어휘 및 숙어 특선 150문제 (펌)

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Mac Sim's Final Exam

(Vocabulary & Idiom)

막판실전연습 핵심 150제

자료제공 : 심   상  대

(이그잼고시학원 영어전임 / 코리아타임스 객원논설위원)

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        [실전테스트시 : 권장 제한시간 35분]

※ Choose the one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the underlined part or

   fill in the blank with a suitable one. (이하 특별한 다른 지시를 제시할 경우를 제외하고 이와 동일함)

1     Mrs. Adams was completely engrossed in her work.

① disinterested                   ② disturbed     

③ fatigued                       ④ absorbed

2     They were both angry so that their argument was very bitter.

① harmonious                    ② acrimonious

③ agrarian                       ④ unbelievable

3     He has recently published a book entitled the Affluent Society.

① busy                          ② impoverished

③ wonderful                     ④ wealthy

4     He is well off now.

① healthy       ② calm          ③ rich          ④ innocent

5     John wanted nothing more than to          the pain.

① alleviate      ② allege         ③ subordinate   ④ alliterate

6     Do you think that there are alternatives to prison?

① options       ② orientations   ③ discounts     ④ services

7     His attitude was very ambiguous.

① proud        ② modest       ③ uncertain     ④ firm

8     They did not know whom to thank for the anonymous gift.

① luxurious     ② infamous     ③ nameless      ④ acknowledged

9     He has become         to hardship.

① callous       ② intuitive      ③ enlisted       ④ dubious

10    The company made a strenuous effort to encourage its employee's morale.

① morbid                        ② energetic      

③ absent-minded                 ④ inspiring

11    The prisoner's statement was verified by the witness.

① opposed      ② disproved     ③ confirmed     ④ questioned

12    Burt is such a bully that I always try to steer           of him.

① clean         ② far           ③ away         ④ clear

13    She tends to look down on her classmates.

① admire       ② hate          ③ despise       ④ resemble

14    The car suddenly broke down on the way home.

① was out of order               ② crashed       

③ brittle                         ④ overcharged

15    If children are brought up badly, they don't know how to behave.

① taught        ② educated      ③ supported     ④ examined

16    We would like to go over the house before deciding to rent it.

① look at       ② review        ③ repeat        ④ experiment

17    Because the actor's temperament was so       , directors often rejected him for parts since no one could be sure how he would behave.

① mercurial     ② pessimistic    ③ confident     ④ overpowering

18   Further arms limitations talks were called off when Congress failed to ratify the treaty.

① postponed    ② cancelled      ③ interrupted    ④ scheduled

19    The explorer approached the troop of gorillas warily.

① fearlessly     ② silently       ③ prudently     ④ deliberately

20    Businesses sometimes establish firms in foreign countries to circumvent local restrictions.

① avoid                         ② compensate for   

③ adjust to                      ④ comply with

21   Honey guides, or indicator birds, collaborate with honey badgers in seeking out bee colonies.

① work together                  ② travel north

③ live                           ④ compete

22    She        data from various sources.

① came by                       ② called on

③ came through                   ④ came across

23    Washington has promised to come up with $270 million in new aid.

① overtake      ② keep up with  ③ offer          ④ make use of

24    He was given a bonus to make up for the extra time spent at work.

① pay          ② provide       ③ utilize        ④ compensate

25    I don't think he is a competent cook.

① lazy          ② hard-working  ③ inefficient     ④ capable

26   The mining company complied with the regulation.

① voted for     ② conformed to  ③ defied        ④ appealed

27    You shall not find fault with his work.

① do something for              ② ridicule

③ put up with                   ④ complain about

28    If something can be easily seen, we say that it is conspicuous.

① picturesque   ② desolate      ③ vigorous      ④ highly visible

29    Tom is so intelligent that he stands out in his class.

① is diligent    ② is prominent  ③ is intelligent  ④ is proud

30    George Ball came down with malaria when he was touring Mexico.

① confided      ② contracted    ③ recited        ④ flattered

31   You can always count on him in any emergency.

① depend on                    ② agree with

③ give an account to             ④ seek advice from

32    My mother is so         that she believes everything she is told.

① credulous     ② reliable       ③ believable     ④ creditable

33    Some researchers announced that they finally deciphered the genetic structure found in the cells of living things.

① decoded      ② destroyed     ③ devised       ④ declined

34    The symptoms of influenza are fever, headache, and muscular pain.

① effects        ② delights       ③ forces         ④ signs

35    The close examination will reveal a discrepancy in the final results.

① difficulty     ② discretion     ③ discontinuity  ④ difference

36    Our dog is so old that we'll have to do away with him.

① go away with                  ② get rid of

③ get off with                   ④ go far from

37    To recover from the losses, nothing less than a drastic cut in budget will be enough.

① special       ② huge         ③ small         ④ careful

38    John had always taken charge of any conversation he was in, and I had tried to emulate him.

① annoy        ② impress       ③ imitate        ④ denounce

39    The Salk vaccine is a major factor in the fight to eradicate polio.

① completely destroy             ② carefully disguise

③ sustain                        ④ contain

40    Choose the one whose meaning is opposite to "The box was marked Fragile.󰡓

① expressed     ② breakable     ③ paid for      ④ sturdy

41    She decided she did not want to go through with her own plans.

① make         ② hide          ③ tell           ④ complete

42    Except for hermits and recluses who shun company, most people are        .

① aggressive    ② insurgent     ③ amorous      ④ gregarious

43    I enclose a list of my most pressing problems.

① important     ② confidential   ③ sensitive      ④ urgent

44    A number of his remarks were obviously improvised.

① thought up on the spot        ② not supported by fact

③ all out of proportion           ④ tongue in cheek 

45    Charles Goodyear's discovery of vulcanized rubber began when he inadvertently spilled a mixture of rubber and sulfur on a hot stove.

① experimently  ② unceasingly   ③ incompetently  ④ accidentally

46    Primary education in the United States is compulsory.

① required                       ② free of charge  

③ excellent                       ④ easy

47    Your help is indispensable for the success of the scheme.

① unavoidable  ② undeniable    ③ necessary     ④ worthless

48    It was inevitable that the smaller company should be absorbed into the larger one.

① urgent        ② important     ③ unavoidable   ④ helpful

49    The landing of a spaceship requires the coordination of numerous intricate mechanisms.

① costly        ② essential      ③ practical      ④ complex

50    We lose many invaluable hours thinking over small things.

① worthless     ② useless        ③ valueless      ④ priceless

51    The ink had faded with time and so parts of the letter were           .

① illegible      ② illiterate      ③ illegitimate    ④ inscrutable      

52    It would be a good idea to look into the business further before you invest all your money in it.

① take hold of  ② decide on     ③ get through   ④ investigate

53    She really lost her temper.

① forgot her key                 ② got angry     

③ started to go                  ④ went pale

54   He entered into lucrative business.

① luminary     ② profitable     ③ lull     ④ low     ⑤ false

55    The clerk was dismissed for being          in his duties.

① negligent     ② forgetful      ③ unmindful    ④ indifferent

56    What's wrong with Ben? He seems to be on edge about something this morning.

① nearby     ② bored     ③ nervous     ④ serious     ⑤ secret

57    The notorious thief was finally caught and put to prison for his many crimes.

① terrible       ② skilled        ③ poor          ④ infamous

58    That manufacturing method is obsolete.

① dilapidated   ② extant        ③ archaic       ④ out-of-date

59    It took the patient many months to          the illness.

① get down to                   ② get over with  

③ get over                       ④ get ahead of

60    The witness said that he had      information that was relevant to the case.

① precedent     ② pertinent      ③ haughty      ④ reluctant

61    Shall we put off the program?

① withhold     ② dispose of    ③ advance      ④ postpone

62    Because tornadoes are more preval‎ent in the middle states, the area from Minnesota to Texas is called Tornado Alley.

① short-lived    ② severe        ③ widespread   ④ feared

63    The bacteria and molds that proliferate in food can live much better if there is           much moisture.

① reproduce rapidly              ② produce effectively

③ stimulate microbes             ④ ferment slowly

64    He is thought to be a prolific writer, compared with his comrades.

① a mimic      ② a productive  ③ a fanatic      ④ an elusive

65    The evening's entertainment was           by an electrical power cut.

① abbreviated   ② compressed   ③ condensed    ④ curtailed

66    The foreign minister reiterated his view on the incident.

① changed      ② repeated      ③ publicized    ④ presented

67    Our proposal for the meeting was turned down.

① rejected       ② accepted      ③ changed      ④ published

68    Queen Victoria refused to relinquish the throne to her son Edward.

① allow        ② show         ③ give up       ④ command

69    History reveres Sigmund Freud as the father of psychoanalysis.

① esteems      ② humiliates    ③ emulates      ④ affronts

70    Mr. Smith is the kind of man that people look up to.

① applaud      ② respect       ③ despair       ④ expect

71    Because of the oil crisis, many cars have          gasoline.

① gotten over   ② put off       ③ left out          ④ run out of

72    The guard at the gate scrutinized Harvey's pass before letting him in, but he just         glanced at mine.

① inspected     ② neglected     ③ deflated       ④ debilitated

73    To establish a business is to set it             .

① down        ② out           ③ over          ④ up

74    The stars in the American flag stand for the states constituting the United States of America.

① replace       ② represent     ③ support       ④ endeavor

75    James and Tom were fast friends until they fell out over the same girl.

① quarrelled    ② argued       ③ disagreed     ④ protested

76    I don't see how Mr. Kim could tolerate his students.

① put up to    ② put up with  ③ put through   ④ put by

77   "I tell you what," said the businessman abruptly, looking toward the boy.

① boastfully    ② suddenly      ③ briskly        ④ suspiciously

78   The Milky Way is among the most outstanding spectacles in the heavens.                 ① persistent     ② threatening    ③ remarkable     ④ stable

79    Candidates are often urged to withdraw from a presidential race after they lose         several primary elections.

         ① denounce                      ② quit

         ③ change allegiances in            ④ abstain from

80    They voted to abolish the office of second vice-president.    

         ① decorate      ② create        ③ improve       ④ eliminate

81    The jury absolved her of the crime.

         ① acquitted      ② utilized       ③ ventured       ④ abridged

82   The driver tried to avert the accident by bringing the car to a sudden stop.

         ① cause        ② control       ③ minimize       ④ prevent

83    The old theory cannot account for this phenomenon.     

         ① explain        ② bring forth   ③ support         ④ admit of

84   His employers could not complain about his work because he was         

     in the performance of his duties.                                

         ① derelict       ② penetrating    ③ assiduous      ④ mandatory

85   The mountains around the Li River have lured poets and artists for centuries.      

         ① intrigued     ② mystified     ③ inspired       ④ attracted

86   They insist that academic records should neither be returned to the students nor         duplicated.                               

         ① dwindled   ② irritated    ③ investigated  ④ purchased    ⑤ copied

87 At this point we are brought to those fundamental and ubiquitously held assumptions        in our culture which lie unexpected at the heart of this anomalous decision. 

         ① contradictory  ② essentially  ③ arbitrarily  ④ falsely   ⑤ omnipresently

88    As it was, she was circumspect enough not to accept his proposal.    

         ① prudent       ② carefree       ③ impudent       ④ imprudent

89 Modern dance teachers concentrate on helping students to express the concepts

     of space, time, and energy through dance.

         ① count on     ② focus on      ③ lecture about   ④ argue about

90  The Minamata disease in Japan was caused by people eating fish which had been 

     contaminated by mercury poisoning.        

         ① corrupted     ② polluted       ③ desecrated     ④ defiled

91  Without Bob's testimony, evidence of bribery is lacking and        in the case

     will be impossible.

         ① verdict       ② sentence      ③ conviction      ④ acquittal

92    There was very little political contention about the need for drastic measures to

     cope with an unprecedented financial crisis.

         ① controversy   ② confusion     ③ enterprise      ④ examination

93    We have policies to keep law-breaking youngsters off the street.

         ① peaceful    ② noisy       ③ violent      ④ legitimate   ⑤ delinquent

94    Every day they have to deal with a deluge of information.               

         ① surplus       ② flood          ③ secrecy        ④ source

95   The old building was demolished and a new high rise took its place.

         ① razed         ② rendered      ③ remodeled      ④ renovated

96   A government's economic resources must not be used up.      

         ① denounced     ② depleted      ③ deposited       ④ devoured

97   The destitute families are given an allowance.          

         ① impoverished  ② anomalous    ③ frigid          ④ perpetual

98    I understand the factory is going to lay off a hundred men this month.

         ① give the leave ② reinforce     ③ dismiss        ④ employ

99    A skilled carpenter dispenses with the detail plans.

         ① give away    ② does without  ③ contemplates   ④ adapts

100   The shark is the victim of a warped attitude of wildlife protection.

         ① distorted    ② prudent    ③ distant     ④ negligent   ⑤ naive

101   To distract the girl's attention, her mother shielded her from the awful scene.

         ① contrive       ② dismiss       ③ divert          ④ prevail

102   The sewage will decay and the water will begin to give off odors.

         ① deteriorate            ② succumb to            ③ entice      

         ④ emit                  ⑤ take hold of

103  His qualifications surpass the job requirements.     

         ① encompass    ② ascend        ③ exceed        ④ aid

104  My driver's license will cease to be effective in January.

         ① expire        ② extol         ③ expound       ④ explore

105 The aim of life is to achieve something new. It is the same in science, business or

     mountain-climbing. Man prides himself in exploiting new fields.

         ① expropriating  ② exploring     ③ extracting      ④ exposing

106  Few mysteries have ever excited the imaginations of scientists as much as this          great extinction.

         ① attraction     ② movement     ③ prosperity      ④ disappearance

107  The surprise attacks were imminent.       

         ① out of the way       ② about to break out    ③ on the go  

         ④ under the table       ⑤ under way

108  His long-forgotten youthful aberrations have now become impediments to his            success.

         ① propellants  ② hindrances   ③ dynamics   ④ guarantees   ⑤ predictors

109  As man becomes more and more a social being, as the world becomes more and        more a social community, communication grows ever more imperative.       

         ① urgent        ② expensive     ③ impervious     ④ bustling

110  This process is called photosynthesis and the essential ingredients it requires are       carbon dioxide and water.

         ① chemicals     ② components   ③ glues          ④ liquids

111  Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and intimidates the         

     neighbor is henceforth called evil.

         ① inverts    ② disapproves  ③ disbelieves   ④ threatens   ⑤ discharges

112 With the extraordinary increase of public-supported education, classical education       has almost disappeared.     

         ① phenomenal   ② queer         ③ democratic     ④ perceptible

113   A miser grows rich by seeming poor ; an extravagant man grows poor by

     seeming rich.    

         ① extraordinary  ② profligate     ③ economic       ④ frugal

114   Customs officials at the Mexican border try to prevent illicit traffic in drugs.

         ① unlawful      ② heavy        ③ off-hand       ④ increasing

115 The contemporary chemical industry in the United States is tremendously

     important. 

         ① predictably    ② immensely     ③ unmistakably   ④ increasingly

116 The fabric of modern society is not immune from decay.

         ① safe        ② vexed       ③ alive       ④ mute      ⑤ rude

117 The president delivered an excellent extemporaneous speech.

         ① impromptu    ② political       ③ patriotic       ④ eloquent

118 It has rained for three days without a let up.                  

         ① incessantly            ② irresistibly            ③ heavily   

         ④ cats and dogs         ⑤ immediately

119 Since the war there has been a tendency to adopt foreign customs and fashions         indiscriminately.

         ① haphazardly   ② unpleasantly   ③ harmoniously  ④ friendly

120 It would be nice to pretend that The Times is infallible.    

         ① insightful     ② faultless      ③ invaluable      ④ readable

121 No matter how confident you may be, you cannot deny that you are nothing in   

     this infinite space.

         ① enormous     ② invincible     ③ boundless      ④ invisible

122 No elected official who insists on remaining        can continue to play a major       role in public life; compromise is the lifeblood of politics.

         ① sentimental    ② pragmatic    ③ irrefutable      ④ inflexible

123 I do not believe that I was inordinately slow to learn something of the Eskimo        mentality, but I must say that the more I learnt the greater seemed to me the            difficulty of penetrating it.

         ① silently       ② excessively    ③ impassively    ④ gratuitously

124 An intangible feeling of disaster fill the room.

         ① potent        ② concrete      ③ impalpable     ④ superficial

125 This will become one of the most intractable problems of the country.

         ① difficult       ② controllable    ③ easy           ④ resolute

126 Their leader remained intrepid even in the face of great danger.                  

         ① fearless       ② reckless       ③ calm           ④ stable  

127 According to the weather forecast, it will be mostly sunny tomorrow, with        

      intermittent showers in the afternoon.

         ① continuous    ② recurrent     ③ heavy         ④ long and tedious

128 The rain impeded the progress of the mountain climbers.            

         ① destroyed     ② improved      ③ extended       ④ interrupted

129 A reply to this letter is mandatory.

         ① optional    ② reluctant   ③ obligatory   ④ manageable  ⑤ vulnerable

130 I was beginning to understand how thoroughly a person can be doomed to

     oblivion.

         ① disintegration  ② collapse      ③ conformation   ④ forgetfulness

131 These children are too obstinate to deal with.

         ① obedient    ② waxy      ③ peculiar    ④ eccentric   ⑤ stubborn

132 Perjury in a serious court case can result in life imprisonment.     

         ① Lying under oath              ② Aiding a criminal

         ③ Destroying                     ④ Threatening the jury

133 Experiments with wild rats show that lower animals can also become really ill

     and even die under chronic stress.

         ① persistent   ② mild       ③ occasional   ④ overwhelming  ⑤ mental

134 Residents in a city must take precaution not to pollute the air. 

         ① have perception                ② manage without waste

         ③ take care beforehand           ④ become precursor

135 Because light travels faster than sound lightening appears to go before thunder.

         ① repel         ② prolong       ③ traverse       ④ precede

136 Because he is changeable, we cannot predict what course he will follow at any  

     moment.

         ① capricious   ② coherent    ③ cynical     ④ obstinate    ⑤ humble

137 The author faces a predicament in trying to meet the deadline.

         ① an enigma    ② a failure       ③ a dilemma     ④ an extension

138 Only hotel guests have the privilege of using private beach. 

         ① prerogative    ② occasion      ③ possibility      ④ habit

139 More than one-quarter of the medicines              in the United States come  

     mostly from the tropical rain forest.

         ① prescribed    ② described     ③ transcribed     ④ subscribed

140 Smoking is prohibited in the library.

         ① retained      ② forbidden     ③ ignored        ④ tolerated

141  In a trade agreement, nations generally make reciprocal considerations when

     setting tariffs.

         ① functional      ② mutual       ③ enthusiastic     ④ graduated

142   Please refrain from doing that.   

         ① continue      ② be proud of   ③ stop           ④ forget

143   Congress has appropriated funds to rehabilitate the disaster area.  

         ① restore       ② renew        ③ retreat         ④ reorganize

144   Many customers are reluctant to buy new hardware because of a shortage of    

     innovative software.

         ① sorry      ② frantic      ③ unwilling   ④ irrational   ⑤ enthusiastic

145   One of the goals of psychoanalysis is to bring repressed conflicts to the level of 

     consciousness.     

         ① inexplicable   ② buried        ③ unending       ④ troublesome

146   Positions as teaching assistants call for good writing and speaking skills.   

         ① require       ② produce      ③ question       ④ sharpen

147   Can you mention several brief stories which teach that it is unwise to

     take offense at fancied injuries?

         ① renovate      ② resent        ③ remonstrate    ④ relapse

148   Why don't they retaliate?

         ① fight back                     ② complete the work

         ③ return to work                 ④ come back

149   The revised proposal was debated.

         ① distasteful    ② rejected      ③ reviewed       ④ amended

150   They held a clandestine meeting yesterday.        

         ① prearranged  ② hurried     ③ important   ④ secret     ⑤ official

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[21] ① [22] ① [23] ③ [24] ④ [25] ④ [26] ② [27] ④ [28] ④ [29] ② [30] ②

[31] ① [32] ① [33] ① [34] ④ [35] ④ [36] ② [37] ② [38] ③ [39] ① [40] ④

[41] ④ [42] ④ [43] ④ [44] ① [45] ④ [46] ① [47] ③ [48] ③ [49] ④ [50] ④

[51] ① [52] ④ [53] ② [54] ② [55] ① [56] ③ [57] ④ [58] ④ [59] ③ [60] ②

[61] ④ [62] ③ [63] ① [64] ② [65] ④ [66] ② [67] ① [68] ③ [69] ① [70] ②

[71] ④ [72] ① [73] ④ [74] ② [75] ① [76] ② [77] ② [78] ③ [79] ② [80] ④

[81] ① [82] ④ [83] ① [84] ③ [85] ④ [86] ⑤ [87] ⑤ [88] ① [89] ② [90] ②

[91] ③ [92] ① [93] ⑤ [94] ② [95] ① [96] ② [97] ① [98] ③ [99] ② [100] ①

[101] ③ [102] ④ [103] ③ [104] ① [105] ② [106] ④ [107] ② [108] ② [109] ① [110] ②

[111] ④ [112] ① [113] ② [114] ① [115] ② [116] ① [117] ① [118] ① [119] ① [120] ②

[121] ③ [122] ④ [123] ② [124] ③ [125] ① [126] ① [127] ② [128] ④ [129] ③ [130] ④

[131] ⑤ [132] ① [133] ① [134] ③ [135] ④ [136] ① [137] ③ [138] ① [139] ① [140] ②

[141] ② [142] ③ [143] ① [144] ③ [145] ② [146] ① [147] ② [148] ① [149] ④ [150] ④

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