【文章內容簡介】 his speech. A. broke away B. broke in C. broke off D. broke out The U. N. Security Council makes an attempt to adjust the______________ between Israe land Palestine. A. problem B. dispute C. question D. matter While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping to give her long and flowing hair a smooth. 11 A. occasionally B. simultaneously C. eventually D. promptly The old lady can39。t hope to her cold in a few days. A. hold back B. get off C. get over D. hole up The island where these rare birds nest has been declared a ___________ area. A. observation B. reservation C. preservation D. conservation I just managed to a quick breath before I was sucked under the water by the passing boat. A. snatch B. scratch C. scrape D. stretch With prices so much, it39。s hard for the pany to plan a budget. A. vibrating B. waving C. fluctuating D. swings My house is the only brick one on the street. It and you can39。t miss it. A. stands up B. sticks out C. looks out D. make out Some teenagers harbor a generalized resentment against society, which them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature. A. deprives B. restricts C. rejects D. denies 南開大學 2022 年研 12 Directions: The following 39 short statements are provided each with four items. You are to choose for each the best word or phrase in place of the underlined or missing part. Please write your answer on the answer sheet by marking the corresponding letter in each case. 1. The police the witness about the accident. A. question B. ask C. interrogate D. inquire 2. The salesman his product when challenged. A. sold B. spoke of C. stood up for D. stood for 3. She makes a rather living as a novelist. A. precarious B. precautionary C. cautious D. precocious 4. She the chance to spend a whole day with her father. A. jumped on B. jumped at C. jumped with D. jumped up 5. The car to avoid hitting the old man. A. swerved B. rambled C. scurried D. curtailed 6. Anyone who has a sore throat should from alcohol. A. abstain B. retain C. detain D. pertain 7. Free market economy, they believe, the national economy rather than corrupt it. A. enforces B. enhances C. intensifies D. strengthens 13 8. Despite a whole night39。s emergency treatment, the boy39。s condition is still critical and his life is now hanging by a A. thread B. cord C. string D. rope 9. The film was banned officially because of the language and scenes it contained. A. decent B. optimal C. obscene D. vicious 10. China will continue to to control population growth and improve the living standard of Chinese people. A. stride B. contrive C. strive D. stripe 11. He avowed his mitment to those ideals. A. acknowledged B. converted C. conformed D. renounced 12. The political dissident was accused of instigating a plot to overthrow the government. A. devising B. supporting C. funding D. provoking 13. I wish you two would stop bickering. A. plaining B. quarreling C. bargaining D. murmuring 14. The defendant is facing severe verdict despite the appeal for clemency by his lawyer. A. fiving B. release C. leniency D. impartiality 15. The little boy listened, enthralled by the Captain39。s story. A. fascinated B. swindled C. shocked D. bored 14 16. I was impressed by his expertise on landing craft. A. encouragement B. special skill C. shrewdness D. eloquence 17. Your action is a breach of our university regulations. A. observation B. violation C. creation D. attack 18. Subsequent events vindicated his policy. A. predicate B. swing C. dilate D. bear out 19. Drug smuggling carries a mandatory death penalty in most countries in the world. A. impulsive B. multicolored C. obligatory D. laughable 20. Morality, for him, was doing what is expedient. A. undesirable B. unavailable C. advantageous D. inappropriate 21. You39。d like this one, ? A. don39。t you B. didn’t you C. hadn39。t you D. wouldn39。t you 22. Do you happen to know the name of this ? A. beautiful, little, red, butterflylike insect B. little, beautiful, red, butterflylike insect C. red。 little, beautiful, butterflylike insect D. red, butterfly like, beautiful, little insect 15 23. My son walked ten miles today. We never guessed that he could walk far. A. / B. such C. that D. as 24. If talks for the new trade agreements take , food industries in both countries will be seriously affected. A. much too long B. too much longer C. too much long D. much long 25. Frankly, I39。d rather you anything about it for the time being. A. do B. didn39。t do C. don39。t do D. didn39。t 26. This is a nation which_ easily to changes. _ A. adapts B. is adapted C. is adaptable D. is adapting 27. The young man proved___ his parents39。 expectation. A. worth B. worthy C. worth of D. worthy of 28. After a whole day of hard work, all was a nice meal and a good rest. A. what he wanted B. which he wanted C. the thing he wanted D. that he wanted 29. The new literature course differs from the old course the students aren39。t A. which B. what C. that D. where 16 30. The new literature course differs from the old course the students aren’t required to attend lecture. A. in which B. which C. in that D. whereas 31. I wonder whether he knows to write a book. A. how great pains it will cost B. what great pains will it take C.