1. The violence of the storm had in a great measure____ , but as rain was still falling he decided not to attempt to resume work that day.
A. abated B. agitated C. amplified D. appealed
2.Warren_____ the girls away from their mother with a promise of ice cream and assured Rebekah they would return the next day.
A. tricked B. coaxed C. defrauded D. cheated
3.The communication relation is defined as the channels through which messages are transmitted by people who____ a social system.
A. compose B. compensate C. enclose D. comprise
4.A recent study shows that even moderate amounts of caffeine, the____ of two cups of coffee, can impair athletic performance.
A. number B. Equivalent C. amount D. equality
5..When Jules Verne wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1864, there were many conflicting theories about the nature of the Earth's_____ .
A. layout B. surface C. Interior D. content
6.I am convinced that I should become an____ window shopper, for it must be a delight to the eye to view the numerous articles of beauty on display.
A. inveterate B. involuntary C. invulnerable D. intuitive
7.To remain___in domestic and international competitions, we have to strengthen the competitiveness of our products on home and overseas markets.
A. illuminating B·. 1mperat1ve C. irreversible D. invincible
8.The action caused the value of our stock to______ , and it is still out of favor with investors.
A. descend B. ascend C. plummet D. flatten
9.The toy business in Los AngeIes·is proving so successful that toy companies have begun to _____into adjacent neighborhood.
A. enlarge B. sprawl· C. wander D. scrawl
10.To Westerners who have grown up with traffic signals, red means "stop" and sometimes even "danger," in China, red is the color of good luck.
A. whereas B. whereby C. whereafter D. wherefore
11.Bears primarily are _____creatures and they'll typically ignore humans unless they are frightened or they feel threatened.
A. once B. lonely C. solitary D. single
12.. Among all societies legal marriage is usually accompanied by some kind of ceremony that expresses group____ of the union.
A. opinion B. sanction C. praise D. insistence
13.. Embroidery_____ scenic views became popular in the United States toward the end of the 18th century.
A. pretending B. portraying C. worshiping D. venturing
14.Computer_ __will become more widespread as more schools add computer classes to the curriculum.
A. productivity B. literacy C. popularization D. application
15.The _____of materialism has dominated the thinking of young people and led them to pursue as much personal gains as possible .
A. lure B. tempt C. seduce D. induce
16 . Being still ______and hearty in spite of his seventy years, my father is able to add to his pension by selling vegetables from his garden.
A. strong B. powerful C. cheerful D. hale
17.In a word , Rip was ready to anybody's_____ business but his own; as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible.
A. attend to B. consent to C. approve of D. agree with
18.The species that______ natural ecosystems usually display a wide range of genetic variability.
A. consist of B. take up C. make up D. work out
19.. When a small child encounters an angry dog, he or she knows____ that bared fangs signal great danger even without any previous learning.
A. theoretically B. purposefully C. implicitly D. instinctively
20.An old woman was badly hurt______ in the police described as an apparently motiveless attack.
A. that B. which C. whatever D. what
21.Have you ever been in a situation ____you know the other person is right yet you cannot agree with him ?
A. in where B. by which C. on which D. in which
22.The fluoroscope makes______ for medical doc to rs to view a silhouette of the bones and internal organs of a patient's body.
A. being possible B. poss i bl y C. it is possible D. it possible
23.The buttocks( 臀 部 ） are _____most other parts in the body.
A. less likely to cause fatal damage to
B•less likely to cause fatal damage than
C•likely less to cause fatal damage than
D•likely less causing fatal damage than
24.The concept of Internet,_____ , has intrigued scientists since the mid-20th century.
A•the transmission of images, sounds, and messages over distances
B•transmitting of images , sounds, and messages along distances
C•to transmit images , sounds, and messages on distance
D•the transmissibility of images, sounds, and messages for distances
25."Tom wants to stay up and watch an old movie on TV." "Ten o'clock____ is for a boy of his age to stay up."
A. a too late hour B. very much late an hour C. too late an hour D. a so late hour
26.___there was an epidemic approaching , Mr. Smith____ the invitation to visit that area.
A. If he knew... would have declined B.If he had known... would decline
C. Had he known... would decline D. Had he known... would have declined
27._____we wish him prosperous, we have objections to his ways of obtaining wealth.
A. Much as B. As much C. More as D. As well as
28 .Just as the value of a telephone____ network increases with each new phone to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out.
A. adding B. added C. to add D. to have added
29.Between 1897 and 1919 at least 29 motion pictures in which artificial beings were portrayed_____
A. had produced B. have been produced
C. had been produced D. would have produced
30.How many of us_____ , say, a meeting that is irrelevant to us would be interested in the discussion?
A. attended B. attending C. to attend D. have attended
