2009年在職教育碩士英語詞匯連載（第五課）

第五次課：TUVW開頭的核心詞匯

練習：

1. Inflation is the first problem that the new government will have to _____.   

A. tackle       B. seize        C. grasp       D. grip

2．Each part in the storage has a _____ with the specifications on it.   

A. tag        B. toy        C. tax       D. tail

3. This little boy is a rare _____ as a pianist.   

A. expert       B. authority       C. skill       D. talent

4. The film was about how cowboys _____ the wild horses.  

A. trained       B. tamed       C. conquered     D. governed

5. This is not a good plan, it will become the _____ of many opposition attacks.    

A. object       B. target        C. ambition      D. mark

6. Everyone has to pay _____ to the state.    

A. coins        B. paper        C. food       D. tax

7. Professor Jin is a knowledgeable scholar, but her lectures are quite _____.   

A. excellent       B. interesting       C. tedious      D. meaningful

8. After drunk, the coarse husband is very easy to lose _____ and hit his wife.    

A. anger        B. mood        C. temper      D. sense

9. Jim is sick, but he should be able to camp with us next week, because his illness is only _____.

A. continual       B. temporary       C. contemporary  D. final

10. We should resist the _____ of her sexy lips?    

A. attraction       B. temptation       C. fascination     D. charm

11. I _____to forget to offer it to other people as I don't take any sugar in my tea.    

A. like        B. come        C. tend       D. have

12. We have every reason to believe that our business has shown a _____ to improve.    

A. direction       B. orientation       C. currency      D. tendency

13. The husband has been secretly praying that his shrew wife should become a bit _____ someday.

A. soft        B. tender       C. beautiful      D. pregnant       

14. The city seems _____ tonight, as if something is going to happen.   

A. nervous       B. restless       C. tense       D. tight

15. A computer _____ consists of a monitor, which looks like a television set, and a key of board.    

A. machinery       B. entrance       C. instrument     D. terminal

16. The old lady ran away quickly in _____ on seeing the terrible scene.    

A. terror        B. anger        C. person      D. silence

17. Love and death are two eternal _____ of literary works.   

A. topics       B. books       C. authors      D. themes

18. He quenched his _____ with large glass of beer.    

A. hunger       B. desire       C. thirst       D. hatred

19. The police carried out a (n) _____ search for the missing boy.    

A. complete       B. entire        C. thorough      D. whole

20. Hearing this news, he looked _____ for a moment and went away.    

A. careful       B. thinking       C. thoughtful     D. thought

21. The robber _____ to shoot me if I didn't give him all my money.  

A. promised       B. refused       C. begged      D. threatened

22. Now that the highway is finished, the shopping center should _____.  

A. thrive       B. grow        C. thrash      D. lubricate

23. Hamlet killed his uncle by _____ a sword in his back.    

A. penetrating      B. thrusting       C. plunging      D. poking

24. The speaker _____ against his opponents.    

A. thundered       B. rained       C. lightning      D. threatened

25. The sea comes right up the cliffs when the _____ is in.    

A. current        B. flood        C. tide       D. wave

26. I wondered how he could make himself so _____ while his own room was  totally in disorder.    

A. comfortable      B. tidy        C. dirty       D. pleasant

27. The young girl fell in love with the Duke only because of his _____ .   

A. name        B. rank        C. title       D. crown

28. The host proposed a _____ to the friendship and cooperation between the two neighboring countries.    

A. tissue       B. beer        C. wish       D. toast

29. We will not _____ any actions of interruption with our internal affairs.    

A. suffer       B. hold        C. put up      D. tolerate

30. Mr. Hou never expected that the _____ of the letter from his students should be so unfriendly.    

A. attitude       B. expression       C. tone       D. style 

31. Politics and religion are always interesting _____ of conversation.    

A. ideas        B. titles        C. topics      D. questions

32. The campers lit _____ from the campfire when it was getting dark.    

A. flashlights       B. brands       C. torches      D. flames

33. The guards were accused of _____ the prisoners in order to make them confess.    

A. torturing       B. cheating       C. kicking      D. slapping

34. The steak was so _____ that the guests refused to eat it.   

A. rough       B. tough        C. durable      D. solid

36. Our customer required to _____ the money to the specified account within three days after the shipment.   

A. transport       B. transform       C. transfer      D. turn

37. This place, originally a small town, has been _____ into a giant commercial city.   

A. transferred      B. transmitted    

C. transported      D. transformed

38. He didn't know much English ,so he had to read Shakespeare's plays in _____ .   

A. translation       B. original       C. earnest      D. name

39. The news _____ service in our country has been greatly improved in the recent years.  

A. message       B. transmission      C. communication    D. show

40. Power from the generator is _____ through cables to every house all over the country.    

A. transported      B. transplanted      C. transmitted     D. translated   

41. It took three days to _____ goods to the inner land.  

A. transfer       B. convey       C. transport      D. transmit

42. Every morning he has to get up early in order to dump the _____ and tidy the room.    

A. papers       B. dirts        C. trash       D. dusts

43. Thank you for your kind ______ during my days of bad luck.    

A. treatment       B. enjoyment      C. speech      D. activity

44. The two countries signed a _____ in which they agreed to help each other.    

A. name        B. treaty        C. signature      D. book

45. The cold of the night and his fear of the unknown made him _____ in anticipation and apprehension.    

A. rock        B. tremble       C. quake      D. shrink

46. There is an increasing _____ to make movies describing violence harmful to the child.    

A. strength       B. direction       C. tradition      D. trend

47. The gardener had _____ the hedge before his master came back from London.   

A. tidies        B. trimmed       C. neatened      D. shaved

48. The winning candidate's _____ at the polls was overwhelming.    

A. conquest       B. triumph       C. defeat      D. popularity

49. A _____ of Boy Scouts was camping by the river.    

A. troop        B. turbine       C. ticket       D. tramp

50. He couldn't bear the cold in the north and yearning for his previous life in _____ region.    

A. moderate       B. remote       C. sunny      D. tropical

51. Being short of money is a bit _____, but we will do what we can to make it better.    

A. satisfactory      B. scarce       C. troublesome    D. bankrupt

52. Before you sign your name, it is formal to add a complementary such as "Yours _____"at the close of the letter.    

A. truly        B. friend       C. admirer      D. partner

53. We always _____ at 6:30 in the morning to hear the news.    

A. listen        B. tune in       C. tune out       D. switch

54. The railway from Baoji to Chengdu runs through a succession of _____ under the mountains.    

A. pipes        B. tunnels       C. canals      D. drains

55. During winter holidays, a lot of parents come to universities to find _____ for their children.    

A. workers       B. teachers       C. tutors       D. friends

56. The _____ look so alike that sometimes their parents will mistake one for the other.    

A. youngsters      B. twins        C. sons       D. daughters

57. If you _____ the handle to the right, the box will open.    

A. wind        B. bend        C. wrap       D. twist

58. Smoking has become a _____ problem among middle school students.    

A. popular       B. typical       C. daily       D. traditional

59. The _____ products of this kind of education are people who think alike, dress alike, and have no ideas of their own.    

A. ultimate       B. uncommon      C. uncertain      D. interesting

60. After a careful investigation the conspiracy behind the serious murder case was finally _____.    

A. undergone       B. uncovered       C. undertaken     D. unloaded

61. Before we can let you pass, you will have to _____ a number of medical tests.    

A. suffer       B. endure       C. undergo      D. undertake

62. In most of the universities _____ are required to take more courses than postgraduates.    

A. undergraduates     B. freshmen       C. seniors      D. juniors

63. The mayor's _____ transactions with drug dealers were exposed by a reporter from Paris.    

A. business       B. open        C. economic      D. underground

64. In reading, we often _____ the important expressions and sentences to memorize them.    

A. sign        B. underline     C. symbol      D. understand

65. He appears pompous and aggressive, but we all know he is a nice person _____.    

A. secretly       B. underneath      C. individually    D. underwear

66. He _____ the string round a parcel and saw what was wrapped.    

A. undid       B. unlocked       C. uncovered     D. unopened

67._____, he will lose in this game because we are all against him.    

A. Undoubtedly      B. Similarly       C. Equally      D. Finally

68. Mary was extremely _____ . She felt something was going to happen soon.    

A. warm        B. uneasy       C. sleepy      D. hungry

69. Yesterday evening a(n)_____  guest came to my home, and this brought me great surprise and pleasure.    

A. unexpected      B. single       C. worried      D. familiar

70._____, Joseph failed in the qualifying exam for the third time.    

A. Unfortunately      B. Happily       C. Ruthlessly     D. Pitilessly

71. This album is _____ as it was the only one ever signed by the President.    

A. unusual       B. unique       C. rare       D. singular

72. The quarrel spoiled their former _____.    

A. split        B. unity        C. division     D. disagreement

73. There is no language in the world that is completely _____.    

A. universal       B. unfortunate      C. unusual      D. upright

74. There are hundreds and thousands of planets in the _____. Our world is only a small part of it.    

A. world       B. universe       C. sky       D. space

75. She would have been injured _____ stopped her.    

A. if I had not      B. unless I had      C. if I would not   D. unless I 

76._____ his father who works as a lawyer, he decides to become a salesman.    

A. Like        B. Unlike       C. Compared with    D. Rather than

77. Shortly after the liner anchored, the dock workers began _____ the ship.    

A. unloading       B. taking       C. uncovering      D. upsetting

78. Snow is _____ thing in this warm place.    

A. a usual       B. an unusual       C. a common       D. a small

79. Judging from his unusual clothes and polite talks, the old man must come from _____ class.    

A. lower       B. upper        C. high       D. above

80. Professor Wang is remembered by all his students for his extensive knowledge and _____ personality.    

A. high       B. upright       C. vertical      D. characteristic

81. The sudden rain _____ our game of tennis, and we had to go on watching TV in the room.    

A. upset      B. overthrown      C. confused      D. mixed

82. We have little _____ information about in this field.    

A. virtual      B. present-day     C. modern      D. up-to-date

83._____ living is much more crowded and noisy than rural living nowadays.    

A. Urban      B. Modern       C. Primitive      D. Countryside

84. The spectators were _____ to move to the other end of the ground.    

A. urged       B. said        C. designated     D. delegated

85. While I am on holiday, don't call me unless there are any _____ messages for me .    

A. hasty       B. valuable        C. early       D. urgent

86. There raised a heated discussion about the _____ of these two phrases among the students.    

A. use       B. usage        C. using       D. practice

87. You didn't realize the _____ value of a dishwasher, which saves you much time and energy.    

A. utility      B. material       C. equal       D. respectable

88. When in need of a large sum of money, he suddenly realized that he could _____ his bus as a small shop.   

A. change      B. convert       C. utilize      D. transform

89. The party decides to try its _____ to help their own candidate win out in the election.    

A. utmost      B. means       C. most       D. effort

90. The first sound a child _____ is usually "ma".    

A. utters       B. sends        C. talks       D. knocks

91. The girl wanted a job and asked if there were any _____ positions in the factory.    

A. vacant      B. unused       C. free       D. unemployed

92. You can suck up dust with a (n)_____ cleaner.    

A. air       B. vacuum       C. gas       D. empty

93. So many years have passed, now I only have a (n) _____ impression of this childhood playmate.    

A. clear       B. vague       C. unconscious    D. puzzled

94. She appealed to him in _____ . No one can move his stone heart.    

A. time       B. turn       C. vain       D. haste

95. The train ticket is _____ for four days.    

A. valuable      B. serviceable      C. valid       D. functional

96. This fur coat is very _____. It would cost you a lot of money.    

A. cost       B. valuable       C. value       D. high

97. Has this volume been a good _____ for your money?   

A. worth      B. cost         C. value       D. price

98. After the alien spacecraft had hovered over the park for a short while, it _____ .    

A. felt       B. rose        C. vanished      D. attacked

99. Most people would tell you that the weather in Britain is rather _____ and you have to take an umbrella even though it looks fine.    

A. changeless      B. variable      C. various      D. differing

100. Farther from the sea, the _____ in temperature is greater.    

A. variable       B. venture      C. variation      D. vessel

101. Estimates of the value of his property _____ from 500 million RMB to 800 million RMB.     A. exchange       B. count       C. form       D. vary

102. I don't care which _____ you use: car, bike, or sled. Just be sure to arrive on time.    

A. transportation     B. vehicle       C. method      D. means

103. They should not _____ on the river in such a small boat.    

A. venture       B. change      C. endanger      D. threaten

104. I don't know if the story is true, but I'll try to _____ it.    

A. identify       B. fortify      C. verify      D. conform

105. Did you read the whole novel in English or only a _____ with Chinese translation?    

A. publish       B. publication     C. version      D. vision

106. The reactor is arranged in a giant pressure _____ about 50 feet in diameter.    

A. cylinder       B. container      C. vessel      D. holder

107. At the age of 5, the boy was already a(n) _____ traveler, having flown all over the world with his father.    

A. old        B. aged       C. elder       D. veteran

108. He flew from New York to Singapore _____ Bangkok.    

A. by        B. pass       C. via       D. through

109. The entire house _____ when a big truck goes by.   

A. ventilates       B. vibrates      C. jumped      D. glittered

110. In spite of the police force, there is usually a certain amount of _____ in all big cities.    

A. vice        B. device      C. victims      D. weaknesses

111. Many thousands of animals have been _____ of this strange new disease.    

A. victims       B. vinegar      C. patients      D. outcome

112. The present situation has been _____ most favorable for exporting raw ill.    

A. served as       B. used of      C. viewed as      D. regarded

113. It is important to try to understand other people's _____ and this will help towards a better cooperation.    

A. outlooks       B. viewpoints     C. manners      D. factors

114. The middle-aged man doesn't look that old at all. He keeps himself _____ by taking exercise after work.    

A. crazy        B. weak       C. vigorous      D. sensitive

115.A country won't be respected if it ______ an international agreement.    

A. violates       B. ventilates      C. dissolves      D. damages

117. His sending her a dozen roses was a _____ declaration of love.    

A. fact        B. life       C. virtual      D. free

118. In the past, Chinese women hardly had any access knowledge, because people believed that ignorance was women's _____.    

A. genius       B. talent       C. virtue       D. vice

119. The computer _____ is a headache to many users, because it destroys computers without notice.    

A. software       B. hardware       C. system       D. virus

120. As the clouds drifted away, an even higher peak became _____ to the climbers.    

A. visible       B. obvious       C. apparent       D. plain

121. Keep the child away from the glaring light; it will do harm to his _____ nerve.    

A. visible       B. sight        C. view        D. visual

122. In the refining process, white rice and white bread lose much of their _____.    

A. acid        B. vitamin       C. virtual       D. pitiless

123. At the break, the teacher gave his students a _____ description of his journey to Beijing.    

A. bare        B. vivid        C. useless       D. encouraging

124. A current of high _____ is used in transmitting electric power over long distances.    

A. voice        B. volt        C. voltage       D. voyage

125. Adjust the _____ and tone controls, and enjoy this great English song!    

A. volume       B. noise        C. sound       D. voice

126. The service is entirely _____, not compulsory.   

A. voluntary       B. selective       C. chosen       D. reluctant

127. There are not enough ambulance drivers, so ambulances are being driven by some _____.    

A. bridegrooms      B. volunteers       C. enemies       D. firefighters

128. Very few people _____ for his party at the last election.    

A. elected       B. chose        C. picked       D. voted

129. He takes his _____ home to his wife every Friday.    

A. salaries       B. wages       C. incomes       D. savings

130. He is _____ in English but good at math.    

A. bad         B. good        C. weak        D. strong

131. Mrs. Thompson, napping on the sofa, _____ at the sound of explosion and inquired what had happened.    

A. woke out         B. woke up     

C. woke away from      D. woke up to

132. Mother told him not to _____ the streets after school.    

A. wander       B. wonder       C. move        D. go

133. When you are writing a paper, please remember not to _____ off the point.    

A. wander       B. stroll        C. drop        D. interrupt

134. I _____ him of the opposition he would meet.    

A. warned       B. threatened       C. treated       D. threaded   

135. Plastic cloth is a kind of _____ material that water cannot go through.    

A. protective       B. waterproof      C. moist        D. waterfall

136. Before there were factories, people used to _____ wool into cloth in their own homes.     

A. stuff        B. sew         C. manufacture      D. weave

137. The playground in the college has given way to _____ during the summer holiday.    

A. flowers       B. trees        C. weeds       D. leaves

138. I broke the pan by accident and had to find someone to _____ it .    

A. sell        B. buy        C. weld        D. stitch

139. This performance was held to raise money for the social _____.    

A. farewell       B. welfare       C. benefits       D. profits

140. Do _____ she tells you and you will have peace.    

A. that        B. which       C. properly       D. whatsoever

141. The test is easy for an advanced learner, _____ it is very difficult for a beginner like me.    

A. whereas       B. or        C. as to        D. as long as

142. Sitting on the dam, the couple seemed to have heard a long _____ from afar.    

A. cough       B. whistle       C. whisper       D. wind

143. Professor Qian expressed that she _____ agreed with my plan and swore that I could certainly count on her.    

A. immediately      B. wholly       C. equally      D. really

144. Tom was regarded by his teachers as a _____ boy because of his misbehavior.    

A. clever       B. playful       C. wicked       D. polite

145. Nowadays many students go abroad not only to pursue further studies, but also to _____ their eyesight.    

A. widen       B. strengthen       C. broad        D. narrow

146. As unemployment was _____, the discontent of the people was felt everywhere.    

A. moderate        B. comprehensive      C. widespread      D. dense

147. They are _____ to prefer the better when the best is unattainable.    

A. like        B. willing       C. will        D. anxious

148. You must try to _____ the memory of these terrible events.    

A. cancel       B. wipe out       C. wash        D. put down

149. The US government threatened that it would _____ all its investment from that country if the country didn't reduce the custom duties.    

A. take        B. move        C. withdraw       D. draw

150. In their common struggles against the interference of the Superpowers, the friendship between the two countries has _____ a severe test.    

A. witnessed       B. withdrawn       C. withstood      D. welded

151. The police wanted to know whether there was someone who _____ the robbery.    

A. witnessed       B. stared       C. looked       D. proved

152. We need to strengthen our sales force so that our products can be sold _____.    

A. in world       B. on earth       C. worldwide       D. through world

153. In the primitive society, people couldn't find answers to many natural phenomena, so they _____ the great power of God.    

A. worshipped      B. respected       C. followed       D. abused

154. When she was in trouble, she discovered the _____ of her friends.    

A. worthy       B. worth       C. worthwhile      D. worthless

155. Although there are many _____ programs on television, I think people should not be spending so much of their time in front of the TV sets.    

A. worthwhile       B. interesting      C. good       D. worth

156. This problem is so insignificant compared with other more important ones that it is not _____ of discussion at all.    

A. worth       B. worthy      C. conscious      D. envious

157. The soldier was _____ in the arm in action.    

A. hurt        B. wounded       C. harmed       D. twisted

158. The assistant _____ it up for the customer as quickly as possible.   

A. woke        B. bound       C. wrapped       D. put

159. The ship was _____ in a storm off Jamaica.    

A. arrested       B. wounded       C. wrecked       D. interfered

160. Jerry was scolded by his teacher by his teacher because he got sleepy and began to _____ in the class.    

A. weep        B. swear        C. yawn       D. shudder

161. We are expecting another harvest this year; the trees _____ a large crop of fruit.    

A. produce       B. yield        C. provide       D. make

1 A 2 A 3 D 4 B 5 B

6 D 7 C 8 C 9 B 10 B

11 C 12 D 13 B 14 C 15 D

16 A 17 D 18 C 19 C 20 C

21 D 22 A 23 B 24 A 25 C

26 B 27 C 28 D 29 D 30 C

31 C 32 C 33 A 34 B  

36 C 37 D 38 A 39 B 40 C

41 C 42 C 43 A 44 B 45 B

46 D 47 B 48 B 49 A 50 D

51 C 52 A 53 B 54 B 55 C

56 B 57 D 58 B 59 A 60 B

61 C 62 A 63 D 64 A 65 B

66 A 67 A 68 B 69 A 70 A

71 B 72 B 73 A 74 B 75 A

76 B 77 A 78 B 79 B 80 B

81 A 82 D 83 A 84 A 85 D

86 B 87 A 88 C 89 A 90 A

91 A 92 B 93 B 94 C 95 C

96 B 97 C 98 C 99 B 100 C

101 D 102 B 103 A 104 C 105 C

106 C 107 D 108 C 109 B 110 A

111 A 112 C 113 B 114 C 115 A

  117 C 118 C 119 D 120 A

121 D 122 B 123 B 124 C 125 A

126 A 127 B 128 D 129 B 130 C

131 B 132 A 133 A 134 A 135 B

136 D 137 C 138 C 139 B 140 D

141 A 142 B 143 B 144 C 145 A

146 C 147 B 148 B 149 C 150 C

151 A 152 C 153 A 154 B 155 A

156 B 157 B 158 C 159 C 160 C

161 B        

第五次課復習：TUVW開頭的核心詞匯

Passage 1:

    A friend of mine has a talent for fishing, so when I heard he was entering a fishing competition I decided to tag along too, to be part of the action. It was held at a large swimming pool containing many fish, some of which had tags with winning points marked on them. I bought some new fishing tackle made with the latest technology, and although I usually find fishing tedious, because I never seem to catch any, I decided to tax my patience and tackle this challenge in the hope that 1 would win a prize that would be tax free.

    After half an hour, my friend had caught three tish but I hadn't caught any. Then I saw a large fish near the edge of the pool and decided to target it to be my prize. My friend said it must either be tame or sick to be moving so slowly, and that in any case, it didn't have anything attached to it for points. I could see he was right, but I wanted to catch at least one fish, so I scooped up my target with a net.  It looked so healthy that I had a technician make a special tank so I could tame it at home.  Now I can catch a fish whenever I please, but I always use my hands.

Being punctual can be a vice. This view might sound strange to some people, but my viewpoint is that in most cases people are punctual just because it's easier or more convenient for them. They keep time with a view to avoiding possible trouble. Most people prefer to be victims of unpunctual behavior, in view of the negative attitudes others have towards such behavior. Let's view it this way; if one is late, one normally needs to give reasons or excuses. Although it's unlikely that one's version will be verified, one has to at least make sure his or her voice doesn't vibrate. Otherwise, one will be letting slip information that one doesn't intend to, via one's tone, or choice of words such as verbs or using even tenses. I'm not a veteran in this regard, so I'm still perfecting my skills by watching video tapes. There are dialogues videoed to show people how to make excuses and apologies for being late. Suggestions like having one's blood vessels around the neck covered or avoiding body language like vertical movements of the eyes are also included. So whenever I've got time, I insert a tape into a video to develop greater skill.