Unit 7
1. I ____ from your speech on the phone that you are a foreigner, for your English is so good.
[A] doubt [B] ensure
[C] wonder [D] presume
2. When it rains the ground becomes very ____ and makes it difficult for people to walk on.
[A] messy [B] solid
[C] muddy [D] fragile
3. What a(n) ____ that I was in Paris at the same time as you! But it is a pity we didn’t see each other.
[A] chance [B] coincidence
[C] cooperation [D] incidence
4. The highest ____ of governments has been given to the problem of heavy traffic.
[A] priority [B] privilege
[C] potential [D] premise
5. I can ____ believe that she is lazy at home -- she is very lazy at school.
[A] hastily [B] rashly
[C] readily [D] respectively
6. There is not much ____ that he would succeed, for his plan is not feasible.
[A] likeness [B] likelihood
[C ] liker [D] liking
7. Being suppressed under the rule of the colonial government for many years, the people ____ for independence.
[A] thirst [B] thrust
[C] thrive [D] thrill
8. Our football team is ____ with one from the next town for the championship.
[A] confronting [B] contending
[C] converging [D] contriving
9. The liquid ____ when somebody dropped a match in it accidentally.
[A] flashed [B] glowed
[C] glimmered [D] ignited
10. Our problems seem ____ when compared to those of people who never get enough to eat.
[A] petty [B] scant
[C] lean [D] fragile
11. Every weekend when I came back from school, Mother prepared meals ____ enough for a Sahara-bound camel and made me eat them up.
[A] adequate [B] delicious
[C] proficient [D] substantial
12. A third function of intuition is to ____ isolated bits of data and practice into an interesting picture, often in an "Aha! " experience.
[A] synthesize [B] acknowledge
[C] separate [D] illustrate
13. If profit and money are your first ____, and commitment to people your least concern, you have failed education.
[A] potentiality [B] priority
[C] superiority [D] responsibility
14. The TV announcer apologized for the breakdown and said that normal service would be ____ as soon as possible.
[A] reserved [B] recited
[C] resumed [D] reclaimed
15. The ship Titanic had been given the extra name of "unsinkable" because its ____ was the best there was.
[A] manufacture [B] production
[C] erection [D] construction
16. Japan has ____ its steps toward putting into effect an international treaty banning chemical weapons.
[A] hurried [B] bustled
[C] accelerated [D] rushed
17. Developing countries should adopt labour-intensive technologies to ____ their comparative advantage of abundant labour.
[A] use [B] exploit
[C] employ [D] explore
18. The tests show the earlier in life a person hears a sound the longer it is _______.
[A] retained [B] preserved
[C] remained [D] reserved
19. The researchers test college students ____ to foreign speech before their second birthday but not since.
[A] disclosed [B] exposed
[C] exhibited [D] revealed
22. The inscription on the tombstone had been ____ by the weather and could scarcely be read.
[A] worn out [B] worn down
[C] worn off [D] worn away
23. By the end of the day, the flood water which had covered most of the town had ____.
[A] receded [B] r etired
[C] replaced [D] retreated
24. I need to move to a larger apartment. Do you know of any ____ ones in this neighborhood?
[A] vacant [B] bare
[C] blank [D] empty
25. He was ____ from the competition because he had not complied with the rules.
[A] banished [B] excused
[C] disqualified [D] forbidden
26. In British history books Richard III is usually ____ as a wicked man.
[A] portrayed [B] drew
[C] explained [D] illuminated
27. The special workshop was ____ over by a famous scientist.
[A] governed [B] administered
[C] presided [D] directed
28. Grandmother has been getting more ____ lately, we have to look after her in turn.
[A] vulnerable [B] tough
[C] limp [D] feeble
29. There was a ____ of only ten centimetres between the two walls.
[A] gulf [B] space
[C] clearance [D] area
30. Although he failed in the maths test, it was wrong to ____ at his efforts.
[A] fake [B] mock
[C] scorn [D] ridicule
1. I ____ from your speech on the phone that you are a foreigner, for your English is so good.
[A] doubt [B] ensure
[C] wonder [D] presume
2. When it rains the ground becomes very ____ and makes it difficult for people to walk on.
[A] messy [B] solid
[C] muddy [D] fragile
3. What a(n) ____ that I was in Paris at the same time as you! But it is a pity we didn’t see each other.
[A] chance [B] coincidence
[C] cooperation [D] incidence
4. The highest ____ of governments has been given to the problem of heavy traffic.
[A] priority [B] privilege
[C] potential [D] premise
5. I can ____ believe that she is lazy at home -- she is very lazy at school.
[A] hastily [B] rashly
[C] readily [D] respectively
6. There is not much ____ that he would succeed, for his plan is not feasible.
[A] likeness [B] likelihood
[C ] liker [D] liking
7. Being suppressed under the rule of the colonial government for many years, the people ____ for independence.
[A] thirst [B] thrust
[C] thrive [D] thrill
8. Our football team is ____ with one from the next town for the championship.
[A] confronting [B] contending
[C] converging [D] contriving
9. The liquid ____ when somebody dropped a match in it accidentally.
[A] flashed [B] glowed
[C] glimmered [D] ignited
10. Our problems seem ____ when compared to those of people who never get enough to eat.
[A] petty [B] scant
[C] lean [D] fragile
11. Every weekend when I came back from school, Mother prepared meals ____ enough for a Sahara-bound camel and made me eat them up.
[A] adequate [B] delicious
[C] proficient [D] substantial
12. A third function of intuition is to ____ isolated bits of data and practice into an interesting picture, often in an "Aha! " experience.
[A] synthesize [B] acknowledge
[C] separate [D] illustrate
13. If profit and money are your first ____, and commitment to people your least concern, you have failed education.
[A] potentiality [B] priority
[C] superiority [D] responsibility
14. The TV announcer apologized for the breakdown and said that normal service would be ____ as soon as possible.
[A] reserved [B] recited
[C] resumed [D] reclaimed
15. The ship Titanic had been given the extra name of "unsinkable" because its ____ was the best there was.
[A] manufacture [B] production
[C] erection [D] construction
16. Japan has ____ its steps toward putting into effect an international treaty banning chemical weapons.
[A] hurried [B] bustled
[C] accelerated [D] rushed
17. Developing countries should adopt labour-intensive technologies to ____ their comparative advantage of abundant labour.
[A] use [B] exploit
[C] employ [D] explore
18. The tests show the earlier in life a person hears a sound the longer it is _______.
[A] retained [B] preserved
[C] remained [D] reserved
19. The researchers test college students ____ to foreign speech before their second birthday but not since.
[A] disclosed [B] exposed
[C] exhibited [D] revealed
22. The inscription on the tombstone had been ____ by the weather and could scarcely be read.
[A] worn out [B] worn down
[C] worn off [D] worn away
23. By the end of the day, the flood water which had covered most of the town had ____.
[A] receded [B] r etired
[C] replaced [D] retreated
24. I need to move to a larger apartment. Do you know of any ____ ones in this neighborhood?
[A] vacant [B] bare
[C] blank [D] empty
25. He was ____ from the competition because he had not complied with the rules.
[A] banished [B] excused
[C] disqualified [D] forbidden
26. In British history books Richard III is usually ____ as a wicked man.
[A] portrayed [B] drew
[C] explained [D] illuminated
27. The special workshop was ____ over by a famous scientist.
[A] governed [B] administered
[C] presided [D] directed
28. Grandmother has been getting more ____ lately, we have to look after her in turn.
[A] vulnerable [B] tough
[C] limp [D] feeble
29. There was a ____ of only ten centimetres between the two walls.
[A] gulf [B] space
[C] clearance [D] area
30. Although he failed in the maths test, it was wrong to ____ at his efforts.
[A] fake [B] mock
[C] scorn [D] ridicule