Test 6
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. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1.The ____ of the city this year add up to 125 billion yuan, with an annual increase of 7.8 per cent.
A. avenues B. earnings C. revenues D. receipts
2.He threw a little stone into the pond and watched the ____ spread.
A. rotation B. waves C. current D. ripples
3.Although he is 80 years old, he works late into the night every day like a ____ young man.
A. robust B. roast C. rotten D. feeble
4.It’s said that all the men for the Navy were ____ from men on merchant ships.
A. enrolled B. recruited C. absorbed D. attracted
5.Twins often show great ____, but these twins are an exception.
A. likelihood B. resistance
C. resemblance D. contradiction
6.We ____ to hear that our soccer team won a great victory over the opponent team.
A. rejoiced B. relieved C. rescued D. released
7.With the demand for coal decreasing, thousands of miners
may become ____.
A. significant B. redundant
C. critical D. desperate
8.That stupid man made a great mistake that cannot be ____ —he jumped into the deep lake in order to capture his wife’s attention but no one saved him.
A. rectified B. improved C. revised D. promoted
9.If ____ are provided during the intervals, the workers will be more efficient.
A. recommendations B. refreshments
C. habits D. hobbies
10.It is ____ that we should have a strong air force with an aim to guarantee the security of our country.
A. imperative B. immense
C. unnecessary D. ridiculous
11.My uncle ____ me passionately in his arms when I got off the train.
A. clasped B. clamped C. clashed D. clipped
12.With the number of his ____ increasing, the lawyer in practice earned a good sum of money this year.
A. customers B. clients C. agents D. visitors
13.After the physical examination, the doctor ____ me against smoking and drinking.
A. protected B. cautioned C. persuaded D. dissuaded
14.The whole class replied in ____ to the teacher’s question.
A. response B. chorus C. request D. stimulus
15.The candy almost ____ the boy as he was eating too fast.
A. astonished B. shocked
C. choked D. terrified
16.Reporters ____ round the champion the moment he left the playground.
A. surrounded B. embraced
C. overwhelmed D. clustered
17.When it’s drawing to the end, the story reaches its ____.
A. climax B. summit C. peak D. top
18.I’m quite ____ by her graceful manner.
A. seized B. arrested C. charmed D. occupied
19.The two housewives are ____ with each other about their husbands over tea.
A. chatting B. consulting
C. communicating D. preach
20.I adopted the lost dog since no one ____ it.
A. asserted B. affirmed C. claimed D. assumed
21.Everyone signed the ____ to the Town Council for a new school in our neighbourhood.
A. pledge B. plea C. petition D. application
22.The story was ____ and completely untrue.
A. fabricated B. facilitated
C. fascinating D. fitting
23.The inspector was interested in everything ____ to the school.
A. retaining B. pertaining
C. attaining D. sustaining
24.Some of the old ____ about the space age are coming true.
A. facets B. faxes C. fantasies D. flaws
25.Many people ____ in the floods each
year, which remains an uncontrollable tragedy to human beings.
A. persist B. permeate C. peer D. perish
26.The soldier ____ himself to the ground as the bullets flew past overhead.
A. flung B. flapped C. fled D. frustrated
27.It is not ____ for children to bring their pets to school, which is a rule in every school.
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