16秋地大《大学英语精读1》在线作业二

17春16秋地质《大学英语精读1》二
一、单选（共25 道，共100 分。

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1. You will want two trees about ten feet apart, from _____ to suspend your tent.
A. there
B. which
C. them
D. where
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2. Dr. Jones checked the patient‘s ________ carefully before prescribing any medicin e.
A. signatures
B. symbols
C. signals
D. symptoms
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3. Without proper lessons, you could _______ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A. keep up
B. pick up
C. draw up
D. catch up
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4. A lot of ants are always invading my kitchen. They are a thorough ___________.
A. nuisance
B. trouble
C. worry
D. anxiety
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5. He decided to make further improvements on the computer‘s design _____ the light of the requirements of customers.
A. on
B. for
C. in
D. with
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6. ____ they reached the centre of the city, they stopped the car at a bar.
A. Before a mile or so when
B. Further than a mile or so
C. For a mile or so after
D. A mile or so before
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7. Hardly _________ well on the test, so the teacher explained the lesson again.
A. did any of the students do
B. would any of the students do
C. any of the students did
D. any of students had done
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8. Mr. Black is ____ to our English evening.
A. more pleased than to come
B. more pleased to come than
C. more than pleased to come
D. more pleasing than to come
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9. If only we _____ as we were told! This would never have happened.
A. would do
B. had done
C. do
D. did
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10. ______________ she realized it was too late to go home.
A. No sooner it grew dark than
B. Hardly did it grow dark that
C. Scarcely had it grown dark than
D. It was not until dark that
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11. He always did well at school _______ having to do part-time jobs every now and then.
A. in spite of
B. regardless of
C. on account of
D. to case of
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12. Everything we eat and drink c ontains some salt; we can meet the body’s need for it from natural sources without turning _______ the salt bottle.
A. up
B. to
C. on
D. over
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13. have no objection _____ the evening with them.
A. to spend
B. to spending
C. of spending
D. spending
14. Cancellation of the flight _______ many passengers to spend the night at the airport.
A. resulted
B. obliged
C. demanded
D. recommended
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15. In Britain people _____________ four million tons of potatoes every year.
A. swallow
B. dispose
C. consume
D. exhaust
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16. While people may refer to television for up-to-minute news, it is unlikely that television _____ the newspaper completely.
A. replaced
B. replace
C. have replaced
D. will replace
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17. He longed to visit Beijing, ___ he dreamed about it.
A. much so that
B. so much so much
C. much so much that
D. so much so that
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18. She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it _____________ enough to eat.
A. mild
B. slight
C. light
D. tender
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19. If it ____ for their support, we would be in a very difficult position.
A. is not
B. weren’t
C. was not
D. be not
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20. Realizing that he hadn‘t enough money and _____ to borrow from his father, he decided to sell his watch.
A. not wanted
B. not to want
C. not wanting
D. wanting not
21. The noise was terrible, but I had to live ___ it.
A. with
B. through
C. down
D. on
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22. _______ receiving financial support from family, community or the government is allowed, it is never admired.
A. As
B. Once
C. Although
D. Lest
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23. It is essential that these application forms _____________ back as early as possible.
A. must be sent
B. will be sent
C. are sent
D. be sent
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24. Some women ______________ a good salary in a job instead of staying home, but they decided not to work for the sake of the family.
A. must make
B. should have made
C. would make
D. could have made
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25. The doctor told Penny that too much ____ to the sun is bad for the skin.
A. exposure
B. extension
C. exhibition
D. expansion
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