新编大学英语3的选择题练习

11. It was difficult to __c__ how many trees had been destroyed.

A) measure B) test C) estimate D) evaluate

12. The company has __c_ some major changes in the last five years.

A) stood B) suffered C) undergone D) tolerated

13. After retiring, he __a_ his hobby of stamp collecting.

A) pursued B) pursuit C) followed D) chased

14. At the restaurant, the only __d_ to chicken was beef.

A) choice B) option C) selection D) alternative

15. We had to learn chemical __d_ at school

but I can only remember H2O for water.

A) principles B) prescriptions

C) formula D) formulae

16. She’s extremely _c__ and intends to be running her own company by the time she’s

30.

A) argumentative B) investigative

C) ambitious D) intuitive

17. She ___c__ stealing when she had no money.

A) seized on B) took stock of

C) resorted to D) took inventory of

18. She was caught without a ticket and fined thirty

dollars ___b____.

A) at stake B) on the spot

C) in nature D) in reality

19. All career decisions require us to __b___ these two kinds of knowledge.

A) identify B) integrate C) crystallize D) overlook

20. Football, basketball and baseball are the __a___sports in the USA.

A) dominant B) defensive

C) adventuresome D) analytical

•11-15 C C A D D 16-20 C C B B A

• 1. The book shows the very interesting __ contrast ___ between life now and life in a hundred years ago.

• 2. Don’t ___ dwell __ on the past---try to be more positive.

• 3. Unemployment can cause feelings of ___ inadequacy ___ and low self-esteem.

• 4. The president’s speech was __ interpreted ___ rather inaccurately.

• 5. Y ou are __.passive;__ when you allow things to happen, but do nothing.

• 6. Breathing is something we do __.spontaneously __ and we very rarely think about it.

•7. I don’t like a job in which I’m _ confined ___ to doing only one thing.

•8.We are not yet able to make a __ prediction __about when the next earthquake will happen.

•9. It’s a _ self-fulfilling ___ prophecy: expect things to go wrong, and they probably will.

•10. Students often find __ temporary __ jobs during their summer holidays.

•11. I’m __ inclined __ to agree with what you were saying at the meeting.

•12. He is an __.incompetent ___ vice-president; he is not very smart, and he has only two years of experience in the business

1. In ___ with your pessimistic point of view, I would rather take a positive attitude.

A. control

B. contrast

C. concept

D. contact

2. Unfortunately, his gambling and drinking habits make him a very _______ person.

A. self-reflective

B. self-confident

C. self-conscious

D. self-destructive

3. Barter had been so humiliated that he felt himself to be ___ to every educated man he met.

A. inferior

B. passive

C. reasonable

D. self-fulfilling

4. we _____ to deliver the goods within a week.

A. insure

B. assure

C. guard

D. guarantee

5. He has been ___ from the swimming race because he did not win any of the practice races.

A. reduced

B. deleted

C. eliminated

D. diminished

6. Private employment agencies may not have your best interest ___ heart.

A. by

B. at

C. from

D. in

7. Don’t ____ on the past --- try to be more positive.

A. think

B. startle

C. dwell

D. live

8. The goal-keeper was punished for ___ possession of ball

A. exclusive

B. executive

C. excessive

D. inclusive

9. Sooner or later good must _____ over evil.

A. circulate

B. triumph

C. undermine

D. fail

10. Y our wish to go for a walk does not justify ___ the baby alone in the house.

A. leaving

B. having left

C. to leave

D. to have left

11. In spite of setbacks and ___________, his business was at last making money.

A. compliments

B. predictions

C. reversals

D. complement

12. I’m ________ to agree with what you were saying at the meeting.

A. intended

B. inclined

C. declined

D. trend

13. She could hardly ____ a smile.

A. impress

B. depress

C. compress

D. suppress

14. ____, I had the feeling that Tom was lying.

A. Sometime

B. Somewhat

C. Somewhere

D. Somehow

15. The talk took place in the ___ of a diplomatic observer.

A. presence

B. light

C. honor

D. present

16. She ____ a talk on philosophy to the society.

A. delivered

B. deliberated

C. dyed

D. delighted

17. Anne’s father would not ____ to her marrying a foreigner.

A. content

B. consent

C. approve

D. choose

18. I am most ____ of your kindness.

A. attentive

B. selective

C. enlightened

D. appreciative

19. Students can be expelled for refusing to ____ to school rules.

A. conform

B. confine

C. confirm

D. confuse

20. There are those who _____ suspicions about his motives.

A. humor

B. harbor

C. hug

D. labor

21. ____ good health, one can achieve anything.

A. Giving

B. Having given

C. Given

D. Having been given

22. The government spokesman ____ publicly that offenders would be punished.

A. pronounced

B. announced

C. claimed

D. demanded

23. They are _____ with envy and jealousy at what has happened to their sister.

A. consumed

B. overjoyed

C. hideous

D. grief-stricken