101. A season ticket ______ the holder to make as many journeys as he wishes within the stated period of time.
　　A. entitles B. grants C. presents D. promises
　　102. Only a selected number of landladies in the neighborhood have been allowed by the university to take in ______.
　　A. residents B. lodgers C. settlers D. inhabitants
　　103. Purchasing the new production line will be a ______ deal for the company.
　　A. forceful B. tremendous C. favorite D. profitable
　　104. Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak ______ Chinese.
　　A. fluid B. smooth C. fluent D. flowing
　　105. He wrote an article criticizing the Greek poet and won ______ and a scholarship.
　　A. faith B. status C. fame D. courage
　　106. The older New England villages have changed relatively little ______ a gas station or two in recent decades.
　　A. except for B. in addition to C. except D. besides
　　107. The Car Club couldn’t ______ to meet the demands of all its members.
　　A. assure B. ensure C. guarantee D. confirm
　　108. Extensive reporting on television has helped to ________ interest in a wide variety of sports and activities.
　　A. assemble B. generate C. yield D. gather
　　109. Petrol is refined from the ______ oil we take out of the ground.
　　A. crude B. fresh C. rude D. original
　　110. The lawyer advised him to drop the ______, since  he stands little chance to win.
　　A. event     B. incident
　　C. case D. affair

　　111. He is quite sure that it’s ______ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.
　　A. absolutely B. exclusively
　　C. fully D. roughly
　　112. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play ______ roles in raising children.
　　A. incapable B. indispensable
　　C. insensible D. infinite
　　113. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication ______.
　　A. tragedy B. vacuum
　　C. question D. barrier
　　114. There is no ______ to the house from the main road.
　　A. access  B. avenue
　　C. exposure D. edge
　　115. _______ energy  under the earth must be  released in one  form or another,  for example, an earthquake.
　　A. Accumulated B. Gathered
　　C. Assembled D. Collected
　　116. The ______ stuck on the envelope says “By Air”.
　　A. diagram B. label
　　C. signal D. mark
　　117. Mobile telecommunications _____ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a    result of a contract signed  between the two companies.
　　A. capacity B. potential
　　C. possession  D. impact
　　118. Reading ______ the lines, I would day that the Government are more worried than they will admit.
　　A. behind B. between
　　C. along  D. among
　　119. My brother’s plans are very ______; he wants to master English, French and Spanish     before he is sixteen.
　　A. arbitrary B. aggressive
　　C. ambitious  D. abundant
　　120. The statistical figures in that report are not ______. You should not refer to them.
　　A. accurate B. fixed
　　C. delicate  D. rigid： [NextPage]

　　121. He ______ to his customers and halved the price.
　　A. leaked          B. drew
　　C. quoted       D. yielded
　　122. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to _____ storming into the                boss’s office.
　　A. prevent      B. prohibit
　　C. turn       D. avoid
　　123. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he       has been working there for many years.
　　A. informed      B. acquainted
　　C. enlightened      D. acknowledged
　　124. The ship’s generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated _____ instead of mechanically.
　　A. manually      B. artificially
　　C. automatically     D. synthetically
　　125. You would be ______ a risk to let your child go to school by himself.
　　A. omitting      B. attaching
　　C. affording      D. running
　　126. He is always here; it’s ______ you’ve never met him.
　　A. unique      B. strange
　　C. rare       D. peculiar
　　127. We’d like to______ a table for five for dinner this evening.
　　A. preserve      B. reserve
　　C. retain       D. sustain
　　128. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of      considerable ______.
　　A. ability      B. future
　　C. possibility      D. opportunity
　　129. He didn't have time to read the report word for word: he just_____ it.
　　A. skimmed      B. observed
　　C. overlooked     D. glanced
　　130. The  leader of  the expedition ______ everyone  to follow his example.
　　A. promoted      B. reinforced
　　C. sparked      D. inspired

　　131. The _____ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly between researchers and teachers.
　　A. intensive      B. concise
　　C. joint   D. overall
　　132. Their products are frequently overpriced and _____ in quality.
　　A. influential      B. inferior
　　C. superior      D. subordinate
　　133. The  neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that _____ lot.
　　A. valid       B. vain
　　C. vacant      D. vague
　　134. To our ______, Geoffrey’s illness proved not  to be as serious as we had feared.
　　A. anxiety      B. relief
　　C. view          D. judgement
　　135. Many people like white color as it is a _____ of purity.
　　A. symbol      B. sign
　　C. signal      D. symptom
　　136. This research has attracted wide _____ coverage and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World.
　　A. message      B. information
　　C. media      D. data
　　137. The energy  _____ by the chain reaction is transformed into heat.
　　A. transferred     B. released
　　C. delivered      D. conveyed
　　138. During the process, great care has to be taken to protect the  _____ silk from damage.
　　A. sensitive      B. tender
　　C. delicate       D. sensible
　　139. Though         in a big city, Peter always prefers to paint the primitive scenes of country life.
　　A. grown         B. raised            C. tended               D. cultivated
　　140. If people feel hopeless, they don't bother to ______ the skills they need to succeed.
　　A. adopt         B. acquire           C. accumulate            D. assemble： [NextPage]

　　141. The shop assistant was dismissed as she was        of cheating customers.
　　A. accused        B. charged           C. scolded               D. cursed
　　142. All her energies are _______ upon her children and she seems to have little time for anything else.
　　A. guided         B. aimed            C. directed               D. focused
　　143. Everyone should be _______to a decent standard of living and an opportunity to be educated.
　　A. attributed        B. entitled          C. identified            D. justified
　　144. His wife is constantly finding         with him, which makes him very angry.
　　A. errors           B. shortcomings      C. fault                D. flaw
　　145. Vitamins are complex _______ that the body requires in very small amounts.
　　A. matters        B. materials        C. panicles             D. substances
　　146. The police are trying to find out the _______ of the woman killed in the traffic accident.
　　A. evidence      B. recognition        C. status                 D. identity
　　147. All human beings have a comfortable zone regulating the _______ they keep from someone they talk with.
　　A. distance      B. scope             C. range                D. boundary
　　148. We have planned an exciting publicity ______ with our advertisers.
　　A. struggle       B. campaign         C. battle                D. conflict
　　149. John doesn't believe in _______ medicine; he has some remedies of his own.
　　A. standard     B. regular           C. routine             D. conventional
　　150. Owing to _______ competition among the airlines, travel expenses have been reduced considerably.
　　A. fierce            B. strained           C. eager              D. critical

　　151. In Africa, educational costs are very low for those who are _______ enough to get into universities.
　　A. ambitious    B. fortunate          C. aggressive            D. substantial
　　152. A fire engine must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______.
　　A. precaution         B. crisis           C. emergency     D. urgency
　　153. The film provides a deep _______ into a wide range of human qualities and feelings.
　　A. insight      B. imagination       C. fancy               D. outlook
　　154. Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if only the _______ charged on public transport were more reasonable.
　　A. fees              B. fares           C. payments              D. costs
　　155. The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally _______.
　　A. pulled out    B. pulled through     C. pulled up          D. pulled over
　　156. He asked us to _____ them in carrying through their plan.
　　A. provide   B. arouse C. assist  D. persist
　　157. He was such a   _____  speaker that he held our attention every minute of the three-hour     lecture.
　　A. specific   B. dynamic   C. heroic   D. diplomatic
　　158. Arriving home, the boy told his parents about all the  _____  which occurred in his dormitory.
　　A. occasions  B. matters   C. incidents   D. issues
　　159. The opening between the rocks was very narrow, but the boys managed to  _____ through.
　　A. press    B. squeeze  C. stretch   D. leap
　　160. The manager urged his staff not to  _____  the splendid opportunity.
　　A.drop   B. miss  C. escape   D. slide