致用英语综合教程4练习

《致用英语综合教程4》练习

Part I Vocabulary (1 point for each, 20 points total)

Section One (1 point for each, 10 points total)

Directions: Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column. Then you should put the corresponding words in the brackets on the Answer sheet numbered 1 through 10.

Column A Column B

1. ecology a. a Christian priest or minister

2. ethnic b. clever plan, especially to do something into a vehicle

3. slip c. to go somewhere without attracting other people’s

attention

4. acquaint d. to make familiar

5. scheme e. of a national, racial or tribal group

6．absorb f. to interest someone so much that they do not pay

attention to other things

7. monastery g. a mention of an occurrence or a situation

8. reference h. a place where mocks live

9． grip i. the way holds something

10. parson j. the way in which plants, animals, and people are

related to each other and to their and to their

environment.

Section Two (1 point for each, 10 points total)

Directions: fill in the blanks with the words or expressions given below. Change the

12. The two pictures are similar, but there are some ______ differences between them.

13. Two girls were _______ from school for taking drugs.

14. He _________this stamp at an auction at a high price.

15. Police searched _______ for the missing gunman.

16. She had finally ________ her promise to quit smoking.

17. The troops were exhausted after months of fierce ________.

18. To _____for a healthy heart you must take regular exercise and stop smoking.

19. The government _______ pressure and dropped the proposal.

20. Travelers came to _______their eyes on the natural beauty of the region.

Part II Structures (1 point for each, 10 points total)

Directions: There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

1. Have you any __________ that you were not there at 9 o'clock last night?

A. statement

B. causes

C. words

D. proof

2. The children looked up as the planes passed __________.

A. overall

B. overhead

C. outward

D. forward

3. Charles Dickens __________ many wonderful characters in his novels.

A. invented

B. discovered

C. uncovered

D. created

4. Many young people find it harder to appreciate __________ music than pop music.

A. simple

B. light

C. ancient

D. classical

5. If the wounded soldier had been given first __________, he would not have died.

A. helps

B. aid

C. care

D. attention

6. Since he left the university, he __________ in an accounting company.

A. has been working

B. had worked

C. had been working

D. was working

7. The weather in China is different from__________.

A. America

B. in America

C. that in America

D. one in America

8. It was not until dawn __________ their way out of the forest.

A. when they found

B. that they found

C. did they find

D. that they didn't find

9. __________ he says or does won't make me change my mind at all.

A. Whatever

B. However

C. Which

D. How

10. We all believe that it'd be hard for him to __________ extra responsibilities now.

A. take apart

B. take up

C. take on

D. take back

Part III Paraphrase (3 points for each, 15 points total)

1. But for him she would certainly have died.

2. In all our dealing with him lies implicit the delusion that he has nothing to complain of, and that he ought to be ashamed of rolling in wealth whilst others are starving.

3. Sometimes the morphology even takes over the word, as in the case of ugly.

4. We humans can protect ourselves, create images, entertain, court and perform so many other tasks without using any other organs than our mouths.

5. Her life was a gift… a miracle.

Part IV Reading Comprehension (1.5 points for each, 30 points total) Directions: In this section here are several passages followed by twenty questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

Passage One

In the debates about how a particular piece of land is to be used, the priorities often conflict. What should you do, for example, if you find out that under the fertile fields of a there is a thick bed of coal which can be strip mined? Strip mining rips up top soil and vegetation. But mining may create jobs, bring money to the towns businesses. Those who approve of strip mining say that the coal is needed, and they point out that it is quicker and cheaper to get coal from the surface than to go deep into the earth to get it by standard mining techniques. On the other hand, it takes nature 500 years to create an inch of top soil. As the countryside fills up, people are becoming more need for open space. Nearly every proposal for a new power plant, highway, or airport draws fierce opposition. Everyone wants the big, land-eating “uglies t” to be in someone else’s