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大学英语四级词汇-1-3
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[单项选择]For more than 20 years, we’ve been supporting educational programs that()from kindergartens to colleges.
A. move
B. shift
C. range
D. spread
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[单项选择]Though she began her()by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous Hollywood movie star.
A. employment
B. career
C. occupation
D. profession
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[单项选择]Mrs. Morris’s daughter is pretty and (), and many girls envy her.
A. slender
B. light
C. faint
D. minor
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[单项选择]Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ()in the storehouse as both beer and spirits.
A. block
B. land
C. patch
D. space
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[单项选择]Although they lost their jobs, savings and unemployment benefits allow the couple to ______their comfortable home.
A. come in for
B. catch up with
C. look forward to
D. hold on to
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[单项选择]He never arrives on time and my ______ is that he feels the meetings are useless.
A. preference
B. conference
C. inference
D. reference
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[单项选择]"This light is too ()for me to read by. Don’t we have a brighter bulb somewhere" said the elderly man.
A. mild
B. dim
C. minute
D. slight
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[单项选择]It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital ______ of milk.
A. storage
B. reserve
C. resource
D. source
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[单项选择]Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ______ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.
A. inject
B. install
C. invade
D. insert
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[单项选择]John cannot afford to go to university, ()going abroad.
A. nothing but
B. anything but
C. not to speak of
D. nothing to speak of
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[单项选择]In order to make things convenient for the people, the department is planning to set up some ______ shops in the residential area.
A. flowing
B. drifting
C. mobile
D. unstable
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[单项选择]The old paper mill has been ______ to make way for a new shopping centre.
A. cut down
B. kept down
C. tom down
D. held down
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[单项选择]There is a () of impatience in the tone of his voice.
A. hint
B. notion
C. dot
D. phrase
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[单项选择]Joe is not good at sports, but when it ()mathematics, he is the best in the class.
A. comes to
B. comes up to
C. comes on to
D. comes around to
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[单项选择]Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ()of the motor industry is uncertain.
A. terminal
B. benefit
C. fate
D. estimate
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[单项选择]Brarll’s constitution ______ the military use of nuclear energy.
A. withdraws
B. forbids
C. interrupts
D. objects
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[单项选择]American college students are increasingly ______ with credit card debt and the consequences can be rather serious.
A. boosted
B. burdened
C. discharged
D. dominated
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[单项选择]There’s the living room still to be______, so that’s my next project.
A. abandoned
B. decorated
C. dissolved
D. assessed
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[单项选择]Science and technology have ______ in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.
A. attached
B. assisted
C. contributed
D. witnessed
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[单项选择]Tomorrow the mayor is to ______ a group of Canadian businessmen on a tour of the city.
A. coordinate
B. cooperate
C. accompany
D. associate
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[单项选择]Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime()
A. stage
B. scene
C. location
D. occasion
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[单项选择]We don’t know why so many people in that region like to wear dresses of such()colors.
A. low
B. humble
C. mild
D. dull
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[单项选择]Actually, information technology can ()the gap between the poor and the rich.
A. link
B. break
C. ally
D. bridge
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[单项选择]Companies are struggling to find the right ______ between supply and demand, but it is no easy task.
A. equation
B. formula
C. balance
D. pattern
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[单项选择]If you don’t like to swim, you()as well stay at home.
A. should
B. may
C. can
D. would
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[单项选择]You can hire a bicycle in many places. Usually you’ll have to pay a ()
A. fare
B. fund
C. deposit
D. deal
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[单项选择]It’s good to know that quite a few popular English expressions actually()from the Bible.
A. acquire
B. obtain
C. derive
D. result
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[单项选择]Almost all job applicants are determined to leave a good ______ on a potential employer.
A. illusion
B. reputation
C. impression
D. reflection
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[单项选择]I was impressed ()the efficiency of the work done in the company.
A. in
B. about
C. with
D. for
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[单项选择]This is what you should bear in mind: Don’t ______ a salary increase before you actually get it.
A. hang on
B. draw on
C. wait on
D. count on
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[单项选择]There has been a collision ______ a number of cars on the main road to town.
A. composing
B. consisting
C. involving
D. engaging
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[单项选择]All the arrangements should be completed ______ your departure.
A. prior to
B. superior to
C. contrary to
D. parallel to
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[单项选择]I know you’ve got a smooth tongue, so don’t talk me()buying it.
A. away
B. down
C. out
D. into
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[单项选择]The native Canadians lived in ______ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.
A. coordination
B. acquaintance
C. contact
D. harmony
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[单项选择]Numerous studies already link the first meal of the day to better classroom ______.
A. performance
B. function
C. behavior
D. display
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[单项选择]The chairman was blamed for letting his secretary ______ too much work last week.
A. take to
B. take out
C. take away
D. take on
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[单项选择]Nancy is only a sort of______ of her husband’s opinion and has no ideas of her own.
A. sample
B. reproduction
C. shadow
D. echo
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[单项选择]Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.
A. involve
B. compose
C. enclose
D. attach
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[单项选择]The news has just ______ that the president is going to visit China next month.
A. come down
B. come up
C. come out
D. come about
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[单项选择]The little girl was so frightened that she just wouldn’t ______ her grip on my arm.
A. loosen
B. remove
C. relieve
D. dismiss
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[单项选择]Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster()we radically change way we live.
A. but
B. although
C. unless
D. lest
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[单项选择]A study shows that students living in non-smoking dorms are less likely to ______ the habit of smoking.
A. make up
B. turn up
C. draw up
D. pick up
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[单项选择]These teachers try to be objective when they______ the integrated ability of their students.
A. justify
B. evaluate
C. indicate
D. reckon
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[单项选择]The test results are beyond______; they have been repeated in labs all over the world.
A. negotiation
B. conflict
C. bargain
D. dispute
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[单项选择]Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a______ for smoking.
A. relief
B. revival
C. substitute
D. succession
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[单项选择]In the long (), the new information technologies may fundamentally alter out way of life.
A. view
B. distance
C. jump
D. run
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[单项选择]Tom, did it ever()to you that you would be punished for cheating on exams
A. happen
B. occur
C. reflect
D. strike
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[单项选择]The machine looked like a large,______ old-fashioned typewriter.
A. forceful
B. clumsy
C. intense
D. tricky
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[单项选择]I’m()enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams.
A. realistic
B. conscious
C. aware
D. radical
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[单项选择]______ recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical.
A. In view of
B. In case of
C. In memory of
D. In favor of