单项选择
1. pumps are widely used in coal-fired power palnt to transport carious liquids 。 2. what magnificent the Changjiang Bridge is!
3. “Welcome to Beijing‖, Mr. Li said to the foreign friends.
4. Whatever you decide to take up, you should try to make it a success.
5. thanks to his expert driving,we reached the airport on time,despite the heavy traffic. 6. given their inexperience,they’ve done a good job. 7. What is the price of that t-shirt.
8. An average Japanese has 30.6 square meters living space. 9. By way of an excuse he said he was tired.
10. Considering his age, he is unable to take the job. 11. Contrary to your prediction, they lost the game. 12. “Enjoy yourselves, children,‖ Mother urged the guests at out party. 13. Followed by his students, the teacher entered the classroom.
14. For all his knowledge and academic background, he is basically stupid. 15. For what reason did she quarrel with you ?
16. Far from admiring his paintings, I dislike them intensely. 17. Grown-ups should be responsible for their own behavior. 18. Hundreds of students attended the party last night. 19. 9. It seems that he has formed a good idea. 20. Look after the children for me while I’m out.
21. Look back into history, and we’ll see Chinese people have achieved a great deal 22. Take it easy, we have got plenty of time and money.
23. Seeing that nobody was very enthusiastic about it, they decided to cancel the trip. 24. Since you have to stay home, why don’t you do some shopping? 25. To be honest , I didn’t agree with what you said. 26. Take your time. There is no hurry at all. 27. The rains have started early this summer. 28. Whatever you decide to take up, you should try to make it a success.
29. There’s something wrong with the thermometer. Don’t worry . I’ll make it work 。 30. Now people can learn huge amounts of information from the computer。 31. The expeart you saw at the liaison meeting is a friend of mine 。
32. You have worked more carefully this week, for there are few mistakes in your calculation 。 33. Although the three workers got very tired in repairing the boiler, none of them would give it up。34. Now computers can work out problems much faster than human beings。 35. There is too much cream on the cake。
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36. Don’t worry. It is not difficult for us to treat the fault。
37. Ms,Chang doesn’t look well today . What is wrong with her?
38. I’d like to lend you my electrical engineering handbook, but you’d better not lend it to others。 39. I think English is quite different from Chinese。
40. — Excuse me, is this the way to Shanghai power Company?
— No, I’m afraid it isn’t 。 You’ve got the wrong road。 41. —Can you tell me where Shanghai power Company is?
—sure, go down the street and turn left at the first crossing。 42. My wife is always busy with the housework 。 43. Engineer Zhou has learned English for five years 。 44. It is true that light travels faster than sound 。
45. The old man was so exited that he could hardly believe his eyes. The underlined part mesns almost not 。
46. —How can I get to your office?
—You can take a taxi instead of walking there 。
47. Technicians are interested in the interesting introduction of advanced technology 。 48. Would you mind me using your calculator for a while?
49. The thermocouple thermometers are used for temperature measurement 。
50. When we run a plastic comb through our dry hair the comb and the hair may have static electricity 。 51. Do not touch anything that runs electricity with your wet hands。 52. The sun is one of thousands of stars in the sky。
53. The equipment in substations protecting against direct thunder strikes is called lightning arrestor 。 54. The power transformer is used to change the voltage of the power grid for the purpose of power
transmission 。
55. According to distribution equipment location ,it can be divided into indoor power distribution
equipment and outdoor ones 。
56. The control panel of the steam turbine must be kept cleam every day 。
57. In respect of environment protection the emission of dust, NO×，SO×etc must be limited。 1. Mr. Chen missed the bus, so he failed to get to his office on time. The underlined part means wasn’t able to. 2. Last night I didn’t leave the laboratory until the test ended. 4. It’ s important for us to keep the air clean. 5. This hydraulic power station was built 50 years ago. 6. I’ll visit my friend and stay with him for some time next week. 7. The coordination meeting for the transmission line construction is held once a week. 8. By the year 2000, the had worked in the power station for twenty years . 9. Next week I will fly to U.S.A to attend an important meeting. 11. There have been great changes in Shanghai since 1978. 12. The government didn’t allow them to build that factory so as not to make the water dirty. 13. Many problems were talked about yesterday.
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14. He left his mobile phone in the meeting room yesterday. 15. All the desks in the room are covered with dust. 16. From then on, she was never late for going to office. The underlined part means after that. 17. Look at the lady at the door, could you tell me who she is? 18. Which is heavier, iron of copper? 19. China is famous for the great wall. 20. This chimney is as high as that one. 21.You are not allowed to fly kite near the power line, It’s dangerous. 22. The instrumental panel of the generator must be kept clean every day. 23. The power plant was built in 1990. 24. The repairing of the switchgear must be finished in two hours. 25. The steam turbine parameters should match with that of the boiler. 26. A generator is a machine to convert mechanical energy into electric energy. 27. In the past decade, the installed capacity of generating units in China has been doubled. 28. A co-generation power plant not only generates electricity but also supplies steam to heat users. 29. The basic types of heat transfer is conduction, convection an radiation. 30. In centigrade temperature scale, the ice point water is defined as 0℃ , the boiling point is 100℃. 1. You have only 100 words in which to sum up his speech. 2. The jury must weigh the evidence before they reach a verdcict. 3. Scientists have spent years reserarching into the effects of certain chemicals on the human brain with no result.
4. The firm will have to stop up production if it is to defeat its competitors. 5. You’ll never finish that job unless you forget everything else and get down to it. 6. The American company whose chemical factory in India exploded will have to compensate for the loss of human lives.
7. Many new opportunities will be opened up in the future for those with a university education. 8. The manager promised to keep me informed of how our business was going on. 9. John regretted not going to the meeting last week. 10. The above mentioned reactions are bound to proceed smoothly. 11. The meeting drew to a close late in the afternoon. 12. the meeting broke up at midnight and we all went home. 13. From his appearance we may safely conclude that he is heavy smoker. 14. Someone must have left the tap on, for the water was running over and flooding the bath0room. 15. We plant and care for trees in proportion the many benefits they give us. 16. I am tired of your stupid conversation. 17. The appearance of the book has marked a new era in the history of the question. 18. The shopkeeper is facing fierce competition from supermarkets. 19. They are building the railway in association with another company. 20. I found the little boy sitting on the steps, crying bitterly. 21. The students will put off the outing until next week, when they won’t be so busy.
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22. In his speech he referred to the great help that the club received from supporters. 23. Carbon is an element, while carbon dioxide is a compound. 24. When I arrived in this country, I had to start learning the language from scratch. 25. After being rescued from the wrecked ship, the people agred that they had much to be thankful for. 1.
2. accuracy is fundamental to the programming of computers. 3. although the family trusted her,she let them down badly. 4. before moving to another city,Brenda disposed of the house and the furniture. 5. Egypt is famous for the nile river .so we often associate Egypt with the nile. 6. under certain conditions of stress,some people reveal qualities they had never known they possessed. 7. I had to stand in a queue for four hours to get tickets for the film. 8. I gave him a present but he gave me nothing in return. 9.
10. I’ve a nice little sum of money put aside for a rainy day. 11. I promise you shall see her again before long. 12.
13. it’s up to us to give her all the help we can. 14. it is not easy to rid o neself of a bad habit. 15. it is reported that approximately over 1000 factories……. 16. it was so hot that the workmen just marked time. 17.
18. jack almost fell off the cliff,but managed to hang on until help came. 19. can we hold out for another day without water. 20. good work deserves good pay.
21. he came to inspect the house with a view to buying it . 22. he decided to attend the conference in person. 23. he didn’t live up to what had been expected of him. 24. he did it out of gratitude for all she had done for him.
25. he has kept up a correspondence with his friend in new york for over a year now.
26. he intends to replace the secretary he has dismissed by a less glamorous but rather more efficient one. 27. he made up his mind not to speak a word. 28. he supplies them with food and clothing. 29. he was finally convinced after a heated debate.
30. he was saving as much as possible in order to repay jennie eventually. 31. his job was to sort out the good apples…… 32. john comes to visit me every now and then. 33. people had lined up in front of the theater.
34. teaching as a career appeals to many people because of the long holidays. 35. the building was named ford hall in memory of a man named james ford.
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36. the children were eagely looking forward to the party. 37. the company puts out 13 new machines every month. 38.
39. the department is fortunate in having the most up-to-date…… 40. the story the film based on derived from an old legend. 41. the vice-president talked ay the meeting in place of the president ,because the president was sick. 42. This is the very factory I worked in ten years ago. 43. tomato soup that is usually sold at twelve cents a can is now on sale for ten cents. 44. you can rub out pencil marks by rubbing them with a rubber.
45. you may think you can get away with neglecting your responsibilities,but events will pay you back. 46. we reached the station too late ,just as the train was pulling out. 47. montanelli took no part in the diacussion.
48. my father was born in germany and still speaks English with a german accent. 49. my golf is not too good just now.i’ve been busy and I’m out of practice. 50. one of oue water pipes has burst.we must send for the plumber.
51. American school children should learn lincoln’s Gettysburg address by heart. 52. as winter gave way to spring the days began to lengthen. 53. Although many young people are keen on going ab road, he prefers to stay and work in his own country 54. The orange is too high on the tree. It’s out of my reach .I need someone to help me. 55. the town erected a monument to its heroes who had lost their lives during the war. 56. the government has a very bad image because it continues……. 57. The high school graduated 300 students this summer. 58. roger gave me some beautiful Japanese stamps in exchange for two sets of 1968 british special issues.
59. A baby learns to creep before it learns to walk. 60. I don’t know how I’d react to a situation like the one you have described. 61. our principal has already placed an order with the …… 62. you are really running a risk to drive at such a high speed.
63. we tried to confine our conversation to arguments relevant to the topic. 64. when he writes,he always keeps a dictionary at hand.
65. When Tom was doing his French translation, he left blanks for all the words he did not know. 66. when the king appeared in the crowd,the people cheered and made away for him.
67. The soldier was badly hurt.
68. the judge sentenced the burglar to two year’s imprisonment. 69. the glass will crack if you pour boiling water into it. 70. If mary is aware of all the dangers,she should change her mind.
71. He hurried to the railway atetion in the hope of catching the early train. 72. her deeds are worthy of being praised. 73. The students failed in the experiment again ,but they didn’t lose heart. 74. Have you heard about mr.johnson? yes,I heard about him in a newspaper.
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