vocab development_2

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Fill in the blanks with the most suitable answer.
1. Zhongguo can't ………. the problem even though he has spent three days working on it.
A. answer B. interpret C. explain D. solve
2. In order to, ………. that no one was home, the burglar banged on the door loudly.
A. prove B. verify C. establish D. ascertain
3. As men grow older, they learn to ………. on themselves.
A. rely B. confide C. trust D. count
4. Mosquitoes are a ………. feature in hot, humid and equatorial regions.
A. usual B. ordinary C. common D. general
5. John ………. what Jonathan was going to do, so he avoided Jonathan that day.
A. foresaw B. anticipated C. forecasted D. predicted
6. Gary Kasparov found Kapov a ………. opponent.
A. fearful B. frightful C. dreadful D. formidable
7. The rangers easily ………. the struggling calf.
A. conquered B. beat C. overcame D. subdued
8. Work is still in ……….. The road won't be open until further notice.
A. progress B. improve C. headway D. advance
9. The moon was believed to be able to ………. life.
A. bear B. uphold C. maintain D. sustain
10. The Japanese to ………. the Allies right after the Americans bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A. relinquished B. gave up C. surrendered D. renounced
11. Prime Minister Miyazawa's ………. caused an uproar in the United States. He said that Americans arc less productive now than
forty years ago.
A. statement B. sentence C. talk D. saying
12. Weizhen ………. some sliced lemons to make a glass of ice-lemon tea.
A. compressed B. squeezed C. pressed D. squashed
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
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'Mammal' is ………. (1) from the Latin word 'Mamma', ………. (2) 'breast'. It is so ………. (3) because a group of animals, including man,

………. (4) the same ………. (5) to ………. (6) their offspring.
Mammals are thought to be the most ………. (7) type of animals. All mammals have a vertebra, are warm-blooded, and have hair.
These are the general ………. (8) of mammals.
Man is a mammal ………. (9) the rest of the species, man ………. (10) the biggest brain. That is probably the ………. (11) for their ability
to think ………. (12), unlike horses, dogs or baboons.
1. A. drawn B. obtained C. deduced D. derived
2. A. meaning B. intending C. signifying D. indicating
3. A. named B. termed C. christened D. called
4. A. employ B. use C. apply D. utilise
5. A. form B. method C. manner D. mode
6. A. suckle B. pamper C. nurse D. nourish
7. A. progressive B. approachable C. superior D. advanced
8. A. outlines B. features C. outlooks D. appearances
9. A. Unlike B. Dissimilar C. Opposite D. Different
10. A. owns B. possesses C. holds D. occupies
11. A. cause B. motive C. reason D. principle
12. A. cleverly B. shrewdly C. smart D. intelligently
KEY
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Fill in the blanks with the most suitable answer.
1. D. solve
2. D. ascertain
3. A. rely
4. C. common
5. B. anticipated
6. D. formidable
7. D. subdued
8. A. progress
9. D. sustain
10. C. surrendered

11. A. statement
12. B. squeezed
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
1. D. derived
2. A. meaning
3. D. called
4. B. use
5. B. method
6. C. nurse
7. D. advanced
8. B. features
9. A. Unlike
10. B. possesses
11. C. reason
12. D. intelligently