unit 2 易混詞辨析

1. if you want to know the train schedule, please ______ at the booking office.
a. acquire b. inquire c. request d. require

2. the coming of the railways in the 1830s ______ our society and economic life.
a. transformed b. transported c. transferred d. transmitted

3. in britain, the best season of the year is probably ______ spring.
a. later b. last c. latter d. late

4. a completely new situation will ______ when the examination system comes into existence.
a. arise b. rise c. raise d. arouse

5. it is quite necessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and ______ knowledge.
a. extensive b. expansive c. intensive d. expensive

6. last year the advertising rate ______ by 20 percent.
a. raised b. aroused c. arose d. rose

7. in general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth of the total ______ for living expenses.
a. acceptable b. available c. advisable d. applicable

8. i hate people who ______ the end of film that you haven’t seen before.
a. reveal b. rewrite c. revise d. reverse

9. some diseases are ______ by certain water animals.
a. transplanted b. transformed c. transported d. transmitted

10. it is our ______ policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful means.
a. consistent b. continuous c. considerate d. continual

11. i’m sorry i can’t see you immediately; but if you’d like to take a seat, i’ll be with you ______. 
a. for a moment b. in a moment c. for the moment d. at the moment

12. our hopes ______ and fell in the same instant.
a. arose b. raised c. rose d. aroused
13. the twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and      cultural ______ .
a. tradition b. transportation  
c. transmission d. transformation 

14. the football game comes to you ______ from new york.
     a. lively   b. alive        c. live   d. living

15. the european union countries were once worried that they would not have _____      supplies of petroleum.
     a. proficient      b. efficient
     c. potential      d. sufficient

16. britain has the highest _____ of road traffic in the world-over 60 cars for every mile of road.
     a. popularity      b. density
     c. intensity      d. prosperity

17. they are trying to _____ the waste discharged by the factory for profit.      
a. expose    b. exhaust   c. exhibit   d. exploit

18. all their attempts to  _____ the child from the burning building were in vain.        
a. regain   b. recover  c. rescue   d. reserve

19. some plants are very   _____ to light; they prefer the shade.
a. sensible    b. flexible  c. objective   d. sensitive

20. the ______ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.
a. convention   b. confinement c. principle   d. discipline

21. it was the first time that such a ______had to be taken at a british nuclear power station.
a. presentation   b. precaution  c. preparation   d. prediction

22. ______ that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, i tried to book a different hotel.
a. perceiving   b. penetrating  c. puzzling   d. preserving

23. you should try to ______ your ambition and be more realistic.
a. reserve   b. restrain  c. retain   d. replace

24. he never arrives on time and my _______ is that he feels the meetings are useless.
a. preference b. conference c. inference d. reference

25. as one of the world's highest paid models, she had her face_______. for five million dollars
a. deposited b. assured c. measured d. insured

26. because of his excellent administration , people lived in peace and _____ and all previously neglected matters were taken care of .
a. conviction b. contest   c. consent d. content

27. showing some sense of humor can be a(n) _______ way to deal with some stressful situation .
a. effective b. efficient c. favorable d. favorite

28.the mayor ______ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.
a. rewarded b. awarded c. credited d. prized