高雅丹

一、選擇填空。

1. Some researchers point out that ______ daydreaming is ______ means of relaxation.

A. the; a B. /; the C. a; the D. /; a

2. Everyone should ______ some money and clothes to the victims of the earthquake.

A. donate B. lend

C. give D. pay

3. Efforts to ______ the peace have failed and war has broken out between the two countries.

A. preserve? ? ? ? ? B. interrupt

C. monitor? ? ? ? ? D. abandon

4. I ______ it to my teacher to take a better paid post if I can get one.

A. owe B. belong

C. give? ? ? ? ? ?; D. donate

5. Sean's strong love for his country is ______ in his recently published poems.

A. relieved? ? ? ? ? B. reflected

C. responded? ? D. recovered

6. So many volunteers offered their help after earthquake， ______， the rescue wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

A. therefore? ? ? ? B. however

C. otherwise? ? ? ? D. meanwhile

7. ______ repeated promises that the product is safe， all consumers have refused to buy it.

A. Even if B. In spite of

C. Though D. Although

8. Many people ______ the car accident， so it was not difficult to investigate.

A. witnessed ? ? B. harnessed

C. swallowed ? D. drugged

9. The tax only has an effect on those people whose incomes are over $200，000 a year，

______， the very rich.

A. in one word? ? B. in all

C. in other words D. meanwhile

10. He quickly ______ a large fortune after he came to do business in this city.

A. accelerated? ? ? B. accumulated

C. promoted? ? ? ? D. calculated

11. He felt bad because his ______ to be a teacher was rejected.

A. ambition? ? ? ? B. expectation

C. inspiration? ? ? D. application

12. Shopping in supermarkets， housewives usually can't ______ buying some things that are cheap but useless.

A. refuse? ? ? ? ? B. resist

C. reject? ? ? ? ? D. submit

13. We were completely ______ by his invented story. I'll never trust him again.

A. taken on? ? ? ? B. taken up

C. taken in? ? ? ? D. taken over

14. My persistence finally ______ when they called me in for an interview.

A. paid back? ? ? B. paid up

C. paid off? D. paid for

15. ______ robots， we can do most of what we thought was dangerous before.

A. In terms of? ? B. By means of

C. In spite of? ? ? D. In search of

二、根據(jù)所給首字母，用合適的單詞完成句子。

1. If you m______ blue and yellow， you get green.

2. American English d______ from British English in many aspects.

3. Can you r______ me a good hotel nearby？ I would like a five-star one.

4. If you continue making trouble， the company may be forced to d______ you.

5. We must seize all opportunities to a______ development.

6. If you get up early， try not to d______ everyone else.

7. She couldn't b______ the thought of losing her only son in the war. That was too terrible.

8. This is the latest v______ of the Volkswagen Golf. Now， it is on sale.

9. As you know， a good diet is b______ to your health.

10. I was very a______ that they hadn't turned up yet. I felt anger rising in my heart.

11. The victory in this game will earn them

q______ for the World Cup.

12. I can't think of any possible e______ for his absence. So stop explaining.

13. Zelda is leaving for Paris while her husband's d______ is Boston.

14. The past 20 years has w______ great changes in Shenzhen.

15. The unfair d______ of wealth led to the outbreak of war in that region.

16. In order to a______ a good knowledge of English， he gave up his job and went to Britain.

三、用括號(hào)里面的單詞或短語(yǔ)翻譯句子。

1. 孩子們發(fā)現(xiàn)很難適應(yīng)新學(xué)校。（adapt）

____ ______________________________

2. 她每個(gè)月都盡量存點(diǎn)錢。（set aside）

____ ______________________________

3. 她強(qiáng)烈要求我向她道歉。（urge that...）

____ ______________________________

4. 能認(rèn)識(shí)你真是榮幸之至。（privilege）

____ ______________________________

5. 教練讓史密斯上場(chǎng)，換下了瓊斯。（substitute）

____ ______________________________

6. 陽(yáng)光對(duì)植物有益。（benefit）

____ ______________________________

7. 學(xué)生應(yīng)該有機(jī)會(huì)使用好的信息資源。（access）

____ ______________________________

8. 當(dāng)有人取笑他的字跡難看時(shí)，他就十分惱火。（annoy）

____ ______________________________

9. 他全神貫注地在聽(tīng)CD。（occupy）

____ ______________________________

10. 我沒(méi)想到你會(huì)反對(duì)。（object）

____ ______________________________

四、從方框中選出適當(dāng)短語(yǔ)，并用其正確形式填空完成句子。

in other words， adapt to， cut out， out of breath， in addition， keep it up， be aware of，object to， hear from， stick out of

1. Women ______ often more ______ their feelings than men.

2. By the time I got to the top of the mountain， I was quite ______.

3. The employees in that company strongly

______ the proposed development plan， so they went on a strike to protest.

4. Simon said he was full. ______， he didn't want to have more.

5. If only he could ______， he would break the world record.

6. Though in his late 40s， William still tries to learn new things to ______ the new environment.

7. I ______ my sister in New York yesterday.

8. Don't ______ your head ______ the car window.

9. You had better ______ the last two paragraphs of your articles.

10. The company provides cheap Internet access. ______， it makes shareware freely available.