中考英语近义词辨析练习题 21页

中考英语近义词辨析练习150题 默认分类 2008-04-01 15:23:31 阅读257 评论0   字号：大中小 订阅 ‎ ‎1. too much / much too ‎ ‎ 1.The computer is ____ expensive.‎ ‎ 2.Stop, Peter. You talked ____. ‎ ‎ 3.I've got ____ work to do.‎ ‎ 4.Father, have a rest. You've ____ tired today.‎ ‎ 5.Hurry up! You have wasted ___ time.‎ ‎2. holiday/ vacation/ leave/ off ‎ 1.Christmas is a ____ for everybody.‎ ‎ 2.The children will take their summer __ in half a month.‎ ‎ 3.My father is on _____.‎ ‎ 4.The manager gave the worker a day _____.‎ ‎ 5.I have to ask you for half a day's _____.‎ ‎3. close/ shut off/ turn off ‎ 1.You'd better ____the motor. It is making too much noise.‎ ‎ 2.All the shops are ____ now.‎ ‎ 3.She didn't __ the door and entered the house.‎ ‎ 4.He ____ the lights before he left the lab.‎ ‎ 5._____ the television, please.‎ ‎4. instead/ instead of/ without ‎ 1.I don't like this one; please give me that____.‎ ‎ 2.He stayed at home studying English ___ going to the cinema.‎ ‎ 3.Tom passed by me ___ saying hello to me.‎ ‎ 4.He went to school by bike ____ by car.‎ ‎ 5.If Harry is not well enough to go with you, take me _____.‎ ‎5. mail/ post ‎ 1.There is a heavy ____ today.‎ ‎ 2.I received much ___ yesterday.‎ ‎3.The _____ from Beijing have arrived.‎ ‎4.Is there any ____ for me?‎ ‎5.The ___ post office is beyond the department store.‎ ‎6. many/ much / lots of / a lot ( of )‎ ‎ 1.____ of the visitors are workers.‎ ‎ 2.Has Jack ____ money?‎ ‎ 3.During those three weeks, he ate ____ meat.‎ ‎ 4.I did not understand why you had so _____ strange questions.‎ ‎ 5.Although he is a boy, he reads _____.‎ ‎7. during / in / within ‎ 1.My uncle lives _____ ten minutes' walk.‎ ‎ 2.The president will arrive ____ ten minutes.‎ ‎ 3.We'll be on holiday ___ July.‎ ‎ 4.He was killed ____ the war.‎ ‎ 5.We made a lot of friends ___ our stay in Beijing.‎ ‎8. above all / after all / first of all / at all ‎ 1.Never waste anything, but ___ never waste time.‎ ‎ 2._____, let me introduce myself to you.‎ ‎ 3.What are you doing here ___ at all?‎ ‎ 4.He is still a child ____. Don't blame him.‎ ‎ 5.I don't know him _____.‎ ‎9. passed/ past ‎ 1.They hurried ____ the building.‎ ‎ 2.Tom _____ by me without greeting just now.‎ ‎ 3.The train for the small town leaves at ten __ eight.‎ ‎ 4.Two weeks had ____ since Martin had seen him.‎ ‎ 5.In the ____ I have had many jobs.‎ ‎10. agree to / agree with / agree on ‎ 1.I ____ what he said.‎ ‎ 2.All those who _____ the plan, raise your hands.‎ ‎ 3.We _____ leaving there the next day.‎ ‎ 4.Finally he _____ get someone to help me.‎ ‎ 5.The food doesn't _____ him.‎ ‎11. build/ found/ set up/ put up ‎ 1.Last year a cinema was _____ near our school.‎ ‎ 2.The rich man _____ the hospital and a school in the town where he was born.‎ ‎ 3.The nursery was _____ in our school.‎ ‎ 4.The newspaper reporter _____ his camera under a tree.‎ ‎ 5.They must ____ good relations with the masses.‎ ‎12. as / like ‎ 1.she is a fine girl, ____ her mother used to be.‎ ‎ 2.It looks ____ a stone.‎ ‎ 3.____ you know, he got into lots of bad habits.‎ ‎ 4.You are just ____ what I expected.‎ ‎ 5.He ought to do ____ I tell him.‎ ‎13. a number of / the number of ‎ 1.There were _____ people out this afternoon.‎ ‎ 2.Do you write down _____ my telephone?‎ ‎ 3._____ of trees planted is never under ‎200 in our village every year.‎ ‎ 4.We have lived here _____ years.‎ ‎ 5._____ of jobless people grow in the country at present.‎ ‎14. get( be ) ready / prepare / prepare for ‎ 1.Mother is busy _____ us lunch in the kitchen.‎ ‎ 2.The doctor told the nurses to ____ the operation at once.‎ ‎ 3.We all ____ to do anything for the people.‎ ‎ 4.Will you help me ____ the party?‎ ‎ 5.Please _____ by seven tomorrow morning.‎ ‎15. ever before/ ever since/ ever after ‎ 1.The flowers grew more beautiful than_____‎ ‎ 2.I haven't written home_____ Christmas.‎ ‎ 3.i have known here _____ she was a baby.‎ ‎ 4. They lived happily _____.‎ ‎ 5. I lost my money and I have been worried ____.‎ ‎16. information/ news/ message ‎ 1. I have a ____ for you from my teacher.‎ ‎ 2.There is much new ____ in this book.‎ ‎ 3.They were listening to the ____ over the radio ‎ 4.Will you take this ____ to your brother ?.‎ ‎ 5.They have no _____ about where she has gone.‎ ‎17. complete/ finish / end ‎ 1.The term will _____ in July ‎ 2.When can you _____ reading this novel?‎ ‎ 3.They haven't ____ the house yet.‎ ‎ 4.They ____ the evening with a few songs.‎ ‎ 5.We started off immediately after we had __ our lunch.‎ ‎18. the same… as / the same… that ‎ 1.The girl has ___ hair ___ her mother had.‎ ‎ 2.He was about ___ age ____ Tom.‎ ‎ 3.China is not ____ the country ____ she was.‎ ‎ 4.The computer costs ______ mine.‎ ‎ 5.He teaches English in the ____ school _____ my brother does ‎19. learn/ study ‎ 1.She is ____ to drive a car.‎ ‎ 2.The subject he ____ was chemistry.‎ ‎ 3.Why don't you _____ from my mistakes?‎ ‎ 4.- What is he ___here? – Law. He is a law student.‎ ‎ 5.The old and the young should __from each other.‎ ‎20. but/ however/ while ‎ 1.I like the film, _____ I have no time to see it.‎ ‎ 2. It's raining hard. ____ , I think we should go out.‎ ‎ 3. He said that it was so; he was mistaken _____.‎ ‎ 4. ____ I'm not going to argue with you tonight.‎ ‎ 5. She listened to me closely ____ he read something.‎ ‎21. remaining / left ‎ 1.There're no books ____ in the room.‎ ‎ 2. You may have the ____ ones.‎ ‎ 3. There is but one chance _____.‎ ‎ 4. He used his _____ one dollar and twenty cents to buy her a comb.‎ ‎ 5. It's about the only thing ____ for me to do.‎ ‎22. center/ middle ‎ 1. Point O is the _____ of the circle.‎ ‎ 2. There is a double writing table in the ____ of the room.‎ ‎ 3. She likes to be ____ of attention all the time.‎ ‎ 4. Chile lies in the ___ America and Iraq is in the ___ East.‎ ‎ 5. After that I walked around the ___ of the town.‎ ‎ 6. It is now the ____ of summer.‎ ‎23. for example/ such as ‎ 1. He, ____ , is a good teacher.‎ ‎ 2. I know many students of your school, Wang Hong, ____.‎ ‎ 3. He can speak five foreign languages, _____ German and French.‎ ‎ 4. He knows several languages, _____ , he knows English and Japanese.‎ ‎ 5. Boys ____ John and James are very friendly.‎ ‎24. bright/ clever/ wise/ smart ‎ 1. People love to see the ____ monkey.‎ ‎ 2. Americans consider Lincoln a ___ , warm-hearted and honest leader.‎ ‎ 3. She is a ____ little girl.‎ ‎ 4. Nana was _ with her hands when she only seven.‎ ‎ 5. A ___ person is one who has much knowledge and the ability to use it well.‎ ‎25. more than/ no more than/ not more than ‎ 1. Mr. Li is ____ a professor; he is also a famous scientist.‎ ‎ 2. As I had ____ five dollars with me, I couldn't afford the new jacket then.‎ ‎ 3. He had to work at the age of ____ twelve.‎ ‎ 4. There were ____ ten chairs in the room. However the number of the children is twelve.‎ ‎ 5. If you tell your father what you've done, he'll be were _____ a little angry.‎ ‎26. answer/ reply ‎ 1. She failed to ____ reply to my question.‎ ‎ 2. _____ my question in English, please.‎ ‎ 3. We haven't ____ to his letter yet.‎ ‎ 4. None of us knew the ____ to the problem.‎ ‎ 5. What did you say in ___ to his suggestion?‎ ‎27. master/ owner/ host ‎ 1. Have you found the __ of the wallet?‎ ‎ 2. Under our socialist system, the people are ____ of the country.‎ ‎ 3. Last night we were ___ to a few friends.‎ ‎ 4. He tried to order me about, but I told him he was not my ____.‎ ‎ 5. The girl who serves in the shop is the ____ of the shop.‎ ‎28. That is( was ) because../ That is ( was ) why…‎ ‎ 1. It was a long way and we wanted to come back on the same day. _____ we started to so early.‎ ‎ 2. You have failed again this time. _____ you are proud.‎ ‎ 3. Tom is ill. ____ he hasn't come today.‎ ‎ 4. Tom is ill. _____ he wore too little yesterday.‎ ‎ 5. He was late. ____ his teacher got angry.‎ ‎29. not a little/ not a bit ‎1. _ Are you tired after so long a walk?‎ ‎_ Yes, ____.‎ ‎ 2. Although he worked so long, he was ___ tired.‎ ‎ 3. He does ___ like the book ___.‎ ‎ 4.It is ____ of use.‎ ‎ 5. He was ____ hurt when he fell from the tree.‎ ‎30. near/ close ‎ 1. The school is ____ to my house.‎ ‎ 2. the post office is quite ____.‎ ‎ 3. Children's Day is quite ____.‎ ‎ 4. He stood on the ____ bank of the river.‎ ‎ 5. He is one of my ___ friends.‎ ‎31. on fire/ on the fire ‎ 1. The house is ___. Please call the firefighters.‎ ‎ 2. In the ancient time, people used to cook whole animals _____.‎ ‎ 3. Don't put your clothes ____. It's dangerous.‎ ‎ 4. I don't know who set the house ______.‎ ‎ 5. Look out! The pan is ____ .‎ ‎32. alive/ living/ live ‎ 1. Who is the greatest man ____?‎ ‎ 2. My brother bought a ___ fish?‎ ‎ 3. The ____ people are more important than the dead.‎ ‎ 4. The badly wounded soldier was unconscious but still _____.‎ ‎ 5. When we found him ten days later, he was still ______.‎ ‎33. greatly/ very / much ‎ 1. Since then the number of milu deer there was ___ increased.‎ ‎ 2. I think he is ____ old.‎ ‎ 3. Now it is ____ easier to make plans for our trips.‎ ‎ 4. I don't ___ like it.‎ ‎ 5. He is ___ too busy.‎ ‎34. cost/ spend/ take/ pay ‎ 1. It ___ us two hours to clean the room.‎ ‎ 2. I ___ a lot of money on books every year.‎ ‎ 3. the clothes ___ me 200 yuan.‎ ‎ 4. Her sister ___ 200 yuan for that dress.‎ ‎ 5. I'm ____ a lot more time in writing English than before.‎ ‎35. wear/ put on / have on / dress ‎ 1. Do you know the girl who ____ a red skirt?‎ ‎ 2. He often ____ a black jacket ____.‎ ‎ 3. He _____ his coat and went out.‎ ‎ 4. I _____ my brother every morning.‎ ‎ 5. she is ____ in a new dress.‎ ‎36. job/ work ‎ ‎ 1. I have a lot of ____ to do today.‎ ‎ 2. They are hard at _____.‎ ‎ 3. He has a ____ as a teacher.‎ ‎ 4. I always take a ____ in my holiday.‎ ‎ 5. Something is wrong with the _____ of my watch.‎ ‎37. move/ remove ‎ 1. The cleaner ____ all the rubbish.‎ ‎ 2. She ____ her sofa to the left.‎ ‎ 3. I can't ____. Please send for a doctor.‎ ‎ 4. She ____ her hat and coat.‎ ‎ 5. Don't ____ about while I'm trying to take your photograph.‎ ‎38. included/ including ‎ 1. Their names are -_____ in the list.‎ ‎ 2. There are a lot of names in the list, ___ his name.‎ ‎ 3. There are a lot of names in the list, his name ___.‎ ‎ 4. The rent is 4 yuan a month ____ water and electricity. ‎ ‎ 5. The price ______ postage then.‎ ‎39. how many times/ how soon / how often / how long ‎ 1. I don't know _____ this will take.‎ ‎ 2. I wonder ____ he will come.‎ ‎ 3. “ ____ have you been to Beijing?” “ 4 times.”‎ ‎ 4. _ _____ do the American people elect a president?‎ ‎ _ Every four years.‎ ‎ 5. _____ is the longest river?‎ ‎40. fast/ quick / rapid ‎ 1. It may be a very ___ car, but it uses a lot of petrol.‎ ‎ 2. Tom made a ___ quick answer to the question.‎ ‎ 3. He often dreams of a ___ rise to fame.‎ ‎ 4. The clock is five minutes ____.‎ ‎ 5. The improvement in her health is ____.‎ ‎41. before long/ long before ‎ 1. We had reached the town ____ daybreak.‎ ‎ 2. He will come back to Beijing _____.‎ ‎ 3. I saw the man ____ .‎ ‎ 4. It was not _____ everyone came to know her.‎ ‎ 5. I have seen the film _____.‎ ‎42. mainly/ mostly ‎ 1. She is _____ out on Sundays.‎ ‎ 2. She uses her car _____ for her job.‎ ‎ 3. The audience consisted ____ of educated young people.‎ ‎ 4. All of you have made mistakes, but you are ____ to be blamed.‎ ‎ 5. He depended ____ on his father to finish his education.‎ ‎43. specially/ especially ‎ 1. This book is _____ written for children under six.‎ ‎ 2 He is now ____ busy..‎ ‎ 3. She likes the country , _____ in spring.‎ ‎ 4. He came here _____ to see you.‎ ‎ 5. The coat was made _____ for you.‎ ‎44. feel like/ would like ‎ 1. I don't ____ walking very much today.‎ ‎ 2. I _____ to have dinner with you.‎ ‎ 3. What ___ you ____ to do now?‎ ‎ 4. Do you ____ having something to eat?‎ ‎ 5. I ____ a walk after supper.‎ ‎45. across/ through ‎ 1. Look around when you walk _____ the street.‎ ‎ 2. She drove straight ____ the town.‎ ‎ 3. There is no bridge ____ the river.‎ ‎ 4. Water flows ___ this pipe.‎ ‎ 5. The river is 10 metres ____.‎ ‎46. year after year / year by year ‎ 1. Farmers work in the fields ______.‎ ‎ 2. He is growing taller and taller _____.‎ ‎ 3. We send cards each other ____.‎ ‎ 4. The children go to school _____.‎ ‎ 5. He is becoming clever _____.‎ ‎47. hanged / hung ‎ 1. He was ___ for murder.‎ ‎ 2. The picture was ____ on the wall ‎ 3. The trees are thickly ____ with fruit.‎ ‎ 4. Her hair ____ down on her shoulders.‎ ‎ 5. The murderer ____ himself.‎ ‎48. accept/ receive ‎ 1. I ____ his letter yesterday. ‎ ‎ 2. He didn't ____ my suggestion.‎ ‎ 3. We shall ____ you as a friend.‎ ‎ 4. I've ___ an invitation to the ball, but I can't __it because I don't know whether I'll be able to attend..‎ ‎ 5. she ___ a good education.‎ ‎49. conference/ meeting/ meet ‎ 1. We don't have any ___ this week.‎ ‎ 2. He attended the ____ on educational work.‎ ‎ 3. When will we hold the sports ____?‎ ‎ 4. The International Red Cross ___ was held last week in our country.‎ ‎ 5. Many people attended the ____.‎ ‎50. provide… for / provide… with ‎ 1. They provided us ___ all the books we need.‎ ‎ 2. The school provided food ___ the students.‎ ‎ 3. We are provided ___ everything we need for work.‎ ‎ 4. The manager of the guest house provides everything ____ the guests.‎ ‎ 5. Can you provide me ____ a room for the night?‎ ‎51. right away/ right now/ just now ‎ 1. We must be off ___ . It's eight already.‎ ‎ 2. She is cooking her meals __.‎ ‎ 3. Don't talk about this ____.‎ ‎ 4. He was here ____ .‎ ‎ 5. Do it _____.‎ ‎52. in the way/ in a way/ in no way/ on the way ‎ 1. School teaching should ____ be separated from practice.‎ ‎ 2. Don't stand ____. Let me pass.‎ ‎ 3. The work is well done _____.‎ ‎ 4. He picked up a wallet _____ to school.‎ ‎53. be known as / be known for/ be known to/ be known in ‎ 1. He ______ the area where he lives.‎ ‎ 2. He _____ everyone in our town.‎ ‎ 3. Song Zuying ____ a singer.‎ ‎ 4. Chairman Mao ____ a great leader.‎ ‎ 5. Guilin _____ her beautiful mountains and rivers.‎ ‎54. compare/ compare… with / compare… to ‎ ‎ 1. If you ____ these two words, you can tell the difference between them.‎ ‎ 2. Please _____ this word ____ that one and tell me the difference.‎ ‎2. We usually _____ children ____ flowers of the motherland. ‎ ‎ 4. _____ many women, she was indeed very fortunate.‎ ‎55. country / nation/ state/ land ‎ 1. How many ____ are there in the world?‎ ‎ 2. All the natural resources are managed by the ____.‎ ‎ 3. Trade between _____ in better than war.‎ ‎ 4. He was forced to leave his native _____.‎ ‎56. one another/ each other ‎ 1. The two sisters were caught in a strong storm. They encouraged ____ all the way.‎ ‎ 2. All the students in our class should help ____.‎ ‎ 3. All of us didn't accept _____ opinion.‎ ‎57. custom/ habit ‎ ‎1.He has formed the ____ of smoking after meals.‎ ‎ 2. It is the ____ in China to eat dumplings during the Spring Festival.‎ ‎ 3. He has fallen into the _____ of getting up late.‎ ‎ 4. They broke some of the old _____.‎ ‎58. care for / care about ‎ 1. He doesn't ______ his clothes.‎ ‎ 2. I don't _____ going.‎ ‎ 3. How the Party ___ us !‎ ‎ 4. I don't _____ movies.‎ ‎ 5. Who will ____ your children when your when you are away?‎ ‎59. fix/ repair/ mend ‎ 1. You should ____ your habits.‎ ‎ 2. It will cost much money to ____ the bridge.‎ ‎ 3. The tap is leaking. We must ____ it.‎ ‎ 4. There is something wrong with the TV. I must have it _____.‎ ‎ 5. He ____ his eyes on the stranger.‎ ‎60. add to / add…. To / add up to ‎ ‎ 1. All the facts have ____ his honesty.‎ ‎ 2. The heavy snow __ our difficulty with the project.‎ ‎ 3. Please ____ some sugar ____ the tea.‎ ‎ 4. The figures ____ 286.‎ ‎ 5. 5 ____ 5 is 10.‎ ‎61. search / search for / look for ‎ 1. What are you ____ on the ground?‎ ‎ 2. As a teacher, you have no right to ___ my house.‎ ‎ 3. The police have just ___ the hill ___ the thief.‎ ‎ 4. The lost boy they are ___ has been __ by some naughty children.‎ ‎ 5. All the students went to the fields ___ a missing boy.‎ ‎62. shape/ form/ figure ‎ 1. Ice, snow and steam are ____ of water.‎ ‎ 2. Change the sentences into indirect speech, paying attention to the correct ____.‎ ‎ 3. The ____ of China is like a rooster.‎ ‎ 4. The other day I happened to find a coin of a strange ____.‎ ‎ 5. There are two big store ___ on both sides of the gate.‎ ‎63. one / that / the one.‎ ‎ 1. His attitude to me was ___ of a comrade.‎ ‎ 2. I'm looking for a house and I like ___ with a garden.‎ ‎ 3. The white horse is a stronger than the black ____.‎ ‎ 4. I like this book better than ___ I read last time.‎ ‎ 5. The best coal is ___ from Datong.‎ ‎ 6. He is not ___ to bow before difficulties.‎ ‎64. live on / live by ‎ 1. He ____ teaching English.‎ ‎ 2. He ___ his parents.‎ ‎ 3. They ____ fish and meat.‎ ‎ 4. We ____ our wits.‎ ‎ 5. We teachers ____ salary.‎ ‎65. at all / in all ‎ 1. If you are ___ worried, go to the hospital to have your heart examined.‎ ‎ 2. He is not -__ fit for the job.‎ ‎ 3. We were fifteen ____.‎ ‎ 4. Are you going to do it ____?‎ ‎ 5. This year I have earned 5000 dollars.‎ ‎66. deal with / manage ‎ 1. He ____ to pass the entrance examination.‎ ‎2. He ____ ABC company.‎ ‎3. He is a person hard to ____.‎ ‎4. It's difficult to ___ the boy.‎ ‎5. I have something urgent to _____.‎ ‎6. He _____ a clothes.‎ ‎67. silent/ quiet/ still ‎ 1. Be ____. The boy is asleep.‎ ‎ 2. The girl is a ____ girl.‎ ‎ 3. All the students kept ____ about what had happened.‎ ‎ 4. Stand ___ while I take your photograph.‎ ‎ 5. _____ water runs deep.‎ ‎68. be fit for/ fit / fit on ‎ 1. This shirt ____ her quite well.‎ ‎ 2. The world won't ___ us to live in if we go on polluting it.‎ ‎ 3. she ___ the coat ___ her dau polluting it.‎ ‎%2 4. He ___ the job.‎ ‎69. no more than/ not more than ‎ 1. Don't be angry with the boy. After all , he is ___ 8 years old.‎ ‎ 2. The exam was very difficult. _____ 30 students passed the exam. But I am not sure.‎ ‎ 3. The two stories are interesting. But this story is ___ interesting than that one.‎ ‎ 4. This novel is ___ interesting than that one . I don't want either of them.‎ ‎70. very / just ‎ 1. This is the __ book I want.‎ ‎ 2. This is ____ the book I want.‎ ‎ 3.The ____ moment I got off the train reminded me of the past happiness.‎ ‎71. pleasant/ pleased/ pleasure/ please ‎ 1. It's difficult to _____ everyone.‎ ‎ 2. Come in, _____.‎ ‎ 3. Are you ___ with your new clothes?‎ ‎ 4. Did you have a ___ journey home?‎ ‎ 5. It gave me much ____ to hear of your success.‎ ‎72. awake/ wake ‎ 1. When do you usually ___ up?‎ ‎ 2. Is he ___ or asleep?‎ ‎ 3. He lay __ all night.‎ ‎ 4. They were making enough noise ___ the dead.‎ ‎73. take place/ take one's place/ take the place of ‎ 1. Great changes _____ in my home town these years.‎ ‎ 2. When will the sports meet _____?‎ ‎ 3. The manager will be away for a month. Who will _____?‎ ‎ 4. My brother is ill, and I've come to ____ him.‎ ‎ 5. _____ , please. We are about to start.‎ ‎74. in order to / so as to ‎ 1. Tom waked fast _____ get there before dark.‎ ‎ 2. _____ do the work well, he first made a careful plan.‎ ‎ 3. He studies and works ____ hard ___ serve the people better.‎ ‎ 4. Mary got up ___ early ___ come in time to school.‎ ‎75. run our / run out of ‎ 1. Our money is ____.‎ ‎ 2. Her patience is _____.‎ ‎ 3. I have almost _____ my money.‎ ‎ 4. My money has almost been ____.‎ ‎ 5. My money has almost ____.‎ ‎76. enjoy/ be fond of/ love/ like ‎1. I've ______ talking about the past life with you.‎ ‎2. She _____ white.‎ ‎3. I ____ watching TV after supper, but I'd __ to read newspapers instead this evening.‎ ‎4. The Bible tells us to ___ all men.‎ ‎77. if/ whether ‎1. I am in doubt ____ I should get help from him.‎ ‎2. _____ it is true remains a problem.‎ ‎3. We discussed __ Mary could join us.‎ ‎4. ___ not, we will get you some day.‎ ‎5. I wonder ____ to accept his present.‎ ‎78. besides/ except/ except for/ except that ‎1. You must answer some other questions ____ these ones.‎ ‎2. Mary did nothing ____ clean the dishes.‎ ‎3. The window is never opened ___ in summer.‎ ‎4. I knew nothing about him __ he was from the U.S.A.‎ ‎5. Your composition is good ___ some spelling mistakes.‎ ‎79. so far as/ as for as / so far ‎1. _____ the work has been easy.‎ ‎2. We didn't go ___ the others did.‎ ‎3. ____, so good.‎ ‎4. ______ I know he will be away for three months.‎ ‎5. He will help you ___ he can.‎ ‎80. by / with/ under ‎1. Ants “talk” a great deal ___ this means.‎ ‎2. ___ the help of our teacher, we have made rapid progress in English.‎ ‎3. He went home ___ my permission.‎ ‎4. ____ the direction of his mother, Tom wrote an excellent article.‎ ‎5. We have won one victory after another ___ the Party's leadership.‎ ‎81. call on/ drop in / pay… a visit ‎1. I ____ to him last week.‎ ‎2. I'll ___ him at his house later. ‎ ‎3. He ___ on me/ at my house on his way to Jima.‎ ‎4. Shall we ___ your brother ___ this afternoon?‎ ‎5. ___ any time you want to.‎ ‎82. affair/ business/ matter/ thing ‎1. Mind your own ___.‎ ‎2. _____ are getting worse and worse.‎ ‎3. ____ before pleasure.‎ ‎4. Each ministry of Foreign __ lodged a protest with the other.‎ ‎5. There are several __ to be dealt with at the meeting.‎ ‎83. lie/ lay ‎1. On the ground ____ a wounded soldier.‎ ‎2. The boy who ___ there ___ that his hen __ two eggs each day.‎ ‎3. Do be an honest boy. Don't always tell a ____.‎ ‎4. Trap is being ___ for the tiger by the old hunter.‎ ‎5. The old man ___ in bed is Tom's grandfather.‎ ‎84. almost/ nearly ‎1. There is ____ none left.‎ ‎2. There is not ___ enough money for a new house.‎ ‎3. I ____ think you are right.‎ ‎4. This kind of plant can be found in ___ any area.‎ ‎5. That's ____ too much.‎ ‎85. talk about/ talk of ‎1. They ______ the film “ The True Lies”.‎ ‎2. What are they _____?‎ ‎3. They are ___ the film “ The True Lies”.‎ ‎4. They ___ the things and persons that they remembered in the school.‎ ‎5. _____ traveling, have you been to Athens yet?‎ ‎86. fairly/ rather ‎1. The table is ___ too heavy for me to carry.‎ ‎2. This is -_____ an old car.‎ ‎3. This is a _____ good car.‎ ‎4. My brother is -____ better today.‎ ‎5. Wolf is ____ like dog.‎ ‎87. decide/ make up one's mind/ settle/ determine ‎1. He ____ on taking the position at the back.‎ ‎2. Once Aristotle had ____ that heavy objects always fell faster than light ones, he taught it as a truth to his students..‎ ‎3. They are ____ to propose a new method.‎ ‎4. It has been ____ that the museum shall not be open on Sunday.‎ ‎5. Nothing is ______ yet.‎ ‎88. of one's own / on one's own ‎1. Have you any money ____ ?‎ ‎2. I have nothing ______.‎ ‎3. This invention ____ belongs to our country, I think.‎ ‎4. Last week he went ____ to Beijing?‎ ‎5. Can you finish the task _____?‎ ‎89. over again/ over and over again ‎1. I didn't quite get it. Would you please read it ___?‎ ‎2. I've pointed this out to you ____, but you never listen to me.‎ ‎3. The performance was warmly applauded and cheered ___ by the audience.‎ ‎4. I didn't quite follow you. Please say it ___.‎ ‎5. You should have understood the phrase. I have explained it to you ___.‎ ‎90. attend/ join/ take part in ‎1. He'll ____ an important meeting tomorrow.‎ ‎2. If they invite us, we'll be delighted to _____.‎ ‎3. My wish is to ____ the Army after graduation.‎ ‎4. Come and _____ us in the discussion.‎ ‎5. All the students _____ an active ___ the thorough cleaning.‎ ‎91. expect/ hope/ wish/ look forward to ‎1. We are ____ him to come for dinner.‎ ‎2. I ___ I were a bird.‎ ‎3. My parents ___ me to grow up quickly.‎ ‎4. I ___ you a happy New Year.‎ ‎5.- Do you think he is dead ‎ _ I ___ so/ not ‎92.. come/ go / enter ‎1 When the teacher ___ into the classroom, the students were having a party.‎ ‎2. The door opened and the teacher ___ in.‎ ‎3. The train _____ the tunnel.‎ ‎4. Where did the bullet ___ the body?‎ ‎5. Please do not ___ without knocking at the door?‎ ‎93. familiar with/ familiar to ‎1. English is ___ him.‎ ‎2. I am not ___ the American way of life.‎ ‎3. The facts are ___ me.‎ ‎4. This book is written for readers ___ the German language.‎ ‎5. Nothing but patient study can make one ___ English idioms.‎ ‎94. marry/ be married/ get married ‎1. She ___ well.‎ ‎2. She has ___ Robert for two years.‎ ‎3. My sister ___ the man she was engaged to.‎ ‎4. When are you going to _____?‎ ‎5. Are you ___ or single?‎ ‎95. strength/ power/ force ‎1. That will add ___ to your argument.‎ ‎2. He'll do everything in his ___ to help you.‎ ‎3. He was killed by the ___ of the blow.‎ ‎4. Knowledge is ____.‎ ‎5. What is your ____?‎ ‎96. examination/ exam/ test/ quiz ‎1. He worked hard and at last passed the entrance ____.‎ ‎2. Have you passed the ___ you took last month?‎ ‎3. Our teacher gave us a five-minute ___.‎ ‎4. I passed my driving ___ today.‎ ‎5. Tom entered himself for an ___ last week.‎ ‎97.say/ speak/ talk/ tell ‎1. They ___ China is a large and beautiful country.‎ ‎2. Can you ___ English?‎ ‎3. She is ____ the children a story.‎ ‎4. She is ____ with John in English.‎ ‎5. What are you ___ about?‎ ‎98. learn…by heart/ keep in mind/ recite ‎1. The teacher asked us to ___ the poem together.‎ ‎2. You must ___ the whole poem ___.‎ ‎3. ____ the text ____, please.‎ ‎4. Actors in a play have to ___ their parts ___.‎ ‎5. I read the passage three times, but still I couldn't it ___ wholly.‎ ‎99. wish…every success/ may… succeed ‎1. ____ you succeed.‎ ‎2. I ____ you every success.‎ ‎3. I heartly ___ a good heath to you.‎ ‎4. _____ you both be happy.‎ ‎5. ____ all your dreams come true.‎ ‎100. look/ see/ watch/ notice/ observe ‎1. I ____ but saw nothing.‎ ‎2. I signed to my teacher, but he didn't even ___ me.‎ ‎3 I like ___ TV at home on Sundays..‎ ‎3. _ look, where are you going?‎ ‎_Oh, I'm terribly sorry I wasn't ___.‎ ‎5. She has ___ the stars all her life.‎ ‎101. go over/ go by ‎1. The students _____ their lessons together every morning.‎ ‎2. Time ___ quickly on vacation.‎ ‎3. We ____ the list of names and chose two.‎ ‎4. A boat ____ to the island once a week with mail.‎ ‎5. I shall entirely ___ what the doctor says.‎ ‎102. believe/ believe in/ trust ‎1. A liar is not ___ when he speaks the truth.‎ ‎2. You can ___ him; he'll never let you down.‎ ‎3. He is a person I wouldn't ___ with anything.‎ ‎4. I ___ keeping early hours.‎ ‎5. It won't do to ____ to luck.‎ ‎103. in charge of / in the charge of ‎1. Dr Wang will be ___ the operation.‎ ‎2. The children were left ____ the nurse.‎ ‎3. I'll be ___ the whole factory next week, when the director is away.‎ ‎4. The bus was ___ the driver.‎ ‎5. The doctor ____ the department was a Communist.‎ ‎104. defend/ protect/ guard ‎1. We shall ____ our island, whatever the cost may be.‎ ‎2. Here we are well ___ against a surprise attack.‎ ‎3. Soldiers ___ the research center with guns every day.‎ ‎4 Out on a thicker coat to ___ yourself from the cold.‎ ‎5 The old man has dark glasses on to ____ his eyes from the sun ..‎ ‎105. outdoor / outdoors ‎1. He is used to ___ life.‎ ‎2. He spends much of his time ___.‎ ‎3. There's an _____ concert tonight on the playground.‎ ‎4. Some villagers like to eat ____. discussing something about faming .‎ ‎5. Is it cold ___ ? ‎ ‎106. labor/ task ‎1. much ____ went into the building of the pyramids.‎ ‎2. They were sentenced to two years' hard____.‎ ‎3. The ____ was assigned to us.‎ ‎4. They have succeeded by their own ___.‎ ‎5. The Party has set us a glorious _____.‎ ‎107. damage/ destroy/ ruin ‎1. Her heart was slightly ____ as a result of her long illness.‎ ‎2. A storm came down and ___ the crops.‎ ‎3. His life ____ by drink.‎ ‎4. Fire _____ several stores in the business district.‎ ‎5. All his hopes ___.‎ ‎108. regret doing sth./ regret to do sth ‎1. You'll _____ ( say ) those words.‎ ‎2. I __ ( say ) that we have no news for you,‎ ‎3. I ___ ( call ) him a thief, but I __ even more ____ ( he, steal) my watch.‎ ‎4. I ___ ( inform ) you that we are unable to offer you employment.‎ ‎5. We _____ always _____ ( sell ) the farm.‎ ‎109. blame/ scold ‎ ‎1. Bad workmen often ____ their tools.‎ ‎2. The mother ___ the boy for not cleaning up his room.‎ ‎3. Nobody ______ for the accident.‎ ‎4. He ____ for being lazy.‎ ‎5. The accident ____ on the conductor.‎ ‎110. beautiful/ handsome/ pretty ‎1. The blue bird was ___ thing he had seen in his boyhood.‎ ‎2. I suppose you can read French ___ well by now.‎ ‎3. The West Lake is famous for its ____ scenery.‎ ‎4. He is not ___ but is very pleasant looking.‎ ‎5. Would you describe that lady as ____ or -___?‎ ‎111. appear/ seem/ look ‎1. He ____ not to have heard what had been said.‎ ‎2. He is over seventy, but he doesn't ___ his age.‎ ‎3. She ____ to know more than she really does.‎ ‎4. Her one fault ____ to be that she was too quiet.‎ ‎5. There ___ to be hundreds of people in the field; it was quite full.‎ ‎112. look for/ fine/ seek/ hunt ‎1. We _____ oil under the North Sea.‎ ‎2. That foolish fellow _____ trouble. Please be careful.‎ ‎3. He went through the house _____ his books.‎ ‎4. He ___ out his friend in the crowd, but with no luck.‎ ‎5. Will you _____ Mary her old dictionary?‎ ‎113. drawing/ painting / picture ‎1. A friend of mine sent me some ___ of New York last week.‎ ‎2. This book gives a good ____ of life in England 200 years ago.‎ ‎3. He made ___ of some of the insects.‎ ‎4. They went to school to learn engineering ____.‎ ‎5. I happened to buy several old ___ in that small shop. ‎ ‎114. keep off / keep out ‎ ‎1. They have shut the door and mean to ___ us ___.‎ ‎2. The doctor ordered the woman to ____ all solid food for at least twenty-four hours.‎ ‎3. They made a big fire to ___ wild animals ___.‎ ‎4. I hope you'll ____ of trouble while I'm away.‎ ‎5. These curtains are meant to _____ mosquitoes.‎ ‎115. for sale/ on sale ‎1. There are some nice apples ___ in that shop/‎ ‎2. I got this hat ____; it was very cheep.‎ ‎3. All the pictures in this exhibition are ____.‎ ‎4. The sign on that house says “ ___” shall we find out the price?‎ ‎5. Will the new product be ____ as early as next month.‎ ‎116. a second/ the second ‎1. Tom is ___ son; he has an elder brother.‎ ‎2. This fellow seems to think he's ___ Napoleon!‎ ‎3. You will need ____ pair of shoes for a change.‎ ‎4. ____ day of the week is Monday.‎ ‎5. “ you” is _____ person pronoun.‎ ‎117. gain/ win ‎1. Each of the boys has ____ a prize.‎ ‎2. The clock ____ five minutes a day.‎ ‎3. His work is sure to ____ if he uses these new methods.‎ ‎4. We shall ____ greater victories in the future.‎ ‎5. That invention ____ him a medal.‎ ‎118 require doing sth/ require to do sth ‎1. All passengers _____ (show)their tickets.‎ ‎2. The rules ____ us all ___(be) present.‎ ‎3. The young trees newly planted ____( look) after carefully.‎ ‎4. Weather being dry several weeks; the crops _____( water ).‎ ‎5. Everybody in the library _____ ( keep ) quiet.‎ ‎119. break in/ break into ‎1. Thieves _____ while the family was away.‎ ‎2. When they got on the highway they ___ a run.‎ ‎3. We had to ___ the house as we had lost the key.‎ ‎4. I was telling them about my travels when he ____.‎ ‎5. He ____ the discussion with a shout of warning.‎ ‎120. actual/ real/ true ‎1. Is this ___ gold of something made to look like gold?‎ ‎2. This is what the book says. In ___ life, however, things are not so simple.‎ ‎3. She is one of those revolutionaries who absolutely ___ in word and in deed.‎ ‎4. The ___ value of labor in capitalist society does not represent the ___ value of labor.‎ ‎5. It's an ___ fact; I haven't invented or imagined it.‎ ‎121. hold/ take place ‎1. The accident ___ only a block from his home.‎ ‎2. Great changes ___ in our school since 1986.‎ ‎3. A painting exhibition ___ in the lecture hall next week ‎4. The Kite Show ___ in Weifang every spring.‎ ‎5. We've decided to ___ a great ceremony on New Year's Day.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎123. take one's seat/ take one's place/ be seated/ sit down ‎1. She bought a magazine and ___ in the train.‎ ‎2. He ___ at the piano, with his back to them.‎ ‎3. After gym class Jim was tired and was glad to ___ and rest.‎ ‎4. When I came in , the others ___ already ___.‎ ‎5. ___, please, we are about start.‎ ‎124. provide/ supply ‎1. They ____ him with money and clothes when he was in trouble.‎ ‎2. The man ___ with blankets against the cold.‎ ‎3. Trees _____ shade in summer.‎ ‎4. This shop ____ us with all we need.‎ ‎5. He offered to _____ the family with another clock free of charge.‎ ‎125. all over/ all through ‎1. ____ the evening and into the late of night, the singing went on.‎ ‎2. He was well thought of ____ the district.‎ ‎3. They remained in the countryside ___ the summer holidays.‎ ‎4. I have traveled ___ Europe many, many times in my life.‎ ‎5. During the fight we received many messages of support from ___ the country.‎ ‎126. at a distance/ in the distance ‎1. The picture looks better ___ .‎ ‎2. The sound of the waterfall may be heard ___ of two miles.‎ ‎3. I made out three figures moving ___.‎ ‎4. ____, she sees a cloud of smoke.‎ ‎5. The shops are ____ from where we live.‎ ‎127. create/ invent/ discover ‎1. The idea that God ____ the world is wrong.‎ ‎2. Thomas Edison ____ the first small electric lamp.‎ ‎3. They never ___ how to open the box.‎ ‎4. Do you ever ___ who sent you the box?‎ ‎5. Our aim is to ____ the new socialist person.‎ ‎128. once in a while/ in a short while ‎1. We go out for a walk ____.‎ ‎2. ____ there was a noise outdoors.‎ ‎3. I'll come back ____.‎ ‎4. ____ he would cry with pain, but usually he remained in silence.‎ ‎5. ____ he ate up all the food on the table.‎ ‎129. wide/ widely ‎1. He stared at her with ___ eyes.‎ ‎2. He was _____ awake.‎ ‎3. English is ____ used.‎ ‎4. He opened his eyes very ____.‎ ‎5. He is ____ known.‎ ‎130. in a word/ in word/ in words/ in so many words/ in other words ‎1. I don't want you simply to promise me ___ that you'll be good.‎ ‎2. – Did she say she liked you? – Not ___.‎ ‎3. Lily is clever, polite and well –behaved __ she is worth praising.‎ ‎4. The little boy can describe the beauty of the scene _____.‎ ‎5. He told lies, ____ he cheated us.‎ ‎131. have a word with sb/ have word/ have words with ‎1. Can I ___ you, Mr Smith? I have sth important.‎ ‎2. He ___ his neighbours for some trifles.‎ ‎3. Did you ___ from him since he left.‎ ‎4. Tom is waiting to ____ you.‎ ‎5. There's no need to ___ him about the housework.‎ ‎132. work on/ work at/ work out ‎1. He is ____ a new novel now.‎ ‎2. They have ___ this subject for many years.‎ ‎3. They ___ the old car late into the night.‎ ‎4. The problem is too difficult for me to __.‎ ‎5. They will ___ till midnight.‎ ‎133. steal/ rob ‎1. The big man ____ me of my gold watch. ‎ ‎2. The thief broke into my house and __ the TV set.‎ ‎3. They ___ the bank of a big sum of money.‎ ‎4. The girl was caught ____ apples.‎ ‎5. He ____ her a gold ring.‎ ‎134. look down on/ look back upon/ look forward to ‎1. The children are ___ the holidays.‎ ‎2. It is a pleasant to ____ our children.‎ ‎3. In the old days, the working people were ___.‎ ‎4. The aged people like to ___ the old days ‎5. The film we have been ___ will be shown tomorrow.‎ ‎135. as well/ as well as ‎1. He is a professor, and a writer ____.‎ ‎2. The girl is lively ____ healthy.‎ ‎3. Your brother ___ you is very kind to me.‎ ‎4. You might just ___ tell me the truth.‎ ‎5. We expect her to do the house work __ look after the children.‎ ‎136. act/ action ‎1. It was your ___ and you must accept the consequences.‎ ‎2. We should go into ____ at once, if we are to fulfill the task.‎ ‎3. ____ speak louder than words.‎ ‎4. We caught him in the very ____ of stealing.‎ ‎5. Let's see how they take ___ next.‎ ‎137. be careful with/ be careful of/ be careful about ‎1. You'd better be careful ___ your pronunciation.‎ ‎2. The public was warned to be careful ___ rats.‎ ‎3. Be more careful ___ the vase; it's valuable.‎ ‎4. Be more careful ___ your work.‎ ‎5. We should be careful ___ public property.‎ ‎138. insist/ insist on/ stick to ‎1. I ___ that she should come with us.‎ ‎2. I ought to have ___ your taking a thorough rest before you left Beijing.‎ ‎3. The old man ___ that the police had done wrong to his son.‎ ‎4. We always ___ a high standard when the students do fast reading.‎ ‎5. Though we all think the plan should be changed, the manager still ___ his own ideas.‎ ‎139. habit/ custom ‎1. He has a ____ of getting up early.‎ ‎2. It is the ___ with Japanese to bow when they meet their acquaintances.‎ ‎3. Smoking isn't a ____ with me.‎ ‎4. Don't be a slave to ____.‎ ‎5. He never read them, for he had long lost the ___ of reading.‎ ‎140. hardly/ almost no/ almost not ‎1. He is ____ always late for the meeting.‎ ‎2. ____ nobody believed his story.‎ ‎3. There was ___ a cloud in the sky in the morning.‎ ‎4. ____ does he know about it.‎ ‎5. He was ____ run over by a car.‎ ‎141. speak of/ speak about ‎1. They were ___ their boss.‎ ‎2. You mustn't ____ it.‎ ‎3. Think the matter over, and we'll ____ it in the morning.‎ ‎4. I've never ___ the things to any human being.‎ ‎5. The book ____ the writer's childhood.‎ ‎142. used to do sth/would ‎1. On Sundays he ____ go to the countryside to work with the peasants.‎ ‎2. Sometimes the old man ____ sit sown on a chair in the park for hors ‎ ‎3. My little brother ____ like the picture-books.‎ ‎4. Xiao Li ____ be a model worker. He is now a university student.‎ ‎5. He said he ____ sit up at night.‎ ‎143. start / begin ‎1. The child ____ to cry.‎ ‎2. She is ____ to cook the dinner.‎ ‎3. We ____ for Shanghai tomorrow.‎ ‎4. How do you ____ the washing machine?‎ ‎5. The car won't ____.‎ ‎144. far away/ faraway ‎1. Now the computer touches the lives of everyone, even people in ___ villages.‎ ‎2. The factory where his cousin works is __.‎ ‎3. His uncle worked in a town ____.‎ ‎4. It is said that the famous doctor lives ___ from the town.‎ ‎5. The university isn't so ___ from here.‎ ‎145. far / a long way ‎1. We walked ____.‎ ‎2. I live ___ from the center of town.‎ ‎3. How __ did you walk?‎ ‎4. You've gone too ___.‎ ‎5. I haven't had any problems so ___.‎ ‎146. still/ quiet/ silent ‎1. He lived in a ___ town neat the sea.‎ ‎2. He is ___ about that.‎ ‎3. The strong man stood there ___, even a hard push couldn't make him move. ‎ ‎4. How ___ everything is! There's not a sound to be heard.‎ ‎5. The shades of evening had by this time fallen upon the ___ city.‎ ‎147. get tired/ be tired of ‎1. The old man ____ after a ling walk.‎ ‎2. I ___ boiled eggs.‎ ‎3. You'll ___ him.‎ ‎4. I ___ it. But my mother expects me to stay here a little longer.‎ ‎5. They ____ listening to his complains.‎ ‎148. congratulate/ celebrate ‎1. We ___ the New Year with a party. ‎ ‎2. I ___ you on your success. ‎ ‎3. He ___ us on getting married.‎ ‎4. The whole country ___ the return on Macao.‎ ‎5. His contributions were ___ by poets.‎ ‎149. persuade/ advise ‎1. I tried to __ my father to give up smoking, but in vain.‎ ‎2. I ____ my father to give up smoking, but in vain.‎ ‎3. He wanted to ___ his wife to see his cousin, but failed.‎ ‎4. He ___ that they should start at once.‎ ‎5. Finally she ___ him into going to the hospital.‎ ‎ ‎