Text/Ji Yiguang
Fill in an appropriate English word in the space in the following sentence.
1. The two parties represent ___ end of the political spectrum.
They arranged the tables ___ to end.
3. The injury brought her ___ to an early end.
I'll never finish this book.
5. As the evening drawing to an end, the firework ___ took place.
6. Talks were in ___ to bring an end to the fighting.
7. There's no end in ___ to the present crisis.
8. The film's backers were delighted with the end ___.
9. The proceedings are ___ to be at an end by 6 p.m.
They ___ married at the end of the movie.
He ___ the reports by the end of the month.
I just ___ the tail end of the movie.
13. That's his wife sitting at the ___ end of the table.
They are house-buyers at the ___ end of the market.
15. We tried cutting through a back road but it was a ___ end.
16. The company believes in ___ new employees in at the deep end with no training.
Take the ___ end of the rope and pass it through the hole.
18. The author ___ up all the loose ends of the story in the final chapter.
19. Continue until you ___ the end of the road.
The two teams changed ___ at half time.
Turn ___ Hope Street and our house is right at the end.
Stand it ___ end.
Costs are expected to ___ by the end of 2017.
What would she ___ at the end of her journey?
25. Hooker's death ___ the end of an era.
I played the mp4 from ___ to end.
27. It is hoped that talks may ___ an end to the violence.
28. The EU is demanding an end to the ___ trade.
At least it seems like the war might be ___ to an end.
30. The spacecraft is nearing the end of its ___ life.
He rose to ___ that the conversation was at an end.
32. Well, I hope that's the end of the ___.
33. Another year has passed, with no end in sight to the ___.
34. We sat at opposite ___ of the table.
He wore spectacles ___ on the very end of his nose.
36. The end of the pencil ___.
37. Jo ___ the end of the line.
38. There is a big piano at the ___ end of the room.
39. The channel ___ 20 feet from end to end.
He ___ the box on end to open it.
41. The pavement is made of bricks ___ end to end.
42. The pricing drops to the ___ end of the price range.
43. At the opposite end of the economic ___ are the Keynesianism.
44. Some teenagers are just a ___, but at the other end of the scale there are kids who pose a real threat.
Sometimes you just need a ___ voice on the end of the phone.
46. We'll get a bus ___ at the other end.
47. Any problems ___ your end?
40% of all research is ___ for military ends.
49. She'll do anything to ___ her own ends.
Every task has a clear end in ___.
51. He wants to cut costs, and to that end is looking at ways of ___ the company's operations.
52. IT is a tool for ___, not merely an end in itself.
53. The end ___ the means.
She works in the ___ end of things.
He died in a car accident.
56. At the end of the ___, it's his decision.
57. He was ___ for days on end.
What did you ___ in the end?
59. I'm not going – end of the ___.
60. Frustrated and bitter, Hogan had reached the end of his ___ with politics.
Our marriage had reached the end of the ___.
When Mike lost his job, we could barely make ends ___.
63. Your letter ___ me up to no end.
64. This will cause ___ end of trouble.
65. What will he do next? He's the ___ end. He's such an asshole!
66. I'd go to the ends of the ___ to be with him.
World War II ___ in 1945.The Second World War ended in 1945.
68. The festival will end with a ___ laser show.
69. The talks are ___ at ending the conflict.
I think we'll end there ___ today.
71. I'd like to end by ___ questions from the audience.
This is ___ the line ends here.
They ended the game ___ a score of 63-42.
74. The company ended the year with record ___.
He spent the rest of his life in prison.
76. This is the movie with the car ___ to end all car chases.
We have audited the financial results for the year ___ 31 Dec 2020.
One in three marriages ends ___ divorce.
He came round for a coffee and we ended up ___ a meal together.
I wondered where the pictures would end up after the ___.
Most slimmers end up ___ weight back on.
82. Anyone who swims in the river could end up with a nasty stomach ___.
83. He could end up ___ President.
I don't want to end ___ like my parents.
85. This is a story with a ___ ending.
86. Coffee is the perfect ending ___ a meal.
This is one of the first elections since the ending of the ___.
88. ___ nouns have the ending –ing. Verbs end with -ing.
89. The beautiful village attracts an endless ___ of visitors.
90. The possibilities are ___.
91. He's been in a lot of trouble – drugs, guns, blackmail – the ___ is endless.
92. There will be an endless ___ of boring meetings.
93. This city is endlessly ___.
94. The meet will ___ at 5.30.
95. ___ time does your Spanish class finish?
I can't wait for our exams to be ___.
97. The long summer ___ was almost over.
98. The war finally ___ to an end six years later.
99. The problem remained as the century ___ to an end.
100. I wasn't able to finish the test before the time was ___.
101. The desperate search for survivors continues, but time is ___ out.
I'm afraid we can't accept this credit card – it ___ last week.
We both knew that our marriage was ___ an end.
bibliography:
Longman Contemporary Advanced English Dictionary[M]. Beijing:Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, PEARSON. 2014
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1 opposite 2 end 3 career 4 get 5 display 6 progress 7 sight 8 product 9 expected 10 get 11 wants 12 caught 13 far 14 cheap 15 dead 16 throwing 17 free 18 tied 19 reach 20 ends 21 into 22 on 23 double 24 find 25 mark 26 beginning 27 bring 28 ivory 29 coming 30 useful 31 indicate 32 matter 33 suffering 34 ends 35 perched 36 snapped 37 joined 38 far 39 measures 40 stood 41 laid 42 cheaper 43 spectrum 44 nuisance 45 calm 46 connection 47 at 48 undertaken 49 achieve 50 view 51 cutting 52 learning 53 justifies 54 sales 55 met 56 day 57 tortured 58 decide 59 story 60 tether 61 line 62 meet 63 cheered 64 no 65 living 66 earth 67 ended 68 spectacular 69 aimed 70 for 71 inviting 72 where 73 with 74 profits 75 days 76 chase 77 ending 78 in 79 having 80 auction 81 putting 82 upset 83 as 84 up 85 happy 86 to 87 dictatorship 88 Verbal 89 stream 90 endless 91 list 92 round 93 fascinating 94 finish 95 What 96 over 97 vacation 98 came 99 drew 100 up 101 running 102 expired 103 at