Vocabulary

1. A pipeline will be built to ___some eastern provinces with natural gas from the west of China.

A. send B. supply C. sell D. offer

2. After a long discussion, the workers have finally ______ the decision that they should hold on their strike for two more days.

A. received B. found C. explained D. reached

3. Nearly every other town I saw in my youth ______of the same kind. There seemed to be no difference. A. looked B. kept C. remained D. was

4. It ______ light in the evening until about seven o’clock. Then it suddenly got dark.

A. falls B. grows C. stays D. goes

5. When Lenin ______ in Europe he began to fulfill his plans step by step at once.

A. got B. arrived C. reached D. went

6. A bad accident ______ to the family the following day and everything changed since then.

A. came B. brought C. happened D. joined

7. The farmers had to ______ against strong winds all the way home and got tired out.

A. came B. hit C. push D. struggle

8. The fallen apples are ______ away fast in the grass and giving off a terrible smell.

A. dropping B. falling C. rotting D. moving

9. The little girl could already ______ simple problems in addition when she was only three.

A. make B. do C. count D. work

10. He has been ______ a visit to his teacher each month for many years ever since he graduated.

A. paying B. having C. doing D. holding

11. The nurse ______ his temperature at twelve o’clock and then gave him some medicine.

A. counted B. measured C. had D. took

12. Philip ______her invitation to go to her farm for his holiday because he was too busy.

A. received B. accepted C. refused D. got

13. The young people in the city often come to the old man to ______ him for advice.

A. beg B. ask C. offer D. invite

14. The boy ______ the hole with water, but no rabbits ran out of it at all.

A. poured B. added C. covered D. filled

15. Who is going to ______ our plans from being carried out? We have to take measures about it.

A. remove B. produce C. borrow D. prevent

16. All the big buildings in the city were ______ into hospitals during the Second World War.

A. become B. turned C. grown D. made

17. Don’t bother to ______ up the dishes after the meal. Just leave them on the table.

A. send B. hold C. hang D. wipe

18. He’ll ______ trouble for you if you don’t do what he wants you to. So you have to find a way.

A. make B. do C. bring D. buy

19. What color do you prefer? Shall we ______ the wall green or pink?

A. put B. make C. wash D. color

20. She used to ______ me as a little boy who counts for nothing, which drove me mad.

A. think B. regard C. keep D. accept

21. I don’t hate housework. As a matter of fact, I’m very fond ___ housework, especially cooking.

A. in B. of C. at D. for

22. The man _______ to the tall girl was talking to another girl who sat in front of him.

A. far B. welcome C. next D. angry

23. The little boy has done well at school. So his teachers and parents are very ______with him.

A. satisfied B. friendly C. covered D. angry

24. The sick old woman was now even afraid ______ a drink of any liquid, including water.

A. that she took B. to take C. taking D. to

25. I don’t think it would be wise for me to write a ______ to that article by Mr. Menus.

A. answer B. and C. visit D. reply

26. Do you __like having a swim? It is fine today and there are few people in the swimming pool.

A. think B. look C. seem D. feel

27. The old man told the boy to be careful not to get his finger ___ in the window when closing it.

A. hurt B. wounded C. caught D. cut

28. After he came out of prison, many of his former friends would have nothing to ____ with him.

A. work B. do C. make D. think

29. He looked behind him to make ___that he was not being followed. And he did see a short man.

A. sure B. clear C. clean D. out

30. During the following year the president paid much ___to improving agriculture in the country.

A. work B. energy C. thought D. attention

31. The people ____in plenty of fresh air and exercise, so they often go to the seaside in summer.

A. call B. care C. believe D. break

32. This plan __against my wishes, so I won’t agree with you unless you make some changes in it.

A. goes B. comes C. fights D. think

33. She ___ over the plan again the next afternoon and discovered two more mistakes in it.

A. went B. came C. passed D. sent

34. If I hadn’t _____ down what he said at the meeting I should probably have forgot all about it.

A. written B. settled C. knocked D. cut

35. The area can easily be ______ out if you know the length and breadth. It’s a simple problem.

A. worn B. tried C. taken D. worked

36. She tried hard to ______ off the weight of grief that troubled him, but couldn’t at all.

A. turn B. see C. throw D. set

37. You are sure to ______ away all the difficulties you will meet with in your job. I believe you.

A. smooth B. take C. break D. run

38. We can’t hope to ______ with the car in front of us as it is a high-powered one.

A. do away B. go on C. get on D. catch up

39. We asked quite a lot of people there and at last found out that they were ______ working there.

A. no more B. no longer C. any more D. any longer

40. It took them more ___ a whole day to have their house painted. But it was worth the effort.

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