Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C)and D). Choose the one that best completes the sentence.

　　1. Having been hurt deeply by his girlfriend, he remained a ________ all his life.

　　A) bacon B) badge

　　C) bachelor D) bait

　　2. His health had ________ while he was in prison.

　　A) soared B) transcended

　　C) tilted D) deteriorated

　　3. The stairs in the Five-Star hotel ________ in a graceful curve.

　　A) ascend B) repel

　　C) transcend D) linger

　　4. The couple suddenly embraced in a ________ gesture of affection.

　　A) generous B) miserable

　　C) spontaneous D) anonymous

　　5. The travelers were ________ by storms throughout their journey.

　　A) healed B) hauled

　　C) hoisted D) hindered

　　6. Jack has a ________ beside each eye when he laughs.

　　A) zebra B) wrinkle

　　C) timber D) oval

　　7. They ________ our house at $10,000.

　　A) accuse B) tag

　　C) assure D) assess

　　8. Your story about the frog turning into a prince is ________ nonsense.

　　A) sheer B) shear

　　C) precise D) delicate

　　9. He has ________ much time and energy for his invention.

　　A) contained B) proceeded

　　C) consumed D) stretched

　　10. Great Britain and France will hold a ________ regarding some European economic problems.

　　A) conference B) reference

　　C) conversion D) cooperation

　　11. Sometimes it is very difficult to ________ some of the English words. Even the native speaker can not help.

　　A) dye B) filter

　　C) define D) fade

　　12. If you use ________, you can get a higher quality picture.

　　A) wax B) tile

　　C) vent D) slides

　　13. When you study in the United States, usually you have to buy your own health ________.

　　A) insurance B) identity

　　C) incidence D) expenditure

　　14. The queen was ________ by the directors as she toured the factory.

　　A) escorted B) accompanied

　　C) exiled D) embodied

　　15. Thousands of people ________ on the city for the horse race last night.

　　A) assaulted B) concentrated

　　C) converged D) boycotted

　　16. The ________ of both meetings are exceptionally varied.

　　A) censuses B) bandages

　　C) oaths D) agendas

　　17. He couldn't believe that this ________ pottery was made eight hundred yeas ago.

　　A) deliberate B) exquisite

　　C) ambiguous D) vulnerable

　　18. In a terrifying climax of ________, the notorious dictator was removed from the stage of history.

　　A) degradation B) devaluation

　　C) deformation D) descendant

　　19. When you buy the clothes, the most important thing that you should pay attention to is its ________.

　　A) quantity B) textile

　　C) texture D) price

　　20. When confronted with such questions, my mind goes ________, and I can hardly remember anything.

　　A) dim B) blank

　　C) vain D) faint

　　21. A very sore throat had reduced her voice into a ________.

　　A) whisper B) scream

　　C) illusion D) litter

　　22. Every society has its own peculiar customs and of acting.

　　A) attitudes B) behaviors

　　C) manners D) means

　　23. If we ________ our relations with that country, we'll have to find another supplier of raw materials.

　　A) terminate B) diminish

　　C) offend D) hamper

　　24. The younger person's attraction to computers cannot be explained only ________ familiarity with technology.

　　A) by means of B) in terms of

　　C) in quest of D) by virtue of

　　25. An utterly unpleasant experience in childhood may result in a life-long depression or ________.

　　A) pain B) harmony

　　C) legend D) optimism

　　26. The ________ may laugh at his music, but we know better.

　　A) galaxy B) controversy

　　C) intelligence D) multitude

　　27. She is tired of their ________ chatter.

　　A) profound B) profitable

　　C) pure D) perpetual

　　28. In a sudden ________ of anger, the man tore the letter into pieces.

　　A) attack B) burst

　　C) split D) magnitude

　　29. The bombing of Hiroshima marked an ________ in man's history.

　　A) age B) epoch

　　C) purity D) doom

　　30. The two murders seemed much alike in many aspects, but investigations testified they were actually ________.

　　A) discrete B) strategic

　　C) objective D) sensitive

　　参考答案: 1-5 C) D) A) C) D) 6-10 B) D) A) C) A) 11-15 C) D) A) A) C) 16-20 D) B) A) C) B) 21-25 A) C) A) B) A) 26-30 D) D) B) B) A)

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