2011MPA考試輔導英語講義難點精析十三

Unit 2 易混詞辨析

1. If you want to know the train schedule, please ______ at the booking office.
A. acquire B. inquire C. request D. require

2. The coming of the railways in the 1830s ______ our society and economic life.
A. transformed B. transported C. transferred D. transmitted

3. In Britain, the best season of the year is probably ______ spring.
A. later B. last C. latter D. late

4. A completely new situation will ______ when the examination system comes into existence.
A. arise B. rise C. raise D. arouse

5. It is quite necessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and ______ knowledge.
A. extensive B. expansive C. intensive D. expensive

6. Last year the advertising rate ______ by 20 percent.
A. raised B. aroused C. arose D. rose

7. In general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth of the total ______ for living expenses.
A. acceptable B. available C. advisable D. applicable

8. I hate people who ______ the end of film that you haven’t seen before.
A. reveal B. rewrite C. revise D. reverse

9. Some diseases are ______ by certain water animals.
A. transplanted B. transformed C. transported D. transmitted

10. It is our ______ policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful means.
A. consistent B. continuous C. considerate D. continual

11. I’m sorry I can’t see you immediately; but if you’d like to take a seat, I’ll be with you ______. 
A. for a moment B. in a moment C. for the moment D. at the moment

12. Our hopes ______ and fell in the same instant.
A. arose B. raised C. rose D. aroused
13. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and      cultural ______ .
A. tradition B. transportation  
C. transmission D. transformation 

14. The football game comes to you ______ from New York.
     A. lively   B. alive        C. live   D. living

15. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have _____      supplies of petroleum.
     A. proficient      B. efficient
     C. potential      D. sufficient

16. Britain has the highest _____ of road traffic in the world-over 60 cars for every mile of road.
     A. popularity      B. density
     C. intensity      D. prosperity

17. They are trying to _____ the waste discharged by the factory for profit.      
A. expose    B. exhaust   C. exhibit   D. exploit

18. All their attempts to  _____ the child from the burning building were in vain.        
A. regain   B. recover  C. rescue   D. reserve

19. Some plants are very   _____ to light; they prefer the shade.
A. sensible    B. flexible  C. objective   D. sensitive

20. The ______ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.
A. convention   B. confinement C. principle   D. discipline

21. It was the first time that such a ______had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.
A. presentation   B. precaution  C. preparation   D. prediction

22. ______ that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.
A. Perceiving   B. Penetrating  C. Puzzling   D. Preserving

23. You should try to ______ your ambition and be more realistic.
A. reserve   B. restrain  C. retain   D. replace

24. He never arrives on time and my _______ is that he feels the meetings are useless.
A. preference B. conference C. inference D. reference

25. As one of the world's highest paid models, she had her face_______. for five million dollars
A. deposited B. assured C. measured D. insured

26. Because of his excellent administration , people lived in peace and _____ and all previously neglected matters were taken care of .
A. conviction B. contest   C. consent D. content

27. Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) _______ way to deal with some stressful situation .
A. effective B. efficient C. favorable D. favorite

28.The mayor ______ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.
A. rewarded B. awarded C. credited D. prized