大学英语小测试

Vocabulary

1. There were no tickets _____ for Friday’ s performance.

A) preferable B) considerable相当多的C) possible

D) available可获得的;有空的;可购得的

2. ______ the Revolutionary War, the United States was an English colony.

A) Inferior to 低劣于B) Superior to优于C) Prior to 先于D) Preferable to

3. The rain was heavy and _______ the land was flooded.

A) consequently =as a result B) continuously不停地C) constantly 一直D) consistently 一致地

4. In general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one -fifth of the total_______

for living expenses.

A ) acceptable B) applicable 可应用的，动词apply应用；申请C) advisable 适当的，合理的D) available

5. There were some ______ flowers on the table .

A) artificial 人造/工的B) unnatural不自然的C) false 假的

D) unreal 不真实的

6. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is ______.

A) granted给与，批准B) implied 暗示（imply）C)

exaggerated夸张D) remedied纠正；治疗；改进（remedy）

7. By law, when one makes a large purchase, he should have ______ opportunity to change his mind.

A ) accurate 准确的B) urgent 紧急的C) excessive过多的

D) adequate适当的，足够的与enough意思接近，但强调不多不少

8. T he arguments are over now, and we hope no one will ________ them

up again.

A) boil 煮沸B) disturb 打扰C) stir 本意“搅拌”stir

up 挑起，D) interfere 常与with连用，意为“妨碍”与in 连用意为“干预”

9. In Britain people _____four million tons of potatoes every year.

A )swallow B) dispose 与of 连用，意为“处理（不用之物）”

C) consume消耗/费D) exhaust 使……筋疲力尽，耗尽

10. The compute r revolution may well change society as ______ as did the Industrial Revolution.

A) certainly B) insignificantly 不重要地C) fundamentally根本地D) comparatively相比较而言

11. At first, the speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the country, but halfway in her speech, she suddenly _____ to another subject.

A) committed B) switched 转变=change C) favoured一般不与to 连用D) transmitted (信号等)传输至（to ）……

12. The president made a _____ speech at the opening ce remony of the sports meeting, which encouraged the sportsmen greatly.

A)vigorous 充满活力的B) tedious单调乏味的C) flat扁平的D) harsh 严厉的；残酷的

13. That ________ instrument can record even very slightly changes.

A) delicate 精细的B) feeble虚弱的，缺乏活力的C) sensible 明智的D) feasible可行的=practicable

14. A judge must be ________ when weighing evidence.

A) interested B)disinterested=fair公正的，不偏袒的C) uninterested没兴趣的D) disconnected

15. Water and air are ______ to living.

A) independent B) initial 最初的C) dependent D) indispensable不可或缺的

16. You can’t see through a telescope unless it is ____correctly to your sight.

A) appointed任命B)adjusted 调准；校准C) operated D) shifted 改变

17. Investigations us of the soundness of the plan.

A) insured 保险B) assured使人相信C) ensured 确保D) reassured

18. The on international economic problems met in Geneva

last Monday.