1. He proved himself a ________ successor to the former Prime Minister.
A. worthwhile B. worthiness C. worthy D. worth
2. Your #FormatImgID_0#, turn the ________ down.
A. volume B. voice C. sound D. tone
3. The Channel Tunnel is one of the biggest engineering projects ever ________.
A. understated B. undertaken C. undergone D. underneath
4. He comes from a poor country village in the mountains, so it s very hard for him to pay the whole school year s ________ at one time.
A. money B. fare C. fees D. tuition
5. Anthony is a very ________ person and never wastes anything.
A. miserly B. thrifty C. economic D. conservative
6. He is seriously ill because his girlfriend has just deserted him. Why don t you try some occupational ________ to remove his mind from distress?
A. operation B. therapy C. injection D. medicine
7. The government used their emergency powers to ________ the truth about the accident.
A. suppress B. manipulate C. control D. manage
8. The ________ of the member countries is supposed to be held recently at Geneva.
A. summit B. summary C. suffering D. summon
9. The ghostly presence was just a _________ sensation of some people.
A. objective B. subjunctive C. subjective D. objected
10. The company is on the #FormatImgID_1#, and thousands of jobs are at ________.
A. danger B. loss C. threat D. stake
11. The ________ of these islands is still in dispute and the three countries are to have a conference next month to settle the issue.
A. sovereignty B. right C. authority D. power
12. That organization __________ persons of different political stands.
A. owns B. embraces C. composes D. consists
13. We would never have secured our independence without the aid you ______.
A. pursued B. requested C. presented D. rendered
14. Women are ________ against the restrictions on job opportunities.
A. proceeding B. negative C. revolving D. urgent
15. I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _________.
A. artistic B. artificial C. arbitrary D. mechanical
16. Sometimes the student may be asked to write about his ________ to a certain book or article that has some bearing on the subject being studied.
A. impression B. reaction C. comprehension D. sentiment
17. We d decided to sell our car, but then we began to have second ________.
A. plans B. minds C. ideas D. thoughts
18. The mystery guest on the show is ________ other than the President.
A. no B. none C. not D. nothing
19. During the recession they ________ the workers off for three months.
A. gave B. laid C. called D. dropped
20. I haven t enough money to buy a car, so I just have to do _______.
A. nothing B. none C. without D. nobody
Vocabulary Test 1
1. 答案为C。worthwhile 意思是 值得花费时间、金钱或精力的 。worthy 可以表示 值得尊重或者考虑的 ，用这一意思时通常做定语。worthiness 是worthy 的名词形式。worth 用作表语，意思是 有某种价值的;值得 。本句需要填入一个作定语的形容词，所以， C 是正确答案。
2. 答案为A。volume 意思是 音量，响度 ，voice 意思是 嗓音 ，sound 意思是 声，声音，声响 ，tone 指 音调，音质;语气，腔调;音质，音色 。
3. 答案为B。understate 意思是 有节制地陈述或表达;少说，少报 ，undertake 意思是 承担，负起..的责任 ，undergo 意为 经历，经受;接受，承受 ，underneath 意为 在.. 的下面;在下面，向下;底部，底面 。
4. 答案为D。money 泛指 金钱，货币 fare 指票价; fee 指付给私人教师、医生等的服务费，酬金;tuition 尤指大专院校的学费。
5. 答案为B。miserly 意思是 似守财奴的，吝啬的 ，thrifty 意思是 节检的，节约的 ， economic 意思是 经济学的，经济的 ，conservative 意思是 保守的，守旧的 。
6. 答案为B。operation 指 手术 ，therapy 指 疗法 ，injection 指 注射 ，medicine 指 医术，医学;药 。occupational therapy 指 职业疗法 ，即给患者创造性或生产性工作以治疗其身心某些疾病的方法。
7. 答案为A。suppress 意思是 阻止..被知道或看到 ，manipulate 指 熟练地控制或操纵 ，control 意思是 控制 ，manage 意思是 负责，管理，经营 。
8. 答案为A。summit 意思是 峰会，首脑会晤 ，summary 意为 小结 ，suffering 指肉体或内心的痛苦，summon 意为 传唤，传讯;传票 。
9. 答案为C。objective 意为 客观的 ，subjunctive 意为 虚拟语气的 ，subjective 意为 主观的 ，object 意思是 反对，抗议 ，作动词。
10. 答案为D 。at a loss 意思是 不知如何是好，茫然，不知所措 ，at stake 指 凶吉难卜，好坏无法预料 。可以说in danger 或under threat,但不可以说at danger 或at threat。{ad300_right}
11. 答案为A。sovereignty 指 国家主权 right 指 对某事物的正当要求，做某事的权利 ，通常说right to sth./to do sth.;authority 指 权利，权威;职权，权限 ，power 指 能力，能力;操纵力，影响力;职权，权势 。
12. 答案为B。own 尤指以法定权利拥有某物;embrace 表示 欣然接受 compose 意为 创作 ，表示 由 构成 时，应用be composed of 这一表达;consist of 意思是 由 构成 。根据题意及各选项的用法，正确答案为B。
13. 答案为D。pursue 意为 追求追逐 ，request 意为 口头或书面的要求，请求 ，present 表示 授予，赠予;介绍，引见;提出;呈递 等意思，render 意为 给予 。
14. 答案为A。proceed against sb. 意为 起诉某人 negative 用作形容词意为 拒绝的，怀疑的，不同意的 revolve 意为 反复思考，被仔细考虑 urgent 意为 紧急的，极力主张的 。B、C、D 三项均不与against 连用。
15. 答案为C。artistic 意为 艺术的，艺术家的;富有艺术创造力的 artificial 意为 人工的;虚假的;人为的 arbitrary 意为 任意的;武断的 mechanical 意为 机械的;机械似的，呆板的 。
16. 答案为A。impression 意为 印象 ，reaction 意为 反应 ， comprehension 意为 理解，理解力 ，sentiment 意为 情绪，伤感 。
17. 答案为D。second thoughts 意思是 改变想法 。
18. 答案为B。none other than 固定短语，用以加强语气。句意为：该节目的神秘嘉宾不是别人，正是总统。
19. 答案为B。lay sb. off 意思是 暂时解雇 。
20. 答案为C。do without 意思是 没有..也行 。
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