2018年成人学位英语词汇强化练习及答案（2）

　　1. Careful maintenance can ___B____ the life of your car by several years.

　　A. extent B. extend C. expend D. export

　　2. It has been estimated that around one in five pensioners ____D__ to these benefits do not claim actually them.

　　A. entitle B. entitling C. have entitled D. entitled

　　3. Mobile phones have become the rage among businessmen, who can __C____ despite the traffic jams.

　　A. remain to relation B. remain with touch

　　C. remain in contact D. remain of links

　　4. Modern communications will give countries like China a huge advantage __C__ countries stuck with old technology.

　　A. than B. to C. over D. for

　　5. There is nothing attractive here; we _____B____ go home, drinking a cup of hot tea.

　　A. as may well B. may as well C. well as may D. may well as

　　6. Bill couldn’t ___A___ an answer when the teacher asked him why he was late.

　　A. come up with B. come on C. come over D. com up to

　　7. Nearly all major cities in the United States are crime - ridden. New York is ____D_____.

　　A. in the case of B. a case to point C. the case D. a case in point

　　8. A violent crime was ______C___ every 32 seconds in this area of the city last year.

　　A. found B. made C. committed D. sentenced

　　9. His discovery _____B____ nothing though he had tried very hard.

　　A. counts on B. amounts to C. sticks to D. gives up

　　10. Mark knows about computer science, but when it __D___ history he knows he' d shut up.

　　A. matters B. matter C. come to D. comes to

　　11. It was said that he would be ______A___ his former position with the company.

　　A. resumed B. consumed C. presumed D. assumed

　　12. Nothing Helen says is ever_____A_____. She always thinks carefully before she speaks.

　　A. spontaneous B. simultaneous C. Homogeneous D. rigorous

　　13. The ______B___ of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from Greek.

　　A. descent B. origin C. generation D. cause

　　14. Old Chinese people are not used to buy things on ____C____.

　　A. deposit B. debt C. credit D. sale

　　15. The Timber rattlesnake is extinct in two eastern states in which it once _____D___.

　　A. divided B. swelled C. scattered D. thrived

　　16. Don’t ______ your company ___C__ your father who is busy with his animal experiment.

　　A. impose…with B. impose…to C. impose…on D. impose…at

　　17. His role was to drum ___A___ contributions and donations from friends in big business.

　　A. up B. back C. to D. of

　　18. It’s legal ___B_____ for parents to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education.

　　A. sympathy B. obligation C. impulse D. influence

　　19. A good diet should maintain health, provide energy, __C____ growth, and give protection against disease.

　　A. increase B. push C. promote D. lift

　　20. The author has _____A___ much material into no less than 400 pages.

　　A. condensed B. contracted C. withdrawn D. shrunk