华中师范大学网络教育学院 《综合英语6》练习测试题库及答案
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1. Women who dare to _____their own desires first are punished by social exclusion or, worse still, utter insignificance.
2. There was something about her novels which seemed _____ and pleased with themselves.
3. In the _____ world of modernism Eliot’s brand of ponderous social realism was like a maiden aunt at a particularly daring dinner party. 4. Not least was the _____ problem of her feminism.
5. The woman who_____ up and down the Strand unaccompanied was reluctant to allow others to follow suit.
6. Girton was all well and good, as _____ as it didn't turn girls into
bluestockings.
7. The highest _____ for any woman _ apart from herself _ was looking after other people.
8. This was the fate with which the heroines of her eight novels struggle
and to which they eventually _____.
9. Dorothea may dream of being a second St Teresa, but she______ up as an MP's wife.
10. The survey_____ the needs of working women.
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11. The masonry colours and shapes are _____those of mountains of South America.
12. If we go on in this way, we shall _____with millions and millions of unemployed.
13. He bowed his head. Mother and Jenny _____. 14. If the worker can do it in less time, _____.
15. They had to _____a thorough body search at the airport. 16. This was a view _____Mr. Henley in a Sunday Times article. 17. Many of their friends and neighbours have _____ in prison. 18. Their views are very much _____
19. If you want to stay here on your own, _____ 20. He started pacing _____ the office.
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21. I could not fall asleep unless I exercised _________of exhaustion. 22. After fighting hard in the election, he had finally ______government. 23. Jack could talk and plan _________; it would make no difference now.
24. As news reporters, they were, of course, ______the war situation. 25. Any country which fails to ____these developments will soon be in trouble.
26. We run the meals on wheels service _______.
27. I have been chosen to be ____ editor, though I do not have the makings.
28. He had ____ government, following a civil war. Whereas some of his old friends lost their lives.
29. The hired hands of the company are paid _____. 30. There was a sweetish smell, vaguely ____ coffee. To no avail spark plead thrill sb. to bits subside keep tabs on note be blessed with come out with droop
31. As the pain _____, I was able to walk the short distance to the car. 32. I tried to persuade her not to resign, but_____.
33. This proposal will almost certainly ____ another countrywide debate
about how to organize the school system.
34. “Did she like the birthday present?” “She was _____ with it.” 35. I like to ____ my bank account so that I don’t overdraw.
36. There was a _____ of triumph in her voice as she reported the news of the team’s victory.
37. She _____ immense talent and boundless energy. Everybody envies her.
38. Tom was expelled from school for his disruptive behaviour. His parents _____ that he should be given one more chance. 39. I can see you’re tired because your eyelids have started _____. 40. One evening John _____ an unusual proposal which surprised everybody.
II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
1. In “Love and Marriage”, the author agrees with the idea that the more someone satisfies your desires and needs, the more you will love that person.
2. Fraternal love requires a similar expression of love in return. 3. “Love and Marriage” is a combination of exposition and argument 4. In “Uncritical Admiration”. Karl’s biography leaves no room for the reader to draw conclusions for him/herself.
5. George Eliot was a true feminist.
6. George Eliot’s writing was strongly influenced by modernism. 7. The development of modern technology put the programmers in a very difficult situation.
8. Those who try to meet the needs of the screenagers will get a large audience.
9. The author of “ The Mythological Crucible” thinks everything in Australia is the best.
10. By the end of the text, the writer is worried about her country. 11. Feeling and intellect are incompatible.
12. One should act according to intellect, not according to feeling. 13. The writer was interested in literature.
14. The writer was happy when he found out the truth about his illness. 15. The best medicine for cancer is an optimistic attitude. 16. Variation is the essential characteristic of the natural world.
17. The writer thinks his academic knowledge helped him in interpreting the median correctly.
18. The writer thinks he has all the features that make a longer life possible.
19. The distribution curve for mesotheliona deaths was asymmetrical. 20. The writer lived for several years instead of eight months. 21. The poet emphasizes the brutality of the hawk as he deliberately uses
words like “tear off head”, “kills and eat” and “the bones of the living”. 22. Earlier poems focus on form while later poems focus much on meaning.
23. In “The Reciprocity Theory of Love”, the writer holds such an idea that we can’t love people unconditionally in intimate love. We love someone because of the things they have done to satisfy our needs. 24. In “The Reciprocity Theory of Love”, according to the text, fraternal love is one kind of intimate love.
25. The main purpose of “Uncritical Admiration” is to make readers know something about George Eliot such as her life experience, personality and her novels.
26. The text “Is Storytelling Dead?” demonstrates the characteristics of expository article and argumentative article.
27. From the text “Is Storytelling Dead?”, we can judge from the writer’s tone that he holds a positive attitude toward screenagers.
28. From the text “The Mythological Crucible”, we can know the writer’s impression of Australia is a fixed one. She thought Australia is a paradise in the world.
29. One of the purposes of the writer in writing “What is Communicative