工程应用英语(修正)习题册

课程代码：06269 工程应用英语课程

习题册

第二部分复习思考题

一．单选题：

1. Computers are ________ unless they are given clear and accurate instructions and information.

A. used

B. useless

C. useful

D. uselessly

2. Active ____ __ for engineers often begins before the student’s last year in the university.

A. employ

B. recruiting

C. hire

D. firing

3. For the student who is preparing to become a ________ engineer, these specialized courses may deal with such

subjects as geodetic surveying, soil mechanics.

A. computer

B. social

C. civil

D. chemical

4. The civil engineer may work in research, design, construction, ________, maintenance, or even in sales.

A. analysis

B. supervision

C. plan

D. fee

5. Civil engineers work on many different kinds of .

A. buildings

B. projects

C. structures

D. roads

6. In designing buildings, civil engineers often work as ________ to architectural or construction firms.

A. workers

B. consultants

C. employees

D. students

7. Dams, bridges and other large projects ordinarily employ several engineers whose work is coordinated by a ________ engineer who is in charge of the entire project.

A. main

B. chief

C. master

D. systems

8. Construction is a ________ process on almost all engineering projects.

A. simple

B. complicated

C. easy

D. likely

9. In compression, the material is ________ together.

A. stretched

B. apart

C. pushed

D. tense

10. When a saw cuts easily through a piece of wood, the wood is .

A. in tension

B. in compression

C. in press

D. in push

11. We defined ________ as the tendency of a material to fracture along the lines of stress.

A. tension

B. compression

C. push

D. shear

12. The principal construction materials of earlier times were wood and ________,

stone, or tile, and similar materials.

A. steel

B. aluminum

C. masonry brick

D. plastic

13. Modern cement is a mixture of .

A. bricks

B. limestone and clay

C. wood and ash

D. plastic

14. Concrete is very .

A. constant

B. the same

C. definite

D. versatile

15. Steel has great tensile strength while concrete has great compressive strength, thus, the two substances ________

each other.

A. counteract

B. offset

C. complement

D. nullify

16. One system that helps ________ concrete weight to some extent uses polymers.

A. cut

B. accelerate

C. add

D. keep

17. The retention money serves to insure ________ against any defects that may arise in the work.

A. the manager

B. the contractor

C. the carrier

D. the employer

18. The civil engineering work must be completed to the satisfaction of the employer, or his .

A. wife

B. friend

C. lawyer

D. representative

19. For moderate and longer hauls, self-loading scrapers pulled by rubber-tired hauling units and push-loaded by

tractors offer ________ cost.

A. higher

B. lower

C. the same

D. different

20. Highway maintenance activities can be grouped and classified according ________the purpose of the treatment.

A. with

B. for

C. forward

D. to

21. Engineering is a profession, which means that an engineer must have a specialized ______ education.

A. elementary school B．high school C．middle school D．university

22. In most cases, the tender may be ______ at any time until it has been accepted.

A．confirmed B．withdrawn C．admitted D. continued

23. Current trend is to require students to take courses in the ______ science and the language arts.

A．computer B．chemical C．social D．biology

24. The law relating to contracts imposes on each party to a contract ______ to perform.

A. an irksome task

B. an easy experiment

C. a good plan

D. a legal obligation