六级词汇习题集萃1.doc

六级词汇习题集萃 1 1. The sunrise as seen from the top of a mountain is a tremendous _. a. vision b. prime c. spectacle d. scenery 2. Hed made a serious mistake, but he tried to _ its seriousness. a. dwarf b. shrink c. cut d. minimize 3. A long-distance runner must have _. a. faculty b. endurance c. patience d. strength 4. He would suffer death rather than _ the secret to the enemy. a. inform b. betray c. subject d. introduce 5. His appointment may _ some new life into the committee. a. stimulate b. convert c. probe d. inject 6. The contractor _ the building costs which turned out to be much more. a. estimated b. overestimated c. underestimated d. suppressed 7. The new ideas _ through the whole country, everyone desiring political change. a. inspired b. permeated c. overflew d. immersed 8. Henry Ford _ an important future for the motor car. a. envisaged b. assumed c. ensured d. improved 9. The PLA men launched a(n) _ attack on the enemy forces in several columns. a. huge b. fierce c. converging d. assembly 10. His work looks all right at first glance, but it will not stand up to _. a. caution b. scrutiny c. search d. evaluation 11. When a _ has been accepted for publication, it is passed to an editor for detailed scrutiny. a. book b. manuscript c. sketch d. commentary 12. The news commentator analyzed the situation with _. a. reservation b. punctuality c. complimentsd. clarity 13. The boxer fought desperately to _ off his opponents blows. a. shake b. avoid c. escape d. ward 14. For many years the management havent given the workers a raise in pay; the workers have no _ to work hard. a. intention b. purpose c. incentive d. inspiration 15. The _ of his long speech was that we must all work harder. a. ingredient b. component c. extract d. essence 16. His room and mine are _; there is no other room in between. a. adjunctive b. adhesive c. adjacent d. adverse 17. At dinner the hostess was _ and kept pressing each guest to eat. a. friendly b. cordial c. particular d. talkative 18. The shop assistant is very _ with her customers. If an article is of poor quality, she will tell them so. a. straightforward b. informative c. patient d. considerate 19. The magician picked several persons _ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance. a. by accident b. at random c. on occasion d. on average 20. “More haste, less speed” is a _. a. fact b. truth c. principle d. paradox 21. A _ school trains boys and girls for different occupations. a. normal b. professional c. vocational d. nursing 22. The baseball player _ his ankle on the play. a. knocked b. smashed c. crushed d. wrenched 23. New employees must go through a period of _ before they can be expected to understand their job. a. introduction b. orientation c. acquaintance d. familiarity 24. I _ in the dark for the torch which I knew must be somewhere in the room. a. probed b. looked c. sought d. groped 25. There are poor people without homes, who sleep in the streets, and live in _. a. misery b. urgency c. emergency d. pension 26. A fever usually _ that there is something wrong with the body. a. matters b. displays c. admits d. signifies 27. On Christmas Eve the big house _ with lights. a. illuminated b. blazed c. glared d. flashed 28. The mayor threatened to use his _ over the city councils proposal. a. power b. authority c. privilege d. veto 29. Very soon after the _ of the war of resistance against Japan he enrolled in the Eighth Route Army. a. breakdown b. breakthrough c. outbreak d. breakup 30. Arriving late for school, we found to our _ that the headmaster was waiting for us at the gate. a. disappointment b. delight c. dismay d. indignation 31. Thats a _ corner for a car thats traveling fast. There have been many accidents there. a. terrific b. rough c. dirty d. nasty 32. We are _ to think evil of people we dont like. a. subject b. prone c. likely d. obliged 33. An accident _ him from playing football. a. deprived b. distracted c. disabled d. dismissed 34. He was covered with _ after falling off his bicycle. a. damage b. injuries c. bruises d. scars 35. He resolutely _ to what he had said at the meeting: he had not changed his mind in any way. a. insisted b. persisted c. stood d. adhered 36. His tastes and habits _ with those of his wife. a. combine b. compete c. coincide d. compromise 37. Dont _ your umbrella through the bars of the lions cage. a. poke b. put c. probe d. pose 38. He sat down at the table with a _ look on his face after a days work. a. dreadful b. weary c. cheerful d. formidable 39. The promise of a bonus was a(n) _ to the workers. a. stimulus b. excitement c. agitation d. inspiration 40. The Nazi war criminals were condemned for crimes against _. a. humanitarians b. humanity c. human d. humanities 41. I should like to _ this method to you; I have tried it myself, and have always found it successful. a. command b. commend c. commit d. communicate 42. When I entered his room, he was _ over his English lessons. a. contemplating b. reading c. poring d. pondering 43. Father has the habit of _ locking the front door at night; he never even once forgets it. a. inevitably b. invariably c. usually d. constantly 44. Having _ away half his salary at cards and spent the rest on drink, Bottomley had to borrow from his friends to pay the rent and buy some food. a. lost b. forfeited c. suffered d. gambled 45. The monument was built to _ the heroes who died for the cause of the peoples liberation. a. celebrate b. commemorate c. memorize d. applaud 46. He committed lots of crimes and received _ punishment. a. energetic b. vigorous c. huge d. rigorous 47. The