大学英语作业

大学英语作业

Unit 1 Fighting with the Forces of Nature

Vocabulary

1. Complete the following sentences, using words or phrases in brackets. Make additions and changes where necessary.

1) At that time, the enemy forces were much superior to ours, so we had to give up

big cities and the rural and mountainous to build up our base areas. (retreat, region, occupation)

2) Unity is the operation of an organization. Failure

this problem will its strength. In many cases, work may

by constant internal struggle in an organization. (crucial, weaken, reckon with, bring to a halt, efficient)

3) The Red Army fought battle at Stalingrad and won

victory against the Germans. In fact, this battle in the Second World War. During this famous battle, the Soviet troops withstood the German and weakened the German army a series of counterattacks. (heroic, siege, launch, turn the tide, decisive)

2.Multiple Choice

1) She is much more now so that she has bought a car.

A) mobile B) flexible C) reciprocal D) fluid

2) What changes they will make nobody knows, but there is something .

A) on the air B) in the air C) in the open D) in the open air

3) Some diseases are by certain water animals.

A) transplanted B) transformed C) transported D) transmitted

4) She looks to be 40, but as a matter of fact, she is 50.

A) older than B) in the neighborhood of C) at age of D) approximately about

5) This problem is an economic than a political one.

A) no more B) not more C) no better D) much more

6) “the planes? Have they all returned to their bases?”someone asked.

A) What about B) What for C) What at D) What of

7) I don't wish my question will too much of your time.

A) occupy B) make C) cost D) spend

Unit 2 Smart Cars

1. Translation

1) The automobile industry ranks as among the most lucrative and powerful industries of the twentieth century.

2) The number of people that are killed or badly injured in car accidents is so vast that we don't even bother to mention them in the newspapers anymore.

3) Two of the most frustrating things about driving a car are getting lost and getting stuck in traffic. While the computer revolution is unlikely to cure these problems, it will have a positive impact.

4) This could prove to be an environmental boon as well, saving fuel, reducing traffic jams, decreasing air pollution, and serving as an alternative to highway expansion.

5) 汽车确实对我们大有用处，但也带来了一些危害，比如声音污染，空气污染以及公路死亡事故。

6）据报导汽车事故被列为全世界导致死伤的主要原因之一。

Unit 3 Job Interview

1. My parents used to entertain friends on a large .

A) mode B) infrastructure C) boundary D) scale

2. Purchasing the new production line will be a deal for the company.

A) tremendous B) forceful C) favorite D) profitable

3. The editor the article so as to make it fit the space available on the paper.

A) cut down B) cut out C) cut in D) cut off

4. Although I'm forty, my parents, I'm still a young person.

A) in connection with B) in the eyes of C) on account of D) in the favor of

5. It is sometimes difficult to tell the difference the infinitive, the participate and the gerund.

A) of B) among C) for D) between

6. Mr. Morgan can be very sad , though in public he’s usually polite.

A) by himself B) in person C) in private D) as individual

7. Having had a good sleep and a (an) meal, they felt thoroughly refreshed.

A) convenient B) economical C) heavy D) characteristic

8. I didn't really like the book. Many of the tales told in it were pure or too wild to be believable.

A) waste B) innocent C) useless D) nonsense

9. New Y ork second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year.

A) ranked B) occupied C) arranged D) classified

10) I think I was at school I was staying with a friend during the vacation when I heard the news.

A) or else B) and then C) or so D) even so

11. On New year’s Day, New Y ork City holds an outdoor which attracts a crowd of a million or more people.

A) incident B) event C) case D) affair

12. To celebrate on 31 October children dress up as witches, ghosts and devils.

A) Christmas Day B) Thanksgiving Day C) St V alentine’s Day D) Halloween

13. Y ou need to rewrite this sentence because it is ; the readers will have difficulty in understanding it.

A) comprehensive B) alternative C) deliberate D) ambiguous

14. The world’s governments have done nothing to combat the threat of nuclear accidents.

A) inherently B) vitally C) virtually D) identically

15. Although you realize the importance of how you handle stress, sometimes it is difficult to know the best way to anxiety.

A) relax B) release C) cut D) relieve

Unit 4 The Multicultural Society

1. They were forever beyond any possible expression of from me.

A) gravity B) gratitude C) grateful D) appreciate

2. That child prodigy began to at the age of five.

A) comprise B) consist C) compose D) constitute

3. Apple trees must be , or many of the apples will be eaten by worms.

A) sprinkled B) pried C) spread D) sprayed

4. The president has his foreign minister, Mr. Burns, to act as representative to the international conference to be held in Tokyo next month.

A) authorized B) compelled C) analyzed D) forced

5. The government is trying to do something to better understanding between the two countries.

A) raise B) promote C) heighten D) increase

6. The same factors push wages and prices up together, the one the other.

A) emphasizing B) reinforcing C) multiplying D) increasing

7. The project，_______by the end of 2000，will expand the city's telephone network to cover 1，000，000 users.

A)accomplished B)being accomplished

C)to be accomplished D)having been accomplished

8. Y ou must walk slowly if you want the children to you.

A) put up with B) come up with C) keep up with D) go on with

9. American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through televised

from the United States.

A) transfer B) deliveries C) transportation D) transmission

10. The conference the possibility of closer trade links.

A) exploded B) expanded C) exposed D) explored

11. As she matured as an artist, she realize that "all artists are a product of their culture".

A) came to B) kept to C) took to D) went to

12. This article more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.

A) calls for B) applies for C) cares for D) allows for

13. There was a of wet sand on her knees and lower legs, and on her hands, and up to her elbows.

A) great deal B) great number C) good many D) great many

14. Although many people view conflict as bad, conflict is sometimes useful it forces people to test the relative merits of their attitudes and behaviors.

A) by which B) to which C) in that D) so that

Unit 5 Cruelty

Structure-2 it happens that…or One happens to do /be doing

It happens ＋that 引导的主语从句，表示“某事碰巧发生”；

sb. happen to do sth. 表示“某人碰巧，偶然做某事”

1)

(如果你碰巧经过面包店)，pick me up a brown loaf.

2) Fortunately （碰巧屋子里没人）at the time of the explosion.

3)

（彼得恰好在跟我谈他未来的岳母）when she came in.

4) （她恰巧不在家）when he called.

Unit 6 The Pace of Life

1. Cloze

There’s no such thing as time management. All you have is self-management and that’s the key(1) making time your friend rather than your enemy.

There are only 24 hours in your day, just the same as everybody (2) . So how do you end up time-starved, frustrated, and behind (3) your work? Maybe it is (4)

you don't know how to use those 24 hours to your advantage.

If using your time wisely is a problem for you, you probably don't have a very good idea of (5) it all goes. It just seems to go! A good place to start, then, is to faithfully keep track of (6) you see your waking hours for a week. The results will probably surprise you.

The next step is to do some planning. Y ou’ll discover, (7) other thing, that if you set seven hours’ sleep a night, you have 119 hours per week to do (8) you need to do. (9) , of course, includes going to class, eating, athletic events, social activities, personal hygiene telephone and TV time, etc. Be sure to (10) time for all these in your 119 hours. Then try (11) to your schedule for a week. This could give you a good idea of (12) your real priorities are!

Learn to say NO (13) your priorities are set. Turning down an invitation (14)

d oesn’t mean you’ll never b

e asked to do something again. Making a decision based on what you know is best for you at (15) time actually leads to greater respect from your friends.

Suggestions such as these will lead to a greater sense of freedom and accomplishment because you’re (16) control. That’s (17) self-management is—managing your life more (18)