四级题库Test10.doc

Multiple choice
Directions: For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.
1) He remained unchanged in his __________ commitment to his motherland no matter how the situation was.
A. irrelevant B. inflexible C. intensive D. influential
2) Goleman believes that the ___________ ability is the key to survival.
A. adoptive B. adjustable C. adaptive D. adequate
3) The job of data mining has become critical to helping _________ the mountains of data available on the Internet and in very large databases.
A. sort through B. go through C. break through D. get through
4) Education should aim to __________ children's mind to its utmost potential.
A. exploit B. explore C. stimulate D. cultivate
5) Instead of congratulating us upon our success, our professor counseled us to be ________.
A. modest B. moderate C. medium D. minimum
6) Most of the major West European countries __________ the concept of high speed rail networks.
A. appreciated B. embraced C. seized D. grasped
7) To soften the blow, he would not ________ himself to giving brief information about his own health, but he would also mention the things he had heard or the things that had happened.
A. concentrate B. concern C. contract D. confine
8) The practice can occur in actual business meetings where they _____________ some time to make it possible to reflect on their actions and to correct them.
A. set back B. set aside C. set forth D. set out
9) His lifelong ________ for natural history began in childhood, and he made it his prime duty to popularize the subject, writing fourteen books for ordinary people.
A. excitement B. thrill C. passion D. anxiety
10) Hearing news of wedding plans, Gail's mother, who was supportive ________ her daughter's marrying a black man, told her to be very certain Mark was the right life-long partner.
A. to B. with C. in D. of
11) Bilingual programs _________ language and content in an activity-based, child-centred manner so that the child is motivated to use the second language as a tool to transmit and receive messages related to social and academic interests.
A. interact B. integrate C. internalize D. intensify
12) we have a __________ on the world beyond the confines of our occupation
A. angle B. persuasion C. perspective D. point
13) Our program is different in that it stresses the technical skills that business and industry seek as they _________ the Internet into their enterprise systems.
A. coordinate B. connect C. import D. incorporate
14) Before the manager makes an important decision, he would __________ the possible results.
A. react to B. respond to C. reflect on D. rely on
15) Man's visual _______ may sometimes give people a false impression.
A. insight B. perception C. feeling D. conception
16) There are so many ways in which our intolerance will ________ an angry response in either ourselves or others.
A. motivate B. switch C. trigger D. nudge
17) You learn how to __________ other people, and you learn a considerable amount about life in a culture that is not your own.
A. interact with B. interfere with C. involve with D. integrate with
18) In the era of fitness and health ___________, people have become obsessed with exercise
A. care B. miracle C. welfare D. worship
19) The company illegally substituted cheap bolts and crews __________ more expensive materials.
A. with B. of C. for D. in
20) It’s so easy to get credit---it’s _________ people to get into debt.
A. making B. inviting C. leading D. contributing