高雅丹
一、選择填空。
1. Some researchers point out that ______ daydreaming is ______ means of relaxation.
A. the; a B. /; the C. a; the D. /; a
2. Everyone should ______ some money and clothes to the victims of the earthquake.
A. donate B. lend
C. give D. pay
3. Efforts to ______ the peace have failed and war has broken out between the two countries.
A. preserve B. interrupt
C. monitor D. abandon
4. I ______ it to my teacher to take a better paid post if I can get one.
A. owe B. belong
C. give ; D. donate
5. Sean's strong love for his country is ______ in his recently published poems.
A. relieved B. reflected
C. responded D. recovered
6. So many volunteers offered their help after earthquake, ______, the rescue wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
A. therefore B. however
C. otherwise D. meanwhile
7. ______ repeated promises that the product is safe, all consumers have refused to buy it.
A. Even if B. In spite of
C. Though D. Although
8. Many people ______ the car accident, so it was not difficult to investigate.
A. witnessed B. harnessed
C. swallowed D. drugged
9. The tax only has an effect on those people whose incomes are over $200,000 a year,
______, the very rich.
A. in one word B. in all
C. in other words D. meanwhile
10. He quickly ______ a large fortune after he came to do business in this city.
A. accelerated B. accumulated
C. promoted D. calculated
11. He felt bad because his ______ to be a teacher was rejected.
A. ambition B. expectation
C. inspiration D. application
12. Shopping in supermarkets, housewives usually can't ______ buying some things that are cheap but useless.
A. refuse B. resist
C. reject D. submit
13. We were completely ______ by his invented story. I'll never trust him again.
A. taken on B. taken up
C. taken in D. taken over
14. My persistence finally ______ when they called me in for an interview.
A. paid back B. paid up
C. paid off D. paid for
15. ______ robots, we can do most of what we thought was dangerous before.
A. In terms of B. By means of
C. In spite of D. In search of
二、根据所给首字母,用合适的单词完成句子。
1. If you m______ blue and yellow, you get green.
2. American English d______ from British English in many aspects.
3. Can you r______ me a good hotel nearby? I would like a five-star one.
4. If you continue making trouble, the company may be forced to d______ you.
5. We must seize all opportunities to a______ development.
6. If you get up early, try not to d______ everyone else.
7. She couldn't b______ the thought of losing her only son in the war. That was too terrible.
8. This is the latest v______ of the Volkswagen Golf. Now, it is on sale.
9. As you know, a good diet is b______ to your health.
10. I was very a______ that they hadn't turned up yet. I felt anger rising in my heart.
11. The victory in this game will earn them
q______ for the World Cup.
12. I can't think of any possible e______ for his absence. So stop explaining.
13. Zelda is leaving for Paris while her husband's d______ is Boston.
14. The past 20 years has w______ great changes in Shenzhen.
15. The unfair d______ of wealth led to the outbreak of war in that region.
16. In order to a______ a good knowledge of English, he gave up his job and went to Britain.
三、用括号里面的单词或短语翻译句子。
1. 孩子们发现很难适应新学校。(adapt)
____ ______________________________
2. 她每个月都尽量存点钱。(set aside)
____ ______________________________
3. 她强烈要求我向她道歉。(urge that...)
____ ______________________________
4. 能認识你真是荣幸之至。(privilege)
____ ______________________________
5. 教练让史密斯上场,换下了琼斯。(substitute)
____ ______________________________
6. 阳光对植物有益。(benefit)
____ ______________________________
7. 学生应该有机会使用好的信息资源。(access)
____ ______________________________
8. 当有人取笑他的字迹难看时,他就十分恼火。(annoy)
____ ______________________________
9. 他全神贯注地在听CD。(occupy)
____ ______________________________
10. 我没想到你会反对。(object)
____ ______________________________
四、从方框中选出适当短语,并用其正确形式填空完成句子。
in other words, adapt to, cut out, out of breath, in addition, keep it up, be aware of,object to, hear from, stick out of
1. Women ______ often more ______ their feelings than men.
2. By the time I got to the top of the mountain, I was quite ______.
3. The employees in that company strongly
______ the proposed development plan, so they went on a strike to protest.
4. Simon said he was full. ______, he didn't want to have more.
5. If only he could ______, he would break the world record.
6. Though in his late 40s, William still tries to learn new things to ______ the new environment.
7. I ______ my sister in New York yesterday.
8. Don't ______ your head ______ the car window.
9. You had better ______ the last two paragraphs of your articles.
10. The company provides cheap Internet access. ______, it makes shareware freely available.