新编大学英语3选择题

A. in

B. at

C. to

D. on

D 2. The official in the tax office ________ that the shopkeeper was innocent.

A. contented C. contained

B. consented agree D. contended

A 3. The new furniture does not ________ to the design of the new room.

A. conform C. condemn

B. confine D. confirm

B 4. The employer is ________ to ask for references.

A. conceited C. condemned

B. entitled D. despair

C 5. I am very ________ of all the support you gave me.

A. eloquent C. appreciative

B. jealousy D. spoiled

A 6. Although they are sisters, they are the ________ opposite of one another.

A. very

B. much

C. little

D. just

B 7. The rumors of an attack were later ________.

A. convinced C. conformed

B. confirmed D. confined

D 8. His self-confidence was ________ by repeated failures.

A. underestimated C. undermanned

B. underexposed D. undermined

C 9. I have ________ you that it's not worthwhile to take the risk.

A. secured C. assured

B. ensured D. insured

D 10. The gun ________ the monkeys and they all escaped.

A. bothered C. overflowed

B. impressed

D 11. Knowledge without common sense ________ little.

A. counts C. counts up

B. counts on D. counts for

B 12. The police have ________ all the other suspects, so only one now remains.

A. reduced C. diminished

B. eliminated D. removed

B 13. He's very ________ to his pupil's need for encouragement and knows when to praise them.

A. sensational C. sensible

B. sensitive D. sensuous

D 14. Reading the newspaper ________ one of my parents' life habits since they retired.

A. become C. have become

B. are becoming D. has become

C 15. My uncle was made ________ his research work due to his ill health.

A. giving up C. to give up

B. given up D. give up

C 16. He will never ________ the window this afternoon when he was playing football in the front yard.

A. admit to break C. admit having broken

B. admit to have broken D. admit him break

C 17. He has a very strange ________ on life.

A. interview C. outlook

B. perspectives D. angle

A 18. They ________ themselves that the accident was a million-to-one chance.

A. reassured C. insured

B. realized D. instructed

B 19. I ________my fear of flying by taking several short flights last month.

A. undermined C. confronted

B. overcame D. challenged

A 20. There is noise on this ________. I can hardly hear you.

A. occasion C. case

B. connection D. scene

A 21. If anything happened to the kids I'd never ________ myself.

A. forgive C. threaten

B. dismiss D. convince

D 22. These events are a major ________ to the establishment of a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

A. dismissal C. consequence

B. grip

A 23. As a child, he was very ________ to nose and throat infections.

A. prone C. tend

B. confined D. attached

D 24. I'm only just beginning to get over the severe ________ I felt about losing my job.

A. setback C. reversal

B. rejection D. depression

A 25. I was not able to ________ all I set out to do.

A. accomplish C. attain

B. plan D. establish