高职高专应用能力考试练习
VOCABULARY
BOOK ONE Unit 1
1. The highest _____ of governments has been given to the problem of heavy traffic.
A. support B. priority C. material D. involvement
2. We can _____ with people in most parts of the world by telephone. A. involve B. stay C. communicate D. demand 3. He was ill for six weeks and _____ with his schoolwork.
A. dropped out B. cut off C. made progress D. fell behind 4. A _____ center is a place or building where people meet for adult education classes and informal social interactions, etc. A. leisure B. sports C. health D. community 5. The eyes need several minutes to _____ the darkness. A. turn to B. adjust to C. drop out D. base on Unit 2:
1. Mail is _____ to our office twice a day.
A. delivered B. transmitted C. given D. passed
2. A balanced _____ is a financial plan in which expenses are no greater than income.
A. calculation B. income C. budget D. schedule
3. We have to _____ the job applications into groups based on their qualifications.
A. send B. change C. check D. sort
4. She was _____ down with two heavy pieces of luggage and was trying to look after three children.
A. pressured B. loaded C. put D. bent 5. She went to the post office to mail a _____.
A. package B. message C. content D. delivery
6．In Florida, senior citizens _____ more than 25 percent of the population.
A. trade for B. account for C. check out D. pay for 7. I think I’d like to stay at home this evening _____ go out. A. more than B. better than C. rather than D. less than 8. The main difficulty with teaching is the large _____ of work. A. number B. content C. part D. volume Unit 3:
1. This novel is my _____.
A. likeness B. favorite C. fun D. hobby
2. A team of advertisers is hard at work trying to _____ a slogan for the
product.
A. come up with B. come on C. come up to D. come across with 3. The concert was quite a _____ in Chicago. A. blow B. strike C. hit D. lot
4. She told us about his brother, Apollo, _____ the U.S. astronauts’mission to the moon.
A. called B. known as C. known for D. named after 5. Completing his degree at night was a long _____. A. time B. stage C. process D. period 6. The capital has been _____ by the rebel army. A. occupied B. held C. took D. played
7. Our newspaper aims to _____ the opinions of ordinary people. A. search B. mirror C. interest D. occupy 8. He helped to _____ jazz in the mid-1950s.
A. enjoy B. listen to C. popularize D. widen 9. I have lost a file _____ a lot of important documents. A. possessing B. having C. owning D. containing
10. Her unhappy childhood was the _____ of her problems later in life. A. start B. reason C. origin D. solution
Unit 4
1. Usually people under stress _____ express their full range of potential. A. care for B. tend to C. happen to D. Lead to 2. It is a bit _____ that no one knows where he was at the time of the murder.
A. suspicious B. common C. excellent D. familiar 3. She tried to steer the _____ away from the topic of marriage. A. importance B. custom C. conversation D. sympathy 4. When I first met him I had the _____ he was a shy sort of a guy.
A. impression B. meaning C. viewpoint D. reluctance
5. Every month the group meets so its members can _____ their views. A. change B. imply C. find D. exchange
6. He sent her a note of _____ on her election victory.
A. thanks B. sympathy C. congratulation D. remark 7. Some kinds of birds which were once a (an) _____ sight are now becoming rare.
A. excellent B. common C. often D. ordinary 8. The fall in interest rates is _____ news for borrowers.
A. usual B. latest C. satisfied D. excellent Unit 5
1. Gauguin (高庚) selected painting as a _____ when he was in his thirties.
A. job B. work C. profession D. career 2. There is a _____ of girls waiting for you outside.
A. pair B. double C. couple D. few 3. We were dressed up for the party but she was still in her _____ clothes.
A. common B. ordinary C. normal D. average 4. The workers’ _____ for a higher pay were refused by the employers. A. demands B. inquiry C. desire D. needs 5. Father _____ on me the value of hard work..
A. told B. affected C. impressed D. focused Unit 6
1. He _____ his prospects by carelessness.
A. damaged B. upset C. ruined D. harmed 2. Workers in other industries should be _____ into action. A. advised B. urged C. forced D. driven 3. Some gas is _____ from the pipe.
A. escaping B. running C. vanishing D. flowing 4. You should only use this door in a (an) _____.
A. crisis B. hurry C. pressure D. emergency
5. His walk _____ me of the way his father used to walk.
A. suggests B. hints C. reminds D. tells 6. She _____ shyly at him and then lowered her eyes.
A. glanced B. noticed C. watched D. started Unit 7
1. The _____ city for the 2008 Olympic Games is Beijing. A. master B. only C. host D. main 2. The stores have to _____ for customers in the Christmas season. A. compete B. work C. argue D. act 3. The English football team were world _____ in 1966.
A. kings B. first C. players D. champions 4. High jump and long jump are field _____.
A. events B. races C. activities D. competitions
5. They are studying the history of _____ Rome.
A. old B. ancient C. past D. existed 6. She is looking for a job, but hasn’t found her _____ yet. A. ideal B. satisfaction C. standard D. wish 7. The price _____ postage charges.
A. has B. includes C. keeps D. adds 8. After three years in prison he was again _____ with his wife and family.
A. brought B. seen C. connected D. united Unit 8
1. This is not said in _____, but merely to make plain my situation. A. agreement B. complaint C. response D. patience 2. Life in the village is too _____ for me; if you want any water you have to pump it up from a well.
A. original B. primary C. primitive D. ancient 3. I am not supposed to let anyone in without a card, but I will make an exception in your _____.
A. event B. incident C. case D. affair 4. The patient is _____ well to the new course of drug.
A. responsible B. responding C. reactive D. recovering 5. He played a piano sonata of his own _____.
A. composition B. making C. production D. writing 6. The growth of the city often _____ the value of land close to it. A. enriches B. rises C. enhances D. strengthens
7. That building is _____ because all the others like it were destroyed. A. especial B. particular C. special D. unique 8. Women make on the _____ only two-thirds of what men earn. A. standard B. average C. level D. contrary 9. The possible gossip of the others could not _____ her. A. win B. overcome C. affect D. effect 10. She insisted that she _____somebody singing in the next house. A. heard B. hearing C. hear D. should
have heard Unit 9
1. It _____ me of the village where we spent our holidays last summer. A. remembers B. reminds C. recalls D. relieves 2. _____ supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information.
A. Except B. Except for C. In addition D. Apart from
3. After she finished her conversation, she hung _____. A. on B. up C. out D. over 4. The people at the party were worried about Janet because no one was _____ where she had gone.
A. beware B. aware of C. ware D. beware of
5. We have a family _____ every Thanksgiving Day.
A. meeting B. collecting C. reunion D. union 6. _____ great efforts, we failed to carry our plans through.
A. As a result of B. Apart from C. Owing to D. In spite of
7. He said that I had stolen his bicycle, but I _____ it.
A. refused B. rejected C. denied D. declined
8. May Day will soon come _____.
A. by B. round C. along D. across 9. The crowd _____ into the stadium.
A. flocked B. mounted C. stormed D. flowed
10. For reasons he could not explain he was made feel different, _____ apart, from the other boys.
A. fallen B. took C. put D. set Unit 10
1. The brain performs a very important _____; it controls the nervous system of the body.
A. part B. function C. role D. service
2. They had _____ won the game when they had to stop playing. A. just think B. just then C. just about D. just when
3. I worked on a farm for a long time and so got a (n) _____ into the life of a farmer.
A. insight B. finding C. realization D. understanding
4. Has Mary been informed _____ her father’s death yet?
A. on B. against C. that D. of 5. So _____ was she in the novel that I hadn’t dared to make a sound. A. taken in B. absorbed C. missing D.
concentrating
6. Just think what a mess the whole party _____ without your timely arrival to stop the fight.
A. would be like B. would be C. should be like D. would have been
7. If any lady owns this watch, will she please come forward and _____ it?
A. demand B. require C. claim D. return
8. It was my younger brother who _____ me to jazz.
A. informed B. introduced C. familiarized D. performed
9. I’m surprised that anyone of your intelligence _____ be so foolish as to believe this.
A. is going to B. ought to C. should D. will
10. He always has some _____ ideas on company policy.
A. positive B. imaginary C. assuring D. critic
BOOK TWO
Unit1
1.He is very _______;his understanding of what people say always goes beyond the surface meaning.
A. patient B intelligent C. literate D diligent
2. On entering his house, we at once ______him to be a man of taste. A. perceived B. observed C. preserved D. received
3. These journeys will give you an even deeper _______into our language and culture.
A. investigation B. inquiry C. insight D. communication
4. For the first time in history, a man-made heart had been used to ______ for a human heart.
A. create B. combine C. substitute D. replace
5. Writing for the magazine has not been his ______employment. He has other jobs.
A. excessive B. instructive C. inclusive D. exclusive
6. This advertising campaign has_______ significantly to the success of the new car.
A. achieved B. contributed C. resulted D. promoted
7. He didn’t intend to ______this conversation further himself, for he was not interested in it at all.
A. follow B. provide C. pursue D. forgive
8. Please remind me of the meeting again tomorrow, __I forget. A. in case B. in any case C. in case of D. in many cases
Unit 2
1. The British __-with the French in building a space vehicle that neither country could afford by itself.
A. cooperate B. cope C. correspond D. convey
2. Mr. Smith gradually ____-a knowledge of the subject through his self study.
A. achieved B. attained C. acquired D. inquired
3. Several days after the operation Jack was beginning to feel ____better. A. somehow B. somewhat C. anyhow D. anyway
4. As each contingent(代表团) _____-, there was a burst of applause from the watching crowd.
A. went by B. went through C. went over D. went out
5. If you want a cheap ticket, you must ________-it well in advance. A. resolve B. represent C. reserve D. resemble
6.One of the attractive features of the course was the way the practical work had been ______with the theoretical aspects of the subject. A. adjusted B. inspired C. installed D. integrated
7. In recent years the cost of living has been increasing_________-. A. primarily B. approximately C. significantly D. eventually 8. The box was so heavy that it was difficult for the old lady to ___-it. A. lift B. grab C. rise D. seize Unit 3
1.Finding it difficult to ____to the climate in the city, he decided to move
to the north.
A. adopt B. conform C. adapt D. suit
2. Nowadays streets in most of h\he big cities are_____by motor vehicles.
A. confronted B. constituted C. distributed D. dominated 3. The thing that _____-is not whether you succeed or fail, but that you at least try.
A. minds B. matters C. cares D. plays
4. They have equipped the office with the ____-business machines A. latest B. lately C. later D. latter
5. I prefer to walk along the river____play basketball on the playground. A. to B. more than C. better than D. rather than
6. When I saw Jane, I stopped and smiled, but she _me and walked on.
A. refused B. ignored C. denied D. deserted
7. She is a(an) _housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply. A. economical B. economic C. beneficial D. efficient 8. They will try to keep us out, but we shall get in______ A. whatever B. however C. somehow D. somewhat Unit 4
1. I_____ oversleep, but now I get up early every day.
2. A. got used to B. used to C. was accustomed to D. was used to
3. I am not very familiar __the taxation law here.
A. to B. with C. about D. in 4.Who can I ___to in my hour of need? A. turn B. ask C. help D. refer
5.When she became world-famous in her 20’s, she___her success to good luck.
A. owed B. thought of C. gave D. blamed
6. The star’s _____on people’s lives has not been proved yet. A. reference B. influence C. inference D. affect 7.Her _____book is selling very well in America. A. latest B. late C. later D. latter
8. Her experience and abilities ______her admirably for the job. A. suit B. adjust C. fit D. adapt Unit 5
1. This couple approaching their 40s had no children, so they____ a child.
A. adopted B. adapted C. adjusted D. absorbed 2. She ____ as a painter.
A. was notified B. made a name for herself B. was noted D. was not interested
3. Dirt____ with disease; to avoid disease we should keep as clean as possible.
A. is related B. has linked C. goes hand in hand D. is concerned 4. _______ we had a good time in Peter’s home last Saturday.
A. At end B. All in all C. Although D. At last
5. He didn’t feel very well in the middle of the process, and then he decided to ______climbing to the top of the mountain. A. give in B. give off C. give out D. give up
6. Finally we all ____his proposal because it is quite practical. A. agree with B. agree to C. agree on D. agree of 7. She ______him at first sight and would follow him anywhere. A. fell for B. was attractive to C. fell to D. fell in love for 8. This should be read by some of them, in whole or______. A. partly B. as a whole C. wholly D. in part Unit 6.
1. Mr. Hunter managed to ____his neglect of duty on the basis of his poor health.]
A. remember B. forget C. reject D. justify 2. His salary went onto five ______a year. A. figures B. numerals C. numbers D. fingers
3. His attitude to work mainly depends on ____from the work. A. the offer B. the award C. the reward D. the reflection 4. At present, even selling newspapers and magazines will make a very good______.
A. benefit B. interest C. advantage D. profit 5. I came here for nothing else but to see you________.
A. purpose B. on purpose C. to the purpose D. for the purpose
6. Father’s smile ____that he had forgiven the child, so the child became at ease again.
A. implied B. inferred C . impressed D. improved 7 The committee ____of men of widely different views.
A. is composed B. is consisted C. is concerned D is contained 8. This book is ___to be read.
A. worthy B. worth C. worthwhile D. worthless Unit 7
1. In the navy, a commander is an officer who ____next below a captain.
A. tracks B. ranks C. blanks D. flashes
2. We have no ______ information to state the exact damage. A. equal B. satisfied C. efficient D. sufficient
3. The real estate agent has the ______right to sell the house. A. alone B. overall C. exclusive D. single 4. I only came to ___that everything is all right. A. make up B. make sure C. make out D. make for
5. There is a growing ______ for people to work at home instead of in offices. A.
tendency B. temptation C. tradition D. fashion 6. They considered the plan in all its_____. A. prospects B. suspects C. aspects D. inspects 7. People should not be content with only ______knowledge.
A. A.
superior B. superficial C. artificial D. beneficial translated B. transferred C. transported D. transmitted
8. This farm has been ______from father to son for generations. Unit 8
1. The incident aroused some ____in the press.
2. A. commands B. comments C. committees D. commissions
3. Traffic in the city was ______by a snowstorm.
A. interpreted B. interviewed C. interrupted D. interfered 4. If she could ______ the conditions there, we could take her. A. put forward B. put off C. put aside D. put up with
5. I’m sorry, those overcoats are not _____in your color and size. A.
available B. favorable C. imaginable D. average Unit 9
1. The _____ reason for the great amount of pollution is that
government does not take the lead in passing strong legislation against it.
A. principle B. practical C. principal D. productive 2. It is ______that he get the text of his revision typed. A. eventual B. apparent C. frequent D. necessary 3. Most of the people there are_ in rags and wear no shoes. A. clothed B; cloth C. clothing D. clothes
4. It is believed that milk ___ something that will promote the
health of human beings.
A. regains B. contains C. maintains D. covers
5. We are happy that they are______ willing to help at the news that we are in trouble.
A. other than B. more than C. rather than C. less than 6. The stranger ______his eyebrows as we walked by. A. lifted B. gifted C. lit D. shifted
7. Mary is afraid of people; she always ______when we take her to a party.
A. holds out B. holds on C. holds up D. holds back Unit 10
1. He gave up for____ reasons.
A. a great deal of B a large amount of C. a variety of D.
a bit of
2. I knew ____that World War II broke out in 1939.
A. for certain B. for good C. for the sake of D. for a
long time
3. Lu Xun __ a famous writer in the 20th century.
A. is known for B. is known as C. is familiar with D. is
famous for
4. Our teachers always______ their opinions _____facts. A. tell… of B. relate…with C. associate… to D. base…
on
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