大学英语4单元测试（A）（Unit1,2）湖大

大学英语4单元测试（A）（Unit1,2）湖大
2014级单元测试（A卷）（Unit1-Unit2）
Ⅰ. Multiple Choices
1.Sara has made up her mind that her leisure interests will never ________ her career.
A.in the way of
B. get in the way of
C. get in way of
D. in way of
2.The rise in interest rate will be disastrous ________ small firms.
A.in case of
B. in the case of
C. reckon with
D. in case
3.He ________ his time until Harvard University offered him
a professorship.
A.bided
B. equipped
C. launched
D. engaged
4.By a ________ of good luck, Genelle, who had been buried in the rubble for more than 26 hours, came out alive.
A.struck
B. stroke
C. stick
D.
strike
5.If you let yourself ________ bogged down in paper work,
you’ll never fi nd time to deal with the really important issues.
A.step
B. involve
C. get
D. set
6.Despite difficulties, the government ________ on with its
campaign to eliminate corruption.
A.stressed
B. launched
C. offended
D.
pressed
7.These compensation cases have already ________ on for over
a year.
A.pressed
B. pushed
C. dragged
D.
retreated
8.The local government developed its economy but ________ the
environment.
A.in honor of
B. at the cost of
C. for the sake of
D. at a loss
9.How often do you think celebrities ________ charity work out
of the goodness of their heart, not publicity
A.engage in
B. engage on
C. engage for
D. engage at
10.On October 4, 1957, Soviet scientists ________ the world’s
first artificial satellite, called Sputnik.
A.conquered
B. started
C. launched
D. retreated
11.We all have stress, but if you don’t do something to relieve
it, sooner or later it will ________.
A.take its role
B. pay the cost
C. take its
toll D. pay the toll
12.He urges potential informants not to ________ the importance
of any piece of information they can gather.
A.A. estimate
B. overestimate
C. underestimate
D. overstate
13.In the US, the word 'oriental' is considered ________ to
Asians because the term is based on the geographic
relationship of Asia from a Western perspective.
A. defend
B. defensive
C. offend
D. offensive
14.He said it was important to observe, monitor, ________ and
if necessary, correct those training in care.
A. instruct
B. engage
C. order
D. teach
15.The total ________ count may not be particularly high
considering China's huge population.
A. death
B. wound
C. casualty
D. casually
16.Greece was no longer in the top ten “Dreamland of holiday” .
What’s worse, large parts of its economy were ________ by strikes.
A. pressed ahead
B. brought to a halt
C. brought to a pause
D. brought back
17.Some consumers are taking this APP as an ________ of privacy
and refuse to register it.
A. evade
B. evasion
C. invade
D. invasion
18.She said there was a ________ need for up-to-date and
reliable equipment if the company wanted to get more share
of the market.
A. devastating
B. desperate
C. raw
D. bleak
19.After three-month negotiations, the two companies agreed to
form a (n ) ________ to market this new product.
A. army
B. alliance
C. campaign
D. ally
20.The writer went into ________ to escape political
imprisonment after publishing his second novel.
A. escape
B. expire
C. exclaim
D. exile
21．The biggest ________ in our way was the shortage of water.
A. ambition
B. obstacle
C. contest
D. withstand
22. Our food supplies will only hold ________ for another two
weeks.
A. to
B. in
C. out
D. up to
23. The specially designed shelters are built to ________ ground and air attack.
A. withstand
B. withdraw
C. retreat
D. witness
24. I was pleased to hear about your job offer--- all that hard
work has obviously paid ________.
A. back
B. for
C. of
D.
off
25. Parents enjoy boasting ________ their children’s achievement.
A. for
B. about
C. at
D. in
26.This could prove to be an environmental boon as well, saving
fuel, reducing traffic jams, decreasing air pollution, and
serving as an ____________ to highway expansion.
A.alternate
B. alternative
C. alter
D. alternation。