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 She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would ________ her long effort.
A:justify
B:testify
C:rectify
D:verify
Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.
A:attach
B:compose
C:involve
D:enclose
I saw them bending with great ____ over the machines.
A:concentration
B:endeavor
C:tolerance
D:absorption
Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _________ against the
local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.
A:contradict
B:reform
C:counter
D:protest
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4,1826,the fiftieth_ ______of American Independence.
A:ceremony
B:anniversary
C:occasion
D:occurrence
A man who always ____ his salary can never become very wealthy.
A:anticipate
B:articulate
C:manifest
D:monitor
There a canal was being built to ____ commerce between the two countries.
A:allocate
B:facilitate
C:induce
D:furnish
Equipment not______ official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.
A:conforming to
B:consistent with
C:predominant over
D:providing for
American companies are evolving from mass-production manufacturing to ________ enterprises.
A:moveable
B:changing
C:flexible
D:varying
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:scope
Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an ______for breaking the law.
A:option
B:intention
C:approval
D:excuse
The meeting was put off because we __________ a meeting without John.
A:objected having
B:were objected to having
C:objected to have
D:objected to having
The London Marathon is a difficult race._______, thousands of runners participate every year.
A:Therefore
B:Accordingly
C:Nevertheless
D:Furthermore
A series of strikes have ____ many of the basic industries in that country.
A:crippled
B:damaged
C:changed
D:decreased
I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I ________ the
journey in exactly two days.
A:must take
B:must have made
C:was able to make
D:could make
The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the ______of the murder committed last month.
A:witnesses
B:audiences
C:viewers
D:observers
In no case will they ____ with folded arms.
A:pass by
B:look on
C:go by
D:hold on
He is too young to be able to ______ between right and wrong.
A:discard
B:discern
C:disperse
D:disregard
If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he ________ able to advise
you much better than I can.
A:would be
B:will have been
C:was
D:were
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
He promised to put ____ a word for me.
A:out
B:down
C:forward
D:in
For a little while the girl ____ for her dead cat, but she got over it
after a few days.
A:ached
B:depressed
C:grieved
D:upset
It may be necessary to stop ______in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.
A:at case
B:at length
C:at intervals
D:at a distance
Such a (n)____ person has got to the top of the company! That’s more than I bargained for.
A:responsible
B:illegal
C:notorious
D:illegitimate
He asked me to lend him some money, which I agreed to do, ________ that he
paid me back the following week.
A:on occasion
B:on purpose
C:on condition
D:only if
James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _________ until yesterday.
A:will come
B:was coming
C:had been coming
D:came
Poverty is not ______ in most cities although ,perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas , it is more visible there.
A:rare
B:temporary
C:prevalent
D:segmental
To his great joy he discovered that his ear was becoming ____.
A:sensational
B:sensitive
C:sentimental
D:sensible
Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military _____in the coastal city.
A:goals
B:destinations
C:targets
D:aims
Do you know Tim’s brother? He is _________ than Tim.
A:much more sportsman
B:more of a sportsman
C:more of sportsman
D:more a sportsman
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
The bank refused to ______him any money, so he had to postpone buying a house.
A:loan
B:borrow
C:lease
D:credit
His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting.
A:so as to
B:such as to
C:such to
D:as much as to
I don’t know if the story is true, but I’ll try to ____ it.
A:verify
B:reinforce
C:identify
D:conform
Politically these nations tend to be ______,with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy.
A:unsteady
B:unstable
C:rational
D:reluctant
The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her ______ attitude toward customers
A:impartial
B:mild
C:hostile
D:opposing
If you don’t like to swim, you _____as well stay at home.
A:may
B:can
C:would
D:should
To speed up the ______of letters, the Post Office introduced automatic sorting.
A:treatment
B:transmission
C:departure
D:delivery
The portion of the total income of China’s railways which comes from carrying cargo is____80 percent.
A:consequently
B:roughly
C:comparatively
D:incidentally
Yor can hire a bicycle in many places. Usually you‘ll have to pay a _________.
A:deposit
B:deal
C:fare
D:fond
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
The more a nation‘s companies _______factories abroad, the smaller that country‘s recorded exports will be.
A:lie
B:locate
C:spot
D:stand
Inside the machine is an____arrangement of wires.
A:incredible
B:internal
C:intricate
D:initial
_________ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.
A:I was and always will be
B:I have to be and always will be
C:I had been and always will be
D:I have been and always will be
He knows the regulations, and if he refuses to ____ with them he must take the consequence.
A:accord
B:assist
C:confirm
D:comply
I never trust him because I always thought him as such a _____ character.
A:gracious
B:suspicious
C:unique
D:particular
The old paper mill has been ______to make way for a new shopping centre.
A:held down
B:kept down
C:cut down
D:turn down
The party will ____their leader very determinedly.
A:adhere to
B:coincide with
C:cling to
D:depend on
Poor health and lack of money may both be ____ to educational progress.
A:scarcities
B:stains
C:restraints
D:barriers
The old Roman walls may still be seen, but not in their ____.
A:integrity
B:compactness
C:installment
D:flexibility
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