英语 Part I Vocabulary (20%) Directions A: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence. 1. The wind ______ the tree of all its leaves. ( ) A. striped B. stripped C. struck D. stretched 2. She has been ______ in line to buy some stamps. ( ) A. waited B. waiting C. awaited D. awaiting 3. He was unable to keep up the ______ on his car. ( ) A. loan B. money C. deposit D. payments 4. He gave a(n) ______ to the United Nations. ( ) A. gift B. address C. note D. agreement 5. This book tells you how to ______ getting ill while traveling. ( ) A. escape B. remove C. recover D. avoid 6. He got through his work with ______ and efficiency. ( ) A. speed B. spark C. space D. speech 7. She insisted that he ______ the experiment all over again. ( ) A. did B. had C. do D. leave 8. I invited him to the meeting, but he ______. ( ) A. declined B. accepted C. removed D. escaped 9. Our vacation is ______ and we still can’t decide where to go. ( ) A. going B. approaching C. flying D. keeping 10. These flowers will not grow in a cold ______. ( ) A. weather B. air C. day D. climate 11. He spoke with more eagerness ______ is appropriate on such occasions. ( ) A. than that B. than what C. than D. other than 12. He feels a deep ______ towards his parents for his miserable childhood. ( ) A. indignation B. indignity C. indigenous D. indignant 13. The badly wounded have ______ for medical attention over those only slightly hurt.( ) A. privilege B. priority C. potential D. principle 14. They stayed up late trying to ______ out a way to solve the problem....
