复习题A
Section A Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
1. Columbia students may at first be intimated by the city’s strong ______.
A. famous
B. deputation
C. reputation
D. well-known
2. The university has _____ many changes over the years.
A. witnessed
B. experiences
C. occurred
D. taken pace
3.—Will you stay for _________ supper with us? —Sure, I'd love to. Home cooking is just what I like.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
4. Students should ____ their own interests, as well as do their school work.
A. pursue
B. pursuit
C. in pursuit of
D. be pursued
5. —__________is your father? —He's an engineer in a big factory.
A. Who
B. What
C. Which
D. Where
6. Housing policies _____ from school to school.
A. differ
B. varies
C. different
D. variety
7. I usually sleep with the window open _____ it’s really cold.
A. if
B. because
C. so
D. unless
8. I keep the lesson simple because small kids can’t ______ that much.
A. absorb
B. take up
C. recover
D. complain
9. —Have you read the book Harry Potter? —Sure. Eric is also _______ it and we become friends because of that.
A. proud of
B. afraid of
C. serious about
D. interested in
10. —Good morning. I'd like a birthday gift for my mother. —What about this scarf? It is beautiful and it______ soft and smooth.
A. feels
B. looks
C. seems
D. becomes
11. Global warming poses a serious ______ for the future. A. defeat B. threaten
C. treaty
D. threat
12._________ running after success, we have a lot of other interesting things to do in our lives.
A. By
B. On
C. Besides
D. Except
13. —Excuse me, sir, visiting hours are over. You _______ leave. —Pardon me, nurse. I didn't hear the bell.
A. may
B. can
C. must
D. need
14. The survey ____ that 50% of the old couples live separate from their children.
A. reveals
B. releases
C. recovers
D. interveals
15. —Why didn't you cry for help when you were robbed? —If I opened my mouth, they might find my four gold teeth. That would be ______!
A. bad
B. much worse
C. worst
D. the worst
16. At the farewell party, Kobe Bryant said, "________ the support of my fans, it would be hard for me to achieve such great success.”
A. With
B. Under
C. Through
D. Without
17. —Could you please tell me________ , Sonia?
—It's on the first Tuesday of May. We hold special parties and give teachers thank-you notes that day.
