每课一练：
Lesson One Another School Year --- What for?
I. Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1. The meeting was _____ over by the mayor to discuss the tax raise in the city.
A. presumed B. propelled C. presided D. pricked
2. Although cats cannot see in complete darkness their eyes are much more ______ to light than
human eyes are.
A. glowing B. sensitive C. brilliant D. gloomy
3. Every year a number of students graduate from the school which will _____ new students the
first week in September.
A. absorb B. include C. enroll D. register 4. If you want to clarify the fact, you need two witnesses to _____ that is your signature.
A. notify B. certify C. assure D. assume 5. Relying on his ______, the doctor cured the seemingly incurable patient.
A. approach B. confidence C. faith D. expertise
6. _____ of his pioneering work in the late 1930s, Earl Hines has been called the Father of
modern jazz piano.
A. As a result B. In support C. In the interest D. For the sake 7. A community is _____ only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil,
economic, and social rights that the biggest and powerful possess.
A. conflicting B. friendly C. democratic D. hostile
8. He had wanted a 25% raise in pay, but after talking to his boss, he decided that a 5% raise
would have to ______.
A. suffice B. modify C. gratify D. delight 9. In engineering projects, a laser beam is often used to ____ the hardest substances.
A. grind B. penetrate C. concentrate D. melt
10. Early explorers were confronted by the ____ tribesmen of the interior.
A. profound B. descriptive C. prospective D. savage
11. Dr. Hill has just received an invitation from Washington University to join the ____ as a
fulltime professor.
A. committee B. association C. institution D. faculty
12. Snakebites are not ____ fatal, but they can sometimes cause death if not treated immediately.
A. occasionally B. inevitably C. ever D. never 13. With data freely ____ for reanalysis, it is of utmost importance to all of us not to be shown
wrong by subsequent analysis.
A. dreadful B. handful C. useful D. available
14. The impact of the earthquake _____ enormous tsunamis that flood coastal regions a thousand
or more miles away.
A. generates B. runs C. draws D. lifts
15. His speech rambled for half an hour, but the ____ of what he had said was that too many people have too little money.
A. material B. purpose C. essence D. content
16. That was a(n) ___ remark for him to make, and all of us who knew him well didn’t know why.
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A. easy B. peculiar C. timid D. obscure
17. Our knowledge of dinosaurs is wholly ____ from the bones that has been found here and there
buried in the ground.
A. acquired B. retained C. absorbed D. sought
18. Much of northern Canada lies within the Arctic Circle, and ____ ice or the sparse vegetation
known as tundra(冻原).
A. it is permanently covered by B. by permanently it is covered
C. is permanently covered by it D. it is covered by permanently
19. The chief justice of the United States presides over the Supreme Count during oral arguments
and in conferences _____.
A. of which decisions concern B. have important decisions
C. that important decisions D. concerning important decisions 20. Documentary evidence supports claims that _____ the New World in about 1000.
A. reached the Vikings B. the Vikings reached
C. reaching the Vikings D. the Vikings that reached
21. According to some educators, the goal of teaching is to help students learn what ___ to know to live a well-adjusted and successful life.
A. do they need B. they need C. they are needed D. as they may need 22. I wish I hadn’t been so busy yesterday, otherwise I ____ you with the cleaning.
A. will have helped B. should help C. could have helped D. could help
23. Just as the builder is skilled in handling of his bricks, ____ the experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words.
A. as B. so C. thus D. like
24. Research indicates that some that get ahead usually have __ strong desire to avoid __ failure.
A. a…/ B. /…a C. the…/ D. a…a 25. The Internet was first started by the U.S. army ____ a communication system.
A. in B. for C. with D. as
26. “I’m really tired and there are so many things to do.” “Well, if it would be ___ any help, I
would do some cooking.”
A. in B. of C. with D. for 27. I ____ of going up to Scotland at the end of December, but I’ve only got a few day’s holiday.
A. think B. have thought C. will think D. am thinking 28. Throw some bits of bread in the pond. Fish ____ and eat it.
A. are going to come B. will come C. are to come D. were coming
29. To fit in with the development of the market economy, factories should guarantee ___ high
speed ___ good quality.
A. either… or B. not…but also C. both…and D. neither…nor 30. If there ____ peace, we must try in every way to prevent war.
A. is to be B. will be C. should be D. is going to be
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II. Directions: Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 我们来这儿不是为了闲坐，而是为了帮助你们解决实际问题。(not…but…)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 2. 我的汽车平均每星期消耗汽油五十升。(to average out)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 3. 他开始专门画鸟，后来又专门写关于鸟类的文章。(to specialize in)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 4. 我们也可能由于听从了我们所钦佩的人的劝说而去从事不适合我们的工作。(as a result
of)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. 中国已与世界经济越来越紧密地联系在一起，尤其在加入世贸组织以后。(to be on the
way to doing)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. 他讲话讲到中间忘词了。(to be stuck for)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 7. 我们必须确保使原子能用于和平事业，造福人类。(to see to it that…)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. 要想更多地了解我们所居住的这个世界，我们应该接触不同的文化。(to be exposed to) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. 这些商店企图诱惑人们去买他们不需要的东西。(to be out to do)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 10. 年轻人往往朝前看，而老年人喜欢回顾过去，在这一点上，所有的国家都如此。(to be true
of)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Lesson 1 KEY
I. 1 ~5 CBCBD 6 ~10 ACABD 11~15 DBDAC
16~20 BAADB 21~25 BCBAD 26~30 BDBCA II.
1. We are here not to sit idle, but to help you (to) solve the practical problem. 2. My car’s petrol consumption averaged out at 50 liters a week. 3. He specialized first in painting birds and later in writing about them.
4. We may also be persuaded to embark on a career for which we are unsuited as a result of
following the advice given by people whom we admire. 5. China is on the way to becoming more closely related to the world economy especially after its WTO accession.
6. In the middle of the speech, he was stuck for words.
7. We must see to it that atomic energy is used for peaceful purposes and welfare of mankind. 8. To learn more about the world we live in, we should be exposed to different cultures. 9. These shops are out of trick people into buying what they don’t need.
10. The young tend to look ahead while the old like to look back upon the past. This is true of all
nations.
Lesson Two Maheegun My Brother
I. Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1. Within a month after he returned home, my father had grown _____ and simply wanted to try
his luck elsewhere.
A. relent B. restless C. numb D. alert
2. Turbulence in the air causes images to ______ , as anyone can see in the twinkling of stars. In
a telescope, images become blurred and resolution is lost.
A. expand B. increase C. wiggle D. mobilize
3. When I found the light switch, the unshaded bulb only illuminated two small cats, sitting on
the table _____ round the inside of the empty ham tin.
A. licking B. digesting C. eating D. swallowing 4. The prospecting team traversed far and wide in _____ of mineral deposits.
A. examination B. pursuance C. search D. case
5. Salmon have been known to ______ up waterfalls as eleven feet in their journey to the places
where they spawn. A. leap B. limp C. withhold D. thrill
6. You feel unhappy now because you got sick and couldn’t go with your friends, but it will turn
out _____.
A. for the better B. for the best C. for the sake D. for yourself 7. This matter isn’t very important, and shouldn’t _____ us very long.
A. detain B. refrain C. withhold D. prevent 8. The city will ______ these buildings to make room for the new highway.
A. tear off B. tear out C. tear away D. tear down
9. Many companies are reducing personnel costs by ____ overtime, cutting part-time workers
and forcing full-timers to take early retirement.
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A. smothering B. skimming C. slashing D. skipping
10. The water had been ____ out for half an hour before the workman came to repair the water
pipe.
A. spurting B. springing C. spurring D. stirring
11. The nurse ____ the skin covering his vein with the syringe（注射器）and injected the
medicine.
A. pursued B. pieced C. pinched D. radiated
12. The boy who broke the cup ____ under the table, trying to hide from his angry father.
A. crouched B. craved C. cashed D. congested 13. He ____ the children for fear that they should destroy his garden.
A. drove on B. drove round C. drove over D. drove off
14. A luxury express _____ train jumped the tracks on a bridge in eastern India, killing at least 50
on the spot. According to the Northern Railway spokesman, the death ____ is expected to rise. A. figure B. poll C. toll D. span
15. You can’t help people who won’t admit they need help. They are as proud as a ____ and
would rather starve than take a penny from anyone. A. tiger B. lion C. peacock D. squirrel
16. I happened to be caught in a shower. It was just a couple of minutes ___ I was wet through.
A. before B. since C. that D. until 17. I was leaving for the jewelry shop, forgetting my appointment with my dentist, ____ my wife
reminded.
A. as B. which C. when D. whom
18. The best known books of Ross Macdonald, ____ writer of detective novels, feature the
character LewArcher, a private detective.
A. the B. is an C. they are by D. a 19. In the eastern part of New Jersey _____, a major shipping and manufacturing centre.
A. which lies the city of Elizabeth B. lies the city of Elizabeth C. is lies the city of Elizabeth D. the city of Elizabeth lies
20. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his
insistence that it _____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame to reference.
A. is to be analyzed B. has been analyzed
C. be analyzed D. should have been analyzed
21. Scientists say it may be five or ten years ___ it is possible to test this medicine on human
patients. A. when B. after C. before D. since
22. The traffic was very heavy, ____, and so we arrived after the start of the program.
A. this was completely unexpected B. which was completely unexpected
C. that was completely unexpected D. it was completely unexpected
23. My phone call to the electrician ____ as I subsequently discovered my wife had phoned.
A. needn’t be made B. shouldn’t be made C. needn’t have been made D. didn’t have to be
24. Alaska found the first years of its statehood costly because it had to take over the expense of
services ______ previously by the federal government.
A. to provide B. be provided C. providing D. provided
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