A. tough(艰苦) B. tense(紧张) C. urgent(紧急) D. instant(紧急)
2. I have to go------something has just ___C_____ at home and I’m needed there.
A. come to(谈到) B. come off(举行) C. come up(发生) D. come in(到达)
3. I could see Maria working hard to ___A____ her anger(忿怒) ________. 阻止忿怒
A. hold…back(阻止) B. hold…up(举起) C. hold…out(伸出,坚持) D. hold…on(继续)
4. The manager of the hotel requests that their guests ___B____ after 11:00 p.m.
A. not to play loud music B. shouldn’t play loud music
C. don’t play loud music D. couldn’t play loud music
5. He seemed to have come to a deadlock(僵局) in solving(解决) the puzzle(难题), so he simply _____B______ whatever came into his mind.
A. put aside(撇开) B. put down(放下) C. put away(放弃) D. put back(倒退)
6. Mary ____C____ her shoulders when I asked her what we should do.
A. threw B. shook(摇动) C. shrugged(耸肩) D. tapped(轻拍)
7. ____D___ in thought(失去了记忆), the mathematician wandered all along the street.(数学家独自漫游在街上)
A. Losing B. To lost C. To be lost D. Lost
8. The city government promises(承诺) to ___B____ the problem of unemployment(失业) in real earnest.
A) postpone(延迟) B) tackle(扭倒) C) compose(创作) D) anticipate(占先)
9. “You ___B___ call me uncle because I am about the same age as your father,” said the visitor to the boy.
A) more or less(或多或少) B) may just as well(无妨) C) sort of(有几分地) D) off and on(断断续续地)
10. To postpone(延迟) ___A___ the debt(债务) will ruin(毁灭) our business reputation.(名声)
A) paying B) to pay C) pay D) paid
11. That was so serious(严肃的) a matter that I had no choice but __C____ the police.
A) called in B) calling in C) call in D) to call in
12. Lost in the Cosmos gives a simplified, point-by-point explanation of St. Anselm’s ___C___ for the existence of God.
A) theory(理论) B) preference(参考) C) argument(论证) D) contribution(贡献)
13. Single’s Dinner Club is where ____D____ single males/females look for good conversation, fellowship, and more.
A) respectful(有礼貌的) B) respected C)respective D) respectable
14. Those who haven’t ____D____ their essays by the end of the week won’t have them marked.
A) turned out B) turned over C) turned down D) turned in
15. I’m a sort of unpaid adviser, ____B______, to the committee.
A) as it is B) as it were C) as for D) as though
16. The cost of equipping the new hospital has been ____D_____ at $2 million.
A) urged B) mentioned C) settled D) estimated
17. The astronauts temporarily lost ____A____ with Earth because of technical problems of the space shuttle.
A) touch B) correspondence C) destination D) direction
18. There has been _____D____ no improvement in living standards over the past decade in this area.
A) absolutely B) mostly C) awfully D)practically
19. An orange can be _____C_____ sweet and sour at the same time.
A) not much of B) or something C) kind of D) a kind of
20. The police are inquiring about where the suspect usually ____A_____.
A) hangs out B) hands over C) goes by D) goes around