Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 36 pptx

Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 36
Posted in January 19th, 2009
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1. The library has announced that henceforth, fines on
overdue books will be 25 cents per day.
C
(A) for the time being
(B) across the board
(C) from now on
(D) as a result
2. In retrospect the 1980s weren’t such a bad decade.
B
(A) repeat
(B) review
(C) summary
(D) the whole
3. Psychologists encourage their patients not to get upset
about trivial matters.
C
(A) unexpected
(B) unusual
(C) unimportant
(D) uncertain
4. The candidates seemed more interested in slandering
each other than in talking about the issues.
A
(A) maligning
(B) confining
(C) declining
(D) refining
5. By 1900, many municipalities had begun to restrict the

use of automobiles in order to ensure pedestrian safety.
B
(A) test
(B) limit
(C) standardize
(D) prohibit
6. The behaviour of a crystallized material, such as silicon
or germanium, is very closely related to its atomic
arrangement.
D
(A) suspiciously
(B) secretly
(C) moderately
(D) intimately
7. Since fingernails can be easily clipped, they are a
convenient resource for those who wish to measure levels
of trace elements in the body.
C
(A) gathered
(B) treated
(C) trimmed
(D) cleaned
8. Historical records reveal that Jefferson reiterated his
ideas about a meritocracy.
C
(A) furthered
(B) changed
(C) repeated
(D) published
9. When the two senators began to fight the sergeant-at-

arms interceded.
C
(A) shouted
(B) withdrew
(C) mediated
(D) approached
10. With the coming of the Christmas shopping season,
downtown traffic is often diverted.
B
(A) entertained
(B) re-routed
(C) delayed
(D) deterred
11. The Lincoln Tunnel connects midtown New York and
Weehawken, New Jersey.
C
(A) separates
(B) substantiates
(C) links
(D) divides
12. Diving is the leading cause of spinal-cord injuries.
A
(A) primary
(B) ultimate
(C) conductive
(D) utmost
13. Jane Austen’s Persuasion was not published until
1818, after the author’s death.
B
(A) edited

(B) issued
(C) publicized
(D) promoted
14. Twenty-five percent of Ecuador’s population speak
Quechua exclusively.
B
(A) mainly
(B) only
(C) voluptuously
(D) still
15. The new building was to be octagonal in shape.
D
(A) five sided
(B) six sided
(C) seven sided
(D) eight sided
16. The scientist tried to fuse the two tubes, but found it
impossible to do.
B
(A) separate
(B) unite
(C) bend
(D) straighten
17. The most admired annual golf event in America is the
Masters Tournament held in Augusta, Georgia.
D
(A) exhausting
(B) controversial
(C) competitive
(D) prestigious

18. From Pavlov’s work on conditioned responses in dogs
came the stimulus-response theory of behavior.
D
(A) thought
(B) philosophy
(C) feelings
(D) conduct
19. Diffusion occurs at a slower rate in liquids than in
gases.
B
(A) percentage
(B) speed
(C) time
(D) amount
20. Working overtime every night is much too strenuous
for a sixty-year-old man.
B
(A) treacherous
(B) arduous
(C) envious
(D) ambiguous