2004年06月英語四級A卷試題(詞匯)2

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residential area.
    A) flowing B) drifting C) mobile D) unstable
    42. Mr. Smith says The media are very good at sensing a mood and then ______ it.
    A) overtaking B) enlarging C) widening D) exaggerating
    43. This is not an economical way to get more water; ______, it is very expensive.
    A) on the other hand B) on the contrary C) in short D) or else
    44. It was the first time that such a ______had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.
    A) presentation B) precaution C) preparation D) prediction
    45. ______ that he wasn’t happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.
    A) Perceiving B) Penetrating C) Puzzling D) Preserving
    46. The board of the company has decided to ______ its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.
    A) multiply B) lengthen C) expand D) stretch
    47. His business was very successful, but it was at the ______ of his family life.
    A) consumption B) credit C) exhaustion D) expense
    48. First published in 1927, the charts remain an ______ source for researchers.
    A) identical B) indispensable C) intelligent D) inevitable
    49. Joe is not good at sports, but when it______mathematics, he is the best in the class.
    A) comes to B) comes up to C) comes on to D) comes around to
    50. Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a ______ for smoking.
    A) relief B) revival C) substitute D) succession
    51. When carbon is added to iron in proper ______the result is steel.
    A) rates B) thicknesses C) proportions D) densities
    52. You should try to ______ your ambition and be more realistic.
    A) reserve B) restrain C) retain D) replace
    53. Nancy is only a sort of ______ of her husband’s opinion and has no ideas of her own.
    A) sample B) reproduction C) shadow D) echo
    54. Now that spring is here, you can ______ these fur coats till you need them again next winter.
    A) put over B) put away C) put off D) put down
    55. There is a _____ of impatience in the tone of his voice.
    A) hint B) notion C) dot D) phrase
    56. Please ______dictionaries when you are not sure of word spelling or meaning.
    A) seek B) inquire C) search D) consult
    57. At yesterday’s party, Elizabeth’s boyfriend amused us by ______ Charlie Chaplin.
    A) copying B) following C) imitating D) modeling
    58. She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power ______.
    A) failure B) lack C) absence D) drop
    59. The group of technicians are engaged in a study which ______ all aspects of urban planning.
    A) inserts B) grips C) performs D) embraces
    60. The lecture which lasted about three hours was so ______ that the audience couldn’t help yawning.
    A) tedious B) bored C) clumsy D) tired