标题：语法习题

1`Some journalists of ten overstate the situation so that their news may create a great _____.   
(A)explosion      (B)sensation      (C)exaggeration           (D)stimulation
2`Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second language could _____.  
(A)descend        (B)decline          (C)deteriorate             (D)depress
3`It is announced that an wallet has been found and can be _____ at the manager's office.
(A)declared         (B)obtained        (C)reclaimed           (D)recognized   
4`If you know what the trouble is, why don't ask you help them to _____ the situation?    
(A)simplify        (B)modify        (C)verify             (D)rectify
5`It is usually the case that people seldom behave in _____ way when in a furious state.     
(A)stable         (B)rational         (C)legal            (D)credible
6`He is too young to _____ between right and wrong.      
(A)discard          (B)discern        (C)disperse         (D)disregard
7`The _____ of finding gold in California were good in the 1840's.  
(A)proposals        (B)promises         (C)prospects         (D)privileges
8`I didn't say anything like that at all, you are purposely _____ my idea to prove your point.  
(A)revising       (B)contradicting          (C)distorting         (D)distracting
9`The drowning child was saved by Dick's _____ action.       
(A)acute         (B)morose           (C)profound             (D)prompt
10`Jim isn't _____ but he did badly in the final exams last semester.
(A)gloomy       (B)dull         (C)awkward               (D)tedious
11`The Chairman of the board _____ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers, the firm can no longer afford to employ. 
(A)compelled         (B)posed           (C)pressed            (D)tempted
12`Your advice would be _____ valuable to him, who is at present at his wit's end.      
(A)exceedingly          (B)excessively        (C)extensively        (D)exclusively
13`Too much _____ to X-ray can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.         
(A)disclosure         (B)exhibition          (C)contact                (D)exposure
14`Some people criticize family doctors for _____ too many medicines for minor illness.        
(A)prescribing         (B)ordering           (C)advising           (D)delivering
15`Some criminals were printing _____ dollar bills until were arrested.
(A)decent               (B)fake          (C)patent                  (D)suspicious
16`Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practical _____.
(A)obligations          (B)regulations         (C)observations         (D)considerations
17`Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss _____ the bread-winner's  death.
(A)at the cost of         (B)on the verge of        (C)as a result of       (D)for the sake of
18`In education there should be a good _____ among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment. 
(A)distribution       (B)balance          (C)combination           (D)assignment
19`The American dream is most _____ during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalism.   
 (A)plausible        (B)patriotic       (C)primitive            (D)partial
20`Poverty is not _____ in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas, it is more visible tere.     
(A)adamant           (B)temporary        (C)prevalent          (D)segmental
21`People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in _____ populated areas.
(A)densely      (B)intensely           (C)abundantly            (D)assiduously
22`As a way of _____ the mails while they were away, Johnson asked the cleaning lady to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again later.                 
(A)picking up          (B)coping with          (C)passing out         (D)getting across
23`There are _____ approaches to English teaching. But not all of them are equally efficient for our Chinese students.
(A)double          (B)joint          (C)orginate                 (D)diverse
24`An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical _____, will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.               
(A)interference            (B)interruption       (C)intervention          (D)interaction
25`These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the _____ of higher education from the mid-1860's to the mid-1880's.                             
(A)branch           (B)category             (C)domain               (D)cache
26`The new plan is _____ and everybody present agrees with it.
(A)feasible            (B)adventure           (C)appendix               (D)buttress
27`Crisis would be the right term to describe the _____ in many animal species. 
(A)minimization          (B)restriction           (C)descent             (D)decline
28`The city is an important railroad _____ and industrial and convention center.    
(A)conjunction           (B)network            (C)junction               (D)link
29`I have _____ three terrible English examinations this week.
(A)castigated             (B)accosted           (C)undergone           (D)suffered
30`Researchers discovered that plants infected with a virus give off a gas that _____ disease resistance in neighboring plants.            
(A)contracts          (B)activates          (C)maintains            (D)prescribe

练习2
1`Corporations and labor unions have _____ great benefits upon their employees and members as well as upon the general public. 
(A)conferred           (B)granted          (C)flung          (D)submitted
2`The movement of the moon conveniently provided the unit of month, which was _____ from one new moon to the next.           
(A)measured             (B)reckoned       (C)judged          (D)assessed
3`The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was _____ to the issue at hand.   
(A)irrational        (B)unreasonable               (C)invalid              (D)irrelevant
4`Fuel scarcities and price increases _____ automobile designers to scale down the largest models and to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.       
(A)persuaded        (B)prompted            (C)imposed             (D)enlightened
5`I suggested he should _____ himself to his new conditions.   
(A)adapt      (B)adopt                  (C)regulate               (D)abandon
6`There were many people present and he appeared only for a few seconds, so I only caught a _____ of him.
(A)glance              (B)glimpse         (C)look         (D)sight
7`I don't think it's wise of you to _____ your greater knowledge in front of the director, for it may offend him.
(A)show up          (B)show out                  (C)show in         (D)show off
8`The returns in the short _____ may be small, but over a number of years the investment will be well repaid.
(A)interval              (B)range                   (C)span          (D)term
9`A thorough study of biology requires _____ with the properties of trees and plants, and the habit of birds and beasts.   
(A)acquisition        (B)discrimination          (C)curiosity          (D)familiarity
10`I can't _____ his rude manner.      
(A)abnormall              (B)abide          (C)abuse            (D)abjure
11`The motion of ocean water _____ at different depths below the surface.     
(A)varies                  (B)modifies          (C)alters            (D)differs
12`The sudden demise of Britain's oldest investment bank _____ global markets. 
(A)vibrated              (B)swung           (C)trembled             (D)jolted
13`When the doctor took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.
(A)aloof                (B)average        (C)assiduous         (D)normal
14`He applied for a _____ position in a company.    
(A)empty                 (B)vacant         (C)vacuum            (D)margin
15`At the age of 40, he had already _____ a great fortune through successful financial dealings.
(A)allayed              (B)assembled       (C)amassed            (D)congregated
16`When moisture on the skin _____, it draws heat out of the body.
(A)evaporates             (B)dilutes           (C)diffuses           (D)dissipates
17`Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.
(A)likely                (B)uniform           (C)alike         (D)equivalent
18`No one needs to feel awkward in _____ his own customs.   
(A)pursuing             (B)following          (C)adulating          (D)wrecked
19`Every camera we sell comes with a two-year _____.      
(A)addendum       (B)guarantee           (C)confirmation          (D)conservation
20`He has _____ strange hobbies like collecting bottle tops and inventing secret codes.
(A)gone on        (B)gone in for          (C)gone with           (D)gone through with
21`Of all the soldiers they had the _____ of being the fiercest, the most patriotic, and the toughest.   
(A)recognition         (B)reservation          (C)recreation        (D)reputation
22`His intelligence and experience will enable him to _____ the complicated situation. 
(A)cope with       (B)settle down          (C)intervene in        (D)interfere with
23`He obviously displays a great _____ for some of your poems.     
(A)consent              (B)admiration          (C)respect        (D)pleasure
24`The fire must have ____ after the staff had gone home.   
(A)broken down       (B)broken up             (C)broken out           (D)broken off
25`Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to ____ it.  
(A)flirt            (B)blear       (C)endure        (D)persist
26`The winning team loudly ____ its victory.    
(A)magnified         (B)proclaimed          (C)signified        (D)exclaimed
27`The captured criminals were ____ in chains through the street.  
(A)exhibited               (B)displayed         (C)paraded            (D)revealed
28`I guess Jones didn't have a chance to win the election, almost all of the people in the city voted for his _____.   
(A)candidate             (B)opponent         (C)alternative         (D)participant
29`The city has decided to ____ smoking.   
(A)do away with       (B)take away         (C)get away with           (D)put away
30`It is unfortunate that, owing to lack of money, these experiments must now be ____ before the objective has been achieved.
(A)transferred             (B)testified         (C)terminated          (D)transformed

练习3
1`In many cultures people who were though to have the ability to _____ dream were likely to be highly respected.           
(A)interprett             (B)intervene       (C)inherit      (D)impart
2`Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on _____.           
(A)consciousness            (B)impulse       (C)instinct          (D)response
3`There's a whole _____ of bills waiting to be paid.
(A)stock             (B)stack                (C)number       (D)sequence
4`To be an investor. One needs profound knowledge as well as a very _____ imagination. 
(A)vivid                (B)bright          (C)living         (D)colorful
5`Communication is the process of ____ a message from a source to an audience via a channel. 
(A)transmitting         (B)submitting        (C)transforming          (D)switching
6`The schoolmaster _____ the girl's bravery in his opening speech. 
(A)applauded            (B)enhanced        (C)elevated        (D)clapped
7`Many people think that the standards of public _____ have declined. 
(A)morality           (B)rightness      (C)awareness         (D)mentality
8`You need to rewrite this sentence because it is _____; the readers will have difficulty in understanding it.           
(A)comprehensive            (B)alternative         (C)deliberate     (D)ambiguous
9`People were surprised to find that he had the ability to _____ everything he was involved in.      
(A)precede                (B)dominate          (C)effect        (D)instruct
10`The problems requiring immediate solution will be given _____ at the meeting.  
(A)priority           (B)urgency          (C)superiority          (D)emergency
11`Scientists first _____ the idea of the atom tomb in the 1930s.    
(A)imagined          (B)conceived        (C)considered          (D)acknowledged
12`France's _____ of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last month triggered political debates and mass demonstrations.
(A)assumption           (B)consumption      (C)presumption        (D)resumption
13`The 215-page manuscript, circulated to publishers last October, _____ an outburst of interest.
(A)flared          (B)glittered         (C)sparked        (D)flashed
14`His efforts to bring about a reconciliation between the two Parties _____.
(A)came off          (B)came on         (C)came round        (D)came down
15`The system was redesigned to embrace the network and eventually _____ it in a profitable direction.
(A)adapt          (B)control              (C)install          (D)steer
16`The capital intended to broaden the export base and _____ efficiency gains from international trade was channeled instead into uneconomic import substitution.
(A)secure       (B)extend         (C)defend           (D)possess
17`It is announced that a wallet has been found and can be _____ at the manager's office.
(A)declared            (B)obtained         (C)reclaimed             (D)recognized
18`When I _____ my senses, I found myself wrapped up in bed in my little room, with Grandma bending over me.
(A)woke up             (B)took to           (C)picked up         (D)came to
19`The American society is _____ an exceedingly shaky foundation of natural resources, which is connected with the possibility of a worsening environment.
(A)established on    (B)affiliated to       (C)originated from        (D)incorporated with
20`I am not _____ with my roommate but I have to share the room with her, because I have nowhere else to live. 
(A)concerned         (B)compatible         (C)considerate        (D)complied
21`At first, the _____ of color pictures over a long distance seemed impossible, but, with painstaking efforts and at great expense, it became a reality.
(A)transaction         (B)transmission       (C)transformation          (D)transition
22`When the committee _____ to details, the proposed plan seemed impractical.
(A)got down          (B)set about          (C)went off           (D)came up
23`_____ to some parts of South America is still difficult, because parts of the continent are still covered with thick forests.
(A)Orientation         (B)Access           (C)Procession          (D)Voyage
24`Mr Smith had an unusual_____: he was first an office clerk, the a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher.
(A)profession          (B)occupation          (C)position         (D)career
25`The mayor is a woman with great _____ and therefore deserves our political and financial support.
(A)intention           (B)instinct         (C)integrity              (D)intensity
26`The English weather defies forecast and hence is a source of interest _____ to everyone.
(A)speculation        (B)attribution         (C)utilization       (D)proposition
27`The fact that the golden eagle usually builds its nest on some high cliffs _____ it almost impossible to obtain the eggs or the young birds.
(A)renders              (B)reckons        (C)regards             (D)relates
28`To impress a future employer, one should dress neatly be _____, and display in the job.
(A)swift             (B)instant            (C)timely          (D)punctual
29`You don't have to install this radio in your new car, it's an _____ extra.
(A)excessive        (B)optional        (C)additional               (D)arbitrary
30`We were pleased to note that the early morning delivery didn't _____ to the traffic jam of the busy city.
(A)aid              (B)amount        (C)add                  (D)attribute

练习4
1`With the _____ of Mary, all the girl students are eager to go to the party.
(A)exhibition            (B)exception          (C)except       (D)reception
2`In fact, there is no _____ liberty in any country.
(A)adequate              (B)absolute           (C)private          (D)practical
3`He drove very fast to _____ that red car.
(A)scatter                   (B)overtake           (C)site          (D)sponsor
4`Slides are sometimes called _____ film.
(A)whistle                  (B)vigorous          (C)robot           (D)transparent
5`This rock has to be _____ in order to build a road.
(A)blasted                 (B)explored           (C)hired          (D)maintained
6`You may _____ of the extra books in our department library.
(A)deposit               (B)enclose          (C)fade           (D)dispose
7`None of the servants were _____ when Mr. smith wanted to send message.
(A)available         (B)approachable         (C)attainable          (D)applicable
8`I was crossing the street and was almost _____ by car.
(A)attacked         (B)dicked                (C)hit             (D)held
9`We are _____ at the rapid progress Mark has made in this semester.
(A)distinguished       (B)annoyed        (C)astonished            (D)scored
10`He worked hard this week, but _____ very little.
(A)presented          (B)obeyed        (C)composed           (D)accomplished
11`He designed an experiment in order to _____ his theory.
(A)demonstrate       (B)proof         (C)defense                 (D)grasp
12`Heavy taxed are _____ on wines imported from the other countries.
(A)imposed            (B)trgistered         (C)splashed        (D)thundered
13`The doctors _____ the medicines to the people in the flood area.
(A)distributed          (B)packed           (C)prayed       (D)undertook
14`He _____ to study harder in the future so that he could have more opportunities to find a better job.
(A)resolved           (B)resorted            (C)requested         (D)reserved
15`Sometimes it is very difficult to _____ some of the English words. Even the native speaker can not help.
(A)decrease           (B)create           (C)define             (D)delight
16`From the _____ from this examination, we know it is too easy for the students.
(A)feedback              (B)frost          (C)outline                (D)overlook
17`An emergency _____ is very important in case of fire.
(A)exit                 (B)deposit           (C)discharge             (D)elaborate
18`This textbook is for the _____ students, not for the beginners.
(A)observation          (B)transportation           (C)advanced            (D)transfer
19`When I read the newspaper, I always read the _____ first.
(A)headlines          (B)headquarter         (C)heaven            (D)horizon
20`They _______ our house at $10,000.
(A)count                (B)vanish         (C)weave         (D)assess
21`Both O.J.Simpson and Jim Brown have been ______ as the greatest players in the history of football.
(A)ranked                 (B)recorded      (C)stocked        (D)stripped
22`The airplane took off soon. It was like being on an old train _____ from side to side and going faster and faster.
(A)surrounding             (B)foregoing       (C)swaying        (D)frowning
23`Several loudspeakers are _____ from the ceiling and we can hear the speaker very clearly.
(A)connected              (B)sustained        (C)associated        (D)suspended
24`Although the traffic is not busy, he likes to drive at a _____ speed.
(A)spare                  (B)fast        (C)moderate         (D)moral
25`All the memories of his childhood had _____ from his mind by the time he was 65.
(A)faded             (B)illustrated         (C)comfined             (D)concerned
26`This boy was _____ for what he had done in the class.
(A)scolded             (B)overcome        (C)inclined             (D)displayed
27`Some states in the United States _______ people to carry guns.
(A)apply                (B)charm         (C)ignore            (D)forbid
28`It is not _____ for me to return all the books to the library now because I still need some of them for my research.
(A)continuous              (B)difficult         (C)convenient            (D)sufficient
29`This man has been proved _____ of murder.
(A)guilty                    (B)spoil            (C)flash          (D)curious
30`_____ is usually the chief enemy of the camera lens.
(A)Occasion                (B)vain          (C)moisture         (D)Deck