期末复习大二全新版

F o r p e s o n a u s e o n y s t u d y a n d r e s a r c h;n o t f r c o m me r c a u s e
第一单元
Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 without a/an _________ of war.
A) announcement
B) information
C) declaration
D) notice 正确答案：C
There are more and more discussions amongst workers about the need for a general strike to try to __________ the series of attacks they have suffered.
A) turn the tide against
B) turn the flank of
C) turn the tide for
D) turn a deaf ear to 正确答案：A
New difficulties kept ______ as they built the railway tunnel.
A) arising
B) arousing
C) raising
D) rising 正确答案：A
45. Long sentences and difficult sentence patterns in this novel have been ______, but it still keeps much of the charm and flavour of the original.
A) adopted
B) applied
C) simplified
D) polished 正确答案：C
______ is for beef rather than lamb.
A) preference
B) affection
C) passion
D) prejudice 正确答案：A
47. The roof of the mine _____ as a result of the explosion.
A) dropped in
B) broke down
C) pressed down
D) caved in 正确答案：D
48. Today, people object to our family privacy being _____.
A) commented
B) invited
C) invested
D) invaded 正确答案：D
49Many of the shopkeepers are poor. There isn't much _____ in this town.
A) prosperity
B) advantage
C) failure
D) indigence 正确答案：A
_____ their own food by photosynthesis.
A) promote
B) manufacture
C) grow
D) raise 正确答案：B
51. After breakfast, mother _____ her regular household duties.
B) set up
C) set back
D) set about 正确答案：D
52. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theatre.
A) drew
B) poured
C) dismissed
D) left 正确答案：B
53. Finding a job in such a big company has always been _____ his wildest dreams.
A) under
B) over
C) above
D) beyond 正确答案：D
is interesting to people who _____ themselves to new ideas.
A) present
C) exhibit
D) explain 正确答案：B
55. _______ with the picture, Mary tore it to pieces.
A) Dissatisfying thoroughly
B) Being thoroughly dissatisfied
C) To dissatisfy thoroughly
D) To be thoroughly dissatisfied 正确答案：B
56. The children were ______ so that the sick mother could have a rest in a quiet room.
A) sent off
B) sent out
C) set off
D) set in 正确答案：B
57. This was a good and just war fought not for _______ but for liberty.
A) control
B) conquest
C) prevention
D) avoidance 正确答案：B
58. Her parents’ opposition is an ________ to her mar riage.
A) fault
B) offense
C) obstacle
D) distress 正确答案：C
Kong Special Administrative _____ was established on July 1, 1997.
A) Area
B) Neighborhood
C) District
D) Region 正确答案：D
60. You m ustn’t lose heart, sooner or later your effort will pay ______.
A) for
B) out
C) off
D) up 正确答案：C
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English (with the given words or phrases).
61. 成败与否对他未来的前程具有决定性的影响。

________________________________________
正确答案：Success or failure would be crucial to his future prospects.
62. 我不得不面对把这个坏消息告诉女孩家人这件麻烦事。

________________________________________
正确答案：I was faced with the awful job of breaking the bad news to the girl’s family.
63. 会议安排在下星期进行。

________________________________________
正确答案：The meeting is scheduled to take place next week.
64. 因为汤姆及时赶到，足球队员们又振作起来。

事实上，他的到来扭转了形势，他们队最终赢得了比赛。

________________________________________
正确答案：Thanks to Tom's timely arrival, the football players pulled themselves together. Tom's coming actually turned the tide for them, and at length the team won the match.
第二单元
Many new safety features have been ________ in the new version of this popular car.
A) incorporated
B) associated
C) cooperated
D) excluded
正确答案：A
This book gives a brief ________ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.
A) reference
B) research
C) outlook
D) outline 正确答案：D
My job at the assembly line of the car factory is rather ________.
A) bore
B) bored
C) monotonous
D) monotony 正确答案：C
We should always ________ our own rights.
A) stand for
B) stand up
C) stand up for
D) stand by 正确答案：C
The doctor told Penny that much ________ to the sun is bad for the skin.
A) exposure
B) extension
C) exhibition
D) disclosure 正确答案：A
He always ________ extra responsibilities without any complaint.
A) takes to
B) takes in
C) takes over
D) takes on 正确答案：D
He was elected president of the Literary Research Association by _______ of his
academic and organizational abilities.
A) virtue
B) means
C) way
D) chance 正确答案：A
48. Diamonds have little _______ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity.
A) extinct
B) permanent
C) surplus
D) intrinsic 正确答案：D
49. No sooner had Mr Green finished explaining the poem than the students' questions _______ to pour in.
A) begin
B) began
C) beginning
D) had begun 正确答案：B
Before using your new pressure cooker, read the following ______ carefully.
A) notices
B) announcement
C) instructions
D) advertisement 正确答案：C
I'd like to take advantage of this opportunity to thank you all for your ______.
A) profit
B) benefit
C) cooperation
D) occasion 正确答案：C
It was ______ you that the drowning boy was saved and all was well.
A) due to
B) thanks to
C) but for
D) owing to 正确答案：B
The room connects with the dining hall ___________ a hall way.
A) in accordance with
B) in case of
C) by means of
D) by no means 正确答案：C
The little girl lovingly ______ Chris' face with the tips of her fingers.
A) clapped
B) felt
C) stroked
D) whisked 正确答案：C
Radar is used to extend the _____ of man's senses for observing his environment, especially the sense of vision.
A) validity
B) liability
C) capability
D) intensity 正确答案：C
Most people closely _____ a pounding heart and sweating palms with the experience of emotion.
A) classify
B) identify
C) satisfy
D) modify 正确答案：B
Beware of the men around you who _____ fame and wealth.
A) go after
B) follow up
C) seek for
D) desire of 正确答案：A
The newcomer was _____ until he could display his wisdom and talent.
A) awaiting
B) working hard
C) expecting
D) biding his time 正确答案：D
Like the sun, the planets shift their positions so slowly that their day-to-day motion is hard to ___________.
A) discover
B) detect
C) ascertain
D) disguise 正确答案：B
This is a new discovery that has a number of industrial ___________.
A) supplies
B) contracts
C) applicants
D) applications 正确答案：D
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
61. The reunion of the mainland and Hong Kong had been a dream for many people, and it was the efforts and wisdom of Deng Xiaoping that ____________________ (使它变成现实).
正确答案：turned it into reality
62. Only three years after the collapse of the projected EDC and Political Community structures, European integration was ____________________ (随时会迈出一大步). 正确答案：poised to take a great leap forward
63. ____________________ (为了降低生产成本) the factory managed to introduce a new assembly line.
正确答案：In order to decrease the cost of production
64. ____________________ (我们正深受污染之苦) that we ourselves have been causing.
正确答案：We are suffering from the pollution
65. ____________________ (玛丽似乎掌控了所有的事) by the time he returned.
正确答案：Mary seemed to have things in her hands
I got a/an ________ with the company.
A) interviewing
B) interviewer
C) interview
D) interviewee
正确答案：C
第三单元
He was healthy ________ and mentally.
A) physically
B) bodily
C) spiritually
D) physical 正确答案：A
When his ______ employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn’t hire him.
A) respective
B) retrospective
C) prospective
D) executive 正确答案：C
Learning to do routine car maintenance oneself is often easier ________ competent people to do it.
A) than finding
B) as finding
C) as to find
D) than to find 正确答案：A
.Her diamond necklace ________ in the light.
A) flashes
B) sparkled
C) beamed
D) sparked 正确答案：B
My friend _________ the bad news before I could stop him.
A) blew out
B) blurted to
C) blurted out
D) blew to 正确答案：C
Teachers and students should __________ roles with each other occasionally to help students overcome the passive status in classroom activities.
A) move
B) vary
C) switch
D) play 正确答案：C
The police ______ the man they thought was the murderer.
A) pried
B) shot at
C) ground
D) grilled 正确答案：D
You can ______ the application with a phone call.
A) follow
B) follow through
C) follow up
D) follow on 正确答案：C
He ______ in vain to make his wife happy.
A) endeavored
B) made endeavor
C) tried the endeavor
D) all of the above 正确答案：A
He was quite ______ his money when he was rich and young.
A) generous of
B) general with
C) generous with
D) genial with 正确答案：C
Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely ______ to the outside world.
A) being lost
B) having lost
C) losing
D) lost 正确答案：D
I will not _____ the game of tennis unless John is invited.
A) take home to myself
B) behave myself in
C) enjoy myself in
D) engage myself in 正确答案：D
How long will they be able to _____ without further supplies reaching them
A) hold out
B) hold on
C) hold up
D) hold down 正确答案：A
The air forces of the United States were _____ in winning the war in Iraq.
A) decisive
B) determined
C) decided
D) favourable 正确答案：A
Gradually the balloon _____ out and rose into the air.
A) burst
B) stretched
C) enlarged
D) expanded 正确答案：D
Eat carefully or a fishbone will _____ in your throat.
A) block
B) exist
C) hold
D) stick 正确答案：D
The soldiers are requested to remain _____ for instant call.
A) balanced
B) poised
C) well
D) alert 正确答案：D
The workers have called off their strike in ______ of a pay offer.
A) participation
B) aspiration
C) anticipation
D) preparation 正确答案：C
New computing technology dealt a ________blow to the power of the old printing unions.
A) moral
B) abnormal
C) immoral
D) mortal 正确答案：D
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
His computer technology is good, but he needs to ____________________ (加强与人沟通的技能) to set him apart from his competitors in the job market.
正确答案：work on his communication skills
62. Regular exercise can ____________________ (大大改善你的健康状况).
正确答案：make a big difference to your state of health
63. The weatherman said that ____________________ (今晚气温会降到零下8度).
正确答案：temperatures could fall to minus eight tonight
64. Englishmen themselves, ____________________ (更别说那些还是初学者的中国学生), are often uncertain what is slang and what isn't.
正确答案：let alone those Chinese students who are new comers
65. She persisted in carrying out the project, ____________________ (全然不顾我的反对意见).
正确答案：sweeping aside my objections
第四单元
The police found no ________ of a terrorist link with the murder.
A) proofs
B) arguments
C) evidence
D) grounds 正确答案：C
As time goes by, his daughter is ________ beautiful.
A) most
B) much
C) increasing
D) increasingly 正确答案：D
The government has just drafted a law ________ foreign companies.
A) virtuous to
B) virtuous of
C) advantageous for
D) advantageous to 正确答案：D
The lost car of the Lees was found _______ in the woods off the highway.
A) vanished
B) abandoned
C) scattered
D) rejected 正确答案：B
Expert say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _______ healthy.
A) preserve
B) stay
C) maintain
D) reserve 正确答案：B
The students expected there _______ more reviewing classes before the final exam.
A) is
B) being
C) have been
D) to be 正确答案：D
You can arrive in Beijing earlier for the meeting _______ you don't mind taking the night train.
A) provided
B) unless
C) though
D) until 正确答案：A
There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take, _______ they can limit how much water you drink.
A) much more than
B) no more than
C) no less than
D) any more than 正确答案：D
He was the only _____ of the plane crash.
A) survivor
B) person
C) man
D) crew 正确答案：A
His chief __________ is his winning smile.
A) liability
B) capital
C) asset
D) accounts 正确答案：C
The topic ____________ on the crisis in these two countries.
A) centers
B) basis
C) core
D) seats 正确答案：A
William once _____ that music was his life. Everything he has in life he owes to his music.
A) hoped
B) declared
C) desired
D) charged 正确答案：B
Once he decided what he wanted, he would _____ it with single-mindedness.
A) go out of
B) go on with
C) go ahead of
D) go after 正确答案：D
Seeing the old man crossing the road, _____ in time to prevent an accident.
A) the driver came to a halt to the car
B) the driver brought the car to a halt
C) the driver made a halt to the car
D) the driver called the car to a halt 正确答案：B
All flights _____ because of the storm, they decided to take the train.
A) having canceled
B) having been canceled
C) were canceled
D) have been canceled 正确答案：B
She read a poem __________ The Apple Tree.
A) enabled
B) labelled
C) entitled
D) authorized 正确答案：C
The __________ of that school took five years.
A) establishment
B) organization
C) formation
D) constitution 正确答案：A
It is known to all that little perseverance _____ between success and failure.
A) makes no difference
B) makes little difference
C) makes a difference
D) makes all the difference 正确答案：D
The house has a pleasant __________ over the valley.
A) outlook
B) overlook
C) lookout
D) view 正确答案：A
I didn’t want to __________ Mother’s misery.
A) add to
B) add up to
C) odd to
D) add 正确答案：A
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
61. We must ____________________ (达到平衡) between work and rest.
正确答案：strike a balance
62. It ____________________ (无所谓) if you are late to my party. I just want you to come.
正确答案：makes no difference
63. She doesn't even know how to boil potatoes, ____________________ (更别说为你准备晚餐了).
正确答案：let alone prepare dinner for you
64. Mary was laid off because ____________________ (她与上司不和).
正确答案：she was at odds with her boss
65. Young children may run around and make a lot of noise. Actually ____________________ (他们的行为与他们的年龄相符).
正确答案：they are acting appropriately for their age
第五单元
It requires great ________ into human nature to be a good writer.
A) insight
B) patience
C) sight
D) intelligence
正确答案：A
She ________ her shoes with a piece of cloth to make them shine.
A) rubs
B) rids
C) scratches
D) caresses 正确答案：A
He ________ telling his wife that he lost his job.
A) dunked
B) flanked
C) funked
D) frank 正确答案：C
He was buried in his hometown, ________ his wishes.
A) according
B) in accordance to
C) in accordance with
D) according with 正确答案：C
When her beloved son died in an unexpected accident, life became meaningless and she was all _______.
A) to pieces
B) of pieces
C) to piece
D) of a piece 正确答案：A
My boss will _______ murder me when she finds out what I've done.
A) hardly
B) certainly
C) literally
D) definitely 正确答案：C
The assumption that housing prices will keep increasing is _______ the biggest concern of all Chinese people.
A) by far
B) as far
C) too far
D) so far as 正确答案：A
In east Asia, a 19 percent average of female representation in parliaments is more than one and a half times _______ of industrial countries.
A) what
B) that
C) much
D) which 正确答案：B
The hostess dressed in her finest costume together with the guests of honor _______ comfortably in the living room.
A) was seated
B) were seated
C) was seating
D) seated 正确答案：A
It’s ______ ― from the outside the building looks small, but inside it’s quite big.
A) deceptive
B) acceptive
C) receptive
D) appreciative 正确答案：A
He wants the job purely for reasons of ______and ambition.
A) humanity
B) harmony
C) frequency
D) vanity 正确答案：D
She had sent her son to the university and she was eager to _______.
A) have him distinguished himself
B) have him distinguish himself
C) have him to distinguish himself
D) have him distinguishing himself 正确答案：B
Let me be quite ______with you: your work is not good enough.
A) insincere
B) unfair
C) partial
D) candid 正确答案：D
I had lost my pen, but she ________up another one for me from somewhere.
A) confirmed
B) confused
C) conjured
D) conjectured 正确答案：C
The moment my mother came home after a day's work, she lit the fire and _____ making the soup.
A) set aside
B) set about
C) set off
D) set up 正确答案：B
The experiment helped the child to learn that acid _____ the metal.
A) takes apart
B) confines to
C) freezes up
D) eats into 正确答案：D
By afternoon, it was impossible to _____ the heat, so we stopped working and went inside.
A) mask
B) endure
C) defeat
D) shelter 正确答案：B
After the accident he became a ________figure, a shadow of his former self.
A) pathetic
B) patient
C) peculiar
D) penitent 正确答案：A
You should have put the milk in the ice box; I expect it ________ undrinkable by now.
A) became
B) had become
C) has become
D) becomes 正确答案：C
Everybody is saying how wonderful city life is, but ________ I prefer living in the country.
A) to my side
B) for my part
C) for my side
D) to my part 正确答案：B
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
61. I met his wife and two daughters, and it was evidently ____________________ (和睦恩爱的一家人). 正确答案： a united and affectionate family
62. Both of us knew that five minutes earlier I ____________________ (根本不关心) what happened to him.
正确答案：couldn't have cared less
63. With the ____________________ (我国经济的快速发展), thousands of new businesses have sprung up.
正确答案：fast development of our country's economy
64. After reading the text three times, ____________________ (那个聪明的男孩就已记住了).正确答案：the clever boy has committed it to memory
65. If you spare half an hour for exercise every day ____________________ (很快你就会恢复健康). 正确答案：you'll soon be back in good condition
第六单元
An interest in people’s deepest feelings ________ all her writings.
A) represents
B) portrays
C) depicts
D) characterizes 正确答案：D
If more and more cars run in the street, a large ________ of poisonous gas will be given off, polluting the atmosphere.
A) column
B) volume
C) bulk
D) block 正确答案：B
He is ________ all the time and has no time to keep company with his family.
A) on and off
B) to and from
C) on the go
D) on and on 正确答案：C
Before the _______ of the gunpowder, men hunted with bows and arrows.
A) innovation
B) invention
C) improvement
D) modification 正确答案：B
I tried some herbal ______ such as drinking camomile tea, but none of them worked.
A) clinics
B) remedies
C) doctors
D) examiners 正确答案：B
Our friends are expected to assume the burden of their own defense, _______ they are competent to do.
A) which we are certain
B) that we are certain of
C) of which we are sure
D) for which we are sure 正确答案：D
On enough logical reasons, the fewer seeds, _______.
A) the less plants grow
B) the fewer plants
C) the less plants
D) the fewer plants grew 正确答案：B
Currently there is a ______ variety of software available and my first task will be to suggest a simple classification.
A) bewildering
B) bewildered
C) bewilder
D) bewilderment 正确答案：A
One of my brother's many faults is that he never _____ anything very long.
A) decides on
B) sticks to
C) goes over
D) makes up 正确答案：B
Cigarette smoking combines with other factors to ______ the risks of atherosclerosis.
A) multiparty
B) multitude
C) multiply
D) multiple 正确答案：C
The problem was caused by ______ particles of dust getting in the disk drive.
A) second
B) minute
C) decade
D) minus 正确答案：B
For its part, the government concluded that lowering the population growth rate would enhance the ______ of the nation.
A) possession
B) possibility
C) property
D) prosperity 正确答案：D
When the _____ reached the summit, there was great joy.
A) expansion
B) extension
C) explanation
D) expedition 正确答案：D
Thirty people were expected, but only twenty-four _____.
A) turned round
B) turned up
C) turned in
D) turned out 正确答案：B
Lenny advised me to have a _____ of brandy because it will make me less nervous.
A) bite
B) lick
C) sip
D) touch 正确答案：C
The children were taught that trees along both sides of the road were _____.
A) lines
B) straight
C) parallel
D) shadows 正确答案：C
The plane's engine failed but the pilot managed to _____ it down to the airfield.
A) slow
B) glide
C) skate
D) slide 正确答案：B
The new standards are part of a revolution in the teaching of mathematics that ______ the revolution in the teaching of writing.
A) to parallel
B) parallels to
C) paralleling
D) parallels 正确答案：D
But with only two characters you can't hope to control everything, or claim to ______ every solution.
A) possess
B) success
C) subsist
D) deposit 正确答案：A
Despite their different ______ and geographical foci (焦距), several defining research questions have remained the same.
A) temporary
B) temporal
C) permanent
D) perpetual 正确答案：B
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
61. ____________________ (鉴于当今社会大多数的妇女在外谋职), it's natural that they object to their husbands treating them like housekeepers. 正确答案：Given that most women nowadays have jobs outside the home
62. In handling an embarrassing situation, ____________________ (没什么比幽默感更有帮助的了). 正确答案：nothing is more helpful than a sense of humor
63. From the dark clouds ____________________ (显然天快要下雨了).
正确答案：it was evident that it would soon rain
64. This machine is very complicated indeed. ____________________ (一旦被拆开，几乎不可能再重新组装起来).
正确答案：Once taken apart, it can hardly be put together again
65. ____________________ (销售员主动提出收回电脑) and change it for another if the new owner was not completely satisfied.正确答案：The salesman offered to take back the computer
第七单元
He cherishes the ________ that she loves him.
A) imagination
B) illusion
C) illustration
D) intension 正确答案：B
Thick, white smoke completely ________ the sun.
A) blotted out
B) burst out
C) blotted up
D) burst in 正确答案：A
The president’s statement was ________ by all parties.
A) announced
B) denounced
C) declared
D) denoted 正确答案：B
Time ________ all sorrows.
A) heaps
B) heals
C) hauls
D) heels 正确答案：B
The pursuit of good ends does not ________ the employment of bad means.
A) misguide
B) justify
C) accept
D) allow 正确答案：B
I ________ of the way he behaved at the meeting.
A) disapproved
B) condemned
C) disagreed
D) objected 正确答案：A
Apart from blue eyes, blonde hair is also ________ of Swedish people.
A) specific
B) peculiar
C) characteristic
D) particular 正确答案：C
Everyone else was killed in the accident. I was the only one to ________.
A) alive
B) outlive
C) survive
D) relive 正确答案：C
He is ________.
A) something of a poet
B) anything of a poet
C) something of the poet
D) anything of the poet 正确答案：A
Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.
A) facilities
B) appliances
C) instruments
D) equipment 正确答案：B
I'm not sure whether I can gain any profit from the investment, so I can't make a(n) _____ promise to help you.
B) defined
C) definite
D) sure 正确答案：C
I tried to make him laugh, but he was ___________ jokes.
A) in accordance with
B) in excess of
C) in no mood for
D) in correspondence with 正确答案：C
The silence was abruptly ___________ by the sound of Mia’s loud voice.
A) shrunk
B) strengthened
C) sheltered
D) shattered 正确答案：D
The pupils were brought to the airport to watch how carefully the pilot _____ the plane down.
A) brought
C) flew
D) took 正确答案：A
Investigators are searching the _________ of the plane to try and find the cause of the tragedy.
A) accommodation
B) circulation
C) emergency
D) wreckage 正确答案：D
The old overseas Chinese looked in _____ at his hometown, which changed so greatly that he could hardly recognize it.
A) strange
B) confusion
C) difficulty
D) unfamiliarity 正确答案：B
She denied that it was a lie, but she knew _____ of hearts that it was.
A) in her heart
B) in mind
C) at the center
D) at the bottom 正确答案：A
The teacher _____ books and made sure that each student would have his own.
A) attributed
B) circulated
C) distributed
D) classified 正确答案：C
The human problems associated with living in the ocean will need to be studied _____.
A) in detail
B) in turn
C) in itself
D) in part 正确答案：A
The _____ of ice-cream sold increases sharply in the summer months.
A) sum
B) total
C) average
D) amount 正确答案：D
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
61. ____________________ (所有的准备工作都劳而无功) because the visit was cancelled.
正确答案：All that preparation was for nothing
62. To become a writer, a person ____________________ (必须首先要富有想象力).
正确答案：must, first of all, be imaginative
63. The bag of sweets on the table was ____________________ (对孩子是难以抗拒的诱惑) 正确答案：too strong a temptation for a child to resist
64. The death of his parents was a ____________________ (对这个年轻人是个沉重打击).
正确答案：mortal blow to the young man
65. The log cabin stayed empty ____________________ (除了我们暑假期间来). 正确答案：except when we came during the summer vacation
第八单元
We were followed by a whole ________ of seagulls.
A) butch。