大学英语二

Unit 5

I.Write the English words or expressions according to the following definitions.

1.too pleased with one’s own abilities or looks

2.strong feeling, esp. of love

3.the most important part

4.prove that (sth.) is true

5.quality of being smooth and elegant, esp. in movement or structure

e or happen again

7.every other or second; happening by turns

8.worry or nervousness

9.happen at the same time; be in agreement

10.nothing more than

II. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the following :

intensity; Passions; anxieties; recurs; bear out; core; stretched out; coincided with; vain; Tension.

1.Then he ______ his arms and embraced me tightly.

2.Our first meeting often ______ to my mind.

3.They began to work with greater ______.

4.Her arrival ______ our departure.

5.I’m afraid that the results ______ my earlier suspicions.

6.______ were running high at the meeting.

7.I tried in ______ to sleep.

8.This concept is at the very ______ of his theory.

9.The doctor’s report removed all their ______.

10.______ is a major cause of heart disease.

Key: stretched out; recurs; intensity; coincided with; bear out; Passions; vain; core; anxieties; Tension.

III. Choose the most suitable answer.

1.We especially enjoy the ______ with which a ballerina leaps into the air.

A. passion a te

B. vault

C. eruption

D. grace

2. His _____ for detective stories and computer games made him blind to everything else.

A. preparation

B. tension

C. anxiety

D. passion

3.It is not strange that her taste in music _____ with her husband’s.

A. coincides

B. communicates

C. outruns

D. bears out

4. During the election year, the candidate appeal to our _____ rather than to our minds.

A. emotions

B. excitement

C. feelings

D. passionate

5. Since he is so conceited and stubborn, you are in the _____ hope of persuading him.

A. hardcore

B. effortless

C. vain

D. deaf

6. He takes it for granted that learning to drive is a _____, a piece of cake.

A. intensity

B. breeze

C. anxiety

D. take-off

7. They could _____themselves on having done a good job.

A. stretch out

B. congratulate

C. dedicate

D. dismiss

8. The king ruled his kingdom by _____kindness and cruelty. The first view of him filled everyone

with awe.

A. coinciding

B. alternating

C. intensifying

D. along with

9. Our first meeting on Saint Valentine Day often _____ to my mind.

A. holds on

B. occurs

C. recurs

D. inclines

10. I explained the problem to him several times but it didn’t seem to _____.

A. penetrate

B. pierce

C. understand

D. optimism

11. This year they are going to plant trees and flowers in the _____ between the houses.

A. breaks

B. traits

C. intervals

D. ground

12. One of his less attractive _____ is criticizing his wife in public.

A. acts

B. responses

C. reactions

D. traits

13. The incident has further increased the _____ between the two countries.

A. tension

B. friendship

C. relationship

D. communication

14. He had a surprised look on his face, for the sudden noise in the bushes _____his horse.

A. stunned

B. startled

C. astonished

D. shocked

15. The jury did not believe him, as the other witnesses would not _____ what he had said.

A. believe

B. bring back to earth

C. bear out

D. be in favor of

16. I am _____ to believe that the radical fellow is really opposed to the plan.

A. mere

B. alternative

C. inclined

D. eruptive

17. These days we are occupied in_____ ourselves to starting our own business.

A. setting

B. causing

C. intensifying

D. dedicating

18. Psychologists believe that daydreaming is good to our health, but we young men should not

indulge ourselves in the world of _____.

A. dream

B. realists

C. fantasy

D. mind eyes

19. The enemy forces _____ heavy casualties by their own admission.

A. suffered

B. confess

C. acknowledge

D. admit

20. The hurricane flung nearly everything. We heard the shutters _____ the wall in the wind.

A. cracked

B. thumped

C. destroyed

D. broke up

IV. Complete the sentences with the words given in their proper forms.

1.The head of the section _____himself last night by drinking too much. (grace)

2.The _____named band have just completed their first album. (fantasy)

3.She has sometimes been criticized for her _____ opposition to abortion. (passion)

4.More care in the future will prevent ______ of the mistake. (recur)

5.It might have been planned or it might have been a pure ____. (coincide)

6.The _____ is almost unbearable as the play approaches its climax. (tense)

7.There is no reason to be _____about the result. (anxiety)

8.The military government has shown little _____ to restore democracy. (incline)

9.There is often a _____loss of sight in old age. (progress)

10.I remain _____ that a peaceful settlement of the dispute can be achieved. (optimism)

V. Cloze

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The runway felt different this time. It ______ him for a brief moment. Then it all hit him like a wet bale of hay. The bar was set at nine inches higher than his _____ best. That's only one inch off the National record, he thought. The ______ of the moment filled his mind with anxiety. He began shaking the tension. It wasn't working. He became more ______. Why was this happening to him now, he thought. He began to get nervous. Afraid would be a more ______ description.