TEM-4    Exercise 1

(Grammar & Vocabulary)

1. _____    all our kindness to help her, Sara refused to listen.
A. At
B. In
C. For
D. On
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2. ____ before    we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.
A. Had they arrived
B. Would they arrive
C. Were they arriving
D. Were they to arrive
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3. ____ conflict among city-states caused the eventual decline of Greek civilization.
A.    Continuous
B.     Continual
C.    Constant
D.    Contrary
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4. ____ he's already heard the news.
A.    Chances are
B.     Chance is
C.    Opportunities are
D.    Opportunity is
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5.____ his knowledge and academic background, he is basically stupid.
A.    But for
B.     According to
C.    For all
D.    Thanks to
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6. ____ man can now create radioactive elements, there is nothing he can do to reduce their radioactivity.
A.    As
B.     Whether
C.    While
D.    Now that
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7. ____ of the burden of ice, the balloon climbed up and drifted to the South.
A.    To be free
B.     To free
C.    Freeing
D.    Freed
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8. ____ should any money be given to a small child.
A.    On no account
B.     From all account
C.    Of no account
D.    By all account
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9.____    the advances of the science, the discomforts of old age will no doubt always be with us.
A.    As for
B.     Despite
C.    Except
D.    Besides
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10. ____ the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is.
A.    To give
B.     Given
C.    Giving
D.    Having given
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11. ____ the sight of the police officers, the men ran off.
A.    In
B.     At
C.    On
D.    With
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12. ____ the wall, we decided that we should need three tins of paint.
A. Making up
B. Doing up
C. Putting up
D.    Sizing up
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13. ____ the whole, early American city planning was excellent.
A.    In
B.     From
C.    On
D.    Above
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14. ____ we are having these days!
A.    What a lovely weather
B.     What lovely weathers
C.    What lovely weather
D.    What lovely a weather
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15. ____, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.
A.    Other things being equal
B.     Were other    things equal
C.    To be equal to other things
D.    Other things to be equal
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16. ____, he does not love her.
A.    As he likes her very much
B.     Though much he likes her
C.    Much although he likes her
D.    Much though he likes her
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17. A drunk man walked in, ____ in appearance.
A.    repulsive
B.    reluctant
C.    reproachful
D.    reputed
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18. A good many houses ____ knocked down by the earthquake.
A. was
B.    were
C.    is
D. are
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19. A good teacher must know how to ____ his ideas.
A.    convey
B.     display
C.    consult
D.    confront
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20. A large part of human activity, particularly in relation to the environment, is ____    conditions or events.
A.    in response to
B.     in favor of
C.    in contrast to
D.    in excess of
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21. A love marriage, however, does not necessarily ____ much sharing of interests and responsibilities.
A.    take over
B.     result in
C.    hold on
D.    keep to
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22. A man has to make _____ for his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old.
A.    supply
B.     assurance
C.    provision
D.    adjustment
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23. A river _____ through the narrow wooded valley below.
A.    extends
B.     pours
C.    expands
D.    twists
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24. A writer has to ____ imagination as well as his experiences for his writing.
A.    drawing back from
B.     draw in
C.    draw up
D.    draw on
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25. According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, wisdom comes from the _____ of maturity.
A.    fulfillment
B.     achievement
C.    establishment
D.    accomplishment
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26. After a concert tour in Asia, Canada and the U.S., he will _____ work on a five-language opera.
A.    confine
B.     indulge
C.    resume
D.    undergo
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27. After briefly ____ the history of the author, Prof. Li turned to the novel itself immediately.
A.    dipping in
B.     dipping at
C.    dipping into
D.    dipping to
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28.After negotiation, the two countries ____ the terms of peace.
A.    agreed with
B.     agreed in
C.    agreed to
D.    agreed on
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29. After performing a successful operation, the doctor at last pulled the patient ____.
A.    back
B.     in
C. up
D.    through
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30. After reading these books, he was _____ to the Darwinian theory of evolution.
A.    changed
B.     converted
C.    transferred
D.    adjusted
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31. Airplane and television are among the ____ of science.
A.    masks
B.     martyrs
C.    marvels
D.    marrow
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32. All experts agree that the most important consideration with diet drugs is carefully ____ the risks and benefits.
A.    weighing
B.     valuing
C.    evaluating
D.    distinguishing
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33. Although Asian countries are generally more ____ in social customs than Western countries, there have been several notable examples of women leaders in both China and India.
A.    conservative
B.     confidential
C.    comprehensible
D.    consistent
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34. Although he is very rich, his undutiful children are the ____ of his life.
A.    torch
B.     torment
C.    topic
D.    topper
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35. Although he thought he was helping us to prepare the dinner, he was actually ____ the way.
A.    in
B.     off
C.    by
D.    on
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36. Although most birds have only a negligible sense of smell, they have ____ vision.
A. vigorous
B. exact
C. acute
D. vivid
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37. Although sports ____ the household, Joe drew the line when they interfered with family traditions and routine.
A. overwhelmed
B. affected
C. dominated
D. influenced
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38. Although the town had been ____ by the storm several times, little damage was done.
A. attacked
B. injured
C. harmed
D. struck
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39. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ____ before the West was settled.
A. could
B. was
C. would
D. did
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40. Among the many subjects in school, mathematics is probably the most _____, depending least on a student's background and culture.
A. universal
B. abstract
C. arbitrary
D. concrete
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41. As a _____ actor, he can perform, sing, dance and play several kinds of musical instruments.
A. flexible
B. versatile
C. sophisticated
D. productive
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42. As a salesman, he works on a (an) _____ basis, taking 10% of everything he sells.
A. income
B. commission
C. salary
D. pension
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43. As an excellent shooter, Peter practiced aiming at both _____ targets and moving targets.
A. stationary
B. standing
C. stable
D. still
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44. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think _____.
A. ought to be said
B. must say
C. have to be said
D. need to say
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45. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all _____ our seat belt.
A. tied
B. locked
C. fastened
D. closed
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46. At first, the speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the country, but halfway in her speech, she suddenly _____ to another subject.
A. committed
B. switched
C. favored
D. transmitted
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47. At no time _____ other countries.
A. China will invade
B. will invade China
C. will China invade
D. invade will China
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48. Be here on Friday _____ the latest.
A. at
B. by
C. for
D. in
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49. Because the whole country is in a financial dilemma, the government calls on us to _____ economy.
A. make
B. practice
C. carry
D. develop
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50. Before he started the work, I asked the builder to give me an _____ of the cost of repairing the roof.
A. assessment
B. estimate
C. announcement
D. evaluation
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51. Beryl hardly ever goes to _____ the cinema.
A. neither the theatre or
B. either the theatre nor
C. neither the theatre nor
D. the theatre or
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52. Beside being expensive, the food tastes _____.
A. badly
B. too much bad
C. too badly
D. bad
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53. Britain's press is unusual _____ it is divided into two very different types of newspaper: the quality press and the popular press.
A. in how
B. in what
C. in which
D. in that
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54. By moving the radar beam around slowly in circles, we can _____ the surroundings.
A. explore
B. expose
C. exploit
D. expand
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55. Cancer is second only _____ heart disease as a cause of death.
A. of
B. to
C. with
D. from
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56. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is _____ loud continuous noise.
A. subjected to
B. filled with
C. associated with
D. attached to
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57. Careful surveys have indicated that as many as 50 percent of patients do not take drugs ______ directed.
A. like
B. so
C. which
D. as
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58. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this ______ produces artificial cold surrounding it.
A. absorption
B. transition
C. consumption
D. interaction
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59. Charles can't go to work today because he _____ a cold.
A. has    
B. feels
C. takes
D. thinks
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60. Charles has not the least ______ of giving up his research.
A. intention
B. decision
C. idea
D. hope
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61. Columbus' decision to sail west to reach the East _____ on his belief that the earth was round.
A. existed
B. sat
C. relaxed
D. rested
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62. Despite the wonderful acting and well-developed plot the _____ movie could not hold our attention.
A. three-hours
B. three-hour
C. three-hours'
D. three-hour's
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63. Difficulties can _____ a person's best qualities.
A. bring up
B. bring out
C. bring about
D. bring to
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64. Doctors sometimes _____ old cures when modern medicine doesn't work.
A. fall on
B. fall down on
C. fall back on
D. fall in upon
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65. Does brain power _____ as we get older? Scientists now have some surprising answers.
A. descend
B. decline
C. deduce
D. collapse
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66. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true _____ it comes to classroom tests.
A. when
B. since
C. before
D. after
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67. Don't worry. The company will _____ all your expense.
A. satisfy
B. meet
C. pay
D. submit
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68. Eventually, people spread throughout the continent, ______ the entire species.
A. wiping out
B. wiping away
C. wiping off
D. wiping up
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69. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to ______ healthy.
A. preserve
B. stay
C. maintain
D. reserve
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70. Faced with the ______ difficulties, they are determined to carry on their program.
A. satisfactory
B. attributable
C. innocent
D. intangible
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71. Fewer and fewer of today's workers expect to spend their working lives in the same field, ______ the same company.
A. all else
B. much worse
C. let alone
D. less likely
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72. Flying in an airplane was once thought to be an impossible ______.
A. task
B. profession
C. promise
D. contest
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73. Fresh vegetables are straight from the ______ and raw vegetables are ______.
A. earth...cooked
B. soil...uncooked
C. floor...cooked
D. ground...uncooked
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74. From this material we can _____ hundreds of what you may call direct products.
A. derive
B. discern
C. diminish
D. displace
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75. Fruit is cheapest _____ season.
A. at
B. on
C. in
D. through
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76. Fruit pickers are paid at the _____ of '4.00 an hour.
A. rate
B. scale
C. sum
D. value
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77. Fumes from the exhaust of an automobile are ______.
A. notorious
B. anxious
C. noxious
D. delicious
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78. George wasn't in class today, Professor Brown excused him ______.
A. from attending
B. of attending
C. to attend
D. attending
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79. Class will _____ at a high temperature and will be in a liquid condition.
A. dissolve
B. disappear
C. melt
D. evaporate
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80. Hamlet _____ his father's death on his uncle.
A. reversed
B. reverted
C. revenged
D. revealed
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81. He _____ tennis every day since he ______ sixteen.
A. has played... is
B. played... has been
C. was playing...has been
D. has been playing...was
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82. He appeared _____ with our team's performance.
A. satisfying
B. to be satisfying
C. to satisfy
D. satisfied
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83. He believed that the greatest of his _____ was that he'd never had a college education.
A. grieves
B. misfortunes
C. disasters
D. sorrows
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84. He delivered _____ orders for a Chinese restaurant for the whole summer vacation so as to earn enough money for his tuition.
A. takeoff
B. takeover
C. takeup
D. takeout
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85. He does not _____ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.
A. equal
B. match
C. qualify
D. fit
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86. He finished _____ in the 1,500-meter run.
A. champion
B. championship
C. first
D. No. one
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87. He has been asked to account _____ his absence.
A. for
B. on
C. of
D. about
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88. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any _____ on what he promises.
A. faith
B. belief
C. credit
D. reliance
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89. He is _____ the run from the police.
A. in
B. off
C. on
D. after
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90. He is an artist with seemingly unlimited _____.
A. creativity
B. creature
C. creation
D. creative
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91. He knows the rules but does not know how to ______ it.
A. control
B. direct
C. apply
D. run
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92. He made a ____ inspection of the doors and the windows before leaving.
A. slowly
B. leisurely
C. carefully
D. seriously
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93. He made such a _____ contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new building after him.
A. genuine
B. minimum
C. modest
D. generous
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94. He must have had an accident, or he _____ then.
A. would have been here
B. had to be here
C. should be here
D. would be here
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95. He often sat in a small bar drinking considerably more than _____.
A. he was in good health
B. his health was good
C. his good health was
D. was good for his health
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96. He pointed out that the living standard of urban and _____ people continued to improve.
A. remote
B. municipal
C. rural
D. provincial
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97. He said nothing at all, but his eyes spoke _____ him.
A. for
B. up
C. out
D. against
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98. He took me _____ task for not doing it.
A. into
B. upon
C. to
D. on
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99. He used examples to _____ his argument.
A. strengthen
B. increase
C. fix
D. underline
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100. He was here _____ the stroke.
A. in
B. on
C. with
D. to
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