大学英语3单元测试（A）（Unit3,Unit5）湖大

大学英语3单元测试（A）（Unit3,Unit5）湖大
2014级单元测试(A)（Unit3、Unit5）
Ⅰ. Multiple Choices（每题0.5分，共25分）
1. In those chilly evenings, I would often _________ my drug store, and go to the coffee house to meet one or two of my friends.
A. close down
B. close in on
C. close in
D. close up
2. The only measure for the judgment of this reform is how the interests of the _________ groups are defended.
A. weak
B. disinterested
C. vulnerable
D. venerable
3. In the new drive of urbanization, many city people are craving for a _________ house where they can come into direct touch with the nature.
A. rural
B. rich
C. royal
D. remote
4. The insurance industry has produced its own proposals for ________ health care.
A. elegant
B. irreverent
C. impressive
D. universal
5. With a wireless modem, we can all conveniently _________ the Internet on the premises.
A. log into
B. hook up to
C. connect up on
D. link up on
6. The shopping mall_________ household appliances in its annual sale.
A. showed
B. offered
C. featured
D. exhibited
7. Most of the old buildings around here were pulled down so that blocks of apartments could be_________.
A. built up
B. put up
C. brought up
D. saved up
8. The old man retired last year, and his youngest son_________ his business.
A. took over
B. took up
C. took away
D. took to
9. Notices and signs are_________ everywhere on premises announcing the building will soon be torn down.
A. passed
B. pasted
C. pressed
D. painted
10. With improvement of living conditions, demand for air-conditioners has increased_________.
A. for a large margin
B. in a large margin
C. by a large margin
D. on a large margin
11. _________ the late autumn sunshine, the old wooden house looked sweet and warm.
A. Flooded in
B. Emerged in
C. Swamped in
D. Bathed in
12. Please move your pile of books a little _________ to the right, so that I can see all the words on the blackboard.
A. upwards
B. lengthways
C. sideways
D. downwards
13. Looking back _________ my senior high school life, my heart was filled with pride in myself.
A. upon
B. at
C. from
D. to
14. The mass media are often thought to _________ the freedom of speech.
A. stand out
B. stand for
C. stand up to
D. stand off
15. It suddenly _________ us that the English quiz fell on this weekend, but we then had no time to prepare for that.
A. occurred to
B. occurred on
C. reminded of
D. hit on
16. Dark clouds gathered quickly and it _________ to rain.
A. meant
B. threatened
C. hint
D. alleged
17. We must not let the destruction of the environment be our _________ to the next generation.
A. trace
B. symbol
C. present
D. legacy
18. To accept this job _________ going to work on weekend often.
A. involves
B. includes
C. consists
D. comprises
19. Don’t _________ my questions. I rea lly need your comment.
A. delay
B. sit
C. shun
D. block
20. At 10 sharp, the train _________ out of the station on time.
A. pulled
B. turned
C. got
D. hurried
21. With the dogs, the _________ had changed in my favor.
A. probability
B. odds
C. possibility
D. chance
22. I couldn’t draw a _________ at teaching my son about guns.
A. line
B. cross
C. close
D. sigh
23. I was _________ when my son put down the gun —he didn’t like the feel of it.
A. angry
B. worried
C. saddened
D. relieved
24. I ________ my finger around the trigger and finally squeezed it, simultaneously accepting the intruder’s d eath at my own hand and the relief of not being a victim.
A. put
B. circle
C. wrapped
D. covered
25. I never have ________ the consequences of an act as strongly as I have that of buying a gun—but then again, I never
have done anything with such deadly consequences.
A. faced
B. weighed
C. met
D. accepted
26. The cook put the meat on a plate,________ it with salt and pepper, and then place it in the oven to roast.
A. scattered
B. sparked
C. sprinkled
D. spread
27. John made everyone laughed when he got the words ________ and referred to himself as “my husband’s wife”.
A. reversed
B. reserved
C. resumed
D. revised
28. At the end of a hard day Sue likes to go home and ________ out in her favorite armchair listening to a record.
A. extend
B. expand
C. stretch
D. spread
29. As a photographer in the war, she was ________ to many dangers.
A. immersed
B. bathed
C. reversed
D. exposed
30. The whole town was ________ in a festival atmosphere.
A. assembled
B. immersed
C. quoted
D. exposed
31. What you have just said does not ________ with what you told us earlier.
A. accord
B. respond
C. match
D. agree
32. She is ________ a surgical operation at the hospital.
A. assembling
B. unloading
C. undergoing
D. uncovering
33. To close, I would like to ________ Benjamin Franklin, “One should eat to live, not live to eat.”
A. pray
B. sprinkle
C. repay
D. quote
34. A national debate is now ________ about the manner in which we as a society should protect our natural resources.
A. on the way
B. under way
C. on the road
D. under the way
35. One tends to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the ________ be true or false.
A. statement
C. incident
D. event
36. You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will perhaps never be able to ________ you.
A. reverse
B. repay
C. sprinkle
D. diminish
37. Tom listened hard, but cou ldn’t ________ what his parents were saying because they were talking too softly.
A. make out
B. make up
C. make through
D. make for
38. If he hears something he can’t understand, my brother always turns it ________ in his mind until he can make sense of it.
A. over
B. off
C. in
D. down
39. A national flag should be folded carefully and ________ when not in use.
A. put away
B. put aside
C. put up
D. put down
40. As supplies of traditional fuels ________, people are working to increase the use of solar energy.
A. assemble
C. reduce
D. diminish
41. Everything changed ________ on June 1, 2000 when he lost both legs in a serious traffic accident.
A. in part
B. in secret
C. in turn
D. in a flash
42. Poetry often reveals to us the loveliness of nature and ________ the freshness of youthful feelings.
A. brings down
B. brings up
C. brings back
D. brings about
43. Setting a goal is not the main thing. What really matters is deciding how you will ________ achieving it.
A. come about
B. go about
C. get about
D. think about
44. I’d like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has been so ________ of my well- being.
A. considerable
B. considering
C. considered
D. considerate
45. After everyone ________ on the playing field, our coach encouraged once again to do our best.
A. assembled
B. collected
C. resembled
D. recollected
46. This is the fifth ________ victory of the football team.
A. successive
B. successful
C. succeeding
D. continued
47. Our teacher always impressed on us the need to do our best ________ excellence.
A. in seeking of
B. in pursuing of
C. in quest of
D. in searching of
48. Jared is ________ himself for being so ignorant.
A. shamed of
B. ashamed of
C. fond of
D. sick of
49. Let a man become ________ what he is and he will soon learn what he should be.
A. conscious of
B. unconscious of
C. thoughtful of
D. confident of
50. Employers are always ________ poor letters, especially for letter of application.
A. guilty of
B. critical of
C. considerate of
D. subconscious of
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Ⅱ. Cloze（每空1分，共15分）
It has been 1by dead-bolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems and trip
wires 2up to a police station or private guard firm. Many suburban families have sliding glass doors on their patios, with steel bars 3built in so no one can 4the doors open.
It is not uncommon, in the most pleasant of homes, to see 5on the windows small
notices announcing that the 6are under surveillance by this security force or that guard company.
The lock is the new symbol of America. Indeed, a recent public-service advertisement by a large insurance company 7not 8showing how much at risk we are, but a picture of a child’s bicycle with the now-usual 9attached to it.
The ad 10out that, yes, it is the insurance companies that pay for stolen goods, but who is going to pay for what the new atmosphere of distrust and fear is doing to our way of life? Who is going to make the 11payment for the 12of America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Lock?
For that is what has happened. We have become so used to 13ourselves against the
new 14of American life, so used to putting up 15, that we have not had time to think about what it may mean.
1. replaced
2. hooked
3. elegantly
4. pry
5. pasted
6. premises
7. featured
8. charts
9. padlock 10.pointed 11. psychic 12. transformation 13. defending 14.atmosphere 15. barriers。