1. Matching

Read the following words and match them with the best explanations on the right column.

1. wordy _____                 a.not name or identified

2. instinct _____          b.understood without being put into words

3. anonymous  _____            c.using or containing (too) many words

4. enlighten _____               d.more than enough;plentiful

5. tacit  _____                  e.natural feeling

6. squelch   _____              f.not found elsewhere;only

7. grateful  _____               g.willing to yield to the authority of others;obedient

8. submissive ______            h.feeling or showing appreciation for sth

9. exclusive  ______              i.make a sucking sound 

10. abundant   ______            j.give more knowledge or information to sb

2.multiple choice 

Select the correct choice to complete the following sentence.

1. I wish you’d stop _____at me!

A .dabbing           B.lagging        C.debasing        D.nagging

2. The traveler looked rather _____.

A.gastric             B.obligatory     C.tactile D.bedraggled

3.the cost to buy a house would be _____to the average Chinese family.

A.ruinous            B.extrinsic       C.supercilious      D.luxurious

4.That art critic turned out to be a______.

A.curriculum          B.vogue        C.pseudo          D.summit

5.The geometry teacher drew an_____circle on the blackboard.

A.abstain             B.elliptical      C.abysmal         D.abstruse

3. Cloze

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

  The story of African-Americans during the past 400 years is traditionally narrated (1)___an ongoing struggle(2)___as an upward movement is(3) _____toward ever more justice and opportunity.Technology in and of(4)_____is not at fault;it’s much too simple to say that gunpowder or agricultural machinery or fiber optics(6)__ been the enemy of an(7) _____group of people.A certain machine is put(8)____work in a certain way---the purpose(9)____which it was designed.The people who design the machines are not intent on unleashing chaos;they are unusually trying to(10)__a task more quickly,clearly,or cheaply,(11)____he imperative of innovation and efficiency that has ruled Western civilizations(12)_____the Renaissance.Mastery of technology is second only out of the mainstream once again.This time,however,they will be (17)____from the greatest cash engine of the twenty-first country.Inner-city blanks in particular are in danger,and the beautiful suburbs(18)____ring the decay of Hartford, shed the past and learn to exist without contemplating or encountering the tragedy of the inner city.And blacks must change as well.The way that(19)___their ancestors through captivity and coming to freedom have begun to loose their utility.If blacks (20)___to survive as full participant in this society,they have to understand what works now.

1.A.like               B.as               C.for              D.with

2.A.oppose            B.disapproval       C.contrast          D.against

3.A.charting           B.charts to          C.charted          D.to chart

4.A.processing         B.improving         C.promoting        D.developing

5.A.itself              B.themselves        C.ourselves        D.himself 

6.A.have              B.to have           C.has              D.has not

7.A.entirely            B.enter            C.entire           D.entrance

8.A.for                B.off              C.of              D.at

9.A.for                B.to               C.in              D.of

10.A.achieve           B.accomplish        C.do             D.obtain

11.A.followed          B.follows           C.to following      D.follows

12.A.since             B.on              C.of               D.at

13.A.before            B.to               C.with            D.from

14.A.to tolerate         B.tolerate          C.tolerated        D.tolerating

15.A.encountered       B.encountering      C.to encounter    D.encounters to   

16.A.them             B.us               C.themselves      D.our

17.A.excluding         B.included          C.including       D.excluded

18.A.where            B.that              C.how           D.what

19.A.servicing          B.encircled         C.encircling      D.served

20.A.is                B.were            C.are            D.had