成人英语三级

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)

Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

36. It is the interaction between people, rather than the events that _________ in their lives that is the main focus of social psychology.

A. occur B. refer

C. infer D. imply

37. Should John resign and Henry ________ him, we would have a more powerful leadership.

A. conquer B. control

C. manage D. succeed

38. People of ________ backgrounds now fly to distant places for pleasure, business or education.

A. distant B. diverse

C. further D. separate

39. ________ swept through the swimmers as they caught sight of a huge shark approaching them.

A. Picnic B. Clinic

C. Panic D. Specific

40. If you are a member of a club, you must ________ to the rules of that club.

A. access B. apply

C. confirm D. conform

41. _________ answering the question, the manager shrugged his shoulders as if it were not important.

A. In case of B. In the place of

C. Instead of D. In front of

42. The young man asked his parents not to worry because he was full of ________ about his career.

A. pessimism B. optimism

C. desperation D. frustration

43. On hearing of the case, Conan Doyle was _________ that the man was innocent and immediately went to work to ascertain the truth.

A. convinced B. conceived

C. relieved D. dismayed

44. The century-old ________ between the two tribes eventually terminated through the persistent efforts of the local government.

A. feasibilities B. possibilities

C. hospitalities D. hostilities

45. The leaders of the two countries are planning their ________ meeting with a pledge to maintain and develop good ties.

A. summit B. high

C. top D. superior

46. Mike’s success is _________ his hard work and his ability to formulate plans which will get work done efficiently.

A. owe to B. as to

C. due to D. according to

47. Scientist now have some surprising answers about whether brain power ________ as we get older.

A. deduces B. descends

C. collapses D. declines

48. Who is going to ________ the job of Dr. Johnson has not been decided yet.

A. take over B. drive on

C. sort out D. keep up

49. This project can _______ the region so that crops there may suffer no more drought.

A. irritate B. irrigate

C. isolate D. illuminate

50. The police stopped me the other day as I was driving home, because I was exceeding the speed _________ .

A. limit B. limitation

C. minimum D. maximum

51. There were some ________ flowers on the table, which were made of silk.

A. fresh B. false

C. artificial D. natural

52. Citizens in this country are now enjoying better dental health, as shown by the declining incidence of tooth __________ .

A. care B. decay

C. growth D. reflection

53. People who are _________ to wool shouldn’t wear woolen clothing.

A. sensitive B. initiative

C. integrative D. repetitive

54. In order to help the listeners get a better understanding of the new conception, the lecturer _________ it with many examples.

A. practiced B. dominated

C. estimated D. explained

55. The labor leaders realize they will have to make some concessions in their demands in order to ________ an agreement.

A. meet B. invite

C. reach D. move

56. The passenger must have had an accident; _________ he would have arrived by that time.

A. therefore B. otherwise

C. so D. nevertheless

57. My neighbors have painted their houses, ________ , of course, makes my house looks much shabbier than it really is.

A. that B. what

C. which D. who

58. My sister’s nose quivered a little at the tip, ________ when she is excited over anything.

A. as always as it does B. as it always is

C. always as it does D. as it always does

59. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proposed that the United States _________ a launch laboratory for a new era of space exploration.

A. construct B. constructs

C. constructed D. will construct

60. Traditional Chinese medicine is famous for using herbs ________ healing properties.

A. in B. on

C. with D. between

61. Animals are quite different from human beings _________ animals have no aptitude for language learning.

A. in which B. in what

C. in that D. in how

62. You _________ yesterday if you were really serious about this project.

A. ought to come B. ought to be coming

C. ought to have been coming D. ought to have come

63. The chairman of the department, together with some other teachers, _________ a conference for the purpose of laying down certain regulations.

A. is planning B. are planning

C. plan D. have planned

64. Traffic police have to make decisions __________ .

A. on the spot B. on business

C. on purpose D. on the watch

65. Medicine should not be kept __________ it is approachable to children.

A. when B. where

C. which D. that

66. _________ poisoning, immediately give large quantities of salty water in order to induce vomiting.

A. In case of B. Except for

C. In spite of D. Apart from

67. You needn’t have interrupted the class to tell me that; you ______ to me afterwards.

A. come B. could be coming

C. could have come D. had come

68. One study found that job applicants _________ make more eye contact are more alert, dependable, confident and responsible.

A. that B. who

C. which D. when

69. Those changes have affected children _________ parents.

A. as long as B. as good as

C. as far as D. as well as

70. Not too many years my mother jogged in the alley behind our house because she was embassassed ________ jogging in public.

A. to be seeing B. to be seen

C. to see D. to have seen

71. The president devoted his energies to ________ the curricula, making the education offered at Washington College as meaningful as possible.

A. updating B. update

C. be updated D. have updated

72. Failure to advertise could result in either reduced sales and less profit _________ legal actions.

A. nor B. neither

C. or D. and

73. ________ by the storm, they were forced to go without food for several days.

A. Have cut off B. Cut off

C. Be cut off D. Cutting off

74. You will almost always find Caroline playing a video game because she enjoys __________ .

A. challenged B. to be challenged

C. be challenged D. being challenged

75. Some of the suggestions have been adopted _________ others turned down as they are quite impracticable.

A.and B. so

C. but D. since

（责任编辑：lqh）

共6页,当前第3页  第一页  前一页  下一页