2012年公共英语等级考试五级词汇题（11）

11. When people become unemployed， it is ________ which is often worse than lack of wages.

A) laziness B) poverty C) idleness D) inability

12. ________ his sister， Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others.

A) Dislike B) Unlike C) Alike D) Liking

13. ________ you are leaving tomorrow， we can eat dinner together tonight.

A) For B) Since C) Before D) While

14. Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up wonderful ________ in the market.

A) batteries B) bargains C) baskets D) barrels

15. In previous times， then fresh meat was in short ________， pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food.

A) store B) provision C) reserve D) supply

16. After the guests left， she spent half an hour ________ the sitting-room.

A) ordering B) arranging C) tidying up D) clearing away

17. I was ________ the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived.

A) to B) on C) at D) in(www．Examw。com)

18. A lorry ________ Jane‘s cat and sped away.

A) ran over B) ran into C) ran through D) ran down

19. Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply ________.

A) appreciated B) approved C) appealed D) applied

20. Niagara Falls is a great tourist ________， drawing millions of visitors every year.

A) attention B) attraction C) appointment D) arrangement

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