201209学期大学英语2作业1

201209学期大学英语2作业1

单项选择题

第1题The long drought caused a(n) ___ short age of water.

A、shrewd

B、keen

C、actual

D、acute

答案：D

第2题His ___ spirit urged him on to ever greater feats.

A、nervous

B、restless

C、exciting

D、thrilled

答案：B

第3题He made a(n) ___ turn to avoid hitting another car.

A、abrupt

B、rough

C、stiff

D、steep

答案：A

第4题Our society has many ___ of greeting, farewell and celebration.

A、regulations

B、rituals

C、ceremony

D、communication

答案：B

第5题I feel that I owe you a great many apologies for my ___ departure yesterday.

A、racial

B、acute

C、abrupt

D、fraud

答案：C

第6题They send someone to ___ the value of the house before making the final decision.

A、assess

B、assert

C、assent

D、assemble

答案：A

第7题Twenty years have ___ since I lost contact with him.

A、isolated

B、intruded

C、elapsed

D、survived

答案：C

第8题We have a(n) ___ for a file clerk, so we have advertised in a newspaper.

A、opening

B、norm

C、peculiar

D、insight

答案：A

第9题Though delay was ___ heavy traffic, he was scolded for it.

A、due to

B、due for

C、on credit

D、of concern

答案：A

第10题It is a matter of ___ that men should open doors for ladies.

A、convention

B、hostility

C、haste

D、impulse

答案：A

第11题Though he was rich, he still ___ conscious.

A、budget

B、expenditure

C、spend

D、cost

答案：A

第12题She ___ the amber necklace with a string of pearls to see which she liked better.

A、displaced

B、placed

C、replaced

D、disposed

答案：C

第13题She ___ her way into the best circles.

A、elected

B、elbowed

C、went

D、appointed

答案：B

第14题We cut a(n) ___ in a fence for passers-by to watch the construction going on in an excavation.

A、gap

B、position

C、post

D、opening

答案：D

第15题We are decided to ___ the house at a higher valuation because of improvements he had made.

A、assert

B、assent

C、assess

D、assume

答案：C

第16题Dogs have a(n) ___ sense of smell among the domestic animals.

A、reluctant

B、acute

C、slight

D、scarce

答案：B

第17题A hundred years ago, Shanghai was ___ a small unknown district.

A、less than

B、rather than

C、nothing

D、nothing but

答案：D

第18题We rushed to the conference hall to ___ firsthand information.

A、obtain

B、tremble

C、risk

D、pose

答案：A