GCT詞滙每日練習題(082)

1. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____.
(A) hurt (B) damaged (C) spoiled (D) harmed

2. There were some _____ flowers on the table.
(A) artificial (B) unnatural (C) false (D) unreal

3. When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon _____ it.
(A) get off (B) got across (C) got away (D) got over

4. I always _____ what I have said.
(A) get to (B) hold to (C) lead to (D) see to

5. Mr. Wilson said that he did not want to _____ any further responsibilities.
(A) take on (B) get on (C) put up (D) look up

6. _____ she first heard of the man referred to as a specialist.
(A) That was from Stephen
(B) It was Stephen whom
(C) It was from Stephen that
(D) It was Stephen that

7. The goals _____ he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.
(A) after which (B) for which (C) with which (D) at which

8. Evidence came up _____ specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old.
(A) what (B) has (C) that (D) whose

9. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.
(A) rate (B) speed (C) pace (D) denied

10. American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
(A) ignored (B) neglected (C) refused (D) denied

11. There's little chance that mankind would _____ a nuclear war.
(A) retain (B) endure (C) maintain (D) survive

12._____ his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others,
(A) Dislike (B) Alike (C) Unlike (D) Liking

13. The coming of the railways in the 1830s_____ our society and economic life.
(A) transformed (B) transported (C) transferred (D) transmitted

14. It is quite necessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and _____ knowledge.
(A) extensive (B) expansive (C) intensive (D) expensive

15. We _____ our breakfast when an old man came to the door.
(A) just have had (B) have just had (C) just had (D) had just had

16. You _____ all those calculations! We have a computer to do that sort of thing.
(A) needn't have done (B) must not have done
(C) shouldn't have done (D) can not have done

17. By the end of this month, we surely _____ a satisfactory solution to the problem.
(A) have found (B) will be finding
(C) will have found (D) are finding

18. If I correct someone, I will do it with as much good humor and self-restraint as if I were the one ______.
(A) to correct (B) correcting
(C) having corrected (D) being corrected

19. The ancient Egyptians are supposed ______rockets to the moon.
(A) to send (B) to be sending
(C) to have sent (D) to have been sending

20. There's a man at the reception desk who seems angry and I think he means______trouble.
(A) making (B) to have made (C) to make (D) having made