大学英语选择题

1.单选题： Believe it or not, he arrived in America with only 25 dollars _____.
A. by his name
B. to his name
C. in his name
D. with his name
参考答案： B
解答： B

2.单选题： The doctor is trying to save the patient by every means ________ ．
A. imaginative
B. imaginable
C. imaginary
D. imagination
参考答案： B
解答： B

3.单选题： With all its advantages，the computer is by no means without its ________ ．
A. boundaries
B. restraints
C. confinements
D. limitations
参考答案： D
解答： D

4.单选题： Most nurses are women，but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a ________ ．
A. scarcity
B. minority
C. minimum
D. shortage
参考答案： B
解答： B

5.单选题： If only the committee ________the regulations and put them into effect as soon as possible．
A. approve
B. would approve
C. approve of
D. would approve of
参考答案： B
解答： B

6.单选题： All had to stay in the open space，esp．at night， for the ________ of the warning of an earthquake．
A. donation
B. domination
C. destination
D. duration
参考答案： D
解答： D

7.单选题： In the course of a day our students do far more than just _____ classes.
A. attending
B. attended
C. to attend
D. attend
参考答案： D
解答： D

8.单选题： It's no use _____ with him. You might as well argue with a stone wall.
A. arguing
B. of arguing
C. in arguing
D. to argue
参考答案： A
解答： A

9.单选题： Those high school students _____ to computer games will usually lose interest in their studies.
A. absorbed
B. addicted
C. approached
D. adapted
参考答案： B
解答： B

10.单选题： As we know，“ ________ while the iron is hot”is a famous proverb．
A. knock
B. beat
C. hit
D. strike
参考答案： D
解答： D

11.单选题： Metal _____ when cooled and expands when heated.
A. decreases
B. reduces
C. condenses
D. contracts
参考答案： D
解答： D

12.单选题： Whether he could obtain his diploma or not greatly ________ him．
A. disturbed
B. distinguished
C. distresses
D. disputes
参考答案： A
解答： A

13.单选题： A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial ________.
A. mark
B. feature
C. trace
D. appearance
参考答案： B
解答： B

14.单选题： The discussion quickly became a very ________ argument about increasing price．
A. heated
B. roaring
C. warm
D. boiling
参考答案： A
解答： A

15.单选题： It has been revealed that some government leaders________their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselv

es．
A. employ
B. take
C. abuse
D. overlook
参考答案： C
解答： C

16.单选题： _____ is no reason for dismissing her.
A. A few minutes late
B. Owing to a few minutes late
C. Because she was a few minutes late
D. Being a few minutes late
参考答案： D
解答： D

17.单选题： As they can't have a child of their own, they're going to _____ a little girl.
A. adapt
B. adopt
C. adjust
D. receive
参考答案： B
解答： B

18.单选题： There has been a heated controversy over the new traffic _____ forbidding automobiles in downtown during the daytime.
A. laws
B. bans
C. alerts
D. regulations
参考答案： D
解答： D

19.单选题： Dogs are often praised for their ________ ；they almost never abandon their masters．
A. faith
B. loyalty
C. trust
D. truthfulness
参考答案： B
解答： B

20.单选题： It is pleasant to see that the whole community has participated in this environmental action with great _____.
A. validity
B. vow
C. vigor
D. vision
参考答案： C
解答： C

21.单选题： Our journey was slow because the train stopped ________ at different villages．
A. unceasingly
B. gradually
C. continuously
D. continually
参考答案： D
解答： D

22.单选题： ________ the claim about German economic might，it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is．
A. To give
B. Given
C. Giving
D. Having given
参考答案： B
解答： B

23.单选题： The company has been found guilty violating copyright laws _____ a regular _____.
A. for ... reason
B. by ... way
C. on ... basis
D. to ... degree
参考答案： C
解答： C

24.单选题： The shy girl felt________ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher's questions．
A. amazed
B. awkward
C. curious
D. amused
参考答案： B
解答： B

25.单选题： In some countries today, it is still illegal for doctors to help a woman have a(n) _____.
A. pregnancy
B. abortion
C. miscarriage
D. embryo
参考答案： B
解答： B

26.单选题： I handed in the application two months ago, but I have not received any response _____.
A. in date
B. out of date
C. to date
D. on date
参考答案： C
解答： C

27.单选题： I suggest we put the scheme into effect，for it is quite ________.
A. eligible
B. sustainable
C. probable
D. feasible
参考答案： D
解答： D

28.单选题： Medical research has shown that the widespread use of cigarettes contributes ________ the increase of cancers．
A. towards
B. for
C. with
D. to
参考答案： D
解答： D

29.单选题： What you have done is ________ t

he doctor's orders．
A. attached to
B. responsible to
C. resistant to
D. contrary to
参考答案： D
解答： D

30.单选题： The newspaper didn't mention its secret _____ who provided the information for the event.
A. resource
B. source
C. origin
D. cause
参考答案： B
解答： B

31.单选题： The professor did ________ research before writing the article．
A. exhausting
B. exhaustive
C. exhibited
D. executed
参考答案： B
解答： B

32.单选题： The trend of brain drain does the developing countries ________ degrees of harm．
A. diver
B. diversify
C. diverse
D. diversity
参考答案： C
解答： C

33.单选题： The official figures of unemployment revealed that millions of citizens could hardly make a _____ living.
A. honest
B. decent
C. appropriate
D. suitable
参考答案： B
解答： B

34.单选题： Should you require any further details at this time，please do not ________ to contact me．
A. void
B. hesitate
C. delay
D. prevent
参考答案： B
解答： B

35.单选题： The employees were afraid to ask for a salary raise _____ they should lose their jobs.
A. lest
B. or else
C. so that
D. in order that
参考答案： A
解答： A

36.单选题： What did you put in your suitcase? It's almost _____ mine.
A. four times as heavy as
B. four times heavier as
C. as four times heavy as
D. as heavy as four times
参考答案： A
解答： A

37.单选题： The clothes a person wears may express his _____ or social position.
A. state
B. significance
C. determination
D. status
参考答案： D
解答： D

38.单选题： She has won a _____ prize for her poems published in the past 10 years.
A. privileged
B. awarded
C. prestigious
D. rewarded
参考答案： C
解答： C

39.单选题： Mr.Black was in the ________ ，standing there dumbfounded，not knowing what to do.
A. dark
B. dusk
C. dawn
D. dam
参考答案： A
解答： A

40.单选题： Although they plant trees in this area every year，the tops of some hills are still________ ．
A. bare
B. vacant
C. blank
D. hollow
参考答案： A
解答： A

41.单选题： She was so ______in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door．
A. attracted
B. absorbed
C. drawn
D. concentrated
参考答案： B
解答： B

42.单选题： Thank you for applying for a position with our firm．We do not have any openings at this time，but we shall keep your application on ________ for two months．
A. pile
B. segment
C. sequence
D. file
参考答案： D
解答： D

43.单选题： He was a very capable engineer; he could always ______

whenever there was something wrong with our car.
A. put his finger on
B. put his finger in
C. put his finger in another’s pie
D. all fingers and thumbs
参考答案： A
解答： A

44.单选题： Each man and woman must sign _____ full names before entering the examination room.
A. his
B. her
C. their
D. one's
参考答案： C
解答： C

45.单选题： The girl was ________ a shop assistant；she is now a manager in a large department store．
A. preliminarily
B. presumably
C. formally
D. formerly
参考答案： D
解答： D

46.单选题： The free market is ________ with purchasers and merchants．
A. deliberate
B. dense
C. dependent
D. desirable
参考答案： B
解答： B

47.单选题： There were no tickets _______ for Friday’s performance.
A. preferable
B. considerable
C. possible
D. available
参考答案： D
解答： D

48.单选题： If I hadn't turned off the power before you touched the wires, you _____ now.
A. wouldn't have smiled
B. didn't smile
C. wouldn't be smiling
D. couldn't have smiled
参考答案： C
解答： C

49.单选题： The car can’t start because the battery was _______.
A. running up
B. running low
C. running off
D. running over
参考答案： B
解答： B

50.单选题： The issue is how to ________ of radioactive waste.
A. deal
B. dispose
C. disposal
D. treat
参考答案： B