大英四单词填空（1）

大英四单词填空 Word in use U1

1、As the gender barriers ________ the number if women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid-20th century.

2、With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop can ________ customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance.

3、His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to ________ his personal goals.

4、He is a man with a(n) _______ business sense. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.

5、The ___________ of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an even exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s.

6、I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to ________ the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled.

7、Sixty-two and blessed with his mother’s skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as _________as

a man In his forties.

8、French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but __________ code which has had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind.

9、The senators didn’t expect us to ask such tough questions, and when we finally did, they got ________ and didn’t know what to say.

10、This newly established university supports the ____________ that

a more diverse higher education system is desirable since it would enhance opportunities for lifelong learning.

U2

1、We need to improve the quality of education so that our children

will not leave school ________ in literary and reasoning skills. 2、In a society governed by the rule of law, every citizen is subject

to possible ________ if he violates the law.

3、The pay gap between average workers and top corporate officers

has led to public ________ as executives receive large. 4、The delicious meal ________ our hunger and made us feel warm again

after having walked in the snow all day.

5、The military insists on _______ in many areas, for example, dress

and haircut, with the primary objective of promoting group unity.

6、My daughter used to play with the dog by taking a(n) ________

of its hair and then spending a long time rubbing, combing and twisting it.

7、When she left for the party, she took great care to make her

necklace and shoes ________ her dress.

8、It was necessary to provide living places for ________ immigrants

passing through the area on their way to more permanent dwellings.

9、They had just moved in, so they needed to buy a number of kitchen

________, including a microwave oven, a toaster, and a coffee maker.

10、She wanted a beautiful and elegant ________ to attend the wedding

of a friend, but couldn’t find anything satisfactory in the nearby shops.

U3

1、The curtains changed the atmosphere of the house completely and

made it into a place of ________ beauty.

2、As the sun ________ the clouds, we enjoyed our afternoon of

playing cards in the forest under the clear sky and observing the most spectacular view I have ever seen in my life.

3、The big company ________ their operations last year and opened

several regional offices in the country to meet the needs of the needs of the market.

4、It is not easy to ________ a trend of growth from the available

facts since they are quite scarce and not that convincing. 5、Formerly found only in large industrial applications, microwave

ovens now have become a standard ________ of most modern

kitchens.

6、He calls on the public to save in everyday life and believes that

________ is the key to battling a culture that rewards mindless consumption.

7、He is suitable for the position as he is young enough to understand what the teenagers think but old enough to _______ their programs.

8、When asked about her whereabouts at 9 o’clock that night, she

gave a rather ________ response, which caught the detective’s attention.

9、________ the stalled economy and sticking to promises to bring

the deficit down next year is proving to be the principal test for the new president.

10、A considerable period of time has to ________ before the effects

of such security measures as closed-circuit television cameras and cell-phone monitoring become evident in reducing crimes. U4

1、I will conduct a top-to-bottom review of the state departments,

agencies, and commissions, and seek to ________or to eliminate them where appropriate.

2、To a 10-year-old girl, you need to offer understanding about her wishes and help her ________ between fantasy and reality.

3、When we heard about the ________ suffering of the children and adults, our primary instinct, like millions of others,

was to shed tear.

4、It was when we started living together that we found, to our sadness and surprise, that we were ________.

5、It was ________ that he had taken a $50000 bribe before the project was transferred to another company.

6、The budget proposal has been described as “________”and “inappropriate” by people objecting to it.

7、It seems that what people believe and what researchers have found out about the _________ between wealth and happiness are more different than overlapping.

8、Current expenditure in this museum is ________ in comparison with the huge amount which foreign museums of similar standing spend. 9、The air and rivers in this area are getting cleaner, and attempts to preserve animal species and their ________ have been mainly successful.

10、If you can provide rational and ___________ debates from an unbiased point of view, maybe we will all learn something.

U5

1、Although he was not a legal expert, he knew it would not be proper

to ________ anything to mislead the public.

2、He does not work full time there, but he has been the ________

heat od the organization’s scholarship program for five years.

3、As mark walked the sites on that initial trip of the migrants,

he found some important ________clues-dated bus tickets, shopping receipts and calendars.

4、In urban planning, it is important to take into

consideration

the ________ influence between the transportation network and other facilities, for example shopping centers and medical centers.

5、The label “Smart Choices”on the front of food packages usually

________ products that meet criteria for lower fat, sugar and sodium (纳) content.

6、The public high school graduation rates in New Mexico and Arizona

have been increasing for three ________ years, thanks to an online program that helps students earn missing credits.

7、In the accident at the air show last week a plot and 10_________

were killed when a fighter plane crashed into the crowd. 8、The mother was not sure where the boys went, but she did hear

them ________something about going out for a movie with friends.

9、This newly released portrait of Planet Earth is actually a ________ of several pictures taken earlier this month by a new research satellite.

10、You shouldn’t feel insulted. We can assure you he meant to be

friendly and there was nothing impolite or __________ in his words.

U6

1、When I first came to this city, everything was _________ to me. It took

me a long time to adjust myself to the new environment.

2、Something growing in her brain caused damage to her ________ nerve, and

doctors thought she would never see again.

3、The front side of the house has a(n)__________ the moving parts with a

little mineral oil, hoping that it could work again.

4、He cleaned the old machine and ________ the moving parts with a little

mineral oil, hoping that it could work again.

5、We could tell it was a crisp winter night because, overhead, between the

shadows of the buildings, a multitude of stars ________. 6、During his work on child protection, he often acts as a(n) ___________

between parents and children, making the parents know what they can do and what they cannot do.

7、Due to safety concerns, the commander ordered his troops to leave their

_________ in the mountains and return to their bases in the nearby village.

8、I t’s exciting to travel to foreign place, no matter whether you’re

________ the wilds of Africa or just making a weekend trip tp the countryside.

9、In the 1970s, a number of countries passed laws to protect women’s rights,

announcing that they would ________ women.

10、The basic idea of ________ reasoning is that if something is true of a

class of things in general, this truth applies to all members of

that class.