大学英语第三册练习2(1)

College English Book III Practice Test 2

I. Vocabulary

Directions: Each of the sentences below is followed with four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are to identify the one that best matches the sentence.

1. The doctors are __________about Jane’s chances of recovery. A). impressed

B). complicated C). pessimistic D). imposed

2. He was sent on a ______________to France by his government. A). compromise B). commitment C). commission D). mission 3. ____________from birth, she spent her life in the wheelchair. A). Having disabled B). Having been disabled C). Disabling D). Disabled

4. She ___________to the women’s magazines and the local newspaper. A). apposes B). complains C). subscribes D). clings

5. If the fire alarm is sounded, all the residents of the building are requested to __________in the courtyard.

A). assemble B). crowd C). converge D). accumulate

6. To his delight, his nephew was so apt __________ such a long fairy tale.

A). at understanding B). in understanding C). to understanding D). off understanding

7. We are supposed to __________all the books when we are finished with them.

A). put out B). put away C). put up D). put off

8. He, a former ABC News science editor, mow supports himself by __________writing for British

publications. A). extraterrestrial B). freelance C). successive D). evil 9. All the pupils _________ straight when the teacher came into the classroom. A). sat up

B). dined out C). cashed in D). passed for

10. I am not in E. B. White's class as a writer or in my neighbors' league as a farmer, but

I'm.____________. A). getting by B). getting through C). getting along D). getting up

11. We've been able to _____________ the difference in income by cutting back without appreciably

lowering our standard of living. A). make from B). make up C). make though D). make of

12. Aside from that and the policy on our two cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. But

we are ____________ $2,000 a year in an IRA. A). setting off B). setting aside C). setting up D). setting out

13. In 2021 a center ____________the \\

A). in name of B). in place of C). in honor of D). in stead of

14. In October 2000, President Clinton ____________ $16 million for the National Underground

Railroad Freedom Center to honor this first great civil-rights struggle in the U. S. A). symbolized B). authorized C). patronized D). recognized 15. Canada was the primary _______________ for many fugitives. A). exploitation B). termination

C). destination D). conviction

16. Indeed, a recent public-service advertisement by a large insurance company _____________ not

charts showing how much at risk we are, but a picture of a child's bicycle with the now-usual

padlock attached to it. A). featured B). disguised C). captured D). exploited

17. We have become so smart about self-protection that, in the end, we have all ______________

ourselves. We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we have locked ourselves in.

A). outgrew B). outsmarted C). outrun D). outwitted

18. Bart Cameron is an impatient man and he gets most impatient when he has to ___________ his

income tax. A). work up B). work off C). work through D). work on

19. Cameron didn't ___________ foreigners, never having met many outside the army, but generally

he tried to be fair. A). do much for B). like much for C). make much for D). go much for

20. Our destination was a big ________________ on the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific. A). base

B). basis C). basing D). basin

21. __________________ ever bothered to express to any of them so much as a simple, sincere \\

A). Not one time did I B). Not one time I did C). Not one time had I D). Not one time I had

22. Always the college professor, my dad had carefully avoided anything he considered too

_________________, so I knew how moved he was to write me that, after having helped educate

many young people, he now felt that his best results included his own son. A). sentimental B). sensitive C). sensible D). sensational

23. But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral ____________ I subtract 50

per cent from the curative power of medicines.\\ A). procedure B). procession C). process D). precedence

24. When it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, commanded ________________.

A). that the shade be raised B). that the shade to be raised C). that to raise the shade

D). that raising the shade

25. So, too, echo the voices of those who believed him stupid, ________________ living

independently. A). discapable of B). incapable of C). imcapable of D). uncapable of

26. Some of his best customers are people who repeatedly _________________ before buying.

A). turned him aside

B). turned him away C). turned him off D). turned him down

27. He works on straight _______________. He gets no paid holidays, vacations or raises. Yes, some months are lean. A). expenses B). commission C). charges D). fees

28. Even Wilmut, who made it clear that he ________________ the very idea of cloning people, said

that there was no longer any theoretical reason why humans could not clone themselves, using

the same methods he had used to clone Dolly. A). objected B). opposed to C). was opposed to D). was objected to

29. Cloning brings us face-to-face with what it means to be human and ____________ us confront

both the privileges and limitations of life itself. A). makes B). making C). to make D). what it makes

30. As people's living standards improve, the health and beauty business is __________ with more

sophisticated products than ever before. A) astonishing B) flourishing C) exaggerating D) diminishing

31. The __________ of older persons is relatively low in developing countries, but it is growing

much faster than in the West. A) addition B) majority

C) percentage D) statistic

32. Makers of consumer electronics will pay for environmental sanitation services to collect and

__________ used refrigerators, computers and televisions under the new rules.

A) discharge B) distribute C) dispose of D) deal with

33. As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ran contrary to the principles of the WTO, the

government decided to __________ them as soon as possible. A) abolish B) accomplish C) distinguish D) establish

34. As the semester is drawing to an end, the student union is calling on all the students to

__________ the temptation to cheat on exams. A) refuse B) reject C) resist D) resolve almost everyone has heard of them. A) family B) home C) house

35. In the last few years, the Internet and the World Wide Web have become __________ words; D) household

36. Vicki never worried or hesitated about anything, she just __________ it and almost always got

whatever she wanted. A) went by B) went for C) went over D) went with

37. The reason 800 million people go hungry today is not that there isn't enough food in the world,

__________ that these people cannot get the food anyway. A) but B) despite C) even D) except

38. As she matured as an artist, she __________ realize that \\ A) came to B) kept to C) took to D) went to

39. My son failed to come back home last night. This morning the police came to our house and

__________ my worst fears that he was injured in a car accident. A) advocated

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