2015年MPA考试辅导英语讲义难点精析(10)

　　101. A season ticket ______ the holder to make as many journeys as he wishes within the stated period of time.

　　A. entitles B. grants C. presents D. promises

　　102. Only a selected number of landladies in the neighborhood have been allowed by the university to take in ______.

　　A. residents B. lodgers C. settlers D. inhabitants

　　103. Purchasing the new production line will be a ______ deal for the company.

　　A. forceful B. tremendous C. favorite D. profitable

　　104. Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak ______ Chinese.

　　A. fluid B. smooth C. fluent D. flowing

　　105. He wrote an article criticizing the Greek poet and won ______ and a scholarship.

　　A. faith B. status C. fame D. courage

　　106. The older New England villages have changed relatively little ______ a gas station or two in recent decades.

　　A. except for B. in addition to C. except D. besides

　　107. The Car Club couldn’t ______ to meet the demands of all its members.

　　A. assure B. ensure C. guarantee D. confirm

　　108. Extensive reporting on television has helped to ________ interest in a wide variety of sports and activities.

　　A. assemble B. generate C. yield D. gather

　　109. Petrol is refined from the ______ oil we take out of the ground.

　　A. crude B. fresh C. rude D. original

　　110. The lawyer advised him to drop the ______, since he stands little chance to win.

　　A. event B. incident

　　C. case D. affair

　　111. He is quite sure that it’s ______ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.

　　A. absolutely B. exclusively

　　C. fully D. roughly

　　112. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play ______ roles in raising children.

　　A. incapable B. indispensable

　　C. insensible D. infinite

　　113. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication ______.

　　A. tragedy B. vacuum

　　C. question D. barrier

　　114. There is no ______ to the house from the main road.

　　A. access B. avenue

　　C. exposure D. edge

　　115. _______ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake.

　　A. Accumulated B. Gathered

　　C. Assembled D. Collected

　　116. The ______ stuck on the envelope says “By Air”.

　　A. diagram B. label

　　C. signal D. mark

　　117. Mobile telecommunications _____ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies.

　　A. capacity B. potential

　　C. possession D. impact

　　118. Reading ______ the lines, I would day that the Government are more worried than they will admit.

　　A. behind B. between

　　C. along D. among

　　119. My brother’s plans are very ______; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.

　　A. arbitrary B. aggressive

　　C. ambitious D. abundant

　　120. The statistical figures in that report are not ______. You should not refer to them.

　　A. accurate B. fixed

　　C. delicate D. rigid

　　121. He ______ to his customers and halved the price.

　　A. leaked B. drew

　　C. quoted D. yielded

　　122. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to _____ storming into the boss’s office.

　　A. prevent B. prohibit

　　C. turn D. avoid

　　123. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

　　A. informed B. acquainted

　　C. enlightened D. acknowledged

　　124. The ship’s generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated _____ instead of mechanically.

　　A. manually B. artificially

　　C. automatically D. synthetically

　　125. You would be ______ a risk to let your child go to school by himself.

　　A. omitting B. attaching

　　C. affording D. running

　　126. He is always here; it’s ______ you’ve never met him.

　　A. unique B. strange

　　C. rare D. peculiar

　　127. We’d like to______ a table for five for dinner this evening.

　　A. preserve B. reserve

　　C. retain D. sustain

　　128. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable ______.

　　A. ability B. future

　　C. possibility D. opportunity

　　129. He didn't have time to read the report word for word: he just_____ it.

　　A. skimmed B. observed

　　C. overlooked D. glanced