【2017年整理】英语三级vocabulary.doc

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20%) 1. There is no ______ in insisting on the impossible. A) mind C) meaning B) sense D) help 2. She asked that the letter be ______ in order that the contents should remain a secret.. A) eliminated C) ruined B) destroyed D) spoiled 3. In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept______ all night. A) soundly C) sensitively B) noisily D) quickly 4.These books were very dear to him and he bought them at ______ expense when he was studying abroad. A) considerate C) considering B) considerable D) considered 5. Nothing that I can see ______ what you have described. A) compares C) resembles B) relates D) consists 6. Now the income of the family was ______ more than one-third. A) dropped off C) cut down B) returned to D) reached for 7. I was very tired. Otherwise, I ______ to the theatre with you. A) had gone C) would go B) went D) would have gone 8. Do you consider ______ more people over? A) any good sending C) that any good sending B) any good to send D) it any good sending 9. It was raining hard, but by the time class was over, the rain ______ . A) had stopped C) might have stopped B) stopped D) would stop 10. Without enough air, the fire will easily ______. A) go out C) go over B) go off D) go though 11. The paper parcel ______ a clean shirt, socks, and a handkerchief. A) composed C) constituted B) contained D) was made up of 12. ______ , he’ll make a first-class tennis player. A) Giving time C) Being given time B) Given time D) To give time 13. It is desired that he ______ his plan right away. A) would carry out C) carries out B) had carried out D) carry out 14. The child was ______ to open the refrigerator door. A) barely enough tall C) barely tall enough B) tall barely enough D) enough barely tall 15. He found a number of men already ______ . A) worked C) work B) working D) to work