BULATS词汇补充练习（3）

 

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201. The measure passed by …….. to one margin.

A. a two

B. a late

C. an also

D. an easy

 

202. The student was tired from having ……… late preparing for his examination.

A. awake

B. woke up

C. withdraw

D. stayed up

 

203. The nation took in many refugees, but had to ……… many more.

A. send up

B. hold out

C. turn away

D. put down

 

204. Only two people know the ……… to the lock.

A. opening

B. address

C. generation

D. combination

 

205. Participants were allowed to choose from among ……… approaches to the problem.

A. differs

B. various

C. another

D. alternatives

 

206. The company is …….. pressure from its creditors.

A. at

B. with

C. under

D. on

 

207. Financial statements must be ……… by supporting documents.

A. called

B. returned

C. included

D. accompanied

 

208. The law of supply and demand ……… the price farmers will receive for grains.

A. invests

B. publishes

C. establishes

D. legislatures

 

209. Everyone agreed that the public was poorly ……… as to why so much money went into the project.

A. voted

B. decided

C. informed

D. represented

 

210. The uncertain economy has made the stock market very ……..

A. volatile

B. profiting

C. exploding

D. detrimental

 

211. The partners discussed how they would …….. their new business.

A. pay

B. money

C. invest

D. finance

 

212. All employees are afforded an opportunity to …….. for company-sponsored health insurance.

A. buy

B. apply

C. record

D. decide

 

213. The Consultant’s Digest is the best ……… of information on management consulting services.

A. area

B. place

C. known

D. source

 

214. The restaurant began serving at six in the morning to ……… early commuters.

A. awaken

B. advance

C. encourage

D. accommodate

 

215. There was a taxi stand ……… the corner.

A. in

B. next

C. near

D. above

 

216. Creativity is a requirement for anyone who wants to ……… a career in the arts.

A. sign

B. enroll

C. pursue

D. purchase

 

217. The operation was more ……… than the team of surgeons had expected.

A. removed

B. involved

C. separated

D. determined

 

218. The new vice-president was ……… in charge of product advertising and sales promotion.
A. put

B. have

C. take

D. place

 

219. For tax purposes, rental properties are ……… a percentage of their value every year.

A. deported

B. depressed

C. deposited

D. depreciated

 

220. Uncertainty in the bond market was only one ……… of the recent increase in interest rates.

A. event

B. result

C. instance

D. compound

 

221. The company ……… its lease for yet another year.

A. rented

B. renewed

C. followed

D. canceled

 

222. The meeting was taken up with ……… discussion, wasting everybody’s time.

A. important

B. irrelevant

C. impracticable

D. irreplaceable

 

223. The company president asked for the letter from the trust company, saying he would deal with the matter ………

A. probably

B. politely

C. personally

D. politically

 

224. Unfortunately for investors, the government takes a ……… approach to regulation of the stock market.

A. warned

B. loosed

C. relaxed

D. regular

 

225. There was no ……… in stopping distribution of the product.

A. reason

B. damage

C. propose

D. advantage

 

226. ……… my return, I learned that Professor Smith had been at the Museum and would not be back for several hours.

A. At

B. On

C. With

D. During

 

227. Anyone who has spent time with children is aware of the difference in the way boys and girls respond to ……… situations.

A. similar

B. alike

C. same

D. likely

 

228. There is not much time left; so I'll tell you about it ……...

A. in detail

B. in brief

C. in short

D. in all

 

229. In this factory, suggestion often have to wait for months before they are fully ………. .

A. admitted

B. acknowledged

C. absorbed

D. considered

 

230. Jim isn't ………., but he did badly in the final exams last semester.

A. gloomy

B. dull

C. awkward

D. tedious

 

231. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' ………

A. command

B. conviction

C. consent

D. compromise

 

232. The most important ……… of his speech was that we should all work wholeheartedly for the people.

A. element

B. spot

C. sense

D. point

 

233. This watch is……… to all the other watches on the market.

A. superior

B. advantageous

C. super

D. beneficial

 

234. In a typhoon, winds ……… a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.

A. assume

B. accomplish

C. attain

D. assemble

 

235………. the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

A. In spite of

B. But for

C. Because of

D. As for

 

236. The policemen went into action ………. they heard the alarm.

A. promptly

B. presently

C. quickly

D. directly

 

237. The lost car of the Lees was found ……… in the woods off the highway.

A. vanished

B. abandoned

C. scattered

D. rejected

 

238. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _ as to be able to change brain chemistry.

A. powerful

B. influential

C. monstrous

D. vigorous

 

239. Bob was completely taken ……… by the robber's disguise.

A. away

B. down

C. to

D. in

 

240. Difficulties and hardships have brought ……… the best qualities of the young geologist.

A. out

B. about

C. forth

D. up

 

241. ……… all our kindness to help her, Sarah refused to listen to us.

A. At

B. For

C. In

D. On

 

242. Richard doesn't think he could ever take ……… what is called "free-style" poetry.

A. on

B. over

C. to

D. after

 

243. I don't want to lend any more money to him; he's already in debt ……… me.

A. to

B. for

C. of

D. with

 

244. Californians and New Englanders speak the same language and ……… by the same federal laws.

A. stand

B. conform

C. abide

D. sustain

 

245. The vocabulary of any technical discussion may include words which are never used outside the subject or field ……….

A. in view

B. in question

C. in case

D. in effect

 

246. The patient has been ……… of the safety of the operation.

A. assured

B. guaranteed

C. entrusted

D. confirmed

 

247. The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them ……….

A. correct

B. straight

C. right

D. well

 

248. Although he thought he was helping us prepare the dinner, he was actually ……… the way.

A. in

B. by

C. off

D. on

 

249. If we believe something is good and true we should ­­­­­……… it.

A. hold up

B. keep on

C. hold on

D. keep up

 

250. Although we had told then not to keep us waiting, they made no ……… to speed up deliveries.

A. trial

B. attempt

C. action

D. progress

 

251. Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which ……… increase the risk of heart disease.

A. in turn

B. in return

C. by chance

D. by turns

 

252. The tourist is prevented from entering a country if he does not have ……… passport.

A. an operative

B. a valid

C. an efficient

D. an effective

 

253. I like to go to the cinema when I am in the ……… for it.

A. motive

B. mind

C. mood

D. notion

 

254. Circus tigers, although they have been tamed, can ……… attack their trainer.

A. unexpectedly

B. deliberately

C. reluctantly

D. subsequently

 

255. More than one third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, ……… in San Francisco.

A. previously

B. predominantly

C. practically

D. permanently

 

256. The new secretary has written a remarkably ……… report only in a few pages but with all the details.

A. concise

B. clear

C. precise

D. elaborate

 

257. With prices ……… so much, it's hard for the company to plan a budget.

A. fluctuating

B. waving

C. swinging

D. vibrating

 

258. Expert say walking is one of the best ways for a person to ……… healthy.

A. preserve

B. stay

C. maintain

D. reserve

 

259. Expected noises are usually more ……… than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.

A. manageable

B. controllable

C. tolerable

D. perceivable

 

260. It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works ……… .

A. above all

B. in all

C. at all

D. after all

 

261. There is an incorrect assumption among scientists and medical people that everyone agrees ……… what constitutes a benefit to an individual.

A. on

B. with

C. to

D. in

 

262. All the information we have collected in relation to that case ……… very little.

A. makes up for

B. adds up to

C. comes up with

D. puts up with