西安交通大学英语试题

新视野英语（二）练习题A

Ⅰ. Vocabulary

1. At the dinner party last night Christine felt greatly _____ because her mother kept talking too proudly

of her accomplishments at school.

A. humiliated B. disappointed C. ashamed D. embarrassed

2. Our trip to Beijing _____ with the visit of my cousin Lucy’s family. So we had a great reunion at the

foot of the Great Wall.

A. cooperated B. coincided C. consisted D. confronted

3. Before he started work, I asked the builder to give me an _____ of the cost of repairing the roof.

A. assessment B. announcement C. estimate D. evaluation

4. The new tourist hotel will have _____ for more than one thousand people.

A. convenience B. capacity C. capability D. accommodations

5. He is a (n) _______ young architect who has won international fame.

A. nasty B. exceptional C. incompetent D. hopeless

6. He ran ______ twice from his boarding school because he couldn’t put up with being limited in an

institution.

A. in B. over C. away D. down

7. Jean felt unable to cope _____ driving in heavy traffic after her accident.

A. up B. at C. of D. with

8. To be financially well ______, you need to work hard and spare no efforts to develop your career when

young.

A. away B. off C. up D. out

9. The soldiers showed great joy and satisfaction after winning the final triumph ______ their enemies.

A. over B. out C. from D. of

10. It was on this day that he met _____ an accident that was to shape the rest of his life.

A. with B. to C. at D. in

11. I got a little ________ when I learned that the appointment with the general manager was changed to

another time.

A. concerned B. distracted C. upset D. awful

12. The book offers some advice about how to make a good ________ at job interviews. A. attitude B. appearance C. effect D. impression

13. It is very difficult for the time being to ________ how much money is needed.

A. account B. assume C. ranges D. estimate

14. The teacher praised and rewarded the good ________ of his students in class.

A. status B. behavior C. function D. signal

15. We must ________ our attention on the question of reducing our cost.

A. pay B. focus C. absorb D. promote

16. They will fight to the end; they will never ______.

A. survive B. surrender C. render D. succeed

17. Our company decided to ______ the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met.

A. cancel B. resist C. assume D. destroy

18. He was ______ of having asked such a silly question.

A. sorry B. guilty C. ashamed D. miserable

19. I would be _____ if you would mail this package for me.

A. careful B. grateful C. thoughtful D. respectful

20. Much of the news provided by this newspaper is _______, not foreign.

A. domestic B. strain C. purchase D. murder

Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension

Passage 1

Economic liberalism was the prevailing economic philosophy in much of the nineteenth and early twentieth

centuries, and the U.S. economy developed within its framework. Economic liberalism promoted freedom of

action for the individual and the firm through the doctrines of free trade, self-interest, private property,

laissez-faire, and competition.

According to his philosophy, individuals were free to seek their own occupations, to enter any business,

and to act as they saw fit to improve their economic welfare. Economic society was held together by

self-interest. Self-interest was thus the motivation force of the economy. For example, to increase personal

economic welfare, an individual might decide to produce goods and sell them for profit. But in so doing,

that individual automatically benefited the community as well—by purchasing raw materials, providing

employment, and supplying goods or services. A worker seeking to increase hi or her wages could do so by

increasing productivity. This, too, benefited the employer and the community in general. According to Adam

Smith, the individual, in seeking personal gain, was led them for profit. But in so doing, that individual

automatically benefited the community as well—by purchasing raw materials, providing employment, and supplying goods or services. A worker seeking to increase hi or her wages could do so by increasing

productivity. This, too, benefited the employer and the community in general. According to Adam Smith, the

individual, in seeking personal gain, was led them for profit. But in so doing, that individual automatically

benefited the community as well—by purchasing raw materials, providing employment, and supplying goods