GCT词汇每日练习题(102)

1. He asked us to _____ them in carrying through their plan.
(A) provide(B) arouse (C) assist (D) persist

2. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates, _____ was to be expected.
(A) that (B) what (C) so (D) as

3. He was such a _____ speaker that he held our attention every minute of the three-hour lecture.
(A) specific (B) dynamic (C) heroic (D) diplomatic

4. Arriving home, the boy told his parents about all the _____ which occurred in his dormitory.
(A) occasions(B) matters (C) incidents(D) issues

5. The opening between the rocks was very narrow, but the boys managed to _____ through.
(A) press (B) squeeze (C) stretch(D) leap

6. They are trying to _____ the waste discharged by the factory for profit.
(A) expose (B) exhaust (C) exhibit(D) exploit

7. The manager urged his staff not to _____ the splendid opportunity.
(A) drop (B) miss (C) escape (D) slide

8. _____ I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man.
(A) Much as(B) Only if (C) If only(D) As much

9. Because of a _____ engagement, Lora couldn't attend my birthday party last Saturday.
(A) pioneer(B) premature (C) prior (D) past

10. The continuous rain _____ the harvesting of the wheat crop by two weeks.
(A) set back (B) set off (C) set out(D) set aside

1. Not having a good command of English can be a serious _____ preventing you from achieving your goals.
(A) obstacle (B) fault (C) offense(D) distress

2. It's very _____ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.
(A) concerned(B) careful (C) considerable (D) considerate

3. Many a player who had been highly thought of has _____ from the tennis scene.
(A) disposed (B) disappeared (C) discouraged(D) discarded

4. She's fainted. Throw some water on her face and she'll _____.
(A) come round (B) come along (C) come on(D) come out

5. All their attempts to _____ the child from the burning building were in vain.
(A) regain (B) recover (C) rescue (D) reserve

6. Computer technology will _____ a revolution in business administration.
(A) bring around (B) bring about (C) bring out(D) bring up

7. The university has launched a research center to develop new ways of _____ bacteria which have become resistant to drug treatments.
(A) regulating (B) halting (C) interrupting (D) combating

8. The _____ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly the gap between researchers and teachers.
(A) joint (B) intensive (C) overall(D) decisive

9. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the _____ in which people communicate across time and space.
(A) route (B) transmission (C) vision (D) manner

10. When I go out in the evening I use the bike _____ the car if I can.
(A) rather than(B) regardless of (C) in spite of(D) other than