397. Our limited budget makes it difficult for us to ______ their extravagant（奢侈的）way of
living.
A) rate B) pace C) speed D) growth 398. American women were ______ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle. A) ignored B) neglected C) refused D) denied 399. I can‘t give you ______ for the type of car you sell because there is no demand for it in the market.
A) an expense B) a charge C) an order D) a purchase 400. She made such a ______ contribution to the factory that they are naming one of the new buildings after her. A) genuine B) minimum C) modest D) generous 401. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ______. A) gaps B) length C) intervals D) distance 402. You can‘t afford to let the situation get worse. You must take ______ to put it right. A) decisions B) directions C) sides D) steps 403. The ______ of blood always makes him feel sick. A) sight B) look C) view D) form
404. Free medical treatment in this country covers sickness of mind as well as ______ sicknesses. A) normal B) regular C) average D) ordinary 405. This hotel ______ $60 for a single room with bath a night. A)claims B) demands C) prices D) charges
406. Although he had looked through all the reference material on the subject, he still found it hard to understand this point and her explanation only ______ to his confusion. A) extended B) added B) amounted D) turned 407. A completely new situation will _____ when the examination system comes into existence. A) arise B) rise C) raise D) arouse 408. It took him several months to ______ the wild horse. A) tend B) breed C) cultivate D) tame
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409. The view from the other side of the mountain was even more ______.
A) productive B) impressive C) positive D) decisive 410. Americans ______ have eggs, some meat, toast fruit and coffee at breakfast. A) normally B) continuously C) consequently D) traditionally 411. They had an accident on the road and didn‘t ______ at their hotel until after midnight. A) enter B) arrive C) check in D) reach 412. I bought this sixteenth-century diamond ring at a quite ______ price. A) dear B) cheap C) expensive D) reasonable 413. This kind of trees cannot be grown in such a cold ______ as ours. A) weather B) climate C) air D) season 414. I‘ll be unable to join you. Please _____ my name from the list. A) get rid of B) take away C) remove D) turn off 415. My mother ______ my forehead and told me I had a slight fever. A) moved B) touched C) sensed D) felt
416. It‘s true that many old people in the United States have to _____ loneliness. A) submit B) receive C) suffer D) endure 417. Not long ago, a person whom I know very well was ______ an accident. A) included in B) related to C) involved in D) subjected to 418. The result were ______ in comparison with the effort required to achieve them. A) insignificant B) tiny C) minor D) indispensable 419. Color-blind people often find it difficult to ______ between blue and green. A) compare B) separate C) contrast D) distinguish
420. Cambridge has announced plans to establish a business school ______ the master‘s degree in business administration. A) representing B) presenting C) offering D) supplying 421. There are certain ______ when you must interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something.
A) situations B) occasions
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C)conditions D) environment
422. Pupil who pass the test will be ______ to the next grade.
A) progressed B) proceeded C) promoted D) proposed
423. There was a ______ drop in support for the Union in the 1974 election. A) delicate B) distinct C) distant D) downward
424. Throughout his life, Henry Moore ______ an interest in encouraging art in the city of Leeds. A)contained B) secured C) reserved D) maintained 425. What he told us about the affair simply doesn‘t make any ______. A) sense B) idea C) meaning D) significance
426. Hitler set out to conquer all of Europe in the belief that the Germans were the master ______. A) race B) human C) blood D) brain 427. He is uninterested in education and seemingly unfit for other ______. A) purposes B) employment C) pursuits D) benefits
428. In the past twenty –five years, workers attained a new ______ of human dignity. A) statue B) station C) status D) state
429. Scholarships are too few to ______ the high-school graduates who deserve a college education. A) meet B) feed C) adopt D) accommodate 430. The life I lived ______ me into a new kind of human being. A) shaped B) led C) contributed D) guided 431. The price of the article is ______to its value. A) place B) question C) way D) proportion
432. His wife left him after a number of ______ attempts to persuade him to give up taking drugs. A) vain B) inefficient C) lost D) missing 433. At the interview for the job, he gave a good _____ of himself. A) opinion B) idea C) account D) appearance
434. All these children are well-disciplined and highly ______ to their teachers and parents.
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A) respectful C) amusing B) pleasing D) admirable
435. Mr. Keller went over the table again very carefully for fear of ______ any important data.
A) skimming B) overlooking C) ignoring D) slipping 436. The government spokesman of the country has told the press that the peace talk between the president and the leader of the rebel force has to be ______ for another two days. A) delayed B) postponed C) stretched D) prolonged 437. There is too great a ______ of beer in Italy. A) drink B) use C) consumption D) sale
438. In Chinese universities, English is a _____ course for all students. A) comparative B) selective C) impulsive D) compulsory 439. The problem will be discussed at length in _____ chapters. A) late B) consequent C) final D) subsequent 440. His father ______ at his rude words and slapped him across the face. A) shouted B) cried C) flared up D) flew up 441. The judge dismissed the case because there was not ______ evidence. A) adequate B) plenty C) efficient D) abundant 442. Fishing is a hobby which needs a good deal of _____. A) stiffness B) intelligence C) patience D) strength
443. Mr. Blake was among the few _____ men who refused to indulge in the foolish trade of the day.
A) senseless B) sensible C) sensitive D) sensational 444. Chistopher Columber reached the new World in 1492 after he went through all the hardships _____ on the trans-Atlantic voyage. A) imaginable B) imaginative C) imaginary D) imagination 445. As civilization _____ in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials of life __ food, shelter and clothes. A) processes B) suspend C) proceeds D) exceeds 446. The carriage shot past（飞速驶过）, leaving a _____ of dust behind it.
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