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101.          I suppose I can ___________you for your help in repairing my TV set .

A. account for B. count on        C. be dependent       D. be reliable

102.         Mr. Brown lost his job last month so the family had to __________on expenses .

A. cut off      B. cut out      C. cut back           D. cut down .

103.         The book has been revised and brought ___________.

A. up to date           B. into date         C. out of date         D. to date

104.         The train should have arrived an hour ago . I wonder what could have caused the _________ .

A. late                B. later             C. delay             D. relay

105.         Postmen are responsible  for the __________of letters to our houses .

A. sending            B. distribution         C. division          D. deliver

106.         In his new book , the author described __________his adventure in the desert island .

A. in detail           B. in turn             C. in fact            D. in reality

107.         The tennis player told reporters that he  was ___________to win the championship this time.

A. decided     B. reminded               C. determined       D. concluded

108.         After I had graduated from medical college , I ________myself to research on the cure of cancer .

A. involved            B. spent            C. absorbed          D. devoted

109.         Being always late for work , John was __________by his boss.

A. disagreed  B. disappointed            C . disengaged       D. dismissed

110.     It is not hard to ___________a hawk from a crow .

A. divide    B. compare                 C. distinguish         D. separate

111.     __Would you mind my keeping the radio on ?

__No , it’s quite all right .You don’t ________me at all .

A. disturb       B. interfere         C. distribute        D. embarrass

112.      We have had so many expenses this year that we shall have to ___________a holiday .

A. put off    B. hold up             C. do without         D. go about

113.     Teenagers who ___________of high school have trouble finding jobs

A. break out            B. bring          C. drop out           D. put out

114.     The truck bumped into a wall ____________the driver’s carelessness .

A. because             B. as for          C. now that           D. due to

115.     After the examination, all the students are ___________to learn about the results .

A. eager               B. curious     C. thirsty             D. hurried

116.     His achievement in research __________him respect and admiration.

A. received            B. beat       C. won              D. earned

117.      The new system of taxation will take ___________next May.

A. affect       B. effect   C. affection          D. efficiency

118.     An egg is _________half a pound of steak in protein value .

A. similar              B. equal to    C. same as      D. just  like

119.     The teacher asked me to rewrite my composition as there were too many __________in it .

A. missing           B. errors    C. lies              D. faults

120.     Noises is unpleasant ,__________when you are trying to sleep .

A. surely        B. exclusively       C. generally         D. especially

121.     There were___________9 , 997 . people at the opening ceremony of the games .

A. approximately         B. nearly     C. apparently      D. exactly

122.     There was an _________of greetings among the old friends at the beginning of the party .

A. exchange      B. appreciation    C. invitation       D. contribution

123.     After the 90-minute match , all the football players were ___________.

A. lost            B. tied       C. exhausted       D. exhibited

124.     He remained calm even __________such obvious danger.

A. in the front of       B. in the face of   C. in front of       D. in face of

125.     Mr. Smith is a good father and husband .He is __________to his wife and children.

A .favorite       B. familiar     C. faithful        D. friendly

126.    The name of that pop singer is __________to almost everyone in the country .

A. familiar           B. sound      C. popular            D. heard

127.     I’m sorry I was late this morning .But it was not my ____; the road was blocked for half an hour because of an accident .

A. mistake        B. fault       C. error              D. sickness

128.     Tim can’t ___________the maths problem he is working at .

A. figure out       B. count out     C. find out           D. seek out

129.     There are one or two lines more on this application form which you must __________  .

A. fill in          B. hand in      C. put in             D. take in

130.     London is one of the important __________centers of the world .

A. currency       B. cash          C. financial          D. money

131.     Mr. Lee is _________in both English and Chinese .

A. frequent        B. fluent         C. accurate           D. bright

132.     While reading an article , we should __________our attention __________the meaning of the whole article rather than that of the new words .

A. focus ;in           B. focus ;on          C. pay; on     D, notice; in

133.      I will sum up my major points __________:It is time we did something to stop air pollution .

A .that follows    B. as following     C .as follows       D. following up

134.     Smoking is now _________in many public places such as the concert hall , the cinema ,the museum ,etc

A. promoted        B. forgiven      C. forbidden           D. prevented

135.     Contraction should not be used in ___________writing .

A. formal          B. former         C. familiar            D. popular

136.     The Communist Party of China was __________in July 1921.

A . found         B. founded        C. built           D. published

137.     We had to fall back on dried milk as __________milk wasn’t available .

A. instant                B. wet            C. fresh        D. natural

138.     If you make a promise , you should _________it .

A. carry                 B. fulfill        C. obey        D. catch

139.     This is thought to be the area where __________research is needed.

A. available            B. plus      C. further          D. evident

140.     Young people and their parents sometimes do not understand each other . It is said that there is a generation ___________between them .

A. gap             B distance       C .issue         D . gulf

141.     After the death of their parents , the sisters got ___________well and never quarreled .

A. along                B. away     C. across       D. at

142.      Due to bad weather ,she had to __________her attempt to swim the channel .

A. turn down          B. put up   C. give up    D. make out

143.     As neither of us would give __________, the bargain fell through .

A. away               B. in           C. off        D. out

144.     I kept telling myself never to take anything for _________.

A. granted              B. certainly        C. caused      D. generally

145.     I’m very ___________to you for having taken so much trouble to help me .

A. appreciate            B. grateful      C. bothered      D. graceful

146.     When he writes ,he always keeps a dictionary ___________.

A. at hand               B. to hand       C. in hand     D. over hand

147.     When the accident occurred I ___________ to be on the spot and saw the whole of it .

A. happened               B. turned    C. placed       D. occurred

148.     We held a big party __________my grandpa’s 80th birthday .

A. in favor of      B. in spite of         C. in honor of   D.  in return of

149.     He was determined to do good not to any __________person but to a country .

A. separate        B. dependent         C. invisible    D. individual

150.     That Shelley became a poet may have been due to his mother’s __________.

A. education   B. incidence    C. literature       D. influence