Exercises for Unit 2

Multiple Choices:

1. Although he has had no formal education, he is one of the _______businessmen in the company.

A. shrewdest B. sternest C. nastiest D. alertest

2. Because Edgar was convinced of the accuracy of this fact, he ______ his opinion.

A. struck at B. strove for C. stuck to D. stood for

3. The sick man was _______ to be operated for detachment of the retina (角膜 ).

A. pointed B. poisoned C. poised D. poked

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4. The person who ______ this type of approach for doing research deserves our praise. A. manufactured B. generated C. originated D. speculated5. With prices _____so much, it is difficult for the school to plan a budget. A. vibrating B. fluctuating C. fluttering D. swinging6. A lot of old people had difficulty in _______ the old currency into the new. A. conveying B. converting C. convicting D.

conversing

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7. The naïve girl has a _______ personality. A. magic B. magnify C. magnetic D. majestic8. _____, antique oriental rugs are enjoying a wave of worldwide prosperity. A. Presently B. Pricelessly C. Princely D. Principally9. The new factory was built for the ____ of European

furniture. A. manifest B. maneuver C. manual D. manufacture

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10. Near the marshes the air was filled with a strange-smelling _______.

A. vapid B. vantage C. vapor D. vary

11. They are considering buying the house before the prices ______.

A. start up B. make up C. cut up D. go up

12. The Indonesian government alerted people _____ the danger of another tsunami.

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

Exercises for Unit 213. The preacher’s ________ voice put me to sleep.

A. monologue B. monotonous

C. monopoly D. monstrous

14. He made a _____ mistake but refused to admit it.

A. great B. gorgeous C. gigantic D. gross

15. The French pianist who had been praised very highly _______ to be a great disappointment.

A. turned up B. turned in

C. turned out D. turned down

Exercises for Unit 216. The establishment of the People’s Republic of China

begins a new _____ in history.

A. satellite B. sanction C. episode D. epoch

17. When I said goodbye to her, she _______ the door.

A. saw me at B. set me off

C. sent me to D. showed me to

18. Everyone dreams of finding employment with a _______ business.

A. lubricate B. lucrative

C. imaginary D. imaginative

Exercises for Unit 219. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case

you _____ the new carpet.

A. crash B. pollute C. spot D. stain

20. Illness tends to be _______ with a rise in temperature.

A. complied B. conformed

C. correlated D. coincided

21. The government is trying its best to _______ bureaucracy.

A. diminish B. emigrate C. preclude D. eliminate

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22. The opposition ______ another attack on the government.

A. molded B. mounted C. mopped D. mourned

23. They are going to _______ the new plan with the old.

A. incorporate B. intrigued C. merge D. unify

24. The date of the dinner party is still __________.

A. on the air B. on airs

C. in the air D. in the open air

Exercises for Unit 225. By moving the radar around slowly in circles, we can

________ the surroundings. A. explore B. expose C. exploit D. expand26. These areas rely on agriculture almost ________, having

few mineral resources and a minimum of industrial development.

A. frequently B. respectively C. incredibly D. exclusively27. Drugs opened up the ________ to hopelessness for her A. highway B. highlight C. portal D. mortal

Exercises for Unit 228. The young man came to the party with a large

____ of red roses in his hand.

A. bump B. bunch C. bulk D. burden

29. Both parties promised to ______ the contract to be signed the following day.

A. keep with B. tangle with

C. adhere to D. devote to

30. This street used to be a narrow ________.

A. land B. lane C. line D. limp

Key to Exercises for Unit 2

• 1~5 ACBCB

• 6~10 BCADC

• 11~15 DCBDC

• 16~20 DDBDC

• 21~25 DBACA

• 26~30 DABCB