2012年公共英语三级词汇练习题及答案(16)

　　1. Our manager is ________ an important customer now and he will be back this afternoon.
　　A） calling on B） calling in C） calling up D） calling for
　　2. A fire engine must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of ________.
　　A） precaution B） crisis C） emergency D） urgency
　　3. The film provides a deep ________ into a wide range of human qualifies and feelings.
　　A） insight B） imagination C） fancy D） outlook
　　4. Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if only the ________ charged on public transport were more reasonable.
　　A） fees B） fares C） payments D） costs
　　5. The doctor had almost lost hope at one point， but the patient finally ________.
　　A） pulled out B） pulled through C） pulled up D） pulled over
　　6. She ________her trip to New York because she was ill.
　　A） called off B） closed down C） put up D） went off
　　7. ________ the storm， the ship would have reached its destination on time.
　　A） But for B） In case of C） In spite of D） Because of
　　8. We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of _______.
　　A） rejection B） restriction C） retreat D） recession
　　9. The ________of finding gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there.
　　A） prospects B） speculations C） stakes D） provisions
　　10. I suffered from mental ________because of stress from my job.
　　A） damage B） release C） relief D） fatigue
　　11. The rest of the day was entirely at his________ for reading or recreation.
　　A） dismissal B） survival C） disposal D） arrival
　　12. You will not be ________about your food in time of great hunger.
　　A） special B） particular C） peculiar D） specific
　　13. Crime is increasing worldwide， and there is every ________reason to believe the will continue into the next decade.
　　A） emergency B） trend C） pace D） schedule
　　14. You shouldn＊t have written in the ________ since the book belongs to the library.
　　A） interval B） border C） margin D） edge
　　15. The ________of airplane engines announced a coming air raid.
　　A） roar B） exclamation C） whistle D） scream
　　16. This ticket ________you to a free boat tour on the lake.
　　A） entities B） appoints C） grants D） credits
　　17. This is the nurse who ________to me when I was ill in hospital.
　　A） accompanied B） attended C） entertained D） shielded
　　18. I was about to ________a match when I remembered Tom＊s warning.
　　A） rub B） hit C） scrape D） strike
　　19. The advertisement says this material doesn＊t________ in the wash， but it has.
　　A） contract B） shrink C） slim D） dissolve
　　20. He was proud of being chosen to participate in the game and he ________ us that he would try as hard as possible.
　　A） insured B） guaranteed C） assumed D） assured
　　21. Not only the professionals but also the amateurs will _______from the new training facilities.
　　A） derive B） acquire C） benefit D） reward
　　22. The work was almost complete when we received orders to ________ no further with it.
　　A） progress B） proceed C） march D） promote
　　23. I waited for him half an hour， but he never ________.
　　A） turned in B） turned down C） turned off D） turned up
　　24. A house with a dangerous gas ________can be broken into immediately.
　　A） leak B） split C） mess D） crack
　　25. A dark suit is ________to a light one for evening wear.
　　A） favourable B） suitable C） preferable D） proper
　　26. It was in the United States that I made the ________of Professor Jones.
　　A） acknowledgement B） acquaintance C） recognition D） association
　　27. Could you take a ________sheet of paper and write your name at the top
　　A） bare B） vacant C） hollow D） blank
　　28. A culture in which the citizens share similar religious beliefs and values is more likely to have laws that represent the wishes of its people than is a culture where citizens come from ________backgrounds.
　　A） extensive B） influential C） diverse D） identical
　　29. He gave a ________to handle the affairs in a friendly manner.
　　A） pledge B） mission C） plunge D） motion
　　30. Don‘t let the child play with scissors ________he cuts himself.
　　A） in case B） so that C） now that D） only if
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