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 The director tried to get the actors to _________ to the next scene by hand
signals.
A:move on
B:move off
C:move out
D:move along
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
With the popularity of the Internet, both commercial computers and personal ones are more ____ to the computer viruses than ever before.
A:liable
B:vulnerable
C:subjective
D:subordinate
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
The purpose of the official inquiry is to ____ the true facts leading to the loss of the ship at sea.
A:come for
B:come at
C:come into
D:come over
Radio reception wasn’t very good because of a disturbance in the atmosphere; the announcer’s voice sounded very ____.
A:disputed
B:discarded
C:dismissed
D:distorted
The old Roman walls may still be seen, but not in their ____.
A:integrity
B:compactness
C:installment
D:flexibility
He promised to put ____ a word for me.
A:out
B:down
C:forward
D:in
The party will ____their leader very determinedly.
A:adhere to
B:coincide with
C:cling to
D:depend on
The nurse was dismissed because she was found to be ____.
A:roundabout
B:corresponding
C:vigilant
D:negligent
A man who always ____ his salary can never become very wealthy.
A:anticipate
B:articulate
C:manifest
D:monitor
Foreign disinvestment and the ________ of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy.
A:displacement
B:elimination
C:exclusion
D:exception
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
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
A square is a flat area having four sides, any adjacent two sides of which ____ a right angle.
A:make
B:advocate
C:adjoin
D:shape
We realized that he was under great _________, so we took no notice of his
bad temper.
A:excitement
B:stress
C:crisis
D:nervousness
Dr.Smith was always ______the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care.
A:tended by
B:absorbed in
C:reminded of
D:concerned about
Miss Jane always buys ____ priced clothes.
A:highly
B:highest
C:high
D:higher
The archaeologist ____that the vase was 3500 years old.
A:utilized
B:estimated
C:sustained
D:upheld
American companies are evolving from mass-production manufacturing to ________ enterprises.
A:moveable
B:changing
C:flexible
D:varying
An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by ____ buyers.
A:perspective
B:prospective
C:prosperous
D:profitable
For three-quarters of its span on Earth, life evolved almost______ as microorganisms.
A:precisely
B:instantly
C:initially
D:exclusively
In no case will they ____ with folded arms.
A:pass by
B:look on
C:go by
D:hold on
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
She hit the chair and ____ the coffee.
A:spoiled
B:poured
C:spilled
D:splashed
The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her ______ attitude toward customers
A:impartial
B:mild
C:hostile
D:opposing
Children who stay away from school do ________ for different reasons.
A:them
B:/
C:it
D:theirs
I know he failed his last test, but really he’s _________ stupid.
A:something but
B:anything but
C:nothing but
D:not but
Their marriage came to an end because they were simply not ____ with each other.
A:comparable
B:compatible
C:competitive
D:complacent
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 editor told me that if I could ____ my story to 5,000 words, they
would take it.
A:cut off
B:cut down
C:cut across
D:cut in
Martin lay____on the bed all night,turning over and over in his mind the great decision he might have to make.
A:wake
B:awake
C:waken
D:woke
Because Bob had stopped reading his technical journals he was ____ of new development in his field.
A:tedious
B:subtle
C:ignorant
D:intellectual
His contribution to the program was ____ because 99 percent of the work was completed by his colleagues.
A:invisible
B:negligible
C:appreciable
D:considerable
His talent is quite ____.
A:mere
B:unique
C:single
D:only
______recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical.
A:In view of
B:In favor of
C:In case of
D:In memory of
The mayor is a woman with great _______ and therefore deserves our political and financial support.
A:intention
B:instinct
C:integrity
D:intensity
Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have
to install _________ solar heating device in our home.
A:some type of
B:some types of a
C:some type of a
D:some types of
It was no _____ that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery .
A:coincidence
B:convention
C:certainty
D:complication
The meaning of this poem is very ____; I really do not understand it.
A:conspicuous
B:intelligible
C:obscure
D:dim
Mr.Smith asked his secretary to ______a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.
A:invade
B:install
C:insert
D:inject
His ideas are invariably condemned as ________ by his colleagues.
A:imaginative
B:ingenious
C:impractical
D:theoretical
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
Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ____of the motor industry is uncertain.
A:estimate
B:terminal
C:fate
D:benefit
The wealth of a country should be measured ________ the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
A:in line with
B:in terms of
C:in regard with
D:by means of
As he failed to win the first prize in the badminton match, he had to ____ the second.
A:settle in
B:settle for
C:settle up
D:settle with
Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will ________ down the economy.
A:put
B:settle
C:drag
D:knock
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
I have been ____ to the newspaper for ten years.
A:ascribing
B:subscribing
C:ordering
D:purchasing
You don’t have to install this radio in your new car . It’s an _______ extra.
A:excessive
B:optional
C:additional
D:arbitrary
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