1. When carbon is added to iron in proper ______the result is steel.
A) rates B) thicknesses C) proportions D) densities
2. You should try to ______ your ambition and be more realistic.
A) reserve B) restrain C) retain D) replace
3. Nancy is only a sort of ______ of her husband's opinion and has no ideas of her own.
A) sample B) reproduction C) shadow D) echo
4. Now that spring is here, you can ______ these fur coats till you need them again next winter.
A) put over B) put away C) put off D) put down
5. There is a _____ of impatience in the tone of his voice.
A) hint B) notion C) dot D) phrase
6. Please ______dictionaries when you are not sure of word spelling or meaning.
A) seek B) inquire C) search D) consult
7. At yesterday's party, Elizabeth's boyfriend amused us by ______ Charlie Chaplin.
A) copying B) following C) imitating D) modeling
8. She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power ______.
A) failure B) lack C) absence D) drop
9. The group of technicians are engaged in a study which ______ all aspects of urban planning.
A) inserts B) grips C) performs D) embraces
10. The lecture which lasted about three hours was so ______ that the audience couldn't help yawning.
A) tedious B) bored C) clumsy D) tired
11. The board of the company has decided to ______ its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.
A) multiply B) lengthen C) expand D) stretch
12. His business was very successful, but it was at the ______ of his family life.
A) consumption B) credit C) exhaustion D) expense
13. First published in 1927, the charts remain an ______ source for researchers.
A) identical B) indispensable C) intelligent D) inevitable
14. Joe is not good at sports, but when it ______mathematics, he is the best in the class.
A) comes to B) comes up to C) comes on to D) comes around to
15. Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a ______ for smoking.
A) relief B) revival C) substitute D) succession
參考答案：
1.C) proportions 2.B) restrain 3.D) echo 4.B) put away 5.A) hint 6 D) consult 7. C) imitating 8.A) failure 9.D) embraces 10.A) tedious
11.C) expand 12. D) expense 13.B) indispensable 14.A) comes to 15.C) substitute
雅思詞彙選項練習題(2)
1. I went along thinking of nothing ______, only looking at things around me.
A) in particular B) in harmony C) in doubt D) in brief
2. Critics believe that the control of television by mass advertising has ______ the quality of the programs.
A) lessened B) declined C) affected D) effected
3. I must congratulate you ______ the excellent design of the new bridge.
A) with B) of C) at D) on
4. There is a fully ______ health center on the ground floor of the main office building.
A) installed B) equipped C) provided D) projected
5. For more than 20 years, we've been supporting educational programs that _____ from kindergartens to colleges.
A) move B) shift C) range D) spread
6. The ______ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.
A) convention B) confinement C) principle D) discipline
7. The test results are beyond______; they have been repeated in labs all over the world.
A) negotiation B) conflict C) bargain D) dispute
8. I was so ______in today's history lesson. I didn’t understand a thing.
A) amazed B) neglected C) confused D) amused
9. It ______ you to at least 50% off the regular price of either frames or lenses when you buy both.
A) presents B) entitles C) credits D) tips
10. Deserts and high mountains have always been a ______ to the movement of people from place to place.
A) barrier B) fence C) prevention D) jam
11. In order to make things convenient for the people, the department is planning to set up some ______ shops in the residential area.
A) flowing B) drifting C) mobile D) unstable
12. Mr. Smith says: "The media are very good at sensing a mood and then ______ it."
A) overtaking B) enlarging C) widening D) exaggerating
13. This is not an economical way to get more water; ______, it is very expensive.
A) on the other hand B) on the contrary C) in short D) or else
14. It was the first time that such a ______had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.
