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福师《英美文学选读》在线作业一
一、单选题:
1.Dr.Smith was always ( )the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care. (满分:2)
A. tended by
B. absorbed in
C. reminded of
D. concerned about
2.These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the ( )- of higher education from the mid-1860’s to the mid-1880’s (满分:2)
A. branch
B. category
C. domain
D. scope
3.( )( ), Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class. (满分:2)
A. Although he is a socialist
B. Even if he is a socialist
C. Being a socialist
D. Since he is a socialist
4.I have looked all over the office for my jar of glue. It seemed to have ( ). (满分:2)
A. vapoured
B. vanished
C. vibrated
D. reduced
5.Children who stay away from school do ( )( ) for different reasons. (满分:2)
A. them
B. /
C. it
D. theirs
6.We realized that he was under great ( )( ), so we took no notice of his bad temper. (满分:2)
A. excitement
B. stress
C. crisis
D. nervousness
7.She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would ( )( ) her long effort. (满分:2)
A. justify
B. testify
C. rectify
D. verify
8.The house has remained ( ) since its owner left for a foreign countryfour years ago. (满分:2)
A. ruined
B. haunted
C. uninhabited
D. locked
9.I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat ( ) . (满分:2)
A. disapproval
B. rejection
C. refusal
D. decline
10.The local people were joyfully surprised to find the price of vegetables no longer ( ) according to the weather. (满分:2)
A. altered
B. converted
C. fluctuated
D. modified
11.The wealth of a country should be measured ( ) the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce . (满分:2)
A. in line with
B. in terms of
C. in regard with
D. by means of
12.It was no ( ) that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery . (满分:2)
A. coincidence
B. convention
C. certainty
D. complication
13.My grandfather had always taken a ( )interest in my work, and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time. (满分:2)
A. weighty
B. keen
C. vague
D. splendid
14.That was not the first time he ( )( ) us. I think it’s high time we ( )( ) strong actions against him. (满分:2)
A. betrayed…take
B. had betrayed…took
C. has betrayed…took
D. has betrayed…take
15.For the new country to survive, ( )( ) for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required. (满分:2)
A. to name a few
B. let alone
C. not to speak
D. let’s say
16.The mayor is a woman with great ( ) and therefore deserves our political and financial support. (满分:2)
A. intention
B. instinct
C. integrity
D. intensity
17."This light is too( ) for me to read by. Don’t we have a brighter bulb some where": said the elderly man. (满分:2)
A. dim
B. slight
C. mild
D. minute
18.An increasing proportion of our population ,unable to live without advanced medical ( ) ,will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology. (满分:2)
A. interference
B. interruption
C. intervention
D. interaction
19.There are still many problem ahead of us, but by his time next year we can see light at the end of the ( )( ). (满分:2)
A. battle
B. day
C. road
D. tunnel
20.Each individual is requested to state the ( ) on which his judgments are based. (满分:2)
A. requirements
B. measures
C. legislations
D. criteria
21.My students found the book ( )( ): it provided them with an abundance of information on the subject. (满分:2)
A. enlightening
B. confusing
C. distracting
D. amusing
22.They had the greatest difficulties ( ) during the journey to Antarctica. (满分:2)
A. imaginary
B. imaginative
C. imaginable
D. imaginal
23.Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second language could ( ) . (满分:2)
A. descend
B. decline
C. deteriorate
D. depress
24.The old paper mill has been ( )to make way for a new shopping centre. (满分:2)
A. held down
B. kept down
C. cut down
D. turn down
25.The students, ( ) reading their books, did not observe me enter the classroom. (满分:2)
A. deficient in
B. adequate for
C. short of
D. intent on
26.Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an ( )for breaking the law. (满分:2)
A. option
B. intention
C. approval
D. excuse
27.If you know what the trouble is, why don’t you help them to ( )( ) the situation? (满分:2)
A. simplify
B. modify
C. verify
D. rectify
28.Thousands of people turned out into the streets to ( )( ) against the local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field. (满分:2)
A. contradict
B. reform
C. counter
D. protest
29.Foreign disinvestment and the ( )( ) of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy. (满分:2)
A. displacement
B. elimination
C. exclusion
D. exception
30.Mr. Smith had an unusual ( ) : he was first an office clerk , then a sailor , and ended up as a school teacher. (满分:2)
A. profession
B. occupation
C. position
D. career
31.Almost everyone in the auditorium was weeping by the time he finished telling the ( ) tale. (满分:2)
A. pathetic
B. patriotic
C. panic
D. periodic
32.We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be ( )and go another day. (满分:2)
A. probable
B. reliable
C. flexible
D. feasible
33.Poverty is not ( ) in most cities although ,perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas , it is more visible there. (满分:2)
A. rare
B. temporary
C. prevalent
D. segmental
34.He is planning another tour abroad ,yet his passport will ( ) at the end of this month. (满分:2)
A. expire
B. exceed
C. terminate
D. cease
35.The director tried to get the actors to ( )( ) to the next scene by hand signals. (满分:2)
A. move on
B. move off
C. move out
D. move along
36.I have been ( ) to the newspaper for ten years. (满分:2)
A. ascribing
B. subscribing
C. ordering
D. purchasing
37.The bank refused to ( )him any money, so he had to postpone buying a house. (满分:2)
A. loan
B. borrow
C. lease
D. credit
38.The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her ( ) attitude toward customers (满分:2)
A. impartial
B. mild
C. hostile
D. opposing
39.( ) the success of the product depends on its good quality. (满分:2)
A. Objectively
B. Ultimately
C. Absolutely
D. Relatively
40.Miss Jane always buys ( ) priced clothes. (满分:2)
A. highly
B. highest
C. high
D. higher
41.Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military ( )in the coastal city. (满分:2)
A. goals
B. destinations
C. targets
D. aims
42.It is clear that lack of education will greatly ( ) the laid-off workers from getting a job again. (满分:2)
A. hamper
B. confuse
C. perplex
D. reverse
43.The football club decide to ( ) its working contract with the head coach because of its team’s poor performance during his coaching. (满分:2)
A. diminish
B. diffuse
C. preclude
D. terminate
44.When the committee ( ) to details , the proposed plan seemed impractical . (满分:2)
A. got down
B. set about
C. went off
D. came up
45.The more a nation‘s companies ( )factories abroad, the smaller that country‘s recorded exports will be. (满分:2)
A. lie
B. locate
C. spot
D. stand
46.He knows the regulations, and if he refuses to ( ) with them he must take the consequence. (满分:2)
A. accord
B. assist
C. confirm
D. comply
47.( ) to some parts of South America is still difficult ,because parts of the continent are still covered with thick forests . (满分:2)
A. Orientation
B. Access
C. Procession
D. Voyage
48.The meeting was put off because we ( )( ) a meeting without John. (满分:2)
A. objected having
B. were objected to having
C. objected to have
D. objected to having
49.Such a(n)( ) person has got to the top of the company! That’s more than I bargained for. (满分:2)
A. responsible
B. illegal
C. notorious
D. illegitimate
50.Our TV license will ( ) next month, so we shall then need a new one. (满分:2)
A. abolish
B. amend
C. expire
D. constrain
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