英语第三次作业

苏梓章

Unit 4

1~10 CCACD ADDAA 11~20 BDBBD ABBCB 21~30 ABCDC BBADD

2. 1 Multiple choice

1) The prisoner remained _____ C____ throughout his trial.

A) clumsy B) deaf C) dumb D) still

2)The Olympic Games began with a ___C____ of all the competing nations.

A) exhibition B) display C) parade D) show

3) The editor _A_____the manuscript to half of its original length.

A) condensed B) condemned C) concealed D) concentrated

4) Bombing, which was ____C___ in the city center, has destroyed most of the major buildings.

A) integral B) intentional C) intensive D) intense

5) His ___D_____need to be loved springs from a deep sense of insecurity.

A) crucial B) terminal C) intensive D) desperate

6) The child finished the dessert and then ___A____ the plate.

A) scratch B) clicked C) licked D) scraped

7) In 1974 and 1975, the economy plunged into the worst ____D__ since the Great Depression of the 1930's.

A) reservation B) recreation C) reversion D) recession

8) Be careful with the cat. It may __D__ you if you make it angry.

A) punch B) scrape C) tear D) scratch

9) They have all ___A___ significant amounts of time and energy in this project.

A) invested B) involved C) invented D) integrated

10) My job could be at ____A____ if I make an error of judgment.

A) danger B) stake

C) loss D) threat

11) Studies showed that June is the peak month for suicides and for admitting patients to mental hospitals. B

A) high B) peak C) common D) rush

12) He has put his car entirely at our __D__ for the holiday.

A) usage B) application C) disposition D) disposal

13) The government's ___B______ is made up chiefly of the money people pay in taxes.

A) efficiency B) privilege C) revenue D) validity

14) He ___B___ in working twelve hours a day in his laboratory in spite of his rapidly declining health.

A) persisted B) insisted C) resisted D) assisted

15) We must not ___D____ behind other nations in our efforts to help those people made homeless by the great floods.

A) decline B) delay C) lack D) lag

16) Communication is the process of __A__ a message from a source to an audience via a channel.

A) transmitting B) submitting

C) transforming D) switching

17) The computer has become smaller and cheaper and _B___ more available to a greater number of people.

A) yet B) hence C) still D) nevertheless

18) Decrease the ____B___ of medicine as you feel better.

A) therapy B) prescription C) injection D) dose

19) He was a war_____C___ in Europe during the Second World War.

A) resident B) correspondent C) ambassador D) applicant

20) _____B____ rubbers are widely used as a substitute for natural rubber.

A) Practical B) Compound C) Raw D) Synthetic

21) It is known that iron has a __A_____ role to play in the efficient working of the human body and is vital to healthy

living.

A) crucial B) competitive C) acute D) satisfactory

22) All our household goods are ___B_____against accidental damage.

A) ensured B) insured C) assured D) guaranteed

23) My home is close to a bus terminal so that it is very convenient for me to go to work. C

A) end B) closing C) terminal D) concluding

24) With the coming of the Internet, young people have ____D___ to the most recent events that happen in the world.

A) assess B) excess

C) success D) access

25) The government should _____C___ active policies to pull the country out of the recession.

A) come up with B) put up with C) catch up with D) come up to

26) After she qualified as a lawyer, she decided to specialize __B__ contract law.

A) on B) in C) with D) of

27) In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to ____B____ his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with

his childhood friend Paul Allen.

A) devote B) reserve C) concentrate D) spare

28) The idea that all living things ____A___ from simple organisms and changed through the ages to produce millions of

species is known as the theory of organic evolution.

A) evolved B) involved C) generated D) adapted

29) People running for president often ___D___ reducing taxes.

A) sponsor B) contribute C) advocate D) perform

30) ___D____ in the world can you find more attractive scenery than in Switzerland.

A) Hardly B) Little C) Seldom D) Nowhere