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unit61. The scientist _ the two electric systems together so that power could pass from one to the other. A. forecasted B. coupled C. stretched D. analyzed 参考答案:coupled 2. The two tribes had a fierce religious conflict which showed no _ even on women and children. A. mercy B. purpose C. feature D. virtue 参考答案:mercy 3. The new law _ companies to refund the pay to the customers who find the commodities unsatisfactory. A. attempts B. obliges C. imposes D. composes 参考答案:obliges 4. I am sure they must have been surprised, but they expressed absolutely no _ when they heard the news. A. stress B. reflection C. response D. emotion 参考答案:emotion 5. If you consider what he has been through, his conduct is quite understandable although perhaps not _. A. futile B. pessimistic C. desirable D. awkward 参考答案:desirable 6. His every action was _ by hesitation, as though he felt reluctant to commit himself to anything. A. signified B. manifested C. implied D. marked 参考答案:marked 7. The investors are complaining that the volume of stock trading has been reduced to a _ of what it was five years ago. A. fraction B. section C. regulation D. location 参考答案:fraction 8. We let him come here any time he wanted, but he abused the _ by bringing more and more friends with him, so he is no longer allowed to come. A. offspring B. opportunity C. privilege D. power 参考答案:privilege 9. If you go to a number of different shops youll often find great _ in price for the same articles. A. comparisons B. variations C. fractions D. conflicts 参考答案:variations 10. The teacher has the classs attendance _, showing which students were in school on a particular day. A. volume B. schedule C. register D. document 参考答案:register 11. Children usually _ the signals of encouragement and react positively and happily to them. A. come up B. live up C. turn up D. pick up 参考答案:pick up 12. The case has been _ to the High Court as both parties refused to accept the mediation. A. extended B. referred C. implied D. qualified 参考答案:referred 13. I have never been able to _ out why the idea of reorganizing the company was strongly opposed by the management.A. recognize B. figure C. identify D. conceive 参考答案:figure 14. A person who is truly kind does thoughtful things for others without having to be asked or _. A. announced B. awarded C. reminded D. characterized 参考答案:reminded 15. His total possessions _ little more than the clothes in his suitcase, but he doesnt seem uneasy. A. amount to B. cling to C. refer to D. relate to 参考答案:amount to 16. The American Tennis Competition will provide a chance for the losing pair to get their _ on the winning pair for their earlier defeat. A. fame B. revenge C. position D. reputation 参考答案:revenge 17. I was very angry with him, but my heart _ a little when I saw how sorry he was. A. hardened B. melted C. thrilled D. refreshed 参考答案:melted 18. The carefully _ project proved to be a great scheme to overthrow the government, but in vain. A. approved B. enhanced C. illustrated D. nurtured 参考答案:nurtured 19. It is clear from the demonstration that the students no longer _ the authority of the university staff. A. confess B. admit C. recognize D. regard 参考答案:recognize 20. We got two or three _ before having the roof repaired, and accepted the lowest. A. assessments B. estimates C. confusion D. fusion 参考答案:estimates 21. However, at times this balance in nature is _, resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects. A. frustrated B. confused C. puzzled D. disturbed 参考答案:disturbed 22. Be sure that the current has been _ before you leave the apartment in case the electric appliances get burned. A. taken off B. kept off C. switched off D. set off 参考答案:switched off 23. It is unreasonable for him to resent the _ of his younger but more competent colleague to a rank above him. A. appliance B. appreciation C. promotion D. perspective 参考答案:promotion 24. The prices of household _ are declining while the prices of furniture are going up these days. A. accordance B. appliances C. abundance D. admiration 参考答案:appliances 25. The unprecedented _ of modern architecture throughout the world must be considered one of the greatest events in the history of art. A. perception B. consumption C. expansion D. assumption 参考答案:expansion 26. He is stubborn enough to _ on to any idea if he thinks it is right, no matter how strange it may seem to the rest of us. A. divert B. hold C. insist D. persist 参考答案:hold 27. Technological progress in recent years has brought about a sizable increase in the number of persons _ in professional and technical work. A. engaged B. specified C. obliged D. complied 参考答案:engaged 28. His business in Latin American countries _ greatly due to the improvement of investment environment. A. constituted B. thrived C. possessed D. derived 参考答案:thrived 29. A new mode of management _, urging employers to end the long-hour culture among managers. A. sped up B. stood up C. spread up D. sprang up 参考答案:sprang up 30. She is so fashion _ that what she wears always reflects the leading trend in garments. A. intelligent B. alert C. positive D. conscious 参考答案:conscious 31. People taking professional and executive jobs usually have the highest _ of stress, according to Richard Tompkins. A. perception B. deception C. reception D. conception 参考答案:perception 32. The host was told to rest assured that there was a/an _ of food at the party to entertain every guest. A. portion B. abundance C. amount D. stock 参考答案:abundance 33. The Department of Social Security has _ a pamphlet explaining the new rates of pension for the retired people. A. put off B. put on C. put out D. put up 参考答案:put out 34. _ that they have water and light, most plants are best left alone to grow in a natural way. A. Provided B. Captioned C. Considering D. Supposing 参考答案:Provided 35. If conditions change, a well-prepared candidate can slip with _ ease from one field into another. A. respective B. attentive C. comparative D. perceptive 参考答案:comparative 36. The government is making an effort to _ public attention from the serious problems of social security. A. convert B. divert C. revert D. desert 参考答案:divert 37. Reading a newspaper in another language is an excellent way of _ inferences about another culture. A. drawing B. coping C. expressing D. attaining 参考答案:drawing 38. A newborn baby often demonstrates a learning ability and even a remarkable capacity to _ his environment, including the attitudes of his parents. A. multiply B. shape C. render D. generate 参考答案:shape 39. However, teaching need not be the _ of a special group of people nor need it be looked upon as a technical skill. A. prosperity B. province C. facility D. faculty 参考答案:province 40. The local people in the small town are confronted more than ever with _ and progress. A. sensitivity B. efficiency C. prosperity D. emergency 参考答案:prosperity 41. The old _ that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true. A. distribution B. distinction C. consideration D. identification 参考答案:distinction 42. The political situations are so different in the two countries that it is foolish to try to draw a _ between them. A. distinction B. conclusion C. parallel D. equality 参考答案:parallel 43. The American _ to the Rocky Mountain set out yesterday with a view to investigating the ecological environment. A. expansion B. expenditure C. expectation D. expedition 参考答案:expedition 44. You must not be jealous when your sister gets presents; you must learn to behave in a more _ way. A. domestic B. mature C. intelligent D. indifferent 参考答案:mature 45. The police assured the public that the criminal wouldnt _ capture for long. A. deliver B. distribute C. evolve D. evade 参考答案:evade 46. His words _ a refusal, though he did not actually refuse to take part in Christines birthday party this coming Saturday. A. led to B. referred to C. contributed to D. amounted to 参考答案:amounted to 47. Americans are quite _ in the degree to which they glorify the individual who makes his or her own decisions. A. respective B. perspective C. instinctive D. distinctive 参考答案:distinctive 48. The companys _ of the oil under the sea is important to the whole country. A. endurance B. persistence C. application D. exploitation 参考答案:exploitation 49. The book will have to be _ to 200 pages, as printing costs have risen so much in a month. A. reduced B. streamlined C. lowered D. contracted 参考答案:contracted 50. There are reports of _ malnutrition in that region - affecting to 70% of the children under fourteen. A. domestic B. popular C. widespread D. moderate 参考答案:widespread 51. Some people viewed the findings with caution, noting that a cause-and-effect relationship between passive smoking and cancer remains _. A. to be shown B. to have shown C. to have been shown D. being shown 参考答案:to be shown 52. Maybe you have found yourself wondering _ that you want to achieve in your life. A. why it does B. what it does C. what it is D. why it is 参考答案:what it is 53. He claims to be an expert in electro-chemistry, but in actual fact he is ignorant on the subject. _ he knows about it is out of date. A. What little B. So much C. How much D. So little 参考答案:What little 54. _ that we could hardly see the direction and find our way out of the forest. A. So dense the smoke was B. Such the smoke was dense C. So dense was the smoke D. Such the dense smoke was 参考答案:So dense was the smoke 55. She doesnt want to work right away because she thinks that if she _ a job she probably wouldnt be able to see her friends very often. A. has to get B. were to get C. had got D. could have got 参考答案:were to get 56. They would have already completed the investigation of the accident if they _ with the powerful resistance. A. have not confronted B. had not confronted C. would not have confronted D. did not confront 参考答案:had not confronted 57. _ the calculation is right, researchers can never be sure that they have obtained all the information required. A. If only B. So long as C. Even if D. As far as 参考答案:Even if 58. Research shows that the earlier hearing loss is identified, _ reducing the disabling effect. A. the greater the likelihood of B. the greater is the likelihood of C. the likelihood is greater D. the likelihood the greater 参考答案:the greater is the likelihood of 59. We have been told that under no circumstances _ the telephone in the office for personal affairs. A. did we use B. may we use C. we may use D. we could use 参考答案:may we use 60. It is suggested that supermarkets be established in every district _ 50,000 residents or more. A. having B. to have had C. to have D. having had 参考答案:having unit81. He not only made the audience sleepy, but spoilt the poem by reading it in a _ voice. A. expressive B. monotonous C. absorbing D. blunt 参考答案:monotonous 2. _ a curious coincidence, my roommate and I have the same birthday and graduated from the same university. A. At B. With C. On D. By 参考答案:By 3. He does not spend so much time reading newspapers as you thought; he just _ through the morning paper during every days breakfast. A. brushes B. glances C. flashes D. skips 参考答案:glances 4. Too much regulating will confine the childrens creativity; instead, they should be encouraged to explore, invent, _ things _, and put them together. A. take . over B. take . down C. take . apart D. take . in 参考答案:take . apart 5. In western countries tanned skin is regarded as a symbol of health and beauty. So every summer, almost every resort beach is _ with bathers. A. fleeting B. flocking C. swarming D. gliding 参考答案:swarming 6. He had made up his mind to go on diet because he realized that he was so fat that when he ran along his fat thighs _. A. bubbled B. trembled C. wobbled D. dangled 参考答案:wobbled 7. Suffering a lot of stress from work, he had trouble falling asleep at night. Even when it was deep into the night, he still _ in bed. A. wondered about B. thrashed about C. brought about D. thought about 参考答案:thrashed about 8. Never tell him a secret; hes got such a _ tongue that any secret he is told would go around the town as soon as possible. A. loosened B. loose C. tightened D. tight 参考答案:loose 9. The habit of _ water or drinks through a straw may cause wrinkles around your lips. A. licking B. sucking C. sipping D. lapping参考答案:sucking 10. You should dry-clean curtains if possible, as they are likely to _. A. contract B. slim C. shrink D. dissolve 参考答案:shrink 11. At the Autumn Trade Fair in Guangzhou, he _ his former middle-school classmate, Jenny, who was also the girl he had admired secretly for years. A. came up with B. came out C. came with D. came upon 参考答案:came upon 12. This country suffers from an annual cycle of drought _ with flood, which is also the main cause of its poverty. A. changing B. differing C. alternating D. varying参考答案:alternating 13. As they dont have access to vegetables or other food, sea food _ very largely in the diet of these islanders. A. stresses B. emphasizes C. highlights D. features 参考答案:features 14. A healthy child cannot be _; he has to be doing something all day long. A. idle B. lazy C. naughty D. idol 参考答案:idle 15. As a _, he seemed to be too arrogant. Hes writing off every rule laid down by the former manager. A. predecessor B. successor C. inheritor D. back-up 参考答案:successor 16. If you press this key, the screen will go _ but the file is actually restorable. A. vacant B. empty C. hollow D. blank 参考答案:blank 17. In the technology museum, there are various kinds of _. I am very curious about them and I dont understand how they operate. A. contraptions B. contract C. contact D. contrast 参考答案:contraptions 18. The advertising of this film attracted _ of people to the cinema, but most of the audience found themselves rather disappointed. A. troops B. flights C. flocks D. packs 参考答案:flocks 19. This mountain area was hit by a heavy snow last night, and all the way up to the top was covered by thick snow. From time to time you could see some carthorses _ up the hill pulling the load behind them. A. pleading B. plodding C. plotting D. pledging 参考答案:plodding 20. Sues boyfriend was leaving for the United States by ship. Sue saw him off at the harbor. With tears in eyes, she watched the ship sailing until it was _. A. out of mind B. out of control C. out of sight D. out of place 参考答案:out of sight 21. A burglar broke into Mr. Lis house last night. But unfortunately Mr. Li arrived home when the criminal was still inside his house. The burglar was so frightened that he jumped out of the window and was _ on the fence. A. impaled B. implanted C. implemented D. imprisoned参考答案:impaled 22. Only 2 weeks after solving the financial dispute with his former employer, Dick fell into trouble again: his tax affairs were in a complete _. A. mass B. jungle C. web D. tangle 参考答案:tangle 23. To achieve your academic goal, you must keep _ of all the new ideas and developments in all the fields concerned. A. path B. trail C. track D. pace 参考答案:track 24. Chapter 1 serves as a general introduction of my thesis, whereas the others except the last one are analyses _. A. in practice B. in theory C. in reality D. in detail参考答案:in detail 25. She rushed into the hall about 40 minutes after the party began, with her rucksack _ and jingling on her shoulders. A. leaping B. bouncing C. hopping D. skipping 参考答案:bouncing 26. This small garment company made their fortune by making dresses _ Paris models. A. developed into B. patterned upon C. followed on D. copied down 参考答案:patterned upon 27. Brown bread contains the _ of wheat, which is very nutritious and does good to our health. A. husk B. task C. dust D. bust 参考答案:husk 28. The teacher _ all the children to the room, trying to figure out who had broken into the presidents office and stolen the final examination paper. A. summoned B. submitted C. summarized D. subscribed 参考答案:summoned 29. Denny has been living alone for years after he divorced his wife, which was pitiful in some peoples eyes. But he doesnt think so, because he can _ a lot of pleasure from meeting new people. A. derive B. deprive C. survive D. revive 参考答案:derive 30. The barn of the used-to-be-poor farmer is now _ with