mill has been ______to make way for a new shopping centre.

A)abandoned    B)decorated       C)dissolved          D)held down

62.It may be necessary to stop ______in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.

A)at a distance   B)at intervals      C)at case            D)at length

63.Yor can hire a bicycle in many places. Usually you'll have to pay a _________.

A)fare          B) at intervals     C)at ease            D)at length

64.My grandfather had always taken a _______interest in my work, and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time.

A)splendid      B)weighty        C)vague            D)keen

65.________quantities of water are being used nowadays with the rapid development of industry and agriculture.

A)nothing but   B)anything but     C)not to speak of     D)nothing to speak of

66.John cannot afford to go to university, _______going abroad.

A) Excessive    B)Extensive       C) Extreme         D)exclusive

67.Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.

A)involve      B)compose        C)enclose          D)attach

68.If you don’t like to swim, you _____as well stay at home.

A)should       B)may           C)can              D)would

69.Dr.Smith was always ______the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care.　　

A)reminded of  B)absorbed in      C)tended by         D)concerned about

70.Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4,1826,the fiftieth ______of American Independence.

A)ceremony    B)occasion        C)occurrence       D)anniversary