【正文】 t of rain, the game will be postponed. We had a lot of wine, but we didn’t drink enough to black _____. (U2A)A. In B. At C. Under D. Within16. One should not ________ the consequences of the world’s population explosion. (U2A)A. estimate B. overestimate C. underestimate D. underline17. This was a wicked crime that was particularly _______ and brutal. (U2A) A. virtual B. virtuous C. vicious D. vital18. The country was _______ the brink of a constitutional crisis. (U2A)A. by B. at C. against D. on19. By the time the police arrived, the victim had bee_______. (U2B) A. pathetic B. hysterical C. notorious D. rebellious20. I will never know ______ sure whether I was encouraging or discouraging my son’s interest in technical work by my example. (U2B)A. within B. under C. with D. for Unit 3, Book 3 Life stories1. In spite of the widespread international terrorism, the president still urges the soldiers not to ______ peace efforts. (U3A)A. give in B. give away C. give off D. give up on2. The UN flag was raised at the airport yesterday to ______ that control has passed into its hands. (U3A)A. intensify B. classify C. signify D. qualify3. Her friends and neighbors watched her ______ from a shy local girl to a famous movie star. (U3A)A. transcend B. transform C. transfer D. transport4. The captain decided to______ the terrible news even from his senior officers. (U3B)A. withstand B. withdraw C. withhold D. uphold5. Since then he lived alone and immersed himself ______ his career. (U3B)A. on B. at C. in D. of6. The monitor is a source of encouragement to others and always ready to ______ by example . (U3B)A. set B. take C. lead D. carry7. He told his supporters to______ over the next few vital days and continued to vote for him. (U3A)A. stand fast B. stand out C. stand by D. stand for8. Comrade Lei Feng passed away in 1962, but his spirit of social responsibility and dedication still______. (U3A)A. lives up B. lives down C. lives on D. lives with9. For several decades Italy has been ______ by political corruption. (U3A)A. affluent B. inflicted C. conflicted D. afflicted10. The President is focusing on nuclear energy now because he needs to______ public attention from his economic record. (U3B) A. revert B. divert C. convert D. invert 11. The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate ______ many people of job opportunities. A. deprives B. strives C. contrives D. drives 12. The whole world looked to her as a symbol of good triumphing ______ evil. (U3A)A. at B. on C. in D. over13. I don’t think it’s a(n) ______ that three of the leading men we’ve talked about today all have tremendous stage experience.(U3B) A. coincidence B. occurrence C. incidence D. incident 14. Governments in rich countries now accept that their pension and healthcare promises will soon bee unaffordable, and many of them have ______ on radical economic reforms. (U3A)A. initiated B. embarked C. menced D. established15. My lighthearted temperament makes me able to greet and also to ______ each day ______ a smile. (U3B)A. end ... up B. end … by C. end … with D. end … in16. To ____someone on their appearance , for example , a new hairstyle , you can say : I like your hairstyle (U3A)A. pliment B. plement C. prise D. plain17. He and his wife left their motherland and arrived in London as rich ______ and led a happy life together. (U3A)A. emigrants B. immigrants C. migrants D. migrations18. Nothing can ______ a willing heart from achieving success. (U3A)A. preclude B. include C. exclude D. conclude19. Right now there is no evidence that those flu viruses that______our pets are contagious to us. (U3—B) A. effected B. affected C. infected D. injected 20. China will inevitably retrogress into semifeudalism and semicolonialism if we ______ from socialism. (U3A)A. alleviate B. aggravate C. deviate D. simulateUnit 4, Book 3 Let’s go1. He the problem before making a final decision.(U4A) A. contaminated B. contemplated C. thought D. reckoned2. I used to be one of the most and impatient individuals on the planet。 I quit my job to travel.(U4A) A. fortunate B. stubborn C. illicit D. finite3. They tried to the old woman whose daughter died in an air crash. (U4A) A. saturate B. irritate C. console D. encourage4. You must go。 it’s and you will be fined if you don’t.(U4A) A. pulsive B. pulsory C. plimentary D. plicate5. A translation is not always the closest to the original meaning.(U4A) A. literal B. literate C. illiterate D. literary 6. As a psychologist, professor Li tried to study the way people think.(U4A) A. inductive B. cognitive C. primitive D. instructive7. He was for 18 months on charge of theft.(U4A) A. impressed B. improved C. imprisoned D. prison8. Mangoes from Thailand and other fruits sell good in our country.(U4A) A. exotic B. toxic C. pathetic D. domestic9. Nature has her with beauty and intelligence.(U4A) A. co