1.My grandfather, a retired worker, often ________ the past with a feeling of longing and respect.
A) considers C) contrives
B) contemplates D) contacts
2. Medical students are advised that the wearing of a white coat ________ the acceptance of a professional code of conduct expected of the medical profession.
A) supplements C) signifies
B) simulates D) swears
3. The doctors ________ the newly approved drug into the patient when he was critically ill.
A) injected C) projected
B) ejected D) subjected
4. Apart from philosophical and legal reasons for respecting patients’ wishes, there are several practical reasons why doctors should ________ to involve patients in their own medical care decisions.
A) enforce C) endeavor
B) endow D) enhance
5. This is a long ________ – roughly 13 miles down a beautiful valley to the little church below.
A) terrain C) degeneration
B) descent D) tumble
6. She was deeply ________ by the amount of criticism her play received.
A) deported C) involved
B) deprived D) frustrated
7. Some scientists are dubious of the claim that organisms ________ with age as an inevitable outcome of living.
A) depress C) deteriorate
B) default D) degrade
8. Many manufacturers were accused of concentrating too heavily on cost reduction, often at the ________ of the quality of their products.
A) expense C) expansion
B) exposure D) expectation
9. One witness ________ that he’d seen the suspect run out of the bank after it had been robbed.
A) convicted C) retorted
B) conformed D) testified
10. Nothing Helen says is ever ________. She always thinks carefully before she speaks.
A) simultaneous C) spontaneous
B) homogenous D) rigorous
11. She gave ________ directions about the way the rug should be cleaned.
A) explicit C) transient
B) brisk D) opaque
12. It took a lot of imagination to come up with such a(n) ________ plan.
A) inherent C) vigorous
B) ingenious D) exotic
13. A ________ official is one who is irresponsible in his work.
A) timid C) suspicious
B) tedious D) slack
14. Most mathematicians trust their ________ in solving problems and readily admit they would not be able to function without it.
A) conception C) intuition
B) perception D) cognition
15. He had an almost irresistible ________ to talk to the crowd when he entered Hyde Park.
A) impulse C) stimulation
B) instinct D) surge
16. Encouraged by their culture to voice their opinions freely, the Canadians are not afraid to go against the group ________, and will argue their viewpoints enthusiastically, though rarely aggressively.
A) consent C) consensus
B) conscience D) consciousness
17. He still ________ the memory of his carefree childhood spent in that small wooden house of his grandparents’.
A) nourishes C) fancies
B) cherishes D) scans
18. She expressed her strong determination that nothing could ________ her to give up her career as a teacher.
A) induce C) reduce
B) deduce D) attract
19. The microscope and telescope, with their capacity to enlarge, isolate and probe, demonstrate how details can be ________ and separated from the whole.
A) radiated C) prolonged
B) extended D) magnified
20. Lighting can be used not only to create an atmosphere, but also to ________ features of the house, such as ornaments or pictures.
A) highlight C) activate
B) underline D) upgrade
21. By turning this knob to the right you can ________ the sound from the radio.
A) intensify C) enlarge
B) amplify D) reinforce
22. One of the attractive features of the course was the way the practical work had been ________ with the theoretical aspects of the subject.
A) embedded C) integrated
B) embraced D) synthesized
23. They couldn’t see a ________ of hope that they would be saved by a passing ship.
A) grain C) slice
B) span D) gleam
24. The traditional markets retain their ________ for the many Chinese who still prefer fresh food like live fish, ducks, chickens over packaged or frozen goods.
A) appeal C) image
B) pledge D) survival
25. ________ efforts are needed in order to finish important but unpleasant tasks.
A) Consecutive C) Perpetual
B) Condensed D) Persistent
26. A number of students ________ in flats, and others live in the nearby holiday resorts, where there is a reasonable supply of competitively priced accommodation.
A) revive C) gather
B) inhabit D) reside
27. He bought his house on the________ plan, paying a certain amount of money each month.
A) division C) installment
B) premium D) fluctuation
28. He could not ________ ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happening in his department.
A) petition C) resort
B) plead D) reproach
29. Many ecologists believe that lots of major species in the world are on the____
____ of extinction.
A) margin C) verge
B) border D) fringe
30. Any salesperson who sells more than the weekly ________ will receive a bonus.
A) ratio C) allocation
B) quota D) portion
1-5 B C A C B 6-10 D D A D C 11-15 A B D C A 16-20 C B A D A
21-25 B C D A D 26-30 D C B C B
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