unit 1-v

Unit one
1. To live a happy life, one should _______ a positive attitude to difficulties.
A. adapt
B. abundon
C. adopt
D. apart
2. My carelessness finally resulted _______ the failure of the test.
A. from
B. in
C. about
D. to
3. I bought a pair of very expensive shoes last month, but they only _________ one week.
A. concluded
B. lasted
C. ended
D. closed
4.This young scientist is _______ intelligent ________ hardworking.
A. not only… also
B. not only … but also
C. not only … and
D. both…and also
5. Mr. Watt’s worst mistake ________ his belief that he would never make a mistake.
A. lies in
B. lie in
C. laid in
D. lain in
6. I am afraid that I won’t have any influence over my 18-year-old daughter ________
her mind is made up.
A. the moment
B. as soon as
C. once
D. since
7. Jim is ________ careless person that he had five wallets stolen by pickpockets last
year.
A. so a
B. a so
C. a such
D. such a
8. It is requested that you ______ a speech at the opening ceremony.
A have given
B will give
C gave
D give
9. If he had followed the doctor’s advice, he _______ in good health now.
A would be C will have been
B would have been D will be
10. Only after hundreds of experiments ______ in solving the problem.
A had they succeeded C did they succeed
B they did succeed D they had succeeded
11. They bought their first house last year; previously事先they _____ to get a loan.
A were able C had been able
B weren’t able D hadn’t been able
12. Some animals can ______ in the desert on very little water.
A relax
B conquer
C survive
D recover
13. Television is different from radio in _______ it sends and receives pictures.
A what
B which
C that
D this
14. Joe wanted to win, and he prayed constantly--- before breakfast, after lunch, and
_____.
A at bedtime
B at dawn
C at noon
D at weekend
15. The students answered the questions _______ , but none was right.
A. one behind another
B. one after another
C. one after others
D. one behind others
16. Be in the moment, _______ rushing through a meal thinking about what you need to do next.
A. other than
B. another than
C. rather than
D. further than
17. They took________ measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping in the
chemical plant.
A. fruitful
B. beneficial
C. effective
D. influential
18. The boy ________ Spanish for six years by the time he takes his examination at the
end of next month.
A. will have studied
B. has studies
C. has been studying
D. had studied
19. The U.S. is composed of fifty states, ________ are separated from the others by land
or water.
A. two of which
B. two of whom
C. two of them
D. two of those
20. The harder we work, _________.
A. we will get the better result
B. the better we will get the result
C. the result we will get is better
D. the better result we will get。