there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. Choose the one
answer that best completes the sentence.
1. The coming of the railways in the 1830s our society and economic
life. (CET 4: 1995/ 1)
A. transformed B. transported
C. transferred D. transmitted
2. I waited for him half an hour，but he never.
A. turned in B. turned off
C. turned down D. turned up
3. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have
supplies of petroleum.
A. prof icient B. efficient C. potential D. sufficient
4. Everything we eat and drink some salt; we can meet the body??s
need for it f rom natural sources without turning on the salt bottle.
A. contains B. contrasts C. contacts D. contracts
5. The hopes，goals，fears and desires widely between men and
women，between the rich and the poor. (CET 4: 2000/ 1)
A. alter B. shi ft C. transfer D. vary
6. I have no objection your story again.
A. to hear B. to have heard
C. to having heard D. to hearing
7. Between 1974 and 1997 ，the number of visitors expanded by 27%.
A. abroad B. overseas C. foreigner D. aboard
8. Having decided to rent a flat，we contacting all the accommodation
agencies in the city.
A. set about B. set down C. set out D. set up
9. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee
to investigate the incident. (CET 4: 2002/ 01)
A. were set up B. was set up C. be set up D. set up
10. Don??t yourself on people who don??t want you.
A. expose B. impose C. rely D. depend
11. Half a century ago it??s diff icult to of traveling to the moon.
A. approve B. conceive C. imagine D. fancy
12. While nuclear weapons present grave dangers，the predominant
crisis of overpopulation is with us today. ( CET 6 : 1998/ 1)
A. inevitable B. constant
C. overwhelming D. potential
13. There is an exception this grammatical rule.
A. to B. in C. with D. among
14. The herd of sheep were running towards the house，but we them
towards the field ?
A. headed B. headed for C. headed off D. headed up
15. She made several surprising about her past life.
A. disclose B. disclosure C. disclosion D. disclosation
16. He aimed the rifle at her but did not pull the.
A. triple B. trifle C. trigger D. tribe
17. The jobs of wildlife technicians and biologists seemed to him，but
one day he discovered their di fference. (CET 6: 2001/ 6)
A. identical B. vertical C. parallel D. specific
18. I hate people who the end of a f ilm that you haven??t seen before.
(CET 4: 1997/ 6 )
A. reveal B. revise C. rewrite D. reverse
19. Ours is not a very big school but we do have teachers and
facilities.
A. abundant B. plentiful C. ample D. much
20. Kissing on the street is to Chinese people but may not be
necessarily so to some Westerners.
A. offense B. offend C. offended D. offensive
Ⅱ. Choose a suitable word from the groups to complete the following
sentences and try to figure out the difference in meaning.
1. identical similar same identic
identical [with/ to] the same; exactly alike; similar in every detail
similar [to] having a resemblance in appearance ，character，or
quantity，without being identical
same being the very one; alike in kind，quality，amount ，or degree;
corresponding
identic identical; esp. having exactly the same wording，form，said of
diplomatic messages of action by two or more governments
( 1) If your team loses the game ，ours will lose it too ，so we??re both in the
boat.
( 2) My opinion is with his.
( 3) The government off icials of many countries shared attitude to the
subjects being discussed in the international conference.
( 4) This crop has qualities to the previous one，being both wind
resistant and adapted to the type of soil.
( 5) We are in our views of what should be done.
2. change alter vary transform
change to cause to become different from the previous one; to undergo a
variation of
alter to make different in details but not in substance
vary to change in form，appearance ，nature ，substance ，etc.; to make
di fferent from one another
transform to make a thorough or dramatic change in the form，appearance,or character of
( 1) The design of the electric circuits of the digit-controlled machine must be
to meet the new requirement.
( 2) The weather almost daily.
( 3) Features such as height ，weight ，and skin color from individual to
individual and from face to face.
( 4) The rapid development of communications technology is the
manner in which people communicate across time and space.
( 5) The computer revolution may well society as fundamentally as did
the Industrial Revolution.
Ⅲ. Complete the following sentences with a phrase from the list.
in theory forge ahead jump in in the meantime
give birth to up in arms object to impose...on
in other words draw the line at
1. The economy in China has ever since the reform and opening-up
process began two decades ago.
2. The students were about the proposal to cut power in dormitory
buildings from mid-night to early morning.
3. The extraordinary experience his latest novel.
4. The authority concerned will a fine any store selling
fake commodities.
5. The article centers on the problem of air pollution; ，it also touches on
four because of road works.
8. I don??t mind helping you，but I do helping you cheat in exams.
9. The boy has an annoying habit of and f inishing a speaker??s
sentences all the time.
10. The match was cancelled because most of the members having a
match without a standard court.
Pos t-clas s activity
Ⅰ. Decide whether the following pairs of words are synonyms or
antonyms. If they are synonyms，circle the S. If they are
antonyms ，circle the A.
1. disclose reveal S A
2. far- fetched probable S A
3. attempt endeavor S A
4. trigger start S A