新标准大学英语第三册第二单元

When was the last time you were in _______ with your childhood friends?

A. context

B. contact

C. control

D. enthusiastically

My house seems to be in a _______ state of disrepair—something is always broken!

A. perpetually

B. perpetual

C. perpetuity

D. perpetuate

The problem needs to be looked at from a historical _______ .

A. prompted

B. prompt

C. prompting

D. prompts

I am easily _______ by ice cream, so it's probably the best if I don't look at the dessert menu.

A. tempt

B. tempts

C. definition

D. defined

It's incredible to see how newborn babies are completely _______ on other people for everything.

A. depending

B. dependence

C. dependent

D. dependents

Thank you for the offer to stay for dinner, but we don't want to _______.

A. pose

B. compose

C. propose

D. impose

Pedro's friends organized a friendly _______ to help him deal with his alcohol abuse.

A. contravention

A. internal

B. outdoor

C. indoor

D. external

I'm so excited for the new movie that waiting all year for it has been like _______.

A. tortures

B. torturing

C. tortuous

D. continuity

Section B: Complete each sentence with a suitable word.

21.

Your answer Correct answer

over over

22.

Phil will come

Your answer Correct answer

into into

23.

28.

Julie received an award in appreciation

Your answer Correct answer

of of

29.

Don't try to reason —you won't get very far.

Your answer Correct answer

with with

30.

Once again, Greg was left out

of the decision.

Your answer Correct answer

out out

Part II: Banked Cloze

Questions 31 to 40 are based on the following passage.

When I was a child, my best friend Joseph and I would play a game called "Super Secret Spy."

Sometimes I would play the spy and Joseph would play the (31)villain

, and sometimes

we would reverse the roles. Make-believe games like this were my favourite, and I remember that

many summer days were (32)largely

spent outside, playing Super Secret Spy.

Every time we played, the story had to be different. We played so much that, needless to say,

some of the stories got quite (33)bizarre

. Eventually, Super Secret Spy was like a science

fiction movie; the stories took place on other planets and one of us was an alien. Sometimes, we would

wear old Halloween masks so the (34)resemblance

to an alien was remarkable!

I remember one day in particular. Joseph was the alien and he captured me on a

(35)barren

, empty planet (my backyard). He threw me in "alien prison" (behind a big tree)

and (36)giggled

with mischievous delight. At first, I felt all alone and

(37)

helpless

Spy!

I thought of my escape plan. When Alien Joseph came to check on me in the alien prison, I

(38)whirled

around quickly and grabbed his alien laser gun. In a (39)

blaze