Revision Exercise 2

Revision Exercise 2
Part I Vocabulary and structure
Section A
Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C,and D.Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
1.________ to miss the lecture on Sunday,I had to cut short the visit and came back on Saturday.
A.Reluctant
B.Mysterious
C.Spontaneous
D.Emotional
2.______ that each member of the family will share the cost of the gift for their grandmother.
A.Agreeing
B.Having agreed
C.To agree D.It is agreed
3.The Indians have their rights,so the Americans who forced them off their land ______ have done that!
A.mustn’t B.wouldn’t
C.shouldn’t D.couldn’t
4.After a _____ box was found on the plane,the police were called in to make a thorough inspection.
A.potential
B.mysterious
C.miserable D.nervous
5.Passengers are ______ from taking any form of explosives onto the train.
A.enabled B.disturbed
C.limited D.prohibited
6.I didn’t take the ______ of his words and still hoped that he would change his mind.
A.background
B.basis
C.reaction D.implication
7.The book is written so that a reader will benefit in a future ________ with a work of art.
A.encounter B.conflict
C.investment D.evaluation
8.Can you list a few problems likely to ________ the human race in the next few decades?
A.fracture B.confront
C.occupy D.frustrate
9.Don’t tell us what you think about it; just ______ the facts.
A.turn out B.hold up
C.set aside D.stick to
10 More than $10 million in research costs has been lost on a(n) ________ nuclear safety program.
A.abandoned
B.deduced
C.melted
D.resolved