一、单选题（共 25 道试题，共 100 分。）V 1. There is little chance that mankind would ___ a nuclear war.
A. retain
B. edure
C. survive
D. maintain
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2. The story that follows ___ two famous characters of the Rocky Mountain gold rush days.
A. concerns
B. states
C. proclaims
D. relates
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3. The hymn sung by the congregation ___ the religious ceremony.
A. finished
B. ended
C. concluded
D. terminated
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4. Circus tiger, although they have been tamed, can ___ attack their trainer.
A. unexpectedly
B. deliberately
C. reluctantly
D. subsequently
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5. They have ___ baby.
A. a five month old
B. a fifth-month-old
C. a five-month-old
D. a five-months-old
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6. He made a ___ with his arm for a left turn.
A. signal
B. sign
C. mark
D. symbol
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7. An ___ between parents regarding the rearing of their children often goes on for years.
A. controversy
B. argument
C. debate
D. dispute
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8. She speaks in low ___.
A. voice
B. sounds
C. tones
D. volumes
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9. The two companies signed a trade ___.
A. agreement
B. deal
C. treaty
D. alliance
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10. I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and ___ a quiet neighborhood.
A. all in all
B. above all
C. after all
D. over all
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11. There are few electronic appliances ___ to raise fears regarding future employment opportunities than robots.
A. likely
B. more likely
C. most likely
D. much likely
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12. The sounds of music grow ___ in the distance.
A. faint
B. fade
C. wane
D. ebb
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13. ___ 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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14. We seldom ___ about where to stay in Paris.
A. wonder
B. hesitate
C. determine
D. choose
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15. They talked in detail about the ___ of setting up an experimental school in which each child works at his or her own pace.
A. suitability
B. possibility
C. probability
D. feasibility
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16. Beethoven is my favourite musician. I regard him as ___ other musicians.
A. superior to
B. more superior
C. more superior than
D. superior
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17. The final decision is left ___ me to make.
A. to
B. for
C. over
D. at
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18. He always tends to go from one ___ to the other.
A. start
B. extreme
C. hand
D. end
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19. He fell in love with Mary at the ___ of her.
A. glance
B. gaze
C. sight
D. stare
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20. Supporters of gun control have worked for many years to ban the sale of ___ handguns in America.
A. deadly
B. fatal
C. mortal
D. lethal
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21. Between the two given choices the former one sounds reasonable while the ___ seems unacceptable to us.
A. second
B. last
C. latter
D. later
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22. There is now considerable ___ for their safety.
A. solicitude
B. care
C. concern
D. worry
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23. He decided not to attend the funeral ___ there was a security problem.
A. because
B. because of
C. due to
D. owing to
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24. He ___ his success to good luck more than to ability.
A. owns
B. gives
C. owes
D. believes
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25. We haven’t been able to find out the ___ of the rumour.
A. source
B. cause
C. origin
D. reason
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