[单项选择]The young man could not________a quiver of surprise at Jenny's beauty as she stood there appreciating the painting.


A. restrict
B. restore
C. restrain
D. retain

[单项选择]The young man could not________a quiver of surprise at Jenny's beauty as she stood there appreciating the painting.


A. restrict
B. restore
C. restrain
D. retain

[单项选择]The young man could not live happily in an American city because ____________.


A. he could not speak English
B. he had been reared in Japan by American missionaries
C. his parents were Japanese
D. his outlook was Japanese

[单项选择]The young man could ______ by doing so.
A. get some money
B. practice playing on the trumpet
C. get fresh air
D. all the above.

[单项选择]Everybody could see that the young man was ______ going abroad to study, whether his parents could afford the tuition or not.


A. lack of
B. intent on
C. deficient in
D. adequate for

[单项选择]The young man succeeded in getting job ultimately
A. at first
B. at last
C. at least
D. at most

[单项选择]A: How's the young man

[单项选择]Frequent praise made the young man so conceited that he thought himself ______ in his position.


A. inaccessible
B. irresponsible
C. irremediable
D. irreplaceable

[单项选择]The daring young man rode through the Indian village trying to find his long-lost sister.
A. bold
B. cowardly
C. persistent
D. caring

[单项选择]The young man hurried into the town library because _______.

[单项选择]His initial broadcasting success as a young man was due at least as much to his considerable professional ------- as it was to his father's broadcasting connections.


A. aplomb
B. uncertainty
C. hubris
D. seniority
E. (E) nepotism

[单项选择]

In Ancient Greece lived a young man called Narcissus, who was greatly (21) , for he was very handsome. Narcissus was very proud of his perfect face and graceful body, and never lost the chance to (22) his reflection in any body of water he happened to pass. He would lie for hours admiring his gleaming dark eyes, slender nose, slim hips and the mop of curly (23) that crowned the perfect oval of his face. You would think a sculptor had come down (24) heaven to carve such a faultless body as a living image of mankind’s love of beauty. One day, Narcissus was walking close to a precipice where the clear waters of a cold mountain pool mirrored his beautiful face. "You are handsome, Narcissus!" he told (25) as he bent down to admire his reflection. "There’s nobody (26) handsome in the whole world! I’d love to kiss you." Narcissus was suddenly seized by the desire to kiss his own reflection and he bent down c
A. look
B. look at
C. look out
D. look up