现代大学英语精读 第三册 第五课单元测试 quiz unit 51324【新版】

Quiz B3 U5 Silent Spring

I. Word-Spelling (20个)

1. n. a__________ quantity that is more than enough; plenty

2. v. a__________ to gradually become familiar with a new situation

3. n. b__________ a type of product made by a particular company with a particular name or design

4. n. c__________ sth. said, sung or shouted by many people together

5. a. c__________ kept in limited space

6. a. c__________ great in amount or size

7. n. c__________ the situation that a place or substance is made harmful or dirty

8. n. c_________ sb. or sth. that has the same job, purpose or function as sth. or sb. else in a different place.

9. a. d__________ empty and quiet because no body is there

10. v. e__________ ( of plants or animals) to gradually develop from a simple form to a complex one

11. n. f_________ a sudden outburst of strong or violent activity one more

12. n. f_________ a group of birds or chickens, etc. of the same kind.

13. n. h________ the natural home of a plant or animal.

14. i\. i________ not affected by a disease or chemical, etc.

15. n. m________ a bird that goes from place to place with seasons

16. n. r_________ an area of land where wild animals or plants are officially protected

17. a. s_________ suggesting sth evil or bad may happen

18. n. s_________ words which, when spoken, are thought to have magical power.

19. v. t__________ to meddle or interfere with

20. n. v_________ plants in general or those found in a particular environment

II. Useful Phrase

1. There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live _____________ its surroundings.

2. In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up ________ colour that flamed and flickered…

3. …when the flood of migrants was __________in spring and fall people travelled from great distances to observe them.

4. Then some evil spell _________ the community: mysterious diseases swept the flocks of chickens…

5. On the mornings that had once __________the dawn chorus scores of bird voices there was now no sound.

6. During the past quarter century this power has not only become increasingly great but it has changed __________.

7.This pollution is ___________ irrevocable.

8. Chemicals lie long in soil, entering into living organisms, passing from one to another in _________poisoning and death.

9. Radiation is now the unnatural creation of man’s ______________ the atom.

10.Almost five hundred new chemicals annually _________ actual use in the United States alone.

11. These chemicals are now _____almost universally ___ farms, gardens, forest, and homes, killing every insect…

12. The chemicals applied to farms coat the leaves with a deadly film and _________in soil…

13.The whole process of spraying seems ___________ an endless spiral.

14. This has happened because insects have evolved super races ________ the particular insecticide used.