自学考试高级英语全套复习题整理

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1、Unfortunately , their car ran out of fuel , just ten miles short of Chicago .

2、If you travel by plane , Beijing and Guangzhou are virtually neighboring cities .

3、The police motioned for the crowd to move on to the next street .

4、The boys were frightened , but the police managed to coax them into telling him what they had seen that night .

5、She skillfully dodged the questions about her private life .

6、If you let the boy go without punishment , he will use it as a precedent for doing wrong again .

7、Knowledge will always predominate over ignorance .

8、When this corporation entered the Chinese market 8 years ago ,it aimed to occupy a larger market share rather than to make profit in the short run .

9、His wife is in very poor health , so he is rather hesitant about telling her the bad news .

10、As they didn’t have enough time to discuss the plan fully , they could only draw a few tentative conclusions .

11、The students stood on the top of the hill , enjoying the beautiful view below, their coats flapping in the wind .

12、I don’t think it is safe to stroke the monkeys .

13、All the children in the class did wrong , but David was singled out for punishment .

14、He can’t be a good manager . He is intolerant of any criticisms about his management.

15、Under the stimulus of praise , the students will work even harder .

16、The suspect tried to evade an important question by saying he could not remember .

17、The statistics show that the odds of getting killed in a plane crash are around a million to one .

18、The captured Japanese soldier implored the villagers to spare his life.

19、This car manufacturer aims for the greatest possible differentiation of their product from those of other manufacturers .

20、He is a very capable manager , but his arrogance makes it hard for others to cooperate with him .

21、In order to appear to be older than they really are , many teenagers like to simulate the behavior of the grown –ups .

22、He found it hard to understand Jack because he had a indistinguishable Australian accent .

23、The corporation has made , on the average , an annual profit of $2million for the past four years .

24、His plan looks good on paper , but I doubt it will work .

25、The chairman of the board of directors was forced to resign , falling victim to the power struggle among the directors .

26、Some girls are so shy as to have trouble mixing socially with people .

27、I tried in vain to get George to join the campaign to end fox-hunting in Britain .

28、With her excellent performance she could pass for a professional dancer .

29、We must conserve forests not only for the present but for future generations .

30、The whole class was penalized for not being able to keep the classroom clean and tidy.

31、please see to it that all things are put in order before you leave the reading –room .

32、She went about her business , very much unconcerned with the gossips that were going around .

33、At the sight of their burnt down house , the old couple went to pieces .

34、He was angry with the unfair treatment and knew that he would not be able to hold himself back much longer .

35、There is no need to fuss over a broken vase .