2015年MPA考试辅导英语讲义难点精析(12)

　　215. During the lecture, the speaker occasionally _____ his point by relating his own experiences.

　　A. illustrated B. hinted C. cited D. displayed

　　216. Only those who can ________to lose their money should make high-risk investments.

　　A. maintain B. sustain C. endure D. afford

　　217. He found the ________ media attention intolerable and decided to go abroad.

　　A. sufficient B. constant C. steady D. plenty

　　218. There has been a collision _________a number of cars on the main road to town.

　　A. composing　 B. consisting C. involving D. engaging

　　219. _______elephants are different from wild elephants in many aspects, including their tempers.

　　A. Cultivated B. Regulated C. Civil　 D. Tame

　　220. Ten days ago the young man informed his boss of his intention to __________.

　　A. resign B. reject C. retreat　 D. replace

　　221. A word processor is much better than a typewriter in that it enables you to enter and _______your text more easily .

　　A. register B. edit C. propose D. discharge

　　222. We don’t know why so many people in that region like to wear dresses of such ______colors .

　　A. low B. humble C. mild D. dull

　　223. The ______ that exists among nations could certainly be lessened if misunderstanding and mistrust were removed .

　　A. tension B. strain C. stress D. intensity

　　224. The other day , Mum and I went to St. James’s Hospital , and they did lots and lots of tests on me , most of them _____ and frightening .

　　A. cheerful B. horrible C. hostile D. friendly

　　225. In the Mediterranean seaweed is so abundant and so easily harvested that it is never of great _____ .

　　A. are B. payment C. worth D. expense

　　226. The writer was so ______ in her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room .

　　A. absorbed B. abandoned C. focused D. centered

　　227. Actually , information technology can ______ the gap between the poor and the rich .

　　A. link B. break C. ally D. bridge

　　228. Some research workers completely ______ all those facts as though they never existed .

　　A. ignore B. leave C. refuse D. miss

　　229. Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime ______ .

　　A. stage B. scene C. location D. occasion

　　230. The most basic reason why dialects should be preserved is that language helps to ______ a culture.

　　A. retain B. relate C. remark D. review

　　231. Companies are struggling to find the right _______between supply and demand , but it is no easy task .

　　A. equation B. formula C. balance D. pattern

　　232. Mass advertising helped to _______ the emphasis from the production of goods to their consumption .

　　A. vary B. shift C. lay D. moderate

　　233. The situation described in the report ______ terrible , but it may not happen .

　　A. inclines B. maintains C. sounds D. remains

　　234.The native Canadians lived in _______ with nature , for they respected nature as a provider of life .

　　A. coordination B. acquaintance C. contact D. harmony

　　235. Now in Britain , wines take up four times as much ______ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits .

　　A. block B. land C. patch D. space

　　236. His hand shook a little as he _______ the key in the lock .

　　A. squeezed B. inserted C. stuffed D. pierced

　　237 For professional athletes , _______ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books .

　　A. access B. attachment C. appeal D. approach

　　238 In the long _______ , the new information technologies may fundamentally alter out way of .

　　A. view B. distance C. jump D. run

　　239. We need to create education standards that prepare our next generation who will be _______ with an even more competitive market

　　A. tackled B. encountered C. dealt D. confronted

　　240. In the late seventies , the amount of fixed assets required to produce one vehicle in Japan was ______ equivalent to that in the United States.

　　A. rudely B. roughly C. readily D. coarsely