《高级英语》第一册第1课习题和答案.doc

《高级英语》第一册第1课习题和答案

Exercises for Lesson one

撰写人：Kitty No. 1

I. Multiple-choice

1. It grows louder and more _____ until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes, as the burnished copper catches the light of _____ lamps and braziers.

A. distinct, innumerable

B. clear, countless

C. distinct, numerable

D. clear, innumerable

2. If he does guess correctly, he will price the item high, and __ little in the bargaining.

A. produce

B. resign

C. surrender

D. yield

3. The seller makes a point ______ protesting that the price he is charging is depriving him ______ all profit.

A. of…from

B. from…of

C. of…of

D. from…from

4. The shop-keepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers ______.

A. follow suit

B. take suit

C. follow suits

D. take suits

5. Motors and bicycles threaded their way among the ______ of the people entering and leaving the market.

A. crowd

B. throngs

C. crowd

D. crowds

6. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge______ your ear.

A. on

B. to

C. at

D. against

7. Little donkeys with harmoniously tinkling bells ______ among the throngs of people.

A. threads their way

B. thread their way

C. threads their ways

D. thread their ways

8. The tin of the stall-holders crying their wares, …and of ______ purchasers arguing and bargaining is continuous and makes you dizzy.

A. would-be

B. will-be

C. shall-be

D. could-be

9. The shop-owner instructs, and sometimes ______ with a hammer himself.

A. takes a hand

B. takes hands

C. takes hand

D. takes two hands

10. The pole is attached ______ the one end ______ an upright post, and ______ the other end ______ a blind-folded camel.

A. at…at, at…at

B. to…at, to…at

C. at…to, at…to

D. to…at, to… at

11. Every here and there, a doorway gives ______ a sunlit courtyard.

A. a glance of

B. a glimpse of

C. a stare of

D. a survey of

12. The boss asked me if I would ____ to take the new mission.

A. consider

B. accept

C. approve

D. agree

13. He was asked to account _____ the loss of the market in Shanghai.

A. for

B. of

C. on

D. about

14. We always _____ our success to our parents, teachers and colleagues.

A. oblige

B. contribute

C. delicate

D. attribute

15. In most public places, smoking is not ____.

A. let

B. legal

C. allowed

D. promised

16. The architecture of Gothic style refers to an architectural style prevalent in _____