2014年同等學歷英語之詞匯全真模擬題Unit 4 1.When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them _____. A. off B. aside C. out D. down 2.The wealth of a country should be measured_____ the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce. A. in line with B. in terms of C. in regard with D. by means of 3.He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any_____ on what he promises. A. faith B. belief C. credit D. reliance 4.My students found the book_____ it provided them with an abundance of information on the subject. A. enlightening B. confusing C. distracting D. amusing 5.Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will_____ down the economy. A. put B. settle C. drag D. knock 6.In this factory the machines are not regulated_____ but are jointly controlled by a central computer system. A. independently B. individually C. irrespectively D.irregularly 7.Every chemical change either reesults from energy being used to produce the change, or causes energy to be _____in some form. A. given off B. put out C. set off D. used up 8.If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be motivated to work hard, with the result that incomes from taxation might actually_____. A. shrink B. delay C. disperse D. sink 9.American companies are evolving from mass-production manufacturing to _____enterprises. A. moveable B. changing C. flexible D. varying 10.If you know what the trouble is, why don’t you help them to the situation? A. simplify B. modify C. verify D. rectify 11.I can't_____ what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly picked this morning. A. figure out B. draw out C. look out D. work out 12.I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat _____. A. disapproval B. rejection C. refusal D. decline 13.From this material we can_____ hundreds of what you may call direct products. A. derive B. discern C. diminish D. displace 14.She had clearly no _____of doing any work, although she was very well paid. A. tendency B. ambition C. intention D. willingness 15.What seems confusing or fragmented at first might well become_____ a third time. A. clean and measurable B. notable and systematic C. pure and wholesome D. clear and organic 16.The public opinion was what the time was not_____ for the election of such a radical candidate as Mr. Jones. A. reasonable B. ripe C. ready D. practical 17.Hudson said he could not kill a living thing except for the_____ of hunger. A. sensation B. cause C. purpose D. motive 18.For the new country to survive, _____ for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required. A. to name a few B. let alone C. not to speak D. let's say 19.Foreign disinvestments and the_____ of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy. A. displacement B. elimination C. exclusion D. exception 20.When a number of people _____together in a conversational knot, each individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands. A. pad B. pack C. squeeze D. cluster
