《大学英语精读(1)》在线练习③

一、单项选择题

1、If you drink too much, your health will get even() .

A.bad

B.poor

C.worse

D.not well


2、In Hangzhou Mr. Green was so struck by() beauty of() nature that he stayed for another night.

(1 分)

A./; /

B./; the

C.the; /

D.the; the


3、Not until Mr. Smith came to China() what kind of a country she is.

A.did he know

B.he knew

C.he didn’t know

D.he could know


4、The doctor suggests that I should sleep with the window open() it’s very cold.

A.if

B.unless

C.when

D.since


5、a question then (   ): what are we going to do when we graduate from the university?

A.raises

B.arouses

C.arises

D.rises


6、He didn’t keep on asking me the time any longer as he had had his watch() .

A.to repair

B.repaired

C.repairing

D.repair


7、If we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty,() great it is.

A.what

B.how

C.however

D.whatever


8、It can take up three months to() a man to do this work.

A.guide

B.raise

C.train

D.learn


9、()road out of town is good. But this one is better than the other.

A.Both

B.All

C.None

D.Neither


10、Although he was so tired,() he went to the concert with his friend that night.

A.but

B.so

C.yet

D.and


11、Please() that you won’t make such a mistake.

A.make out

B.make in

C.make sure

D.make up


12、His grandma() in bed for a week.

A.lies

B.has lain

C.has laid

D.has lied


13、We were so late getting to the theatre that we missed most of() .

A.the act first

B.act one

C.act first

D.first act


14、the boy used to watch the planes() and land far away.

A.take away

B.take off

C.take out

D.take up


15、His eyes shone brightly when he finally received the magazine he().

A.had long been expected

B.had long expected

C.has long expected

D.was long expected


16、I asked him to() me a few minutes so that we could go over the problems.

A.spend

B.save

C.spare

D.share


17、mrs. white found her husband surrounded by letters and papers and() very worried.

A.looking

B.looks

C.looked

D.to look


18、will the() of houses and land continue to increase?

A.worth

B.value

C.cost

D.importance


19、the thing that() is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.

A.matters

B.cares

C.considers

D.minds


20、Bill told me that() live with his roommates again next year.

A.he’d rather not

B.he won’t rather

C.he’ll rather

D.he’d rather didn’t


21、It is reported that() people have entered for the competition.

A.hundreds

B.hundred

C.hundreds of

D.several hundreds


22、he didn’t know what() while he was away from home.

A.would happen

B.happened

C.had happened

D.happens


23、“Can I help you?” “Well, I’m afraid the box is too heavy for you, ( ) thank you all the same.”

A.and

B.so

C.or

D.but


24、I don’t quite remember the key() the question though I answered it correctly.

A.of

B.to

C.for

D.about


25、()he said at the meeting astonished everybody present.

A.What

B.That

C.The fact

D.The matter


26、It will() much time if we drive the car instead of walking.

A.save

B.spend

C.take

D.use


27、This hotel () $ 60 for a single room with bath.

A.claims

B.demands

C.prices

D.charges


28、He finished his lunch very fast, because he() attend an important meeting.

A.needed

B.might

C.used to

D.had to


29、crusoe’s dog became ill and died,() made him very lonely.

A.as

B.which

C.that

D.this


30、There are altogether fifty students in our class, twenty() are boys.

A.of them

B.of those

C.of whom

D.of whose



二、填空题

31、

day after day, a small blue truck speeds along the streets of funen. a dog sits besides the driver, looking at him as if listening to his orders. whenever the truck goes by, the people of funen turn and stare, some in   1   , others in admiration, for on its sides are printed the words tracker dog and a telephone number.

yes, the passenger in the blue truck is a dog that is used to find lost things or follow the   2   of persons and animals. within seven years, the dog and his owner   anderson have found lost things   3   nearly $ 400,000, among which are watches, jewelry, money, cows, pigs, and   4   dogs. of course, the secret of the dog is his sensitive nose.

each year the dog and anderson   5   700 calls for help. four out of five times they find what they are   6  to look for. whenever the phone rings in andersons’ house, the dog is immediately excited. he quickly runs to the truck,  7   to be off in search of the lost.

8  the way, anderson repeats the names of what they are looking for. so by the time they arrive, the dog is   9   to get to work. he circles here and there until he picks up the smell of an object in a place   10   it doesn’t belong.

1. a. wonder         b. anger         c. row           d. fear

2. a. advice          b. rules          c. tracks        d. feet

3. a. valuable        b. rather than     c. worth         d. like

4. a. wild            b. even like       c. lovely         d. other

5. a. make           b. pay           c. answer       d. refuse

6. a. permitted       b. asked         c. guided        d. willing

7. a. eager          b. afraid          c. nervous       d. ought

8. a. by             b. in             c. on           d. asking

9. a. pleasant        b. ready         c. used          d. ordered

10. a. which          b. that           c. where         d. when


32、

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1. a. see              b. know           c. ask                      d. answer

2. a. answer          b. solution                c. question                  d. problem

3. a. works   b. costs              c. sells                    d. buys

4. a. guarded        b. granted                c. guided                d. guaranteed

5. a. pay             b. send              c. receive             d. buy

6. a. titles            b. summaries        c. names             d. prices

7. a. original     b. first                      c. same                     d. another

8. a. spending         b. costing                 c. taking                   d. sitting

9. a. publicized     b. polished              c. published          d. popularized

10. a. dozen      b. little                 c. handful                 d. couple


33、

the young engineer sat down on a rock and rested his head in his hands. he would never get home; it was hopeless. for weeks he had been1 in the northwest canadian forest. now there was a terrible pain behind his eyes, and worst of all, he had gone 2.

suddenly a man appeared out of the woods, an indian who had been hunting in the area. seeing the engineer’s  3 , he caught a fish in a nearby stream and fed the sick man the  4 of the fish and some flesh from its head.  5 , within a few hours the engineer’s pain was gone. a day later he could see again, and the next day he had completely  6 .

when he returned home, the engineer told the story to dr. price. not until years later did it become a(n)  7 fact that this was just an everyday lifeguard doing its work, for what the engineer did, by eating fish eyes, was to take his vitamin(维生素).

vitamin a’s biggest job is to keep the eyes  8 . without a, people and animals get night blindness and other eye problems.9 a, people can even be totally blind. a helps to keep the skin in good shape. a also helps with bones and teeth and has something to do with proper   10 of blood cells.


1.a. lose     b. lost       c. losing       d.to lose 

2.a.blind     b.mad       c.changed      d.separated

3.a.starvation    b.situation      c.trouble     d.reality

4.a.tail       b.skin        c.bone        d.eyes

5.a. possibly        b. surprisingly

 c. fortunately      d. immediately

6.a.covered     b.discovered       c.recovered      d.uncovered

7.a.actual      b.accepted         c.solved         d.ordinary

8.a.rolling      b.moving         c.going          d.looking

9.a. for        b. with           c. without       d. about

10.a.growth        b.search        c.choice        d.size



三、问答题

34、

susan cleveland is the young president of a candy company in the city of chicago. her father began the company in the 1960's. he died three years ago. now, the company belongs to susan.

susan,  1 , did not have any jobs before becoming head of the company. she just finished the college.

the employees(雇员) became  2 ” what does a “short leash” mean? a leash is a kind of rope. we use a leash  9 our pet dogs. the leash keeps the dog from 10 away  11getting into trouble.concerned during susan's first months  3 the job. mr. cleveland had been a  4 leader. but susan permitted  5 employees to make their own  6 . one employee said, “old mr. cleveland  7 told us what to do. he kept people on a short leash.  8 the company did well.

keeping a person on a short leash means keeping him or her 12 close control. the person can't make many decisions for himself or herself. ms cleveland does not keep her workers on a short leash. 13 , she encourages them to get  14 ways to do business. for example, her secretary proposed(建议) an idea. she said the company should15 asum of money as a prize to the best student in the high school16the factory. the winner could use the prize money to study at a university. ms cleveland  17 the idea. after the prize was announced,  18 who lived in the area of the factory began to buy  19 of the company's candy. local newspapers wrote about the competition. business  20 .

ms cleveland made her secretary the company's first director of public relations. the former secretary was very pleased.


1. a. but            b. yet               c. so           d. however

2. a. so little         b. even less        c. even more     d. no more

3. a. on             b. in                c. for            d. at

4. a. weak          b. strong            c. kind           d. clever

5. a. no             b. a few           c. few            d. many

6. a. products       b. candy             c. decisions      d. plans

7. a. never          b. always            c. seldom        d. did

8. a. although       b. because         c. otherwise     d. but

9. a. to walk         b. to use           c. to frighten     d. to play

10. a. stepping       b. pulling            c. running        d. jumping

11. a. in             b. for               c. when          d. or

12. a. in             b. on               c. for            d. under

13. a. still          b. yet               c. instead        d. while

14. a. other        b. more             c. many          d. better

15. a. save        b. offer            c. get            d. lend

16. a. belonging to  b. far from           c. near          d. in

17. a. studied      b. appreciated        c. refused       d. changed

18. a. students      b. workers           c. businessmen d. people 

19. a. some        b. little              c. more         d. less

20. a. improved     b. failed             c. continued    d. stopped



三、翻译题

35、他正忙于处理一个棘手的问题。(be busy doing…)

He is busy dealing with a difficult problem.


36、我们学校图书馆的书比他们学校的多。

The books in our school library are much more than those in their library.


37、你可以选这件蓝色或者那件绿色夹克作为送给你父亲的礼物。(either…or)

you can select either this blue jacket or that green one as a present to your father.


38、她声称没有做这件事,可是我不相信她。(claim)

 she claimed she hadn’t done it , but i didn’t believed her.


39、大致看来,他的计划是成功的。(in general)

In general, his plan is successful.


40、今年夏天,小男孩和他的父母一起去了乡下。这对他来说将是一次难忘的经历。 (that)

The little boy went to the countryside with his parents this summer. That would be an unforgettable experience for him.


41、他过去只关心自己的家庭,可现在情况却大不相同了。(care about)

牋 He used to care only about his own family, but has greatly changed now.


42、这个新方法会帮助你们解决这个难题。(enable)

牋牋 The new method will enable you to solve the difficult problem.



五、写作题

43、

通知(Notice)是上级对下级、组织对成员或平行单位之间部署工作、传达事情或召开会议等所使用的应用文。通知要求言简意赅、措辞得当、时间及时。

按下列所给内容,写一个通知。

通知

 本周六(1月7日)下午二时,全体教师在学院会议室开会,讨论春节假期问题,请准时出席。

Notice

  All teachers are requested to meet in the college conference room on Saturday, January 7, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss questions concerning Spring Festival vacations.

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