英语练习题 (六级).doc

英语综合课练习题Part I. Vocabulary 1. Weeks ____ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery. A. terminated B. elapsed C. overlapped D. expired 2. In order to prevent stress from being set up in the metal, expansion joints are fitted which ____ the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely. A. relieve B. reconcile C. reclaim D. rectify 3. How much of your countrys electrical supply is ____ from water power? A. deduced B. detached C. derived D. declined 4. She had recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the companys client data, which she intended to ____ in starting her own business. A. dwell on B. come upon C. base on D. draw upon 5. The glass vessels should be handled most carefully since they are ____. A. intricate B. fragile C. subtle D. crisp 6. Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but this only ____ the crisis. A. accelerates B. prevails C. ascends D. precedes 7. He blew out the candle and ____ his way to the door. A. converged B. groped C. strove D. wrenched 8. Often such arguments have the effect of ____ rather than clarifying the issues involved. A. obscuring B. prejudicing C. tackling D. blocking 9. I found it difficult to ____ my career ambitions with the need to bring up my children. A. consolidate B. intensify C. amend D. reconcile 10. It is fortunate for the old couple that their sons career goals and their wishes for him ____. A. coincide B. collaborate C. comply D. conform 11. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it _____ when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society. A. compacted B. dispersed C. delayed D. restricted 12. Allen will soon find out that real life is seldom as simple as it is _____ in commercials. A. drafted B. depicted C. alleged D. permeated 13. Diamonds have little _____ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity. A. subtle B. eternal C. inherent D. intrinsic