《高级英语》第一册第1课习题和答案
Exercises for Lesson one
撰写人：Kitty No. 1
I. Multiple-choice
1. It grows louder and more _____ until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes, as the burnished copper catches the light of _____ lamps and braziers.
A. distinct, innumerable
B. clear, countless
C. distinct, numerable
D. clear, innumerable
2. If he does guess correctly, he will price the item high, and __ little in the bargaining.
A. produce
B. resign
C. surrender
D. yield
3. The seller makes a point ______ protesting that the price he is charging is depriving him ______ all profit.
A. of…from
B. from…of
C. of…of
D. from…from
4. The shop-keepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers ______.
A. follow suit
B. take suit
C. follow suits
D. take suits
5. Motors and bicycles threaded their way among the ______ of the people entering and leaving the market.
A. crowd
B. throngs
C. crowd
D. crowds
6. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge______ your ear.
A. on
B. to
C. at
D. against
7. Little donkeys with harmoniously tinkling bells ______ among the throngs of people.
A. threads their way
B. thread their way
C. threads their ways
D. thread their ways
8. The tin of the stall-holders crying their wares, …and of ______ purchasers arguing and bargaining is continuous and makes you dizzy.
A. would-be
B. will-be
C. shall-be
D. could-be
9. The shop-owner instructs, and sometimes ______ with a hammer himself.
A. takes a hand
B. takes hands
C. takes hand
D. takes two hands
10. The pole is attached ______ the one end ______ an upright post, and ______ the other end ______ a blind-folded camel.
A. at…at, at…at
B. to…at, to…at
C. at…to, at…to
D. to…at, to… at
11. Every here and there, a doorway gives ______ a sunlit courtyard.
A. a glance of
B. a glimpse of
C. a stare of
D. a survey of
12. The boss asked me if I would ____ to take the new mission.
A. consider
B. accept
C. approve
D. agree
13. He was asked to account _____ the loss of the market in Shanghai.
A. for
B. of
C. on
D. about
14. We always _____ our success to our parents, teachers and colleagues.
A. oblige
B. contribute
C. delicate
D. attribute
15. In most public places, smoking is not ____.
A. let
B. legal
C. allowed
D. promised
16. The architecture of Gothic style refers to an architectural style prevalent in _____