大学英语专科(III)网络作业(2)

上海交通大学医学院网络学院大专英语复习Revision for College English (Level III)

大学英语(3) 网络作业(2) Revision Exercise 2

Part I Vocabulary and structure

Section A

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.

1 ________ to miss the lecture on Sunday, I had to cut short the visit and came

back on Saturday.

A. Reluctant

B. Mysterious

C. Spontaneous

D. Emotional

2 ______ that each member of the family will share the cost of the gift for their

grandmother.

A. Agreeing

B. Having agreed

C. To agree

D. It is agreed

3 The Indians have their rights, so the Americans who forced them off their land

______ have done that!

A. mustn’t

B. wouldn’t

C. shouldn’t

D. couldn’t

4 After a _____ box was found on the plane, the police were called in to make a

thorough inspection.

A. potential

B. mysterious

C. miserable

D. nervous

5 Passengers are ______ from taking any form of explosives onto the train.

A. enabled

B. disturbed

C. limited

D. prohibited

6 I didn’t take the ______ of his words and still hoped that he would change his

mind.

A. background

B. basis

C. reaction

D. implication

7 The book is written so that a reader will benefit in a future ________ with a work

of art.

A. encounter

B. conflict

C. investment

D. evaluation

8 Can you list a few problems likely to ________ the human race in the next few

decades?

A. fracture

B. confront

C. occupy

D. frustrate

9 Don’t tell us what you think about it; just ______ the facts.

A. turn out

B. hold up

C. set aside

D. stick to

10 More than $10 million in research costs has been lost on a(n) ________ nuclear

safety program.

A. abandoned

B. deduced

C. melted

D. resolved

11 The 2010 World Expo Shanghai will have an ________on the development of

industry and agriculture in our country.

A. application

B. indication

C. intent

D. impact

12 There is no real ________ to suggest high-protein diets improve our performance

at school.

A. evidence

B. intelligence

C. indication

D. likelihood

13 Disposable income is steady and consumption has barely fallen, though people

have become more ________ about buying luxuries .

A. cautious

B. dreary

C. reluctant

D. alert

14 They got on to the airfield that night and started to place their bombs, but as the

aircraft were widely ________, this took time in the dark.

A. reinforced

B. dispersed

C. relayed

D. displayed

15 The majority of reported ________ on the football field concerned bad language

and unsportsmanlike conduct.

A. accidents

B. incidents

C. events

D. actions

16 Susan is never known to be ________ to follow fashions, however attractive they

may seem.

A. granted

B. prompted

C. tempted

D. addicted

17 During the talks both sides agreed to ________ possible areas of co-operation.

A. register

B. explore

C. conclude

D. undo

18 Mary sat on the edge of her chair and looked about with ________ glances like a

trapped animal.

A. intelligent

B. confident

C. intellectual

D. uneasy

19 Edward had done extremely well in the entrance examinations, which convinced

his father that he was ________ financial support.

A. worthy of

B. capable of