第一部分 词汇选项

词汇学习 一

每组词汇学习有15道小题。在每道题的句子里都有一个加底线的词或短语， 请在四个选项中找出与加底线的词或短语意义最相近的一项。

1. We should not complain about taxes.

  A)feel unhappy               B)say bad things          C)care                       D)praise

2. What were the effects of the decision she made?

  A)reasons                       B)results                       C)causes                       D)bases

3. People don’t realize how serious this recession¹ has actually been.

  A)know                          B)think                       C)doubt                       D)remember

4. First editions of certain popular books cannot be obtained for love or money.

  A)at any place                       B)at any price             C)in any language         D)in any country

5. About a quarter of the workers in the United States are employed in factories.

  A)third                           B)fourth                       C)tenth                              D)fifteenth

6. In a bullfight, it is the movement, not the color, of objects that arouses the bull².

  A)confuses                       B)excites                       C)scares                       D)divert

7. Passenger ships and planes are often equipped with ship to shore or air to land radio telephones.

  A)highways                       B)railroads                       C)sailboats                       D)aircraft

8. The firemen acted quickly because lives were at stake.

  A)in danger                       B)in despair                       C)out of condition         D)out of danger

9. Mary called me up very late last night.

  A)shouted at me               B)visited me               C)telephoned           D)waked me

10. Mary gets up at the same time every morning.

  A)arises                          B)raises                       C)arrives                       D)stands up

11. Helen will leave immediately.

  A)far away                       B)right away            C)right here                       D)soon

12. Susan is looking for the dictionary, which she lost yesterday.

  A)finding                       B)looking up                C)looking at                D)trying to find

13. John talked over the new job offer with his wife.

  A)discussed                       B)mentioned           C)accepted                       D)rejected

14. While I sympathize, I can't really do very much to help.

  A)When                         B)But                          C)Although                       D)Where

15. A beautiful woman attended to me in that store yesterday.

  A)waited on                       B)talked to                       C)spoke to                       D)stayed with