第二次英语作业

第二次英语作业

Unit 3

1. ______ the fact that his initial experiments had failed, Prof.

White persisted in his research.

A. Because of

B. As to

C. In spite of

D. In view of

2. I’ll go with you _____ I have finished the letter.

A. directly

B. direct

C. promptly

D. presently

3. Everyone was silent as he ________ the winner of the

competition.

A. claim

B. declared

C. announced

D. proclaimed

4. There’s a man at the reception desk who seems very

angry and I think he means ____ trouble.

A. making

B. to make

C. to have made

D. having made

5. He obviously displays a great ____ for women of your

poems.

A. consent B. admiration

C. respect

D. pleasure

6. I am ____ to know what she said.

A. fantastic

B. formal

C. odd

D. curious

7. He ____ his old car for a new model as soon as he had won

the money.

A. exchanged

B. replaced

C. converted

D. interchanged

8. Through exposure to air, water, and organic matter, rocks

____ changes known as weathering.

A. encourage

B. experience

C. repeat

D. support

9. Big cities usually have excellent ____.

A. traffic

B. transportation

C. transport

D. communications

10. ____ speaking, women live longer than men.

A. Generally

B. Actually

C. Truly D. Happily

11. The new tough laws are being interpreted as a ____ of the

government determination to work out the problems.

A. sign

B. signal

C. symbol

D. signature

12. The teacher ____ the pupils spelling mistakes in red ink.

A. circuiting

B. circular

C. circus

D. circled

13. People lived in ____ fear until liberation.

A. continuous

B. continual

C. constant

D. eternal

14. To have the right qualification for a good job he attended

a college that did technical and ____ training.

A. vocational

B. military

C. physical

D. medical

15. Tony is very disappointed ____ the result of the exam.

A. with

B. toward

C. for

D. on

16. The only ____ for his strange behavior is that he has been

working too hard. A. expression

B. explanation

C. experiment

D. extensive

17. Our group won the first prize under the ____ of the teacher.

A. leadership

B. leader

C. leading

D. lead

18. A house with a dangerous gas ____ can be broken into

immediately.

A. leak

B. split

C. mess

D. crack

19. After a year, she was ____ of the cancer.

A. treated

B. healed

C. cured

D. recovered

20. Petrol is manufactured from the ____ oil we take out of

the ground.

A. raw

B. rough

C. crude

D. primitive

Unit 4

1.It’s far too late for you to go out and play football, ______

the fact that

it’s raining. A. still less

B. much less

C. let alone

D. not to mention

2.As the trial went on, the story behind the murder slowly

______ itself.

A. convicted

B. released

C. haunted

D. unfolded

3.Before he started work, I asked the builder to give me an

______ of

the cost of repairing the roof.

A. assessment

B. estimate

C. announcement

D. evaluation

4.In general, the amount that a student spends for housing

should be

held to one-fifth the total ______ living expenses.

A. acceptable

B. advisable

C. available

D. applicable

5.______ me to take some money when we go shopping

tomorrow.

A. Recall

B. Remind

C. Remember

D. Inform 6.The Government has approved a $30 million rescue ______

for the

threatened industry.

A. pack

B. packet

C. package

D. parcel

7.The research ______ on different aspects of sociology.

A. touches

B. counts

C. refers

D. feels

8.It is strange that Mary is ______ while her mother is beautiful.

A. dull

B. plain

C. hostile

D. raw

9.My plane was ______ an hour because of a suspected bomb

in the

luggage compartment.

A. postponed

B. put off

C. delayed

D. cancelled

10.W e are writing to the manager ______ the repairs recently

carried out

at the above address.

A. with the exception of

B. with the purpose of

C. with reference to