东北农业大学网络教育学院
大学体验英语第一册作业题
作业题（一）
I. 单项填空
1.The reason I want to take the class is _______ the professor is supposed to be eloquent.
A. that
B. why
C. because
D. how
2.________ numerous at the turn of the century, the number of tigers in India had fallen to 2,500 by 1969.
A. In spite of
B. Although
C. As
D. Despite
3.Only after local residents became sick and publicly voiced their displeasure _____ to clean up its dumpsides.
A. did the chemical company begin
B. began the chemical company
C. the chemical did begin
D. the chemical company began
4.He prefers to type a letter _______.
A. to sit idle
B. that sit idle
C. to sitting idle
D. rather than sit idle
5.It is not “terrible” at all. It is ________ “terrible”.
A. something but
B. nothing but
C. anything but
D. everything but
6.Mr. Wilson is ________ friend.
A. my uncle‟s and my aunt‟s
B. my uncle‟s and auntie‟s
C. my uncle‟s and auntie
D. my uncle and auntie‟s
7._______ did you say we should ask to build the new museum?
A. Who
B. Whoever
C. Whom
D. What
8.Agriculture is one of ______ occupations because everyone depends upon plants for food.
A. the important world‟s most
B. the most world‟s important
C. the world‟s most important
D. the important most world‟s
9.“The bus only took half an hour to get to the hotel.”
“ _____ you were coming today, I‟d have met you at the railway station.”
A. Have I known
B. Had I known
C. I have known
D. I had known
10.Who could have advised you to do ________?
A. such a foolish thing
B. a so foolish thing
C. so a foolish thing
D. a such foolish thing
11.If television had been invented a thousand years ago, _______ significantly more homogeneous than they are now?
A. would nations have been
B. will nations be
C. were nations
D. would nations be
12.“ You finally made it, didn‟t you?”
“ Yes, _______ my brother‟s help, I would have finished the work.”
A. as a result of
B. as for
C. but for
D. for the sake of
13.I certainly appreciate ________ about the delay in delivering the materials because we had planned to begin work
tomorrow.
A. him tell
B. he tells
C. his telling
D. him to tell
14.I was not aware ________ she had gone.
A. where that
B. of the place which
C. of where
D. the place
15._______, the movement rapidly spread.
A. As expected
B. That was expected
C. Which was expected
D. So it was expected
16.The mistake that is made on television ________ believing that anyone can speak interestingly.
A. relies on
B. consists in
C. consists of
D. consists with
17.They though the novel was ________.
A. worthy publishing
B. worth publication
C. worth of publication
D. worthy to publish it
18.They _________ their success of the program to the generous help of their colleagues.
A. attributed
B. entitled
C. subjected
D. adapted
