《大学英语第一册综合练习》

《大学英语》第一册综合练习

Part one: Multiple Choice

1. Don’t you know he is an old friend of ______?

A. my brother

B. my brothers

C. my brother’s

D. my brother’s friend

2. ______ you return those books to the library immediately, you will have to pay a fine.

A. Until

B. Unless

C. If

D. Provided

3. When you worry you can’t sleep and when you can’t sleep you worry ______.

A. much more

B. even more

C. many more

D. few more

4. The river was high because it ______ for several weeks.

A. had been raining

B. was raining

C. has been raining

D. rained

5. ______ the few who have failed their examinations, all the students in the hall are in very high spirits.

A. Except for

B. Besides

C. Due to

D. Apart from

6. It ______ a fine day, we went for a walk.

A. is

B. be

C. being

D. to be

7. You ______ a letter to him. However, you didn’t.

A. ought to write

B. ought to have written

C. should write

D. should be writing

8. You ______ be tired; you have only just begun to work.

A. can not

B. should not

C. mustn’t

D. may not

9. All ______ is a nice meal.

A. what I want

B. that I want

C. the thing I wanted

D. which I want

10. By the end of June, you ______ here for three months.

A. will have studied

B. studied

C. will study

D. have studied

11. You ought to go by sea, ______?

A. ought you

B. shouldn’t you

C. won’t you

D. don’t you

12. If he ______ to come tomorrow, I would tell him everything.

A. was

B. is

C. were

D. be

13. Bread and butter ______ liked by Westerners.

A. be

B. are

C. were

D. is

14. We wish you ______ so much.

A. haven’t smoked

B. aren’t smoking

C. don’t smoke

D. didn’t smoke

15. ______, everything would have been all right.

A. He had been here

B. Here he had been

C. Been here he had

D. Had he been here

16. At the beginning of a year, everybody ______ many plans for the coming days.

A. goes over

B. talks over

C. comes up with

D. sets aside

17. We have enough time to ______ the food and drinks before the guests arrive.

A. lay out

B. take over

C. smooth out

D. take advantage of

18. The farmers ______ a mysterious object flying over when they made their way home.

A. kept up with

B. caught sight of

C. made use of

D. pulled into

19. More and more listeners are expected to ______ the phone-in programme on the radio.

A. look into

B. hold up

C. be involved in

D. break off

20. The manager promised in the letter to ______ the goods to be delivered in no time.

A. arrange for

B. result in

C. stick to

D. carry out

21. Many things did not ______ quite as satisfactory as we had expected.

A. set out

B. come down

C. lay down

D. turn out

22. We’ll have to ______ the matter carefully before we can draw any conclusion.

A. find out

B. base on

C. look into

D. search for

23. He is ______ more hard-working than any of the other boys in the class.

A. by far

B. by way of

C. by now

D. by and by

24. She ______ a sum of money for her old age.

A. set up

B. set aside

C. set in

D. set off

25. Try to ______ what had happened just before the accident.

A. talk

B. speak

C. say for

D. describe

26. The explorer told the boys about his ______ in the African forests.

A. excursion

B. voyage

C. flight

D. adventures

27. They were rather disappointed ______ the result of the test.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. for

28. Do you think this present is ______ for a little girl?

A. sufficient

B. qualified

C. suitable

D. useful

29. Improvements are increasing ______ number day by day.

A. over

B. in

C. for

D. on

30. If you feel sympathy ______ them, you’d better try your best to help them.

A. for

B. with

C. from

D. up

31. I am pleased with ______ you have told me.

A. that

B. all that

C. all what

D. which

32. Go and get some milk, ______?

A. will you

B. shan’t you

C. don’t you

D. do you

33. I ______ the novel by next Monday.