英语精读（三）2.They( ) the virtues of humility because the more pe...

奥鹏网院作业

英语精读（三）16秋在线作业2
一、单选题：
1.In the airport, I could hear nothing except the roar of aircraft engines which(    ) all other sounds.          (满分:3)
    A. diminished
    B. drowned
    C. dwarfed
    D. devastated
2.They(    ) the virtues of humility because the more people they can persuade to be humble, the more easily they can both preserve and add to the power that they have.          (满分:3)
    A. commitment
    B. embankment
    C. preached
    D. glared
3.The vacuum cleaner is a valuable labor-saving(    ) action.          (满分:3)
    A. device
    B. engine
    C. piece
    D. instrument
4.Plants receive radiant energy from the sun and(    ) it into chemical energy in the form of food.          (满分:3)
    A. divide
    B. convert
    C. release
    D. convey
5.Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off,(    ) into water, float about awhile, and finally melt.          (满分:3)
    A. mobile
    B. drift
    C. shift
    D. rotate
6.The earthquake in the past ten years caused many buildings to(    ).          (满分:3)
    A. collapse
    B. terrify
    C. tend
    D. threaten
7.Please bring me the ladder, and put it(    )the tree, not the wall.          (满分:3)
    A. by
    B. on
    C. against
    D. among
8.The street was(    ) by the police for fear that there was a bomb          (满分:3)
    A. deceived
    B. delivered
    C. damaged
    D. blocked
9.There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in ＿ with its surroundings          (满分:3)
    A. lunatic
    B. invoke
    C. windbag
    D. harmony
10.In education there should be a good(    ) among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment.          (满分:3)
    A. distribution
    B. balance
    C. combination
    D. assignment
11.The whole process of spraying seems caught up in an endless(    )          (满分:3)
    A. stack
    B. spiral
    C. motivation
    D. languid
12.She has(    ) a large sum of money from her father.          (满分:3)
    A. inherited
    B. presented
    C. hosted
    D. turned
13.The medical report confirms that the flu has(    ) almost everyone in this area.          (满分:3)
    A. infected
    B. raised
    C. recommended
    D. insulated
14.As the market place filled up with shoppers and merchants and slaves and foreigners, he had(    )  through it for an hour or two          (满分:3)
    A. dwindled
    B. peered
    C. shrinked
    D. strolled
15.It is believed that(    ) spending will certainly lead to the bankrupt          (满分:3)
    A. natural
    B. mysterious
    C. moist
    D. excessive
16.I know now what it was that attracted them. It was because life in our town was at times pretty dull and he(    )  it up          (满分:3)
    A. livened
    B. pitch
    C. plunge
    D. infuriate
17.The blood(    )in the body and provides what the body needs.          (满分:3)
    A. swells
    B. circulates
    C. tastes
    D. tempted
18.The trip to the west has been(    ) due to the lack of the funds.          (满分:3)
    A. insisted
    B. canceled
    C. infected
    D. inferred
19.When I returned the books, she lent me more. Soon I began to see her almost every weekend, and my well of knowledge about natural history began to(    ) over.          (满分:3)
    A. extravagance
    B. brim
    C. pursue
    D. grimace
20.On others she(    ) over family dinners cooked on Sunday afternoons for children who were now gray with age          (满分:3)
    A. expounding
    B. forgo
    C. explosive
    D. presided
三、判断题：
1.severe means very bad or serious          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
2.naked means wearing a lot  clothes          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
3.instinctively  means based on instinct          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
4.forge means to make, develop, or shape sth.          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
5.genetic means connected with genes          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
6.glimpse meansthe sight of sb. or sth. that you only have for a short time and that is not complete          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
7.proceed  means to move in a particular direction          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
8.frivolous means being careful          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
9..inventory means invention          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
10.conciliate means to do sth. to make people more likely to stop arguing, esp. by giving them sth          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
11.morality  is principles of good behavior          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
12..contortion  is the act of twisting sth. so that is does not have its normal shape and looks strange          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
13.grimace is an unpleasant, twisted expression on the face          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
14.drip means to fall or let sth. fall in very small drops          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
15.devastating means restoring          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
16.encircle means to surround sb. or sth. completely          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
17..excessive means little          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
18.beckon means to make a signal to someone with a hand or arm to show that you want him/her to come toward you          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
19.access means an opportunity or right to use sth. or approach sb          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确
20.pension is money paid regularly to someone who is retired          (满分:2)
    A. 错误
    B. 正确