2013年湖北成人高考专升本英语预测试题(6)

湖北2013年成人高考专升本英语预测试题(6)

Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word from the box below, changing its form when necessary: (17*1point=17points)

Show up humble testify to rehearsal demolish novelty

in bulk travel evoke pseudonym disillusioned nebulous

exotic legitimate strike capital embark on

1. Many famous people are of _______ origin.

2. Before going to the job interview, the applicant________his presentation in his room.

3. Most houses in the coastal city were ________by the earthquake last year.

4. The public had expected the newly-elected President to check the rising inflation, but they were soon ________by his incompetence in administration.

5. The minister could not find a ________ excuse for his not telling the truth.

6. The rescue party ________ freeing the boy trapped in the hollow tree.

7. Although there was much publicity about the movie, I personally found little _______in the story line.

8. In some supermarkets, goods can be made very cheap if they are bought________.

9. Talking about “the Cultural Revolution”, I had only some ________memories because I was very young then.

10. Samuel Longhorn Clemens wrote many stories under the ________of Mark Twain.

11. The retired editor needed a lot of _________ to start up a new newspaper.

12. During a storm at sea, the fishing boat ________a huge rock and was smashed into pieces.

13. On this small island, you can see a lot of ____architecture built by the colonists 50 years ago.

14. The saying goes like this,” Bad news ______fast.” Haven’t you heard of it?

15. The Martyrs’ Monument in the town centre always _____ people’s bitter memories of the Second World War.

16. His generous donation ________ his love for the people of the flood-stricken areas.

17. The host had expected thirty guests but finally more than forty _______ at the party.

参考答案：

1. humble 2. rehearsed 3. demolished 4. disillusioned 5. legitimate

6.embarked on 7. novelty 8. in bulk 9. nebulous 10. pseudonym

11. capital 12. struck 13. exotic 14. travels 15. evokes

16. testifies to 17. showed up

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