四级期中考试复习
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四级期中考试复习
Unit 1 Part 6 Fill in the
Blanks (with the initial letters provided)
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the
following sentences with the help of the first
letter(s). Use
only ONE word to fill in each
blank.
1. I ch______ around all day looking
for a birthday present to give her. (chased)
2. A police motorcycle ch______ his car twelve
miles, and cornered him near Rome. (chased)
3.
Her black eye and bruises (青肿) were undeniable
evidence of his cr______. (cruelty)
4. What
kind of person could treat a fellow human being
with such cr______? (cruelty)
5. If
executives fail to ex______ the opportunities of
networking they risk being left behind.
Correct answer: exploit
6. There is a further
fear that criminals will ex______ the lack of co-
operation between different
police agencies in
Europe. Correct answer: exploit
7. One aim of
the network would be to ha______ the entry of new
research into clinical practice, a
process
that most researchers have long felt to be much
too slow. Correct answer: hasten
8. Some
doctors may even ha______ death with the pain-
killing drugs they administer (给药) at
this
time, but their
9. She could see nothing
except a vivid red bl______, the color of a London
bus. (blur)
10. I just saw the bl______ of the
car as it passed in front of me. Correct answer:
blur
11. Hundreds of workers sat i______ on
the factory floor waiting for the assembly line to
start
again. Correct answer: idle
12. They
closed a few plants and decided to use the i______
machinery to make plastic parts for
cigarette
filters. Correct answer: idle
13. Kelly gets a
new job, and two weeks later she's b______ with
it. Correct answer: bored
14. Doing the same
job all day b______ her to tears. Correct answer:
bored
15. Con________ is important, and the
dog is likely to respond best to one person,
especially
when learning new routines. Correct
answer: Continuity
16. I try to keep one step
ahead of the rest of the staff, making sure that
there's a con________ of
work for them, and I
like to try to mix their work as much as possible.
(continuity)
17. Demand for steel had slowed
throughout Europe and there was no way we could
su________
the industry at its existing size.
Correct answer: sustain
18. Although losses
may be equal, the side that is the better able to
su________ them will derive
most benefit from
any encounter. Correct answer: sustain
19. We
can dis________ the possibility that Frank was
lying: this was a personal note, for him
alone
to read. Correct answer: discount
20. Nor can
we dis________ the possibility that some factor in
the diet itself has harmful effects.
Correct answer: discount
21. The p________ was
so complicated that I was totally confused by the
time I was two chapters
in. Correct answer:
plot
22. The book doesn't have much of a
p______, but its characters are fantastic. Correct
answer: plot
23. Don't be too pe________ —we
may still win the game. Correct answer:
pessimistic
24. Five years ago she was a
successful actress, but now she is ba________.
(bankrupt)
25. He claimed that American
political leaders were morally ba________ for not
meeting welfare
needs. Correct answer:
bankrupt
26. Many social services are simply
not well suited to companies whose basic m______
is profit.
Correct answer: motive
27. Police are investigating but said they had
no clue as to the m________. (motive)
28. His
crews wo__________ him and he responded by showing
a genuine concern for their
welfare. Correct
answer: worshipped
29. The growth of tourism
has sp________ equivalent developments in the
hotel and
leisure-related sectors. Correct
answer: spurred
30. I had felt the lu______ of
the unexplored, the desire to go where others had
not been. (lure)
31. The noise of the battle
was dr________ out by his aircraft's engine.
(drowned)
32. The tears rolling off her chin
on to her fingers, she sang louder, dr________ out
her other
noises. Correct answer: drowning
33. How can you possibly ju________ charging
four pounds for a glass of beer? (justify)
34.
People try to ju________ the breakdown of their
marriage by blaming their spouse.
Correct
answer: justify
35. It was weeks before they
realized that the young man who had charmed them
all was a
f______. Correct answer: fraud
36. Food producers do their best to make sure
that food is not con__________ with any poisonous
organisms. Correct answer: contaminated
37. He had marked the passages in pencil and
un__________ words that he did not understand so
that he could look them up. Correct answer:
underlined
38. The police un__________ the
importance of the public's co-operation in the
hunt for the
bombers. Correct answer:
underlined
39. But I have met many who
ob________ to the kind of society it has created
because of its
injustice and inhumanity.
Correct answer: objected
40. Human rights
groups ob________ to the proposed 50 percent
reduction in the number of
refugees who could
be admitted to the country. Correct answer: object
41. Can teachers be s_______ for making
negative comments about students in classrooms or
in
the teachers' lounge (休息室)? Correct answer:
sued
42. They threatened to ex______ him if he
didn't follow the party line. Correct answer:
expel
43. Inspectors have the power to f______
any passenger traveling without a ticket.
Correct answer: fine
44. Reports suggest he
could be suspended several races next season and
f______ as much as $$1
million. Correct answer:
fined
45. A former businessman has gone on
trial ac______ of a two-million-pound investment
fraud.
Correct answer: accused
46. Dole
ac________ Clinton of improperly claiming credit
for a number of measures of national
economic
health. Correct answer: accused
47. The
compromise was accepted by industry and the
opposition m______ away.
Correct answer:
melted
48. Place it over gentle heat and stir
until the sugar and butter have m______. (melted)
49. His face had gone very red and looked as
if it had been sp________ with water.
Correct answer: sprayed
50. Once you are in
the su________, you should do some form of
exercise—walking or jogging
(慢跑) are best.
Correct answer: sunshine
51. The mid-afternoon
sun was still unseasonably warm and there were
children ba______ in the
sea. Correct
answer: bathing
52. She brought a bowl of
water and b______ the injured arm. Correct
answer: bathed
53. Several people have phoned
the personnel department to en________ about the
position.
Correct answer: enquire
54.
He asked for his key and en________ whether there
had been any messages for him.
Correct
answer: enquired
55. The exact rate for the
investment is fixed at the time the de________ is
made and then runs
through the period chosen.
Correct answer: deposit
56. It is true that
the deep forests are m________, but they are
entirely without permanent standing
water.
Correct answer: moist
57. Adams first began
drawing cartoons to am________ his co-workers.
Correct answer: amuse
58. It am________ me to
see politicians so eager to please at election
time.
Correct answer: amusesamused
59.
Most ski resorts (度假胜地) offer activities to
am________ children and even non-skiers.
Correct answer: amuse
60. It was already half
an hour before he gave a si_________ and settled
down again to reading
his magazine. Correct
answer: sigh
61. It was such a re________ to
see Liz looking healthy again. Correct answer:
relief
62. She breathed a sigh of re________
when he finally answered the phone. Correct
answer: relief
63. After the initial shock
brought about by his rather sudden decision had
worn away, Henry
says, he mostly felt
re________. Correct answer: relieved
64.
After months trying to sell the farm, they decided
to put it up for au________. (auction)
65.
He found it difficult to sleep at night, anxious
le________ his delay might cause further
tragedy in the town. Correct answer: lest
66. He was already worried le_________ she
should tell some one what had happened.
Correct answer: lest
67. He stifled (忍住) a
ya________ then stood up and went into the
kitchen. Correct answer: yawn
68. He
apologized as he stifled another ya______ and
tried to look interested. (yawn)
69. Jacob
shr________ off the criticism, claiming he is
working for taxpayers, not special-interest
groups. Correct answer: shrugs
70. I
offered my thanks to Oliver, and even suggested
some debt restructuring by way of gratitude,
but he just shr________ it off. Correct
answer: shrugged
71. If both you and the other
person can find something to laugh about together
it pa______ the
way for a smooth transaction.
Correct answer: paves
72. Their unique
approach pa______ the way for an extraordinary
leap into the deep earth.
Correct answer:
paved
73. I stood by the door and she sat
there, making no sign of ci______, waiting for me
to go.
Correct answer: civility
74. The
device Blake chose—a first person narrative—is
ex________ difficult when using a
historical
figure. Correct answer: exceedingly
75. This
poster is now ex________ rare and its owner a
lucky man.
Correct answer: exceedingly
76. After decades of colonial (殖民的) rule, the
land was finally re________ to its rightful
owners.
Correct answer: restored
77. The utility company is still
working to re_________ power supplies in rural
areas.
Correct answer: restore
78. Many
works of art stolen by the Nazis have been
re________ to their original owners.
Correct answer: restored
79. We will meet our
international ob________ to reduce harmful chimney
emissions.
Correct answer: obligations
80. Citizens have an ob_________ to obey law
by virtue of the fact that it is made in
accordance
with established procedures.
Correct answer: obligation
81. Every teacher
has a professional ob________ to understand the
key conversations going on in
the research
community. Correct answer: obligation
82.
People keep complaining about the service at
hospitals, and me________ more and more
nurses
are losing their jobs. Correct answer: meanwhile
83. They're still working on our bedroom.
Me________, we're sleeping out back in tents.
Correct answer: Meanwhile
84. Three
helicopters (直升机) scanned the area; the soldiers
me________ were looking into back
gardens,
dustbins (垃圾箱) , and under hedgerows. Correct
answer: meanwhile
85. Eventually, the children
themselves may begin to understand their own
feelings, and why they
be_______ as they do.
Correct answer: behave
86. The next time I saw
him, Frank be________ as if nothing had happened.
(behaved)
87. If you be________ yourself, I'll
let you stay up to watch the movie. Correct
answer: behave
88. Is he trying to in________
me to make a foolish bid (叫牌), or does he actually
have four of a
kind himself? Correct answer:
induce
89. In this way normal healthy people
may be tested without in________ any damage to
their
brain. Correct answer: inducing
90. There may have been another factor that
in_________ these creatures to leave the ground.
Correct answer: induced
91. It has three
pretty bedrooms, decorated in well-chosen fabrics
(织物), and fur________ with
antiques (古董) and
pine. Correct answer: furnished
92. I
understand that if you purchase a credit bureau
report concerning me, upon request you will
inform me and fur______ me with the name and
address of the credit bureau. (furnish)
93.
Everyone was standing around in silence, so I took
the ini______ and tried to explain why we
had
come. Correct answer: initiative
94. We have
lost the ini________ and allowed our opponents to
dictate (支配) the subject—even
the rules—of the
debate. Correct answer: initiative
95. She
was always happy to work on her own ini________,
and set her own goals and deadlines.
Correct answer: initiative
96. The children
from poor families were at a dis______
disadvantage. Correct answer: distinct
97.
Now that Tony was no longer present, there was a
dis________ change in her attitude.
Correct
answer: distinct
Unit 3 Part 6 Fill in
the Blanks (with the initial letters provided)
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the
following sentences with the help of the first
letter(s). Use only
ONE word to fill in each
blank.
1. Your victories in this area are
very small and you pra________ achieve nothing.
(practically)
2. She worried about
Jerry having pra________ nothing to live on, as
she saw it, though he never
worried. Correct
answer: practically
3. The West is b________
poorer countries dry through interest payments on
their debts.
Correct answer: bleeding
4. It has been estimated that around one in
five pensioners e_________ to these benefits do
not
actually claim them. Correct answer:
entitled
5. We sat in the car with the radio
on, cr________ along behind a long line of other
cars.
Correct answer: crawling
6. From
the moment a child can cr________, everything at a
baby's level must be made save.
Correct
answer: crawl
7. On rec________ of a check of
$$5, we will send you a full color booklet (小册子)
which
explains how to lose 10 kilos in just
two months. Correct answer: receipt
8.
Items should be received within twenty-eight days
of rec________ of order.
Correct answer:
receipt
9. The public is en________ to
information about how public money is spent.
Correct answer: entitled
10. If you are not
sure whether you will be en________ to benefits,
remember that you have
nothing to lose by
applying. Correct answer: entitled
11.
Because Social Security rules en________ the
survivor to receive only the largest individual
benefit of either of them, his or her benefits
would drop to $$15,000 a year. Correct answer:
entitle
12. There will be den______ fog in
northern parts of the country tomorrow.
Correct answer: dense
13. I decided to keep a
low pro________, because I was a guest. Correct
answer: profile
14. When you retire, you are
allowed to exchange part of your expected
p________ for a lump
sum—and this is tax-free
under the present law. Correct answer: pension
15. Mr. Patten has had to b______ down to
this pressure and admit that he got it wrong.
Correct answer: bow
16. An intention to
kill must be proved in order to con________
someone of attempted murder.
Correct
answer: convict
17. The buyer obtained the
desk because he made the highest b______; no one
else offered more
money for it. Correct
answer: bid
18. People are spending more of
their income on goods such as cars and ap________
Correct answer: appliances
19. To make
it easier to return any unwanted purchases, save
the original packaging, especially
for
electronics and household ap________. Correct
answer: appliances
20. My garden is too dry
and shady—not many plants thr________ in those
conditions.
Correct answer: thrive
21.
The less that government gets involved, the more
small business will thr________.
Correct
answer: thrive
22. No sooner had the news
le________ out than my telephone started ringing.
Correct answer: leaked
23. In this way,
if anything le________ out about the deal, the
Americans could claim they were
not supplying
weapons to the country directly. Correct answer:
leaked
24. Throughout her political career
she was a ch________ of education reform.
Correct answer: champion
25.
Douglas became the junior ch________ and received
a prize after winning the big game.
Correct
answer: champion
26. The higher the clay
content, the more sti________ the soil and the
more care you must take.
Correct answer:
sticky
27. Martha could feel now that her
toes were not only wet with sweat but also
sti________ with
blood. Correct answer:
sticky
28. More than $$20,000 has been paid in
com________ to victims of another poisoned water
accident in the region. Correct answer:
compensation
29. I have calculated that my
tuition, re________ and some other expenses for
the five years of
my degree would cost at
least $$4,500. Correct answer: rent
30.
People often make do________ to their old public
school or college as some repayment for
what
it has done for them, or in the hope that it may
give their child a better chance of entry!
Correct answer: donations
31. Despite earnest
public awareness to address the need for organ
do________, there appears to
be little
prospect of increasing supplies to meet current
shortages satisfactorily.
Correct answer:
donation
32. But all the time they were so
al________, ready to withdraw instantly at the
first hint of
danger. Correct answer: alert
33. The task becomes easier when you are
feeling fresh and al________ after a good night's
sleep than at the end of a busy day, easier
for short periods than for long periods.
Correct answer: alert
34. The li________ arts
are college or university subjects such as
history, languages and
literature but not
sciences, mathematics or practical subjects.
Correct answer: liberal
35. The headmaster has
li______ views about what his pupils should wear.
Correct answer: liberal
36. The early-morning
m_____ had lifted by breakfast time, giving us a
magnificent view over the
lake. Correct
answer: mist
37. The m______ was floating
down and the sun was shining in a perfectly clear
blue sky above
us. Correct answer: mist
38. Life in London has so many at________
—nightclubs, good restaurants and so on.
Correct answer: attractions
39. I thought
he'd never st________ to stealing. Correct
answer: stoop
40. Could you read through this
for me and h________ the important points?
Correct answer: highlight
41. The findings
h________ a serious gap in consumer knowledge
about an important aspect of
personal finance
management. Correct answer: highlight
42.
There was a lu______ in my throat. I knew I would
cry. Correct answer: lump
43. Like it or
lu______ it, I'm not going to turn my radio off.
Correct answer: lump
44. She sk______ the
soup to remove most of the fat. Correct answer:
skimmed
45. He took the evening newspaper and
sk________ quickly through the story in minutes
rather
than hours. Correct answer: skimmed
46. He made outstanding contributions in the
re______ of foreign affairs. Correct answer: realm
47. Genetic engineering, long the focus of
anticipation and discussion in American
agriculture,
entered the re________ of reality
in a big way in 1998. Correct answer: realm
48. This cloth takes dy______ well.
Correct answer: dye
49. It takes hours for
the dy______ to dry, and then you can apply a coat
of protective
transparent polish. Correct
answer: dye
50. The candidate has many
int_____ supporters during his first election.
Correct answer: intense
51. The pay will
depend on the int________ of the work, not the
amount. (intensity)
52. She has dy______ her
hair red—it looks so unnatural. Correct answer:
dyed
53. He had no lights but the earlier
m______ had risen and the road flowed like a river
before
him, all silvered by a frosty moon.
Correct answer: mist
54. It is recorded that
the area north of the river was probably
uninhabitable with de______
forests. Correct
answer: dense
55. The girls stood still,
g______ around the building, trying to picture
life there fifty years
before. Correct
answer: gazing
56. Our garage door isn't very
wide and it's quite difficult to ste______ the car
through.
Correct answer: steer
57.
Detective novels used to hold a special at_______
for me. Correct answer: attraction
58. He
is over six feet tall, but the way he st________
makes him look shorter.
Correct answer:
stoops
59. Kids should ste______ clear of
that park; it doesn't seem safe. Correct answer:
steer
60. Diana was still the new girl in
those days, very shy and unsure of herself,
le______ heavily
on others for support and
guidance. Correct answer: leaning
61. He
le______ back, crosses his legs, smiles casually
and looks like a man full of confidence
in
himself. Correct answer: leans
Unit 4
Part 6 Fill in the Blanks (with the initial
letters provided)
Directions: Fill in the
blanks in the following sentences with the help of
the first letter(s). Use
only ONE word to fill
in each blank.
1. Further cuts in government
spending will be needed to give a promised new
bo______ to
industry. Correct answer: boost
2. The government is trying to bo______ the
weak economy by converting the defense industry to
civilian production. Correct answer: boost
3. The company's pioneering effort in
op________ fibers failed to make a penny for 17
years, but
is now set to make a fortune.
Correct answer: optical
4. To be seen clearly
under an op______ microscope, cell tissues often
have to be stained with
colors to increase
contrast. Correct answer: optical
5. For
those who are du______, a sign language is useful
and especially so for mentally disabled
people
who have speech difficulties. Correct answer:
dumb
6. They suspect that she may really be
able to hear-but has been struck du______ by some
sort of
shock. Correct answer: dumb
7.
The government has a specific policy of keeping
the cost of uti________ down to help the
business community maximize profits. Correct
answer: utilities
8. A list of available
uti________, charges for them, and details on
their reliability should be
provided to
newcomers on the first day of their arrival.
Correct answer: utilities
9. The author has
con________ a great deal of material into just
over 400 pages and presents it in
a reasonably
readable style. Correct answer: condensed
10. The only difference here is that
the argument is con________ into one book rather
than two.
Correct answer: condensed
11.
After several days in the int________ care unit,
Guy, still unconscious, was transferred back to
the original hospital closer to his home.
Correct answer: intensive
12. Industry is
changing from being labor-intensive to being
capital-int________.
Correct answer:
intensive
13. The escaped murderer was a
des________ man who would stop at nothing to avoid
capture.
Correct answer: desperate
14.
He was a man des________ to be of some use, driven
to understand the purpose of life and his
role
within it. Correct answer: desperate
15. On
national holidays we had a pa________, marching up
and down and singing patriotic (爱
国的) songs.
Correct answer: parade
16. We are required to
choose from a pa________ of applicants. Correct
answer: parade
17. The ladder is broken; it
has ru______ through because I left it out in the
rain.
Correct answer: rusted
18. How
can garden gate furniture be protected from
ru______?
Correct answer: rust
19. Try
to stop your child from chewing (咀嚼) things and
from ru______ sticky paper or stamps.
Correct answer: licking
20. She looked at
the dog, who was li________ his injured paw (爪子)
and rubbing his sore nose.
Correct answer:
licking
21. Indonesia is one of the largest
and most rapidly developing of the new nations, of
considerable
economic and stra________
significance to the rest of the world. Correct
answer: strategic
22. Nevertheless (然而), it is
still worthwhile trying to take a stra________
look at the present and
future market
situations. Correct answer: strategic
23.
After the September 11 attacks, the United States
underwent a domestic economic
rec________.
Correct answer: recession
24. Because the
economy is in rec________, it is widely assumed
that the government will and
should cut
interest rates. Correct answer: recession
25. High school students have only s________
the surface of their subjects, and even after
college
graduation, they still find there is
much more to learn. Correct answer: scratched
26. Mr. Robson had told his wife he had been
s________ by a woman during a pub fight.
Correct answer: scratched
27. The incident
also has to be lo________ and the details passed
over the phone for the officer's
briefing at
the daily conference later that morning. Correct
answer: logged
28. The forests have been
extensively lo________ and then cleared for cocoa
(可可粉), coffee,
rubber and palm oil crops.
Correct answer: logged
29. Athletes have to
train continuously to stay in pe______ condition.
Correct answer: peak
30. Was he over his
illness and restored to pe______ efficiency?
Correct answer: peak
31. We must give young
people the feeling that they have a st________ in
the country's future.
Correct answer: stake
32. Lit also claims to have won another four
per cent st________ in the station from a private
company. Correct answer: stake
33. My
job could be at st________ if I make an error of
judgment. Correct answer: stake
34.
Under the terms of the le________ you cannot keep
animals in the building.
Correct answer:
lease
35. Congress allows the use of billions
of dollars to lend and le______ supplies
throughout the war.
Correct answer: lease
36. Smith also plans to le______ another
building and has further options nearby.
Correct answer: lease
37. It emerged that not
only was there no rel________ evidence of guilt,
but, on the contrary, there
was considerable
proof of innocence. Correct answer: reliable
38. If possible, take your dog with you, or
get a rel________ relative or friend to care for
your dog
at home. Correct answer: reliable
39. The r________ has cut the number of
Thames's wireless phone service customers and has
virtually killed off profits from selling
redundant (多余的) properties. Correct answer:
recession
40. The government recognized there
were problems in u________ areas but these could
never be
an excuse for lawless behavior.
Correct answer: urban
41. As a result, though
the training may have been less int________, it
was probably more realistic.
Correct answer:
intensive
42. We should use this time to lay
the groundwork of future respect by being
professional: in other
words responsible,
creative, hard-working and r________. Correct
answer: reliable
43. Last year the company's
54 per cent s________ in the plantation yielded
record profits of
$$26.7 million as the price
of palm oil reached an all-time high. Correct
answer: stake
44. If you should choose to
l________ instead of buy, negotiate just as hard
and as shrewdly (精明
地) as you would over a
purchase price. Correct answer: lease
45.
Despite hardships, she per________ in her efforts
to get a college education.
Correct answer:
persisted
46. If your symptoms per________ for
more than a few days, then contact your doctor for
advice.
Correct answer: persist
47. The
government's rev________ is made up chiefly of the
money we pay in taxes.
Correct answer:
revenue
48. The editor was concerned at the
drop in advertising rev________. Correct answer:
revenue
49. The report estimated that the
company would gain $$2,000 in annual rev________
per average
customer in Latin America.
Correct answer: revenue
50. It is beyond my
pro________ to question the reasons for this
recommendation.
Correct answer: province
51. A country's ultra_____________ must catch
up with its economic growth.
Correct
answer: infrastructure
52. Patrick plans to
in________ further sums of money in the company,
allowing it to make
acquisitions in other
areas. Correct answer: invest
53. Such
language us________ is, however, clearly described
only from animals especially taught
in
laboratories. Correct answer: usage
54. Make
sure that sale ta________ are on all coats and
dresses. Correct answer: tags
55. They tended
to go along with whatever was the current
ra______. Correct answer: rage
56. Today the
word has virtually dropped out of us______.
Correct answer: usage
57. His house is
i________ not only against fire but also against
theft. Correct answer: insured
58. The
second e________ of this guide to medicines for
older people has been published by Age
Concern England. Correct answer:
edition
59. I had no idea how to make them so
I had to ask my tu________ and show him the work.
Correct answer: tutor
60. Extensive
testing and f________ from the previous version
have produced about 1,000
changes. Correct
answer: feedback
61. Now she'll t________ in
code every hour, and you'll read those signals,
write them down, and
then give a receipt.
Correct answer: transmit
62. Where the blade
is removable a blade c________ is fitted for that
purpose.
Correct answer: carrier
63.
The town was built on the side of a hill;
h________ the Hillside. Correct answer: hence
64. They tailored their script to a half-hour
f________. Correct answer: format
65. This
does not mean that anyone has necessarily suffered
a d______ of radiation exceeding the
safety
limit. Correct answer: dose
66. The New York
Times has cor______________ in France, Germany,
and other countries.
Correct answer:
correspondents
67. Sy________ fibers do not
come from sheep nor from cotton plants; they are
made by chemists.
Correct answer: Synthetic
68. Public opinion on the dis________ of
plastics varies greatly among countries.
Correct answer: disposal
69. You need to eat a
reasonable po________ of at least one plant source
of iron at each meal if
you do not eat meat or
fish. Correct answer: portion
70. Only that
po________ of income above this figure is taxed at
a marginally higher rate.
Correct answer:
portion
71. Control of spending was
cru________ to the government's strategy because
it wanted to cut
governmental borrowing and
taxes. Correct answer: crucial
72. The
software also provides data switching, enabling
ter________ and personal computer users
to
choose whatever resource they need to connect
with. Correct answer: terminal
73. In the
other little side ward next to mine was a patient
of my age, generally believed to be in
ter________ condition. Correct answer:
terminal
74. The re________ of the thermometer
(温度计) is 100℃. Correct answer: reading
75.
Sy________ rubber is widely used as a substitute
for natural rubber.
Correct answer:
Synthetic
76. This book contains a lot of
d________ showing the components of the
information
superhighway. Correct answer:
diagrams
77. We have found that little new
material about research in the field has been
added to this new
e________ of the book.
Correct answer: edition
78. The deals were
applauded by commentators (评论员) who believed
Midland was entering a
new e________ as an
international bank. Correct answer: era
79.
All her life had been spent surrounded by grimy
(沾满污垢的) bricks with hardly a b________
of
green grass in sight. Correct answer: blade
80. Galileo declared that the Earth is neither
the center of the u________ nor is it stationary
(静止
的), as the Church claimed. Correct
answer: universe
81. There are a number of
strategies at your dis________ and you can use one
or a mixture of
them to help you over an
unexpected hurdle (障碍).
Correct
answer: disposal
Unit 1 Part 9
Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the best
answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
1. I will hold your note until Christmas
Day, _______ you certainly will have received your
allowance.
A. by that time B. at that
time C. by which time D. at which time
Correct answer: C
2. The Prime Minister
commanded that farmers ________ loans from the
government.
A. would receive B. received
C. ought to receive D. should receive
Correct answer: D
3. They packed the
instruments carefully ____ they would be broken
during transportation.
A. so that B. on
condition that C. for fear that D. provided
that
Correct answer: C
4. Lots of
people pretend that they never read
advertisements, but this claim ________.
A. may be hardly doubted B. may be seriously
doubted
C. may be hard doubting D. may
be doubted serious
Correct answer: B
5.
______ hostels (客栈) may not offer the most
comfortable quarters, they are convenient,
inexpensive, and attractive to traveling
students and young people.
A. When B.
While C. Now that D. If
Correct
answer: B
6. When he hurried to the airport,
he found, to his great disappointment, his ticket
and passport
________ at home.
A. were
left B. had left C. have been left D. had
been left
Correct answer: D
7. Were
the wire of a smaller diameter (直径), its
resistance ________.
A. had been increased
B. was increased C. might have been increased D.
would be increased
Correct answer: D
8.
He went to work on foot yesterday, though he
________ by bus.
A. must have gone B.
might have gone C. would have gone D. could have
gone
Correct answer: D
9. He always
prefers to start early rather than ________
everything to the last minute.
A. leave
B. leaving C. leaves D. left
Correct
answer: A
10. Frank was advised to give the
assignment to ________ he believed had a strong
sense of
responsibility.
A. whom B.
whoever C. whomever D. that
Correct
answer: B
11. Almost all the countries in the
world hoped that the warring sides would ________
a
compromise.
A. affect
B.
effect
C. come
D. lead
Correct answer: B
12. Our talk was
completely ________out by the roar of the
machines. As a result, we had to
communicate
with gestures.
A. decreased
B.
reduced
C. smashed
D. drowned
Correct answer: D
13. She was arrested
for ______ state secrets to a foreign reporter in
return for her son going
abroad.
A.
getting away
B. giving away
C.
breaking away
D. putting away
Correct answer: B
14. Can you ______
furnishing your house luxuriously at a time when
the company is losing so
much money?
A. verify
B. identify
C. justify
D. clarify
Correct answer: C
15.
There _______ new problems in respect of the
relationship between the two countries in
recent years.
A. rose
B.
raised
C. lifted
D. arose
Correct answer: D
16. The professor kept
speaking about his new discovery in the field,
only ____ occasionally to
have a mouthful of
tea.
A. dropping off
B. breaking
off
C. putting off
D. setting off
Correct answer: B
17. His health
________ as he ate too little and worked too hard
for months on end.
A. broke up
B.
broke through
C. broke down
D.
broke off
Correct answer: C
18.
After the meeting the workers went back to their
________ workshops.
A. respectable
B. respective
C. respectful
D.
respected
Correct answer: B
19. The
theory of class currently prevailing in the West
is _____ based on what Max Weber, a
German
sociologist, proposed.
A. fairly
B. kindly
C. greatly
D. largely
Correct answer: D
20. His answer was so
confused that I could hardly make any ________ of
it at all.
A. interpretation
B.
meaning
C. reason
D. sense
Correct answer: D
21. No one in the class
could ________ the right answer to the question.
A. describe
B. furnish
C.
install
D. assess
Correct answer: B
22. The dentist could ________ no signs of
decay in my teeth.
A. determine
B.
define
C. assign
D. detect
Correct answer: D
23. To his great joy he
discovered that his ears became ________.
A. sensitive
B. aware
C. efficient
D. sensible
Correct answer: A
24. He made no ________ to his illness till
after the lesson.
A. remark
B.
comment
C. reference
D. opinion
Correct answer: C
25. The pilot of the
plane is ________ for the passengers' safety.
A. conscious
B. responsible
C. necessary
D. regulated
Correct answer: B
26. We need to make sure
that we ________ our resources as fully as
possible.
A. achieve
B. operate
C. exploit
D. expel
Correct
answer: C
27. The economy looks set to
________ its growth into next year.
A.
endure
B. persist
C. remain
D. sustain
Correct answer: D
28. It
was the only thing that I could do—I don't have to
________ myself to anyone.
A. account
B. justify
C. discount
D.
clarify
Correct answer: B
29. The shop
assistant says if I leave $$10 as a ________,
they'll keep the dress for me.
A. deposit
B. loan
C. guarantee
D. fee
Correct answer: A
30. It was such a(n)
________ to hear that Marta was found safe and
well.
A. concern
B. anxiety
C. expectation
D. relief
Correct
answer: D
31. If consumers realize that they
are likely to be ____ by foodstuffs, they will not
buy them.
A. fined
B. sued
C. contaminated
D. charged
Correct
answer: C
32. I think you should question
their ________ in offering to lend you the money.
A. motives
B. reasons
C. ideals
D. initiatives
Correct
answer: A
33. The government is trying to
_____ public confidence in its management of the
economy.
A. recover
B. relieve
C. preserve
D. restore
Correct answer: D
34. She was using all her
powers of persuasion to ______ the Griffins to
remain in the town.
A. make
B.
induce
C. expel
D. tempt
Correct answer: B
35. Unless you have a
heated greenhouse we feel you will have difficulty
in keeping the plant
for very long indoors
because they like a really warm and _______
atmosphere.
A. vivid
B. amused
C. moist
D. contaminated
Correct answer: C
36. I don't think his
remarks are relevant ________ our discussion.
A. to
B. at
C. for
D. with
Correct answer: A
37. He won't
succeed any way, ________ hard he tries.
A. whatever
B. no matter
C. as
D. however
Correct answer: D
38.
We haven't got the right answer yet, because the
problem ________ is quite complicated.
A.
solved
B. is solved
C. being
solved
D. having solved
Correct
answer: C
39. You must speak slowly, so that
you can make yourself ________.
A. to be
understood
B. understood
C.
understanding
D. being understood
Correct answer: B
40. It was ________
that he didn't go to the party.
A. because
he was ill
B. he was ill
C. his
illness
D. because his illness
Correct answer: A
41. There's nothing on TV
tonight, ________ rubbish.
A. rather than
B. more than
C. better than
D. other than
Correct answer: D
Unit 3 Part 9 Multiple Choice
Directions:
Choose the best answer from the four choices
marked A, B, C and D.
1. This diploma
(毕业文凭) ________ that you have completed high
school.
A. entitles
B. certifies
C. secures
D. approves
Correct answer: B
2. If the rain doesn't
stop, people will be faced ________ serious
flooding.
A. to
B. about
C. with
D. by
Correct answer: C
3. The giant corporation was making a take-
over ________ for a fertilizer plant.
A.
control
B. bid
C. effort
D. proposal
Correct answer: B
4. Yet
in a ________ democracy, such a declaration cannot
easily be made; indeed the opposite
must be
proclaimed.
A. liberal
B. liable
C. liberated
D. reliable
Correct answer: A
5. The article ________
China's educational achievements during the past
20 years and outlined
its development plans
for the new century.
A. predicted
B. witnessed
C. highlighted
D. intensified
Correct answer: C
6.
The manager promised to have my complaint
________.
A. looked through
B.
looked into
C. looked over
D.
looked after
Correct answer: B
7. He
is watching TV? He's _______ to be cleaning his
room.
A. known
B. supposed
C. regarded
D. considered
Correct
answer: B
8. I recognized him at once, but
his name ________ me for the moment.
A.
escaped
B. missed
C. failed
D. ignored
Correct answer: A
9. I have
already commented that colours will not show up
unless the ________ of the light is
sufficiently great.
A. intensity
B. density
C. intention
D.
temperature
Correct answer: A
10. It
is well-known that the retired workers in our
country are __________ free medical care.
A. involved
B. associated with
C.
entitled to
D. assigned to
Correct
answer: C
11. The room is dark; Mr. Smith
________ to bed.
A. should go
B.
should have gone
C. must go
D.
must have gone
Correct answer: D
12.
The famous actress did not show up at the party,
_______ is disappointing.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D.
it
Correct answer: B
13. _________ I
admit there are problems, I don't agree that they
can not be solved.
A. As
B. While
C. For
D. Despite
Correct
answer: B
14. He is not ________ to recover
from the shock in one day or two.
A.
possible
B. probable
C. capable
D. likely
Correct answer: D
15.
No educational system is perfect. Each one has its
_________.
A. borders
B. frontiers
C. limits
D. limitations
Correct answer: D
16. The girl will get
_________ her nervousness once she is on stage.
A. over
B. through
C. off
D. away
Correct answer: A
17.
Scarcely had the old man gone out _________.
A. that it started to rain
B. than it
started to rain
C. when it started to rain
D. and it started to rain
Correct
answer: C
18. You are invited to the party
________ at our institute 8:00 p.m. tomorrow.
A. having been
B. given
C.
to give
D. to be given
Correct
answer: D
19. The editor _______ the article
to make it fit the space available in a magazine.
A. cut down
B. cut off
C.
cut away
D. cut out
Correct
answer: A
20. There are usually at least two
________ of looking at every question.
A.
means
B. opinions
C. directions
D. ways
Correct answer: D
21.
The number plate on Sean's car came ________ and
had to be tightened.
A. lose
B.
loose
C. lost
D. loosen
Correct answer: B
22.
A. differs
with the old course because
B. is
different than the old course due to
C.
differs from the old course in that
D. is
different from the old course with respect to
Correct answer: C
23. Since the
publication of the novel, his reputation as a
detective writer has been well
________.
A. based
B. established
C. set
D. built
Correct answer: B
24.
To say that someone's work is not good is to find
fault ________ it.
A. of
B. on
C. at
D. with
Correct
answer: D
25. She was glad that her success
would ________ for the women who would follow.
A. make things easier
B. make it
easier
C. be easier
D. be easier
to make
Correct answer: A
26. We must
_______ that the telegram arrives in time.
A. secure
B. ensure
C. assure
D. cure
Correct answer: B
27. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't
get the _______ of his opponent.
A.
superiority
B. better
C. victory
D. best
Correct answer: B
28.
It is recommended that the project ________ until
all the preparations have been made.
A. is
not started
B. will not be started
C. not be started
D. is not to be started
Correct answer: C
29. Her hair is
_________.
A. the same color as her mother
B. the same color as her mother's
C. same color as her mother
D. same color
as her mother's
Correct answer: B
30.
I'm going to start now __________ miss the
beginning.
A. not to
B. so as not
to
C. in order not
D. so as not
Correct answer: B
31. The film was not
as good as I had expected. If I ________ it was
boring, I would not have
gone.
A. have
known
B. would know
C. had known
D. know
Correct answer: C
32.
The businessmen are _________ over the sale of the
diamonds.
A. arguing
B. discussing
C. bargaining
D. negotiating
Correct answer: C
33. I'd like to take
__________ of this opportunity to thank you all
for your co-operation.
A. asked
B.
benefit
C. occasion
D. advantage
Correct answer: D
34. Dinner
will be ready _________, but we will have time for
a drink.
A. currently
B. lately
C. presently
D. suddenly
Correct answer: C
35. He didn't take the flat
because he couldn't afford the _________.
A. fare
B. hire
C. rent
D.
salary
Correct answer: C
36. To be
_________ with you, I don't agree with what you
told me.
A. sincere
B. concerned
C. truthful
D. frank
Correct
answer: D
37. My hometown has changed a lot.
It doesn't look like ________.
A. the one
of ten years ago
B. the one of ten years
C. one ten years ago
D. one from
ten years
Correct answer: A
Unit 1 Part 18 Reading Comprehension
(Multiple Choice)
Directions: Read the
following passages carefully and choose the best
answer from the four
choices marked A, B, C
and D.
Passage 1
A child who has once
been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have
it retold in identically the
same words, but
this should not lead parents to treat printed
fairy stories as sacred (上帝的) texts.
It is
always much better to tell a story than read it
out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what,
in the actual circumstances of the time and
the individual child, is an improvement on the
printed
text, so much the better.
A charge
made against fairy tales is that they harm the
child by frightening him or arousing his
sadistic (施虐狂的) impulses. To prove the latter,
one would have to show in a controlled
experiment that children who have read fairy
stories were more often guilty of cruelty than
those
who had not. As to fear, I think, we
also need well-documented cases of children being
dangerously terrified (恐惧) by some fairy
story. Often, however, this arises from the child
having
heard the story once.
Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the
pain of fear into the pleasure
of a fear faced
and mastered.
There are also people who
object to fairy stories on the grounds that they
are not objectively true,
that giants, witches
(女巫), two-headed dragons, magic carpets (魔毯),
etc., do not exist; and that,
instead of
indulging (沉溺) his fantasies in fairy tales, the
child should be taught how to adapt to
reality
by studying history and mechanics. I find such
people, I must confess, so unsympathetic
and
peculiar that I do not know how to argue with
them. If their case were sound, the world should
be full of mad men attempting to fly from New
York to Philadelphia on a broomstick
(女巫乘骑
的扫帚柄) or covering a telephone with kisses
in the belief that it was their enchanted (中魔法的)
girl-friend.
No fairy story ever
claimed to be a description of the external world
and no sane (精神健全的)
child has ever believed
that it was.
1. The author considers
that a fairy story is more effective when it is
_______.
A. repeated without variation
B. treated with respect
C. adapted
by the parent
D. set in the present
Correct answer: C
2. Some people dislike
fairy stories because they feel that they
________.
A. tempt people to be cruel to
children
B. show the primitive cruelty in
children
C. lend themselves to undesirable
experiments with children
D. increase a
tendency to have sadistic impulses in children
Correct answer: D
3. According to the
passage great fear can be stimulated in a child
when the story is ________.
A. set in
reality
B. heard for the first time
C. repeated too often
D. dramatically told
Correct answer: B
4. The author's
mention of broomsticks and telephones is meant to
suggest that ________.
A. fairy stories
are still being made up
B. there is
confusion about different kinds of truth
C. people try to modernize old fairy stories
D. there is more concern for children's fears
nowadays
Correct answer: B
5. Which
of the following statements is TRUE according to
the passage?
A. Fairy stories are anything
but beneficial to the growth of children.
B. Fairy stories teach children the way to adapt
to the society.
C. No fairy story should
be taken as the true description of the reality.
D. No fairy story should be told to the
children without modification.
Correct answer: C
Passage 2
Standing
alone at the Browns' party, Anna Mackintosh
thought about her husband Edward,
establishing
him clearly in her mind's eye. He was a thin man,
forty-one years of age, with fair
hair that
was often untidy. In the seventeen years they'd
been married he had changed very little;
he
was still nervous with other people, and smiled in
the same embarrassed way, and his face was
still almost boyish.
She believed she had
failed him because he had wished for children and
she had not been able to
supply any. She had,
over the years, become neurotic (神经机能病的) about
this fact and in the
end, quite some time ago
now, she had consulted a psychiatrist (精神病学家), Dr.
Abbat, at
Edward's pleading (恳求).
In
the Browns' rich drawing room, its walls and
ceiling gleaming (发微光) with a metallic (金属
般的)
surface of imitation gold, Anna listened to dance
music coming from a tape recorder and
continued to think about her husband.
In a moment he would be at the party, since
they had agreed to meet there, although by now it
was
three-quarters of an hour later than the
time he had promised.
The Browns were
people he knew in a business way, and he had said
he thought it wise that he
and Anna should
attend this gathering of theirs. She had never met
them before, which made it
more difficult for
her, having to wait about, not knowing a soul in
the room.
When she thought about it she
felt hard done by, for although Edward was kind to
her and always
had been, it was far from
considerate to be as late as this. Because of her
nervous condition she
felt afraid and had
developed a sickness in her stomach. She looked at
her watch and sighed.
1. Why did Anna feel
awkward at the party?
A. She came to the
party too early.
B. She was neglected by
the host.
C. She felt uncomfortable with
the atmosphere of the party.
D. She didn't
know anyone there.
Correct answer: D
2. What made Anna feel inadequate?
A. She
did not make a good mother to her children.
B. She was unable to satisfy her husband's desire
to have children.
C. She did not get along
well with her husband.
D. She was unable
to have a better understanding of her husband.
Correct answer: B
3. As time went by,
Anna started to get angry as ________.
A.
she found the Browns were much wealthier than they
were
B. her husband was usually more
thoughtful
C. she noticed that no one was
willing to talk to her
D. her husband was
bad-mannered in the party
Correct
answer: B
4. According to the passage,
Edward wanted Anna to attend the party because
________.
A. he wanted her to have more of
a social life
B. he tried to distract her
from some unpleasant thoughts
C. he needed
her support
D. he thought she would
impress the Browns
Correct answer: C
5. What kind of woman Anna was according to the
passage?
A. Sensitive and worried.
B. Open and talkative.
C. Imaginative and
cheerful.
D. Sensible and easygoing.
Correct answer: A
Passage 3
In the
primary school, a child is in a comparatively
simple setting and most of the time forms a
relationship with one familiar teacher. On
entering secondary school, a new world opens up
and
frequently it is a much more difficult
world. The pupil soon learns to be less free in
the way he
speaks to teachers and even to his
fellow pupils. He begins to lose gradually the
free and easy
ways of the primary school, for
he senses the need for a more cautious approach in
the secondary
school where there are older
pupils. Secondary staff and pupils suffer from the
pressures of
academic work and seem to have
less time to stop and talk. Teachers with
specialist roles may see
hundreds of children
in a week, and a pupil may be able to form
relationships with very few of the
staff. He
has to decide which adults are approachable; good
schools will make clear to every
young person
from the first year what guidance and personal
help is available—but whether the
reality of
life in the institution actually encourages
requests for help is another matter.
Adults
often forget what a confusing picture school can
offer to a child. He sees a great deal of
movement, a great number of people—often
rather frightening-looking people—and realizes
that
an increasing number of choices and
decisions have to be made. As he progresses
through the
school the confusion may become
less but the choices and decisions required will
increase. The
school will rightly expect the
pupil to take the first steps to obtain the help
he needs, for this is the
pattern of adult
life for which he has to be prepared, but all the
time the opportunities for personal
and group
advice must be presented in a way which makes them
easy to understand and within
easy reach of
pupils.
1. According to the passage one of
the problems for pupils entering secondary schools
is that
________.
A. they are taught
by many different teachers
B. they do not
attend lessons in every subject
C. the
teachers are not so friendly and helpful
D. the teachers give most attention to a few
pupils
Correct answer: A
2. In
secondary schools every pupil having problems
should ________.
A. know how to ask for
help
B. go to ask any teacher he can find
C. discuss his problem in class
D. turn to his parents for help
Correct answer: A
3. It can be inferred
from the passage that the author is mainly
concerned about ________.
A. academic
standards
B. the role of specialist
teachers
C. the training of the individual
teachers
D. the personal development of
pupils
Correct answer: D
4. Which of
the following statements is TRUE?
A. All
the secondary schools know the way to encourage
students' requests for help.
B. The
secondary schools are responsible for offering
personal and group advice to new
pupils.
C. Secondary school pupils enjoy greater freedom
in communicating with teachers and fellow
pupils.
D. Secondary school pupils can
easily get the help they need.
Correct
answer: B
5. The most appropriate title for
the passage is ________.
A. Primary School
and Secondary School
B. Problems for New
Secondary School Teachers
C. Problems for
New Secondary School Pupils
D. Academic
Work and Personal Relationship
Correct
answer: C
Unit 4 Part 9 Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the best answer from the
four choices marked A, B, C and D.
1. He
does not ________ his workmates and there are
often disagreements between them.
A. go on
with
B. put up with
C. get along
with
D. keep up with
Correct
answer: C
2. Hot metal ________ as it grows
cooler.
A. contracts
B. reduces
C. condenses
D. compresses
Correct answer: A
3. Although the pay is not
good, people usually find social work ________ in
other ways.
A. payable
B.
respectful
C. grateful
D.
rewarding
Correct answer: D
4.
I'm in no ________ this evening to listen to
popular music.
A. feeling
B.
attitude
C. mood
D. tendency
Correct answer: C
5. He is one of the most
________ singers in his country.
A.
preferred
B. known
C. favorable
D. popular
Correct answer: D
6.
Jack will ________ his nervousness once he's in
front of the camera.
A. get away
B. get off
C. get through
D. get
over
Correct answer: D
7. I didn't
know what to do but then an idea suddenly ________
to me.
A. happened
B. entered
C. occurred
D. hit
Correct
answer: C
8. He has been ________ of
murdering the Japanese visitor.
A. blamed
B. charged
C. accused
D.
arrested
Correct answer: C
9. We've
________ salt. Ask Mrs. Jones to lend us some.
A. run away with
B. run down
C. run off
D. run out of
Correct
answer: D
10. Regardless ________ his
appearance, he is innocent.
A. to
B. in
C. of
D. for
Correct
answer: C
11. ________, I've decided to
travel by sea, as it is obviously cheaper and more
comfortable.
A. At second thought
B. On second thought
C. In
second thought
D. From second thoughts
Correct answer: B
12. Nobody knows the
age of the earth ________ certain.
A. by
B. in
C. with
D. for
Correct answer: D
13. The government is
believed to be considering ________ a law making
it a crime to import
any kind of weapon.
A. to pass
B. have passes
C.
passed
D. passing
Correct answer: D
14. ________ half way through the exercise,
the teacher changed his mind and collected all our
papers.
A. When only
B. Being
only
C. When we were only
D.
Having been
Correct answer: C
15.
Austin did not have time to go to the concert last
night because she was so busy ________
her
trip to America.
A. to have prepared for
B. to prepare for
C. preparing for
D. being prepared for
Correct
answer: C
16. The capital gathers in many of
the elite (精英) of China, yet some cannot ________
their
talents into full play because of the
fierce competition.
A. carry
B.
bring
C. hold
D. take
Correct answer: B
17. Some newly-married
couples think that it will give them a sense of
achievement to properly
rear a child and to
see him or her ________ to be a useful person.
A. fall out
B. turn out
C.
carry out
D. take out
Correct answer: B
18. Universities are being
given job ________ by companies and individuals
and set out to
approve their reliability and
reputation before accepting service requests.
A. virtues
B. victims
C.
vacations
D. vacancies
Correct
answer: D
19. The university is now making
efforts to make the supply and demand of
information more
________ and to protect
students' rights with legal advice.
A.
transparent
B. visible
C.
applicable
D. practical
Correct
answer: A
20. The scientists have been
________ the necessary funds for their research
program.
A. denied
B. ignored
C. neglected
D. refused
Correct answer: A
21. To identify a poison
you must be able either to ________ a chemical
analysis or observe the
poison at work on the
victim.
A. carry out
B. call up
C. build up
D. break out
Correct answer: A
22. A special day should be
created to __________ people's awareness of the
importance of
intellectual property.
A. learn
B. expand
C. broaden
D. observe
Correct answer: C
23.
Mercy killing (安乐死) is usually understood as a
merciful act to ________ a terminally-ill
patient's unbearable pain.
A. release
B. retreat
C. receive
D.
relieve
Correct answer: D
24.
Occasional reports about relevant cases and the
results of scholarly research often have
________ the issue of euthanasia (安乐死) since
the 1980s.
A. aroused
B.
arrived
C. rose
D. raised
Correct answer: D
25. Among all the possible
choices, large international enterprises have
never lost their
________.
A. approval
B. appearance
C. appreciation
D. appeal
Correct answer: D
26. It's
competence that counts. No specific major is
required. Neither is a Master's degree
_______
to a Bachelor's degree.
A. available
B. desirable
C. preferable
D.
admirable
Correct answer: C
27. It is
forecast that classic and romantic (浪漫的) colors
like wine red, purple and vegetable
green will
________ next year, revealing women's charms of
maturity.
A. take in
B. take off
C. take out
D. take after
Correct answer: B
28. The little boy and the
dog ________ each other as soon as they met.
A. took after
B. took to
C. took
in
D. took up
Correct answer: B
29. Within the hour the show is cancelled and
everyone returns to the hotel to ________ their
sorrows.
A. pour
B. swallow
C. suffer
D. drown
Correct
answer: D
30. You should ________ three days
ago.
A. hand it in
B. have been
handing it in
C. have handed it in
D. be handing it in
Correct answer:
C
31. People expect technology to ________ a
lot ________ the quality of life.
A.
owe... to
B. contribute... for
C.
owe.... for
D. contribute... to
Correct answer: D
32. We have still one more
problem ________.
A. to solve
B.
to be solved
C. is solving
D.
solved
Correct answer: A
33. The man
asked for a divorce because he could no longer
________ his noisy wife.
A. take care of
B. make use of
C. put up with
D. put out of
Correct answer: C
34. My
landlady wanted me to pay the rent in ________.
A. progress
B. advance
C.
development
D. ahead
Correct
answer: B
35. I'm looking forward to ________
some time this year.
A. my parents to come
B. my parents are coming
C. my
parents' coming
D. my parents come
Correct answer: C
36. I have a dentist's
appointment to get my six cavities (洞) ________.
A. to be filled
B. filling
C. to fill
D. filled
Correct
answer: D
37. Lions don't harm domestic
animals if wild ones are ________.
A.
adaptable
B. available
C.
acceptable
D. achievable
Correct
answer: B
Unit 3 Part 18
Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)
Directions: Read the following passages
carefully and choose the best answer from the four
choices marked A, B, C and D.
Passage 1
During the long vacation I was accepted as a
trainee bus conductor. I found the job fiercely
demanding even on a short route with a total
of about two dozen passengers. I pulled the wrong
tickets, forgot the change and wrote up my log
(行程记录) at the end of each trip in a way that
drew hollow laughter from the inspectors. The
inspectors were likely to check at any time. A
conductor with twenty years' service could be
dismissed if an inspector caught him accepting
money without pulling a ticket.
It was hot
that summer: 100° Fahrenheit (华氏) every day.
Inside the bus it was 30° hotter still.
It was
so jammed inside that my feet weren't touching the
floor. I couldn't blink (眨眼睛) the
sweat out of
my eyes. There was no hope of collecting any
fares.
In these circumstances I was
scarcely to blame. I didn't even know where we
were, but I guessed
we were at the top just
before Market Street. I pressed the bell, the
doors closed, and the bus
surged forward.
There were shouts and yells from down the back,
but I thought they were the
angry cries of
passengers who had not got on. Too late I realized
that they were coming from
within the bus. The
automatic doors at the back of the bus had closed
around an old lady's neck as
she was getting
on. Her head was inside the bus. The rest of her,
carrying a shopping bag was
outside. I knew
none of this at the time.
When I at last
signaled the driver to stop, he crashed to a halt
and opened the automatic doors. The
woman
dropped to the road. Unfortunately, the car behind
turned out to be full of inspectors. Since
it
would have made headlines if a university student
had almost half-killed a woman of an
advanced
age, I was given the opportunity to leave quietly.
1. What do we learn about the inspectors in
the first paragraph?
A. They found the
writer amusing.
B. They never wore
uniforms.
C. They were feared by
employees.
D. They distrusted older
employees.
Correct answer: C
2. Why
was the writer unable to do his job properly?
A. He wasn't tall enough.
B. The
buses were too fast.
C. People avoided
paying.
D. He couldn't move.
Correct answer: D
3. The old lady in the
incident described ________.
A. was
injured
B. fainted
C. was dragged
D. hit her head
Correct
answer: C
4. When the incident with old
lady happened, ________.
A. the writer had
already decided to give up the job
B. the
writer's employers wanted to avoid publicity
C. the writer was offered the chance to continue
D. the consequences were as the writer
expected
Correct answer: B
5. What
is the writer's attitude now to the job?
A. He feels responsible for the incident that
ended it.
B. He thinks that he was
unfairly treated by the inspectors.
C. He
is ashamed that he was incapable of doing it
properly.
D. He believes that it was an
impossible job to do well.
Correct answer:
D
Passage 2
Urban (城市的) life has
always involved a balancing of opportunities and
rewards against dangers
and stress; its moving
force is, in the broadest sense, money.
Opportunities to make money make
competition
stressful; it is often at its most intense in the
largest cities, where opportunities are
greatest. Crime has always flourished in the
relative anonymity (人所不知) of urban life, but
today's ease of movement makes its control
more difficult than ever; there is much evidence
that
its extent has a direct relationship to
the size of communities. City dwellers (居民) may
become
trapped in their homes by the fear of
crime around them.
As defense against these
developments, city dwellers tend to use various
strategies to try and
reduce the pressures
upon themselves: contacts with other people are
generally made brief and
impersonal; doors are
kept locked; telephone numbers may be ex-directory
(未列入电话号码簿
的); journeys outside the home are
usually hurried, rather than a source of pleasure.
Inner areas of cities tend to be
abandoned by the more successful and left to those
who have done
badly in the competitive
struggle or who belong to minority groups; these
people are then
geographically trapped because
so much economic activity has migrated to the
suburbs and
beyond.
Present-day
architecture and planning have enormously worsened
the human problems of urban
life. Old-
established neighborhoods have been ruthlessly
(无情地) swept away, by both public and
private
organizations, usually to be replaced by huge,
ugly, impersonal structures. People have
been
forced to leave their familiar homes, usually to
be re-housed in tower blocks which are
inconvenient, and fail to provide any setting
for human interaction or support. The destruction
of
established social structures is the worse
possible approach to the difficulties of living in
a town or
city. Instead, every effort should
be made to conserve (保护) the human scale of the
environment,
and to retain familiar landmarks.
1. According to the author, living in a city
causes stress because there are so many people who
are ________.
A. anxious to succeed
B. in need of help
C.
naturally aggressive
D. likely to commit
crime
Correct answer: A
2. The
author thinks that crime is increasing in cities
because ________.
A. people do not
communicate with their neighbors
B.
criminals are difficult to trace in large
populations
C. people feel anonymous there
D. the trappings of success are attractive
to criminals
Correct answer: B
3.
The majority of people who live in inner cities
tend to quit from the inner areas because they
________.
A. dislike having to travel
far to work
B. have been forced by
circumstances to do so
C. don't like the
idea of living in the suburbs
D. have
turned against society
Correct answer: B
4. Architectural changes have affected city
life by ________.
A. scattering long-
established communities
B. giving the
individual a say in planning
C. forcing
people to live on top of each other
D.
making people move to the suburbs
Correct
answer: A
5. The author's general argument
is that urban life would be improved by ________.
A. moving people out of tower blocks
B. restoring old buildings
C. building
community centers
D. preserving existing
social systems
Correct answer: D
Passage 3
My love of nature goes right
back to my childhood, to the times when I stayed
on my
grandparent's farm in Suffolk. I think
it was my grandmother who encouraged me more than
anyone: she taught me the names of wildflowers
and got me interested in looking at the
countryside, so it seemed obvious to go on to
do Zoology at university.
I didn't get my
first camera until after I'd graduated, when I was
due to go diving in Norway and
needed a method
of recording the sea creatures I would find there.
My father didn't know anything
about
photography, but he bought me an Exacta, which was
really quite a good camera for the
time, and I
went off to take my first pictures of sea anemones
(海葵) and starfish (海星). I became
keen very
quickly, and I learnt how to develop and print.
I've tried from the beginning to produce
pictures which are always biologically correct.
There are
people who will alter things
deliberately: you don't pick up sea creatures from
the middle of the
shore and take them down to
attractive pools at the bottom of the shore
without knowing you're
doing it.
There can be a lot of ignorance in people's
behaviour towards wild animals and it's a problem
that
more and more people are going to wild
places: while some animals may get used to cars,
they
won't get used to people suddenly rushing
up to them. The sheer pressure of people, coupled
with
the fact there are increasingly few
places where no-one else has photographed, means
that over the
years, life has become much more
difficult for the professional wildlife
photographers.
Nevertheless (然而),
wildlife photographers play a very important part
in educating people about
what is out there
and what needs conserving. Although photography
can be an enjoyable pastime
(消遣), as it is to
many people, it is also something that plays a
very important part in educating
young and old
alike.
1. The author decided to go to
university and study Zoology because ________.
A. she wanted to improve her life in the
countryside
B. she was persuaded to do so
by her grandmother
C. she was keen on the
natural world
D. she wanted to stop moving
around all the time
Correct answer: C
2. How is the author different from some of the
other wildlife photographers she meets?
A.
She tries to make her photographs as attractive as
possible.
B. She takes photographs which
record accurate natural conditions.
C. She
likes to photograph plants as well as wildlife.
D. She knows the best places to find
wildlife.
Correct answer: B
3. The
author now finds it more difficult to photograph
wild animals because ________.
A. there
are fewer of them
B. they have become more
nervous of people
C. it is harder to find
suitable places
D. they have become
frightened of cars
Correct answer: C
4. According to the author, wildlife photography
is important because it can make people
realize that ________.
A. photography
is an enjoyable hobby
B. we learn little
about wildlife at school
C. it is
worthwhile visiting the countryside
D. it
is important to look after wild animals
Correct answer: D
5. Which of the following
describes the author?
A. Proud.
B.
Sensitive.
C. Aggressive.
D.
Disappointed.
Correct answer: B
Unit 4 Part 18 Reading Comprehension
(Multiple Choice)
Directions: Read the
following passages carefully and choose the best
answer from the four
choices marked A, B, C
and D.
Passage 1
During the first half
of the nineteenth century much thought was given
to building the Panama
Canal. The discovery of
gold in California in 1848 brought an increased
demand for a
transportation link across
Panama. A railroad line was completed after six
years of hard labor in
the swamps (沼泽) and
jungles. Over two thousand workmen died from
yellow fever and malaria
(疟疾). In 1881 a
French organization tried to build a canal across
the Isthmus (巴拿马地峡). For
eleven years workmen
struggled against heat and disease. At least
15,000 died before the French
gave up their
attempts to build the canal. For years the
abandoned machinery lay in the jungles. At
the
close of the Spanish-American War the United
States bought a strip of land ten miles wide
across the Isthmus. Immediate attention was
given to the control of diseases. In two years
yellow
fever was completely eliminated.
Because of the work of American medical heroes, it
was
possible to build the splendid Panama
Canal.
1. Prior to the successful completion
of the Panama Canal, ________.
A. France
bought a strip of land across the Isthmus of
Panama
B. Malaria was wiped out as a
killer disease
C. one country failed in
its attempts to build a canal
D. American
doctors were honored for their work
Correct
answer: C
2. The building of the Panama
Canal represents ________.
A. man's
unyielding desire for progress
B. man's
unceasing thirst for danger
C. man's
ability to resist disease
D. man's spirit
of invention
Correct answer: A
3.
What was given priority by the United States?
A. Buying a strip of land.
B.
Starting the building the canal immediately.
C. the prevention of illness.
D. the
Spanish-American War.
Correct answer: C
4. The author presents details according to
________.
A. order of importance
B. spatial (空间的) order
C. simple listing
D. time order
Correct answer: D
5. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The elimination of yellow fever.
B. The discovery of gold in California.
C.
The efforts recorded in the building of the Panama
Canal.
D. The work of American medical
heroes.
Correct answer: C
Passage 2
At one time a traveler could
learn about a region by looking at the houses. For
example, he or she
could understand what
building materials were available. In areas with
many wood houses, the
traveler would have
guessed that there were nearby forests. Stone
houses would have indicated
that stones were
easy to get. However, a closer look at the houses
would have told the traveler
even more about
the area.
People used to build houses that
fitted the climate of their areas. For example, in
desert regions
there is a big difference
between daytime and nighttime temperatures.
Therefore, many desert
people built houses
with very thick walls. These thick walls served a
useful purpose in the houses.
For example, in
the winter the thick walls absorbed the sun's
warmth during the day and radiated
the heat at
night. Desert people were relatively comfortable
in their homes, or residences, at all
times
because they built them to fit the desert climate.
Then the supply of fuel for electricity
became both cheap and easy to get. The effect on
housing
was immediate. People began to build
their homes according to fashion instead of
utility. Houses
no longer reflected the
availability of building materials or climate.
Houses with steep roofs could be found in
the tropics, the warm regions of the Earth, even
though
these pointed roofs originated in snowy
regions of the world. Heavy snow falls off a
slanted (歪斜
的) roof. Another example is the use
of glass. Houses made almost completely of glass
could be
found in very cold places. Yet
ordinary glass does not insulate (绝缘) well because
it neither keeps
out cold air nor keeps in
warm air. As long as fuel was cheap and easy to
get, people could build
any type of house any
place.
1. What are two things that a traveler
could learn about an area by looking at the
houses?
A. The climate is poor and so are
the people living in it.
B. The climate in
the area and the kind of building materials easy
for the people to reach.
C. There is a
forest nearby and they are on the top of a
mountain.
D. They are near a house and its
owner is not there at the moment.
Correct
answer: B
2. The main idea of Paragraph 1
is that ________.
A. wood is a forest
product
B. there are no stones in forests
C. houses used to tell about a region
D. people used to travel to learn about houses
Correct answer: C
3. The main idea of
Paragraph 2 is that ________.
A. thick
walls absorb heat from the sun
B. people
built houses to fit the climate
C. people
are comfortable in their houses
D. in the
desert, daytime temperatures are lower than
nighttime temperatures
Correct answer: B
4. The main idea of Paragraphs 3 and 4 is
that ________.
A. heavy snow does
not stay on steep roofs
B. ordinary glass
does not insulate well
C. fuel is used to
produce electricity
D. the supply of fuel
affects home building
Correct answer: D
5. What does
A. Give off.
B.
Absorb.
C. Gather.
D. Consume.
Correct answer: A
Passage 3
Real policemen, both in Britain and the United
States, hardly recognize any resemblance (相似)
between their lives and what they see on TV-if
they are even able to watch TV.
The first
difference is that in real life a policeman has
been trained in criminal law. He has to
know
exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence
can be used to prove them in court.
He
will spend most of his working life typing
millions of words on thousands of forms about
hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are
guilty-or not-of stupid, petty (不重要的) crimes.
Most television crime drama is about finding
the criminal: as soon as he's arrested, the story
is
over. In real life, finding criminals is
seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious
cases like
murders and terrorist attacks-where
failure to produce results reflects on the
standing of the
police-little effort is spent
on searching.
A third big difference is
between the drama detective and the real life
ones. Detectives are subject
to two opposing
pressures: first, as members of a police force
they always have to behave with
absolute
legality (合法); secondly, as expensive public
servants they have to get results. They can
hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of
them have to break the rules in small ways.
If the detective has to deceive the world, the
world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets
tells him the truth. And this separation the
detective feels between himself and the rest of
the
world is deepened by the simplemindedness-
as he sees it-of citizens, social workers,
doctors,
law-makers, and judges, who, instead
of stamping out crime, punish the criminals less
severely in
the hope that this will make them
reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-
tenths of their
time is spent re-catching
people who should have stayed behind bars. This
makes them rather
cynical.
1. It is
essential for a policeman to be trained in
criminal law ________.
A. so that he can
catch criminals in the streets
B. because
many of the criminals he has to catch are
dangerous
C. so that he can justify his
arrests in court
D. because he has to know
nearly as much about law as a professional lawyer
Correct answer: C
2. The
everyday life of a policeman or detective is
________.
A. exciting and mysterious
B. full of danger
C. devoted mostly to
routine matters
D. wasted on unimportant
matters
Correct answer: C
3. When
murders and terrorist attacks occur the police
________.
A. prefer to wait for the
criminal to give himself away
B. work hard
to track down the criminals
C. try to make
a quick arrest in order to keep up their
reputation
D. usually fail to produce
results
Correct answer: B
4. The
real detective lives in an unusual moral climate
because ________.
A. he is an expensive
public servant
B. he must always behave
with absolute legality
C. he is obliged to
break the law in order to preserve it
D.
he feels himself to be cut off from the rest of
the world
Correct answer: C
5.
Detectives are rather cynical because ________.
A. nine-tenths of their work involves
arresting people
B. hardly anyone tells
them the truth
C. society does not punish
criminals severely enough
D. D too many
criminals escape from jail
Correct answer:
C