上海电力学院大学英语2第4单元试题及答案

上海电力学院大学英语2第4单元试题及答案
Unit 4
Section A
同步自测
1. You must _____ all the aspects _____ before you make a decision.
A. take… into account
B. take… on account
C. take … off account
D. take… in account
2. In the Social Security system, _____ will enable retired people to live comfortably.
A. premium
B. insurance
C. policy
D. pensions
3. Teachers should treat every student exactly _____.
A. dislike
B. like
C. alike
D. unlike
4. The employees in many companies put aside money for their retirement _____.
A. policy
B. premiums
C. insurance
D. pensions
5. His approach _____ the piece of music is quite different from other players’.
B. to
C. at
D. in
To my disappointment, the authorities have _____ many old buildings.
A.knocked down
B. knocked off
C. knocked out
D. knocked about
7. Now, the country has a high rate of unemployment, but the same _____ many other countries.
A. goes for
B. goes through
C. goes over
D. goes off
8. When a person has an infectious disease（传染病）, he is usually _____ other people.
A. isolated from
B. isolated with
C. isolated to
D. isolated off
9. We should _____ a flexible way to this matter so that we will not anger the leader.
A. adapt
B. adopt
C. suit
D. approach
10. He suddenly became wealthy, which changed his whole ______ of life.
B. mode
C. approach
D. method
11. He always _____ an air of indifference. However, he is very concerned about it.
A. supposes
B. assures
C. ensures
D. assumes
12. He continued speaking, _____ my feelings on the matter.
A.regardless of
B. despite of
C. nevertheless
D. moreover
13. They _____ a lot of difficulties in dealing with the case.
A. came up with
B. came about
C. came up against
D. came around
14. Sorry, I _____ my key_____. Could you give a hand?
A. left…behind
B. left… alone
C. left…out
D. left…off
15. I am ______, worrying about how to pay for my rent.
A. at my wits’ end
B. in my wits’ end
C. at my wisdom’s end
D. in my wisdom’s end
16. There are two _____ on each page of this newspaper.
A. colonies
B. columns
C. volumes
D. vehicles
17. If you need my help, please remember that I am _____.
A. at your service
B. in your service
C. into your service
D. on your service
18. Convinced that his friend’s suggestion is reasonable, he decides to _____ the baby girl.
A. adopt
B. adapt
C. admit
D. advocate
19. The patient was seriously ill. After the doctor examined her, she was kept ______.
A. after observation
B. under observation
C. in observation
D. beyond observation
20. Don’t worry. I have made _____ a friend of mine to meet you at the airport.
A. arrangements for
B. arrangements of
C. arrangements to
D. arrangements in
21. Physics is the present-day equivalent of _____ used to be called natural philosophy, from
which most of present-day science arose.
A. that
B. all
C. which
D. what
22. There is hardly an environment on earth _____ some species of animal or other have not adapted successfully.
A. to which
B. wherever
C. so that
D. as to
23. The time has come _____ we can make extensive use of nuclear energy.
A. as
B. when
C. while
D. since
24. He never hesitates to make such criticisms ______ are considered helpful to others.
A. that
B. as
C. which
D. what
25. The minister was the person _____.
A. whom the state dinner was give n in honor
B. for whom the state dinner was given honor
C. whose honor the state dinner was given
D. in whose honor the state dinner was given
26. An investigation was made into the accident, _____ fifty people were killed.
A. for that
B. when
C. where
D. in which
27. Once they had fame, fortune, secure futures, _____ is utter poverty.
A. now all that is left
B. now that all is left
C. now all which is left
D. now all what is left
28. We often advise him not to drink more wine _____ is good for his health.
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. but
29. _____ they must learn in a course is not provided in the classroom.
A. Many things
B. Much of what
C. So much
D. All what
30. The fire started on the first floor of the hospital _____ are elderly and weak.
A. many of whose patients
B. many of which patients
C. many of its patients
D. many patients of whom
Key:
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. B 10. B 11. D 12.
A 13. C 14. A 15. A 16.
B 17. A 18. A 19. D 20. A 21.D
22. A 23.B 24.B 25. D 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. A
Section B
同步自测
1. He’s not _____ of learning German in six months. (Text B)
A. possible
B. likely
C. able
D. capable
2. Many species of animals which once lived on the earth are no longer in _____. (Text B)
A. evidence
B. effect
C. essence
D. existence
3. From his talk, it seemed that he had _____ all hardships. (Text B)
A. enforced
B. engaged
C. enhanced
D. endured
4. When I moved to a new house, I decided to _____ some of my books and magazines. (Text B)
A. cut off
B. knock off
C. deal in
D. dispose of
5. The food is good and the same is _____ the service.
A. true after
B. true in
C. true to
D. true of
6. At the conference, he stressed the point of taking precautions against SARS _____.
A. in case
B. in particular
C. in part
D. in tune
7.Several men were arrested by the police _____ with the robbery.
A. in tune with
B. in comparison with
C. in connection with
D. in accordance with
8.That chair isn’t _____ enough for a fat person like you to sit on.
A. stable
B. constant
C. persistent
D. consistent
9. They were watching the rocket _____ the earth on the
screen.
A. orbiting
B. having orbited
C. orbited
D. being orbited
10. I can’t lend my pen to you, because my pen is apt to _____.
being leaked B. be leaked C. leaking D. leak
11. In the course of _____, cocks and ducks lose the power of flight.
A. evolution
B. revolution
C. development
D. establishment
12. _____ moving house, I had my leg hurt and had to see the doctor.
A. In the process of
B. In the light of
C. in the event of
D. in excess of
13. He got to the railway station only _____ that the train had already left.
A. finding
B. found
C. founded
D. to find
14. After being rescued from the air crash, the people agreed that they had much to ____
A. thank
B. be thanked
C. be thankful
D. be thankful for
15. Everyone had an application from his hand, but no one knew which office room ______.
A. to send it to
B. to send it
C. to be sent to
D. to have it sent
16. The background music in an assembly line is designed _____.
not being listened to C. being not listened to
not to be listened to D. to be not listened to
17. The minister had his secretaries _____ a press conference.
A. arrange
B. to arrange
C. arranging
D. arranged
18. In the course of a day students do far more than just _____ classes.
A. attend
B. attended
C. to attend
D. attending
19. If I correct someone, I will do it with as much good humor and self-restraint as I were the one _____.
A. to correct
B. correcting
C. having corrected
D. being corrected
20. Some people viewed the findings with caution, nothing
that a cause-and-effect relationship between passive smoking and cancer remains _____.
A. to be shown
B. to have shown
C. to have been shown
D. being shown
Key:
1.D
2. D
3. D
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. A 10. D
11. A 12. A 13. D 14. D 15. A 16. C 17. A 18.A 19. D 20. A。