第十三天
词汇部分：
241.His name is on the________ of my tongue, but I just can’t remember it.
A) edge
B) point
C) tip
D) top
242.The ability to use a language can be________ only by the act of using the language.
A) acquired
B) required
C) performed
D) perfected
243.The explorer________ all the way to the source of the river by coat.
A) drove
B) travelled
C) rode
D) tracked
244.It is the responsibility of the police to________ law and order in the city.
A) retain
B) sustain
C) restrain
D) maintain
245.The situation very soon got________ in that country.
A) into hand
B) out of hand
C) off hand
D) at hand
246.The customs inspector was________ for smugglers.
A) on the watch
B) on the guard
C) on watch
D) at alert
247.Trains stop here in order to________ passengers.
A) get off
B) pull up
C) pick up
D) pull in
248.I________ several interesting facts about Mexico in that book.
A) came to
B) came over
C) came into
D) came across
249.It’s a pity that he is blind________ his own faults.
A) at
B) with
C) by
D) to
250.Join did it________ his will. He did not really want to do it.
A) against
B) in
C) to
D) at
251.During that hard winter, the workers in Detroit went________ strike.
A) into
B) in
C) on
D) to
252.They took________ measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping.
A) efficient
B) beneficial
C) valid
D) effective
253.Can a novelist remain________ to the problems of the world in which he lives.
A) impartial
B) indifferent
C) careless
D) detached
254.That story you have just told________ me of an experience I once had.
A) informs
B) recalls
C) reminds
D) refreshs
255.________ to the Revolutionary War, the United States was an English colony.
A) Prior
B) Before
C) Preceding
D) Following
256.This room is partly________ with a few old armchairs.
A) provided
B) decorated
C) beautified
D) furnished
257.Jane was fairly good at English, but in mathematics she could not________ the rest of the students in her class.
A) put up with
B) keep up with
C) do away with
D) run away with
258.Standing on the seashore, we could just see the ship on the________ .
A) edge
B) earth
C) horizon
D) view
259.This album is________ as it was the only one ever signed by the President.
A) unusual
B) unique
C) rare
D) singular
260.They have had a good harvest for three years in________ .
A) line
B) end
C) row
D) succession
