2012年公共英语等级考试五级词汇题（16）

1. The car ________ halfway for no reason.

A) broke off B) broke down C) broke up D) broke out

2. The newcomers found it impossible to ________ themselves to the climate sufficiently to make permanent homes in the new country.

A) suit B) adapt C) regulate D) coordinate

3. A ________ to this problem is expected to be found before long.

A) result B) response C) settlement D) solution

4. You have nothing to ________ by refusing to listen to our advice.

A) gain B) grasp C) seize D) earn

5. As a result of careless washing the jacket ________ to a child‘s size.

A) compressed B) shrank C) dropped D) decreased

6. He hoped the firm would ________ him to the Paris branch.

A) exchange B) transmit C) transfer D) remove

7. Having decided to rent a flat， we ____ contacting all the accommodation agencies in the city.

A) set about B) set down C) set out D) set up

8. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied ________.

A) originally B) extremely C) violently D) intensively

9. ________ their differences. The couple were developing an obvious and genuine affection for each other.

A) But for B) For all C) Above all D) Except for

10. One day I ________ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.

A) came across B) came about C) came after D) came at

答案：1-5 BCADB 6-10 ADACC