251. The poor old man had not slept all night and was completely ____.
A. broke out B. put out C. wiped out D. worn out
252. The belief that the earth was the center of universe was ____ in the Middle Ages.
A. ordinary B. usual C. normal D. widespread
253. Nothing is impossible to a ____ heart.
A. selfish B. willing C. tender D. delicate
254. They live on inadequate pensions, trying ______ to catch up with the rising cost of living.
A. vainly B. absolutely C. noticeably D. keenly
255. She had the ____ to see the weak point in her opponent’s argument at once.
A. intelligence B. heart C. mind D. wit
256. As _____ little is known about the cause of the disease.
A. yet B. then C. far D. now
257. He got the job by ____ of being the only one to apply.
A. merit B. virtue C. advantage D. means
258. He thought the painting was of little _____ , so he let me have it for $30.
A. value B. cost C. price D. expense
259. Tom tried to make James change her mind, but she would not ___.
A. retreat B. withdraw C. yield D. reveal
260. Families in China start to ____ solar energy in their daily life.
A. occupy B. realize C. abuse D. utilize
261. The city has ____ a great change in the last three years.
A. undergone B. undertaken C. suffered D. endured
262. ____ your return these books to the library immediately you will have to pay a fine.
A. Until B. If C. Now that D. Unless
263. Helen Keller’s ____ over deafness, blindness and muteness was a miracle.
A. evaluation B. triumph C. preference D. enthusiasm
264. She spent weeks in the library _____ information she needed.
A. handing down B. tracking down C. setting down D. wearing down
265. In his lecture on geology, he ____ the subject of climate.
A. touched on B. touched off C. touched up D. touched down
266. Your story is interesting, but you must improve your writing ___ if you want your book to be a success.
A. technique B. technician C. technology D. approval
267. The new model car is far ____ to the previous ones in many aspects.
A. better B. supreme C. superb D. superior
268. She has won the swimming championship for _____ five years.
A. continual B. constant C. continuous D. successive
269. Nowadays, plastics has ____ for many traditional materials.
A. mistaken B. substituted C. replaced D. subscribed
270. The employees are ____ to the rules and regulations of the company.
A. obliged B. subscribed C. subject D. compelled
271. The news in the newspaper is _____ , we heard it on the radio last night.
A. stable B. convenient C. feasible D. stale
272. The survey was carried out on a large _____.
A. scale B. range C. measure D. extent
273. After he retired from presidency, he _____ to write an autobiography.
A. set up B. set off
C. set down D. set out
274. The child blushed with ____ when he was caught stealing candy.
A. sham B. grace C. shame D. disgust
275. She died of ____ following an operation on the brain.
A. curiosity B. surprise C. guilt D. shock
276. What you say is in a ___ true; but I prefer to express it in another way.
A. sense B. meaning C. concept D. significance
277. Thanks to birth control policy, the population of the town has ______ in recent years.
A. shrunk B. struck C. stuck D. contracted
278. Some hard plastics can be _____ metals in manufacturing machine parts.
A. substituted for B. taken the place of
C. replaced in D. given way to
279. Features such as height, weight, and skin color _____ from individual to individual and from face to face.
A. change B. vary C. alter D. convert
280. He likes to listen to music with the radio turned on at full ____.
A. voice B. sound C. volume D. span
281. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ____.
A. transition B. transportation C. transmission D. transformation
282. The ______ manager will have an interview with some job applicants next week.
A. personal B. personnel C. personality D. personify
283. The clothes a person wears may express his _____ or social position.
A. curiosity B. status C. determination D. significance
284. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages; several fishing boats were ____ and many houses collapsed.
A. wrecked B. spoiled C. torn D. injured
285. I said I wouldn’t do it, but ____ I think I will.
A. in the course of B. on the whole
C. on the contrary D. on second thoughts
286. Too many sweets and not enough exercise will make you ______ weight.
A. bring about B. lead to C. put on D. take on
287. This university has earned a good ____ for the successful reform in education.
A. resolution B. solution C. reputation D. responsibility
288. Feeling tired all the time is a _____ that you may be sick.
A. mark B. sight C. sign D. trace
289. Large passenger planes often carry weather instruments with which to _____ storm.
A. broadcast B. predict C. inform D. investigate
290. Important people don’t often have much free time as their work ____ almost all their time.
A. takes away B. takes over C. takes up D. takes in
291. Having a fever means that your _____ is too high.
A. heat B. temper C. temperature D. temptation
292. My aunt is rich and owns a lot of _____ in the middle of our town.
A. preparation B. prospect C. property D. prosperity
293. Barbara’s wedding was a big _____ . There were more than two hundred guests.
A. action B. exchange C. occasion D. opportunity
294. The explorers returned because they had ____ food.
A. run away with B. run out for C. run out of D. run up to
295. There is no ______ in going to the cinema now as the film has already started.
A. reason B. cause C. point D. motive
296. It was difficult to guess what her ____ to the news would be.
A. impression B. reaction C. comment D. opinion
297. To the students’ _____ , the difficult examination was postponed.
A. disgust B. relief C. relation D. concern
298. He is ____ to arrive on the five o’clock train.
A. proposed B. opposed C. composed D. supposed
299. She ____ the wet clothes on the grass to dry them in the sun.
A. spread B. hung C. extended D. settled
300. If you ______ Mary, could you tell her I’d like to see her?
A. go into B. run into C. came about D. look into
