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unit１
Multiple Choice: For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1. Fuel scarcities and price increases ____ automobile designers to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.

   A) prompted            B) persuaded         C) imposed                 D) enlightened

2. As he was the only person who has the key, Simon felt himself ____ suspicion.

   A) under               B) in                C) beyond                  D) upon

3. It was such a grand view that it ____ strong emotion in us sight-seers.

   A) roused              B) rose              C) arose                   D) aroused

4. It was ____ of you not to play the piano while I was having a sleep.

   A) considerate         B) careful           C) considering             D) considerable

5. Some of the old ____ about the space age are coming true.

   A) fantasies           B) delusions         C) nightmares              D) impressions

6. A lot of old buildings in the town were ruined during the earthquake, but they were beautifully ____ soon by the local people.                                                            

   A) recovered           B) restored          C) resumed                D) returned

7. Reading ____ the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

  A) rectifies            B) prolongs          C) minimizes             D) furnishes

8. While the development of the suburbs has created problems, it has also provided ____        modern housing for millions of people.     

  A) excessive            B) immense           C) memorable            D) substantial

9. She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would ____ her long effort. 

  A) justify              B) testify           C) rectify              D) verify

10. Hunger could be his only            for killing a living thing.
   A) sensation           B) cause             C) purpose              D) motive

11. I will ____ my lawyer to write out the agreement.

   A) inform              B) notify            C) announce             D) report

12. A benefit performance is a performance for which a charitable organization has bought out at a discounted price and ___ funds by selling tickets at a full price.          

   A) furnishes           B) raises            C) accumulates          D) contributes

13. Although these people knew that their boss was in a difficult situation, they    were still ____ him. 

   A) sticking to         B) sticking with     C) sticking on        D) sticking by

14. The secret agent concealed his real mission, so many local people were____ into thinking that he was a good person.      

   A) betrayed            B) driven            C) deceived           D) convinced

15. The coming of the railways in the 1830s ____ our society and economy.

　 A) transferred         B) transformed       C) transmitted        D) transported

16.One day, you will have to ____ this foolish behavior. 

  A) pay                  B) pay for           C) pay back           D) pay off

17. The French pianist who had been praised very highly ____ to be a great disappointment.

　 A) turned up           B) turned out        C) turned in          D) turned down

18. He has never done this type of work before; I am not sure how he will fit _____ with it.

   A) in                  B) on               C) into               D) up

19. She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.

   A) decorate　          B) disguise         C) fabricate　        D) fake

20. Your advice would be ___ valuable to him, who is at present at his wits’ end.

   A) exceedingly         B) excessively      C) extensively        D) exclusively

21. 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

22. On hearing the bad news, she sprang up   ______.

   A) for a start        B) with a start      C) at the start       D) from the start

23. Wouldn’t it be wise to _____ the possibility of rain before planning the garden party?

   A) check in           B) check through     C) check out         D) check on

24. It was such a solemn occasion that not even a child ____ a sound.

   A) delivered          B) uttered           C) voiced            D) spoke

25. My father seemed to be in no ____ to look at my school report.

   A) emotion            B) mood              C) attitude          D) feeling

26. His face ____ with pain when badly hurt by the shopkeeper.

   A) contracted         B) was twisted       C) was twinkled      D) twisted

27. The naughty boy ____ in his shoes when he saw the cane in his father’s hand.

   A) shivered           B) trembled          C) frightened        D) feared

28. The students couldn’t _____ what the teacher was trying to explain.

   A) grip               B) seize             C) grasp             D) snatch

29. The older New England villages have changed relatively little ____ a gas station or two in recent decades.

   A) except for         B) in addition to    C) except            D) besides

30. Having come from a ____ society, Dick found it  hard to adjust  to a small town.

   A) abundant           B) wealthy           C) sufficient         D) large

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