大二英语精读2课后选择题

1, people who are ___such great talents are usually ____ A conferred with协商，交换意见, few and far between B blessed with赋予, few and far

C endowed with 天生具有, few and far between D gifted, rare and far between C

2. he is interested in ____ money and fame. Every day he is either busy making money or busy _____ important

A nothing but, being B neither, being C both, with being D just, to be A

3. ___ we will be ____ compete with the world’s strongest football team in a few year s’ time

A on my money, at a position to B for my dough, be enabled to C with my money, ready to D for my money, in a position D在我看来

4. she _____ that position in the company, and she felt that she was qualified. In fact, _____ , she was overqualified

A aspired to，if anything B inspired to, if anything C desired for, or anything D conspired for, in anything A ,渴求，如果有的话

5. the people of that area are poor even ______. When the

place is hit by a flood, they will be_____

A at the worst of times, in real anguish B at the best of time, in real anguish C for the best time, in real crisis D at better times, very painful B痛苦

6. corruption will not vanish_____. We have to combat it firmly. Otherwise it will be ChengKejie _____ again

A for itself, once more B of itself, all over C in itself, come over D by itself, for ever B 自行，自动

7. we can’t _____ examinations altogether unless we can ______ a better way to evaluate the students

A do away come up with B do away of, come up across C do away with, come up with D do away from, come up C废除

8. their government says that for the sake of their national safety they will have to take military action, but many people _____ that military action will not-_______ world of peace and harmony

A contradict反驳，否认by saying, make up B counter 反对by saying, make for有助于，导致 C oppose反对by saying, make D object 反对by saying, make it up B

9. I think we have still _____ many other countries’ capitals

in pollution control. The coming 2008 Olympic Games is a wonderful opportunity to address this problem. We should not let it_____

A lagged behind, slip by B left behind, slip by

C been left behind, slip through D been lagged behind by, slip away A飞掠而过

10. _____, we should not have _____ Shanghai when we designated the first batch of special economic zones.

A looking back, left aside

B now that we think about it, left behind C with hindsight, left out D we now realize that, included C忽视

11. the sudden bankruptcy of these financial giants threw the investors _____ and caused them to ____

A in a panic, stampede惊逃，溃败 B in panic, panic恐慌

C in confusion, hold their stocks D in despair, withdraw gradually撤退 A

12. once the war decision is made they will _____- allies who will ______ them rain or shine

A set out to find, stand by B set out finding, stand by c sen

d out to find, stand behind

D set off to 出发，动身find, stand for A 打算，着手

13. the professor knew that his students tended to over-quote. But some of them _____. They simply downloaded whole essays from the Website as their own. That was ____ the professor

A went too far away, too far for B went too far, too much to C went too wild, too absurd of D went too for, too much for D

14.he has protested_____ that this _____ structure has ______ the beauty of the national park

A on many occasions, tedious, destroyed B on many occasions, hideous, ruined C in many occasions, hideous, damaged D on many occasions, tedious, marred B 许多次

1.he will be_______ to turn ____ her for help. They are not even on speaking terms

A the last, to B the last person, to C a last person, to D the last person , on B

2.I resented ___ like that and I went to complain _____ the manager. The

manager apologized for the inconvenience but said that they had no other choice

A to be searched, to B them to search me, about C being searched, of D being searched, to

D complain to sb / of / about,at sth

4. she is always complaining _____ something. It _____ my nerves

A of , gets to B about, gets on C about, got on D for, it getting on B

3. the man was_____ for air. He _____ a fish out of water A gasping, put me in mind of, B breathing, gets on c about, reminde d me

D gasping, remind me of A

5. Professor Drake_____ his hand into the jar and brought out a fish for me to look at, and he asked me to keep it_____ , saying that whoever does not know how to take care of a specimen is not fit to be a scientist

A stretched, moist

B plunged, moistened 弄湿 C reached, being moistened D worked, moistening B

6. he did everything possible to _____ some support for his decision to ______ more money to his favorite project

A win over, allow B whip up, spend C get, divide D whip up, allot

D

7. I did not even know what they were quarreling about, but he suddenly ______ me, _____ that it was all my fault

A turned to, yelling B turned on, shrieking C turned round, screaming D turned on, and exclaiming B

8. after the chairman gave his opening speech, there was a long silence. Nobody spoke to _____ , because they all knew that the discussion was just _____

A start the ball rolling, a matter of form B start the ball going, an affair of form C set the discussion rolling, a form D set the ball rolling, a form affair A

9. she spoke for the _____ that they three had all lost the _____ to work during the spring break and they needed a good long rest

A team, desire B group, interest C company, inclination D gang, intention C

10. I hear that these apartments are so much sought after that you must _____one year

A Pay in all cash, before

B all pay in cash , before in advance C pay in full in cash, in advance D pay cash, in advance before

C

11. ______ she doesn’t want to have a child, I will respect her decision, I’d be the _____ to impose my will on my daughter

A suppose, last person B assume, last father C in case, first person D supposing if, last man A

12. they are an odd couple. She is as tall______ he is short, and he is as fat ______ she is thin. But they are both______ happy as they are old

A as , as, so B while, while, as C and, and, as D as , as, as, D

1.just then a great sense of pride ___ him A fell on B swept over C overcame D overpowered B

2 with rheumatism风湿病, he could no longer_____ his knee. His arm and legs seemed to __him

A stoop, rebel against B bend ,rebel against C bend over, rebel D stoop over, disobey

3. do you believe that only _____ people can produce literature that is _____ of our great nation?

A worthy, worthy B worthwhile worth C worth. Worthwhile D worthwhile , worthwhile A

4. his sudden blindness _____ him______ the joy of seeing the beautiful world.

A robbed . of B deprived with, c robbe d off, D denied of A

5. you shouldn’t sleep _____ when you are still sweating, with every pore of your body open _____ the cool air

A out at the open, in B out to the open, for C out in the open, to D out of the open, to C

6. we had to _____ each other because in the still of the night our voices could _____

A whisper, drift

B whisper softly to, carry C whisper, flow D whisper to, carry D

7. at that time all worries about his personal safety____ his mind. He was determined to _____ the secret documents

A vanished from, secure

B disappeared out of, get C swept over, insure D vanished off, obtain A

8. it is a small country______ beautiful lakes, and the few million people were concentrated in a few cities rather than ______

A filled with, divided B covered with, separated C spread with, dotted D dotted with, scattered D

9. throughout his life my grandfather was ____ the land, but the land he ____ did not belong to him

A chained to , tilled on B chained by, tilled C chained to, tilled D confined to, work D

10. it suddenly ______ her mind that after she _____ the baby they would have to find

a nurse

A crossed, gave birth to B occurred to, bore C struck, gave birth of D came across, raised A

11. this terrible event_____ of the president, and he _____ all his appointment

A drew hold of, called off

B occupied all the attention dismissed

C demanded all the attention, laid aside D took complete hold, canceled D

1. a general manager his job is to ____ profits and minimize costs. But he has failed

____

a increase, on both accounts B make, on both respects C maximize, on both counts D maximize more, in both areas C

2. the insurance business is now____ . the total income ____ by 15 percent compared with last year

A thriving, went up B thriving, is up

C prospering, has been up D developing fast, increased B 繁荣的

3. today, we are hard-pressed to _____ our reform and _____ the changing times

A accelerate, keep abreast of B speed, stay abreast of C speed up, keep abreast with D deepen, catch up A保持

4. his power was seriously____ by a succession of crises, and when he died, a bitter power struggle__

A weakened, was ensued B eroded, ensued C damaged, followed

D reduced, occurred B ensue 无被动

5. he keeps reminding the party that it might _____ if it does not _______ corruption effectively

A explode, struggle against B implode, fight with C implode, combat D collapse, battle against B

6. we have to understand that even when our plan to quadruple四倍our GDP ____, we still cannot______the most advanced countries in average per capita income

A materialize, match B is carried out, compare C comes true, equal

D is achieved, keep abreast of A 实现

7. wealthy people’s children don’t necessarily _____ better because they are ____ spoiled

A fair , inclined to be B fare, bound to be一定会 C fare, prone to be有倾向 D perform, destined to be注定要 C

8. we can _____ that after some time our farmers will be able to ______ international competition

A expect, fit themselves B presume, adjust to

Ｃassume承担，呈现, adapt to D suppose, get use of

B 推测

9. those _____ admission许可，准许to NATO are ____ the final decision this coming fall

A looking for, waiting for B seeking for, expecting C seeking, awaiting D applying for, awaiting for C

10. it is ____ that the permanent residence-permit system长期居留will soon go because it ____ the vast rural population农村人口

A predicted, discriminates against B prospected, discriminates against C projected, is discriminated against D expected, discriminates A

11. I hear that it is estimated that the number of people_____ less than one dollar a day has ____ one billion worldwide

A relying on, gone up to B living on, exceeded

C depending on, reached over D living with, surpassed B

1.The idea that the alcoholic is a person of bad character and poor morals is no longer _____

A widely being held B widely-held C widely held D to be widely held C

2.If a monkey wanted to get a banana that was out of reach, it ___ not approach the problem as a chimpanzee ______

A will will B would would C should would D would should B

3.____ from the sun, Earth receives the necessary amount of heat an light

A either too near or too far B not only too near but also but far C not too near but too far D neither too near nor too far D

4.Jumping into the lake to save a drowning swimmer, ______ A the crowd cheered the lifeguard B the lifeguard was cheered by the crowd C the crowd was cheered by the lifeguard D the lifeguard cheered the crowd B

5.T o use e-mail, you usually need an account so that you can gain access to the host system _____ the information is channeled

a through which B through that C by which D by that A

6.In China, customers pay far less for a DVD than ____ countries

A those in many

B in many

C those in many other D in many other C

7.Foreign students _____ Chinese literature last year at this university came chiefly from Japan and South Korea

A who were studying B studied C were studying D studying A

8.There is possibly ___ sweeter sound to the human ear than the sound of one's own name

A less B more C not D no D

9. 90 percent of all English writing ______ 1000 basic words A is consisted B consist of C consists of D consisted C

10.all vegetables should be cooked, eaten, or preserved in some way _____ as

possible after harvesting a just soon B as soon C right

D sooner B

11.advertisers must figure out how to reach the largest number of people who are

most likely to buy their products at ___ cost a the lowest possible B the possible lowest C the more possible D the possible lower A

12. there is no single pattern of the Chinese character _____ there is a single pattern of the English or Turkish character

A just like B just as C no more than D any more than

D 都。。一样（否定两者）

13. the Foundation has raised three million yuan, _____ will be used to get dropouts