现代大学英语精读4-课后练习教案资料

现代⼤学英语精读4-课后练习教案资料
现代⼤学英语精读4-
课后练习
Lesson1
1. The safari hunter was nearly _____ to death by a herd of elephants.
A. stampeded
B. trampled
C. trod
D. stamped
2. She felt that she was too ______ with problems to be able to study properly.
A. burdened
B. tired
C. grieved
D. disturbed
3 The roof ______ under the weight of the snow.
A. fell
B. submerged
C. collapsed
D. descended
4. Juvenile _______ is becoming a very difficult problem for society to overcome.
A. negligence
B. crime
C. delinquency
D. offence
5. The current spirit of _____ among the various departments of the university have led to a number of interdisciplinary publications which might not otherwise have been written.
A. competition
B. patriotism
C. cooperation
D. futility
6. Ben derived a lot of ______ from his boss’s apology.
A. comfort
B. ease
C. gratification
D. satisfaction
4. Juvenile _______ is becoming a very difficult problem for society to overcome.
A. negligence
B. crime
C. delinquency
D. offence
5. The current spirit of _____ among the various departments of the university have led to a number of interdisciplinary publications which might not otherwise have been written.
A. competition
B. patriotism
C. cooperation
D. futility
6. Ben derived a lot of ______ from his boss’s apology.
A. comfort
B. ease
C. gratification
D. satisfaction
10. She had been educated in England, which accounted for her ______ in the English language.
A. efficiency
B. proficiency
C. effectiveness
D. effectuality
11. A sweet smile is a figurative expression, but sweet coffee is a ______ one.
A. literal
B. literary
C. literate
D. illiterate
12. I missed the last bus. I could do nothing but ______ in the village for the night.
A. staying
B. stayed
C. to stay
D. stay
16. ______ for the timely investment form the general public, our company would not be so thriving as it is.
A. Had it not been
B. Were it not
C. Be it not
D. Should it not be
17. According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one ______ wait instead of searching for it.
A. would rather
B. had to
C. cannot but
D. had best
18. The school board listened quietly as John read the demands that his followers ______ for.
A. be demonstrating
B. demonstrate
C. had been demonstrating
D. have demonstrated
19. We are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style ______ in a personal one.
A. rather than
B. other than
C. better than
D. less than
20. The business of each day, ______ selling goods or shipping them, went quite smoothly.
A. it being
B. be it
C. was it
D. it was
Lesson2
1. Her jewelry _______ under the spotlights and she became the dominant figure at the ball.
A. blazed
B. dazzled
C. glared
D. glittered
2. Weeks ______ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery.
A. elapsed
B. expired
C. overlapped
D. terminated
3. Often such arguments have the effect of _____ rather than clarifying the issues involved.
A. blocking
B. obscuring
C. tackling
4. He raised his eyebrows and stuck his head forward and _______ it in a single nod, a gesture boys used then for O.K. when they were pleased.
A. jerked
B. twisted
C. shrugged
D. tugged
5. She had recently left a job and had helped hersel f to copies of the company’s client data, which she intended to ______ in starting her own business.
A. dwell on
B. base on
C. draw upon
D. come upon
6. I can’t give you that for nothing. What do you take me _____ ?
A. up
B. for
C. to
D. after
7. Let me _____ the broken glass before someone walks on it.
A. cover up
B. clear up
C. wash up
D. spring up
8. If you keep in mind the process of word deviation, you’ll be able to _____ the meaning of many words.
A. reason with
B. make up
C. count on
D. figure out
9. Scientists will have to come _____ new methods of increasing the world’s food supply.
A. up with
B. up for
C. down with
D. down to
10. A thought ______ me that we ought to make a new arrangement.
A. occurred
B. struck
D. struck to
11. _____ in a recent science competition, three individuals were awarded scholarships totaling 36,000.
A. Judged the best
B. Judging for the best
C. Judging the best
D. Having judged the best
12. You never told us why you were late for the last meeting, _____?
A. weren't you
B. didn’t you
C. had you
D. did you
13. He has ______ that it is difficult for him to travel.
A. too heavy a work load
B. a too heavy work load
C. so heavy a work load
D. such heavy a work load
14. ______ I’ll marry him all the same.
A. Whether he being rich or poor
B. He be rich or poor
C. He being rich or poor
D. Be he rich or poor
15. If that idea was wrong, the project is bound to fail, _____ good all the other ideas might be.
A. whatever
B. though
C. whatsoever
D. however
16. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, ____ to the body.
A. the greater the stress
B. the stress is greater
C. greater the stress is
D. greater is the stress
17. —Could you give this book to Mr. Chen?
—Certainly, ______ him about something else in any case, so it won’t be any bother at all. A. I’ll see B. I see
C. I can see
D. I’ll be seeing
18. _____ their assistance, we would be in serious difficulty.
A. If it is not for
B. Be it not for
C. It being not for
D. Were it not for
19. Some days go by much more quickly than others. Some hours as if they _____.
A. would never end
B. should never end
C. will never end
D. might never end
20. When she arrived, she found _____ the aged and the sick at home.
A. none but
B. nothing but
C. none other
D. no other than\
Lesson3
1. In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active participation.
A. dimension
B. magnitude
C. volume
D. scope
2. The tourist is forbidden to enter a country if he does not have a(n) _____ passport.
A. operative
B. effective
C. valid
D. efficient
3. Gone with the Wind deals with questions America’s Civil war and the experiences of two couples of lovers.
A. concerned
B. concerned with
C. concerning with
D. concerning
4. She was very interested in the work of certain charities, and made a regular to them.
A. subscription
B. contribution
C. allowance
D. tribute
5. Anthropology is a science _____ anthropologist use a rigorous set of methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by others.
A. in that
B. that in
C. that
D. in
6. People under the age of 18 are not to join the club.
A. capable
B. legitimate
C. available
D. eligible
7. Essentially, a theory is an abstract symbolic representation of reality.
A. what it is conceived
B. that is conceived
C. that is being conceived
D. what is conceived to be
8. Although some students graduate from high school, they are virtually illiterate writing
a business letter.
A. in the event of
B. in the light of
C. in case of
D. in terms of
9. Sometimes the tension produced by fears is so great that we cannot suppress it. At such times we need to the tension by laughing or crying.
A. discard
B. disperse
C. disguise
D. discharge
10. We are all agreed that the plan is practical and feasible, but he thinks .
A. not
B. the reverse
C. contrarily
D. otherwise
11. Go and ask his wife. She must be the know.
A. in
B. for
C. at
D. under
12. She knew that she was against very strong opposition.
A. at
B. up
D. with D. on
13.Until the 1800s, communication had been _____ by distance and time.
A. curbed
B. inhibited
C. limited
D. restricted
14. This car is cheaper to buy _____ the other one is more economical to run.
A. although
B. since
C. than
D. whereas
15. The score is 3 to 2 in their favor. This is not _____ result as we expected.
A. a bad
B. as a bad
C. bad a
D. as bad a
16.Hardly a day goes by _____ I write to my family.
A. when
B. since
C. but
D. before
17. The old man strolled to the beach, _____.
A. his dog following him
B. his dog followed him
C. his dog was followed
D. following by his dog
18. I don’t believe your dad is over fifty. He looks _____ forty.
A. no older than
B. not older than
C. no older as
D. none older as
19. The Prime Minister walked onto the platform and seated herself in a chair, _____ to answer questions.
A. had prepared
B. being prepared
C. prepared
D. preparing
20. There can be no economy _____ there is no efficiency.
A. unless
B. where
C. provided that
D. because
Lesson4
1.The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that ___ the speakers stopped for refreshments.
a. at large
b. at ease
c. at intervals
d. at random
2. This kind of material can ____ heat and moisture.
a. propel
b. repel
c. compel
d. constrain
3. Hamlet ___ his fat her’s death on his uncle.
a. reversed
b. revenged
c. reverted
d. averted
4. In a sense, tennis and Taijiquan are similar in that they both require your full attention, and if done ____, take your mind off daily problems and preoccupations.
a. successfully
b. consecutively
c. conscientiously
d. compulsively
5. Strict ____ is observed in connection with depositors’ accounts.
a. section
b. security
c. secrecy
d. segregation
6. The remarkable ___ of life on the Galapagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin to establish his theory of evolution.
a. classification
b. density
c. variety
d. diversion
7. The owner of a car is no longer forced to rely on public transportation and is therefore, not ____ to work locally.
a. compelled
b. obliged
c. restricted
d. repelled
8. T he doctors don’t ____ that the patient will live much longer.
a. monitor
b. manifest
c. articulate
d. anticipate
9. She should be ___ and not make unreasonable demands.
a. sensational
b. sensible
c. sensitive
d. sensual
10. Europe’s earlier industrial growth was ____ by the availability of key resources, abundant and cheap labor, coal, iron ore, etc.
a. constrained
b. remained
c. sustained
d. detained
11. His kindness was ___ that we will never forget him.
a. what
b. which
c. who
d. such
12. I walked too much yesterday and ___ are still aching now.
a. my leg’s muscles
b. my muscles of leg
c. my leg muscles
d. my muscles of the leg
13. I think the Red Team will win the final game; it’s ____ that they will.
a. almost surely
b. very likely
c. rather possibly
d. quite certainly
14. Fond of singing as she is, she is ____ a good singer by profession.
a. everything but
b. anything but
c. nothing but
d. something but
15. I didn’t go to his party last night, because ____ I changed my mind.
a. on a second thought
b. on second thought
c. by second thought
d. on the second thought
16. We left the meeting, there obviously ____ no point in staying.
a. were
b. to be
c. being
d. having
17. The manager would rather his daughter ____ in the same office.
a. had not worked
b. not to work
c. does not work
d. did not work
18. I’d rather read than watch television, the programs seem ____ all the time.
a. to get worse
b. getting worse
c. to have got worse
d. to be getting worse
19. Many a student and teacher ___ making a careful study of ___ own problems.
a. are; their
b. is; their
c. are; his
d. is; his
20. It is not unusual for workers ____ in that region.
a. to be paid more than a month late
b. to be paid later than more a month
c. to pay later than a month more
d. to pay late more than a month
Lesson6
1. I only know the man by ___ but I have never spoken to him.
A. chance
B. heart
C. sight
D. experience
2. Being colour-blind, Sally can’t make a _____ between red and green.
A. difference
B. distinction
C. comparison
D. division
3. You must insist that students give a truthful answer ___ with the reality of their world.
A. relevant
B. simultaneous
C. consistent
D. practical
4. In order to raise money, Aunt Nicola had to ___ with some of her most
treasured possessions.
A. divide
B. separate
C. part
D. abandon
5. The car was in good working ___ when I bought it a few months ago.
B. form
C. state
D. circumstance
6. The customer expressed her ___ for that broad hat.
A. disapproval
B. distaste
C. dissatisfaction
D. dismay
7. In order to repair barns, build fence, grow crops, and care for animals a farmer must indeed be ___.
A. restless C. strong
B. skilled D. versatile
8. His expenditure on holidays and luxuries is rather high in ___ to his income.
A. comparison
B. proportion
C. association
D. calculation
9. Although he has become rich, he is still very ___ of his money.
A. economic
B. thrifty
C. frugal
D. careful
10. As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to ___ the weekly staff meeting.
A. preside
B. introduce
C. chair
D. dominate
11. Basically a robot is a machine which moves, manipulates, joins or processes ____ in the same way as human hand or arm.
A. characters
B. components
C. catalogues
D. collections
12. Of course, talking about something which affects them personally is ____ motivating for students.
A. chiefly
B. correctly
13. Most importantly, such an experience helps ____ a heightened sensitivity to other cultures and will bring about a greater appreciation of one’s own culture as well.
A. coach
B. forsake
C. foster
D. censor
14. When Ann broke the dish she tried to put the ____ back together.
A. fragments
B. pieces
C. bits
D. slices
15. ____ drills that have no real topic have to remain as they are.
A. Manufacture
B. Manipulative
C. Manipulate
D. Manifest
16. This book has been in the works so long that I have lost ____ of most of the sources found for me by the staff of the library.
A. trace
B. trail
C. track
D. touch
17. The audience waited in ____ silence while their aged speaker searched among his note for the figures he could not remember.
A. respective
B. respect
C. respectful
D. respectable
18. The disappearance of her paper has never been ____ .
A. counted for
B. looked up
C. accounted for
D. checked up
19. When he was asked about the missing briefcase, the man ____ ever seeing it.
A. refused
D. resisted
20. Communication between a young couple is a(n) ____ business.
A. sharp
B. dreadful
C. intense
D. delicate
Lesson7
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