Unit 1
1.The rent for this house is $ 250. But you also need to pay $50 first as the _______.
A)deposit B)council C)desired D)submitte
【参考答案】：A
2. Why didn’t you tell me you could lend me the money? I ________ it from the bank.
A) haven’t needed to borrow B) will not need to borrow
C) needn’t have borrowed D) didn’t need to borrow
【参考答案】：C
3.He checked carefully to _______ the possible errors in his design.
A)eliminate B)exceed C)enlarge D)vibrate
【参考答案】：A
4. Of all the soldiers they had the ________ of being the fiercest, the most patriotic, the
toughest.
A) recognition B) reservation C) recreation D) reputation
【参考答案】：D
5.Since he often travels on business, he can _______ himself to sleeping in any place he can find.
A)make B)accustom C)force D)let
【参考答案】：B
6. Advanced computer technology has ________ an answer to accurate weather forecasting.
A) set up B) come up with C) filled with D) faced up to
【参考答案】：B
7. They are sure they have all the facts they need to ________ the existence of a black hole.
A) obtain B) maintain C) verify D) display
【参考答案】：C
8. The new tourist hotel will have ________ for more than one thousand people.
A) convenience B) accommodations C) capability D) capacities
【参考答案】：B
9. Medical doctors sometimes can make mistakes that will cost ________.
A) patients their lives B) patient lives C) patients for their lives D) patients with their lives
【参考答案】：A
10. He had been completely exhausted but felt considerably ________ after a meal and a rest.
A) renewed B) recreated C) reshaped D) refreshed
【参考答案】：D
11. At last she left her house and got to the airport, only ________ the plane flying away.
A) having seen B) to have seen C) saw D) to see
【参考答案】：D
12. This law ________ the number of accidents caused by children running across the road when
they get off the bus.
A) intending to reduce B) intends reducing C) intended reducing D) is intended to reduce
【参考答案】：D
13. Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable
to________ it.
A) maintain B) persist C) endure D) sustain
【参考答案】：C 14. A series of border incidents would ________ lead the two countries to war.
A) inevitably B) consistently C) uniformly D) persistently
【参考答案】：A
15. If each manager makes his usual speech, the meeting will be ________ for forty-five minutes.
A) expanded B) prolonged C) delayed D) exceeded
【参考答案】：B
16. The weatherman broadcasts the ________ in temperature twice a day.
A) diversion B) variation C) variety D) modification
【参考答案】：B
17. I seem to have reached a rather gloomy conclusion, but I think that something cheerful may
still be derived ________ it.
A) of B) off C) from D) with
【参考答案】：C
18. Animals can become unusually ________ when they are upset by a sudden environmental
change.
A) puzzled B) predominant C) vigorous D) aggressive
【参考答案】：D
19. The winning team loudly ________ its victory.
A) magnified B) proclaimed C) signified D) exclaimed
【参考答案】：D
20. Last year, these ships transported a total of 83.34 million tons of cargo, a 4.4 percent increase
________ the previous year.
A) over B) than C) up D) to
【参考答案】：A
21. The Second World War, _______ the earlier one of 1914, promoted public concern about the
physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources.
A) so as B) as were C) as did D) same as
【参考答案】：C
22. Louis was asked to ________ the man who stole her purse.
A) confirm B) recognize C) claim D) identify
【参考答案】：D
23. The bus that ________ outside the inn would soon take the visitors downtown.
A) held back B) pulled up C) got down D) set forth
【参考答案】：B
24. We have had to raise our prices because of the increase in the cost of _______ materials.
A) raw B) rough C) original D) primitive
【参考答案】：A
25. All that day my father was in as he had lost his wallet.
A) great anxiety B) ill humor C) ambition D) hospitality
【参考答案】：A
26. Parents have a legal ____to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education
suitable to their age.
A) impulse B) influence C) obligation D) sympathy
【参考答案】：C 27. I missed the train and ___was late for school.
A) finally B) eventually C) subsequently D) consequently
【参考答案】：D
28. Crime is increasing worldwide, and there is every reason to believe the ____will continue into
the next decade.
A) emergency B) trend C) pace D) schedule
【参考答案】：B
29. The ___of men to women in the union has changed a lot since 1980.
A) portion B) proportion C) rate D) comparison
【参考答案】：B
30. The remains of things people made and used long ago give the archaeologists __ to know
how once people lived.
A) glue B) thread C) clue D) hint
【参考答案】：C
31. The branches could hardly ____the weight.
A) retain B) sustain C) maintain D) remain
【参考答案】：B
32. Many people lost their jobs during the business____.
A) desperation B) decrease C) despair D) depression
【参考答案】：D
33. Poverty and slums were outside the rich boy’s ____.
A) globe B) orbit C) reach D) sphere
【参考答案】：D
34. Sally is looking for a job in which she will be able to ____ herself.
A) achieve B) deceive C) fulfill D) install
【参考答案】：C
35. Many researchers are ____ for a greater understanding of the processes which occur inside
stars.
A) reviving B) striving C) carving D) reserving
【参考答案】：B
36. We ____ the family’s decision to remain silent over the issue.
A) contend B) convene C) appeal D) applaud
【参考答案】：D
37. Such a large investment inevitably ____ some risk.
A) curtail B) entail C) fulfill D) retail
【参考答案】：B
38. Good teachers know that children need and enjoy firm ____.
A) discipline B) doctrine C) equality D) equivalent
【参考答案】：A
39. Her whole attitude to life ____ as a result of the awful experience.
A) mourned B) merited C) soured D) spoiled
【参考答案】：C
40. These remote islands are ____ only by birds and animals.
A) flourished B) resided C) occupied D) inhabited
