大学英语综合(三) Unit1补充练习及答案

Unit One Book III

I. Choose the one that best completes each sentence from the four choices given below.

1. My parents could hardly come up with all the money for me to go to college, but we managed

to ______ with my scholarship.

A. get in

B. get on

C. get by

D. get to

2. In order to keep slim, my aunt never eats much, but she _____ her diet with a variety of vitamins.

A. compliments

B. supplements

C. implements

D. compensates

3. You’d bet ter _____ the garden with insecticide to get rid of the pests.

A. spray

B. sprinkle

C. splash

D. scatter

4. The new device, ______, is by far more convenient than the old one.

A. in the balance

B. in parallel

C. on parallel

D. on balance

5. They seldom dine out, ______ an occasional dinner at the local restaurant.

A. aside from

B. beside from

C. except of

D. outside of

6. Caught running away from the spot, he was ______ of the crime by the police.

A. expected

B. doubted

C. guessed

D. suspected

7. To balance your income and expense, you need to set a proper ______.

A. budget

B. limit

C. control

D. check

8. At the sight of that beautiful dress, the poor actress could not_____ the temptation to steal it.

A. attack

B. fight

C. resist

D. assist

9. She assured her mother that it was only a _____ operation and she would be fine soon.

A. major

B. minor

C. minute

D. minimum

10. If you ______ your money in the real estate market now, I’m sure you’ll make great profits.

A. dedicate

B. devote

C. invest

D. spend

11. Books ______ with colored photographs are extremely popular with small children.

A. illustrated

B. demonstrated

C. displayed

D. explained

12. While power plants burn coal to ______ electricity, they are also polluting the air.

A. cause

B. create

C. invent

D. generate

13. I live in the suburb and it takes me three hours to ______ between home and office everyday.

A. communicate

B. commute

C. travel

D. move

14. The Mississippi River forms a natural ____________between Iowa and Illinois.

A. range

B. boundary

C. scope

D. distance

15. The supply of electric power to Madrid and neighboring districts has had to be ____________.

A. weakened

B. pursued

C. omitted

D. lowered

16 . He worked so late in the office last night that he hardly had time ______ the last bus.

A. to have caught

B. to catch

C. catching

D. having caught

17. Although a little girl of nine, Rose could resist ______ what to do and what not to do.

A. to be told

B. having been told

C. being told

D. to have been told