大英三第一单元测试题

31. At the beginning of her schooldays, Helen was rapt in __C_ music.

A. technical

B. typical

C. classical

D. fantastic

32. You will do well to consider whether it is so or not, and to __B__ your behaviour accordingly.

A. command

B. regulate

C. handle

D. control

33. But the hard journey was nothing, compared with the __A__ and distress that came after it.

A. tribulation

B. endurance

C. patience

D. faith

34. He doubts the truth of your story, but is open to __D__.

A. pledge

B. belief

C. guarantee

D. conviction

35. The trophy was made of __Ｂ__ gold with a base of semiprecious stones.

A. neat

B. pure

C. full

D. true

36. Schools are serving increasingly as an arena for gang activity and __Ｂ__.

A. violence

B. intensity

C. passio

D. rage

37. Almost 20% of the UK working population did not __Ｄ___ a bank account.

A. acquire

B. maintain

C. occupy

D. possess

38.They do not know how to __Ａ__ between these two kinds of contradictions.

A. distinguish

B. detect

C. discriminate

D. define

39. Would you describe yourself __Ｂ__ outgoing or more reserved?

A. with

B. as

C. of

40. We should __Ｂ__ the fine tradition of hard struggle from generation to generation.

A. pass off

B. pass on

C. pass away

D. pass out

41. In consideration of your extensive experience in the field, we are glad to __Ｃ__ you as our agent.

A. allot

B. elect

C. appoint

D. pick

42. He explained away his late __Ｃ__ by blaming it on the crowded roads.

A. reach

B. advent

C. result

D. arrival

43. The class consciousness of the workers makes them __Ａ__ in the struggle.

A. unite

B. combine

C. ally

D. associate

44. There was something in the _Ｂ___ of his face that rebuked them.

A. holiness

B. purity

C. innocence

D. freedom

45. My sister wasn't in Paris last month, so you ___Ｂ_ her there.

A. might not have seen

B. couldn't have seen

C. mustn't have seen

D. shouldn't have seen

46. His version of the accident should ___Ｃ__ with that of the other witnesses.

A. agree

B. resemble

C. correspond

D. harmonize

47. I wonder why they haven' t arrived yet. I told them how to get there but perhaps I __Ｃ

__ them a map.

A. should give

B. had to give

C. ought to have given

D. must have given

48. He found the youth with his cool, critical __Ｄ__ fixed on his face.

B. stare

C. peer

D. gaze

49. That tree, __Ｂ__ are almost bare, is a very old one.

A. whose branches

B. its branches

C. which's branches

D. on which the branches

50.The reason __Ｃ__ he gives for not coming is that his mother won't let him.

A. for which

B. which

C. why

D. about which

51. The days __Ａ__ which you could travel without a passport are a thing of the past.

A. in

B. on

C. of

D. by

52. It was in this park __Ａ__ Jackson met his girlfriend for the first time.

A. that

B. where

C. in which

D. at which

53. I tell you this in confidence and __Ｂ__ you to secrecy.

A. oblige

B. bound

C. constrain

D. bind

54. Then the crowd disperses _Ｃ____ and I don't know what's up.

A. all of a sort

B. all of a lump

C. all of a sudden

D. all of a jump

55. We had better _D___ this story before we print them.

A. check on

B. check in

C. check at

D. check out

56. From the first he had the _B___ that liberal spending was better.

A. release

B. notion

C. reflection

D. protest

57. This ware is suitable for decorative purpose but unsuitable for __Ｃ__.

A. facility

B. utilization

C. utility

D. validity

58. They __Ｄ__ more enthusiastic about their work since their teacher's return.

A. are

B. were

C. had been

D. have been

59. I had to meet my mother at the railway station as she _Ａ___ before.

A. had never been here

B. has never been here

C. has never come here

D. had never come here

60. Such __Ｄ__ the case, there were no grounds to justify your complaints.

A. was

B. had been

C. would be

D. being

31. I am ready to take my own stand on this common _____.

A. surface

B. position

C. floor

D. ground

正确答案：

D

32. She decided to ____ her studies after obtaining her first degree.

A. strive

B. pursue

C. purse

D. follow

正确答案：

B

33.Up to the present day no ____ exists between the earth and her satellite.

A. bond

B. obligation

C. force

D. union

正确答案：

A

34. I'm not a(n) ____ employee; I'm working here on a fixed-term contract.

B. enduring

C. stable

D. permanent

正确答案：

D

35. We arranged to meet at the cinema at 7:30, but he failed to ____.

A. turn around

B. turn up

C. turn back

D. turn over

正确答案：

B

36.A good evaluator must have an excellent ____ of the Suggestion program.

A. grasp

B. respond

C. possession

D. dominance

正确答案：

A

37. He was a(n) ____ student of the war's developments and of military history.

A. sensitive

B. intense

C. keen

D. vivid

正确答案：

C

38. They give each other a gold ring to symbolize their marriage ____.

A. approval

B. commitment

C. consent

D. obligation

正确答案：

B

39. Sports clothes are not ____ for a formal wedding.

A. appropriate

B. unique

C. polite

D. absolute

正确答案：

A

40. Sometimes he makes his observations in the "natural" ____.

A. instruction

B. direction

D. setting

正确答案：

D

41. Social activities usually ____ old people from the loneliness of old age.

A. maintain

B. preserve

C. reserve

D. defend

正确答案：

B

42. The city will ____ these buildings to make room for the new highway.

A. tear away

B. tear into

C. tear down

D. tear up

正确答案：

C

43. You manage to reduce what seems quite ____ propositions to stark nonsense.

A. obvious

B. plain

C. absurd

D. sensible

正确答案：

D

44. The title must not be allowed to ____ the reader's thoughts.

A. conceal

B. darken

C. hide

D. brighten

正确答案：

B

45. ____ the reason he had given, a baby would have refused it.

A. As to

B. In spite of

C. Due to

D. As a result of

正确答案：

A

46. In a word, Mrs. Bate put a good face against fortune, and kept up appearances in the most __ __ manner.

A. competent

B. innocent

C. vicious

正确答案：

D

47. When the couple go to the farm, their relatives ___ and wine them splendidly.

A. dip

B. dink

C. dine

D. dint

正确答案：

C

48. Patience is one of the most important ____ of a successful teacher.

A. tones

B. attributes

C. manners

D. characters

正确答案：

B

49. They had to ____ the mission work in Kansas City a few years before.

A. break up

B. break down

C. make in

D. break out

正确答案：

A

50. I should assign you your ____ of labour, and compel you to accomplish it.

A. segment

B. share

C. process

D. attribute

正确答案：

B

51. It was yesterday ____ John bought a toy train for his son.

A. when

B. which

C. in which

D. that

正确答案：

D

52. ____ the drought in Kansas has become less serious.

A. It is apparently that

B. It appears that

C. It must have been that

D. There is appearance that

正确答案：

B

53. It is an interesting fact ____ try to do the same things as nature does, they usually have to do them in a different

way.

A. that when men

B. when that men

C. that men

D. when men

正确答案：

A

54. The robber was brought to the judge, ____.

A. his hands were fast tied

B. his hands to be fast tied

C. his hands having been fast tied

D. his hands fast tied

正确答案：

D

55. The islands consist of oyster reefs covered with a ___ veneer of black mud.

A. skinny

B. slim

C. slight

D. thin

正确答案：

D

56. The question ____ tomorrow is whether income tax should be increased.

A. to be debated

B. to debate

C. debated

D. that it will be debated

正确答案：

A

57. His parents ____, the orphan is now taken care of by the government.

A. have died

B. dead

C. dying

D. having died

正确答案：

D

58. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds ____ his arguments in favor of the new the ory.

A. on which to base

B. which to base on

C. to base on

D. to be based on

正确答案：

A

59. We must improve the farming method ____ we may get high yields.

A. therefore

B. as

C. in order that

D. if

正确答案：

C

60. _____ we know, there are 107 elements found in nature.

A. As long as

B. Just as

C. So far as

D. For all

正确答案：

C