第一章 单元测试
1、单选题：
As the gender barriers ________, the number of women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid-20th century.
选项：
A:crumbling
B:crush
C:crushed
D:crumbled
答案: 【crumbled 】
2、单选题：
With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop can _____ customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance.
选项：
A:discerning
B:consider
C:discern
D:concern
答案: 【discern 】
3、单选题：
His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to _______ his personal goals.
选项：
A:surpassing
B:surpass
C:surprise
D:surpassed
答案: 【surpass 】
4、单选题：
He is a man with a(n) ______ business sense. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.
选项：
A:shrewd
B:shine
C:showing
D:show
答案: 【shrewd 】
5、单选题：
The ______ of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s.
选项：
A:conversion
B:converse
C:conversation
D:considerate
答案: 【conversion 】
6、单选题：
I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to _______ the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled.
选项：
A:discuss
B:distorting
C:distort
D:distorted
答案: 【distort 】
7、单选题：
Sixty-two and blessed with his mother’s skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as ______ as a man in his forties.
选项：
A:radiant
B:radiate
C:radiating
D:radiation
答案: 【radiant 】
8、单选题：
French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but _______ code which has had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind.
选项：
A:incent
B:inside
C:incident
D:ingenious
答案: 【ingenious】
9、单选题：
The senators didn’t expect us to ask such tough questions, and when we finally did, they got ______ and didn’t know what to say.
选项：
A:stump
B:stamp
C:stumping
D:stumped
答案: 【stumped 】
10、单选题：
This newly established university supports the ______ that a more diverse higher education system is desirable since it would enhance opportunities for lifelong learning.
选项：
A:pose
B:posing
C:position
D:proposition
答案: 【proposition 】
第二章 单元测试
1、单选题：
We need to improve the quality of education so that our children will not leave school _______ in literary and reasoning skills.
选项：
A:deprive
B:deficiency
C:deficient
D:deprived
答案: 【deficient 】
2、单选题：
In a society governed by the rule of law, every citizen is subject to possible ______ if he violates the law.
选项：
A:prosecute
B:prosecuting
C:prosecution
D:prospect
答案: 【prosecution 】
3、单选题：
The pay gap between average workers and top corporate officers has led to public ______ as executives receive large packages despite falling share prices.
选项：
A:outstanding
B:outing
C:outrun
D:outrage
答案: 【outrage 】
4、单选题：
The delicious meal ________ our hunger and made us feel warm again after having walked in the snow all day.
选项：
A:appeased
B:appeasing
C:please
D:pleasing
答案: 【appeased 】
5、单选题：
The military insists on ________ in many areas, for example, dress and haircut, with the primary objective of promoting group unity.
选项：
A:conformity
B:conform
C:connect
D:conforming
答案: 【conformity 】
6、单选题：
My daughter used to play with the dog by taking a(n) _______ of its hair and then spending a long time rubbing, combing and twisting it.
选项：
A:standing
B:strand
C:stood
D:stand
答案: 【strand 】
7、单选题：
When she left for the party, she took great care to make her necklace and shoes _______ her dress.
选项：
A:compliment
B:completing
C:complement
D:complete
答案: 【complement 】
8、单选题：
It was necessary to provide living places for _______ immigrants passing through the area on their way to more permanent dwellings.
选项：
A:transmitting
B:transcend
C:transient
D:transmit
答案: 【transient 】
9、单选题：
They had just moved in, so they needed to buy a number of kitchen _______, including a microwave oven, a toaster, and a coffee maker.
选项：
A:appliances
B:appliance
C:apply
D:appearance
答案: 【appliances 】
10、单选题：
She wanted a beautiful and elegant _______ to attend the wedding of a friend, but couldn’t find anything satisfactory in the nearby shops.
选项：
A:outing
B:outfit
C:outside
D:outgoing
答案: 【outfit 】
第三章 单元测试
1、单选题：
The curtains changed the atmosphere of the house completely and made it into a place of _________ beauty.
选项：
A:exquisite
B:exquisitely
C:exceeds
D:extend
答案: 【】
2、单选题：
As the sun ________ the clouds, we enjoyed our afternoon of playing cards in the forest under the clear sky and observing the most spectacular view I have ever seen in my life.
选项：
A:disperse
B:dispersed
C:disappear
D:exquisite
答案: 【】
3、单选题：
The big company ________ their operations last year and opened several regional offices in the country to meet the needs of the market.
选项：
A:decentralized
B:detect
C:distance
D:decentralize
答案: 【】
4、单选题：
It is not easy to ________ a trend of growth from the available facts since they are quite scarce and not that convincing.
选项：
A:detected
B:deduction
C:deduce
D:decentralize
答案: 【】
5、单选题：
Formerly found only in large industrial applications, microwave ovens now have become a standard ________ of most modern kitchens.
选项：
A:fix
B:fixture
C:future
D:fixing
答案: 【】
6、单选题：
He calls on the public to save in everyday life and believes that ________ is the key to battling a culture that rewards mindless consumption.
选项：
A:frustrated
B:frugal
C:frugality
D:frustrates
答案: 【】
7、单选题：
He is suitable for the position as he is young enough to understand what the teenagers think but old enough to ________ their programs.
选项：
A:administrate
B:admires
C:administrating
D: administrates
答案: 【】
8、单选题：
When asked about her whereabouts at 9 o’clock that night, she gave a rather ______ response, which caught the detective’s attention.
选项：
A:disappear
B:distance
C:disjointed
D:disjoint
答案: 【】
9、单选题：
_______ the stalled economy and sticking to promises to bring the deficit down next year is proving to be the principal test for the new president.
选项：
A:Reviving
B:revive
C:receive
D:Revise
答案: 【】
10、单选题：
A considerable period of time has to _______ before the effects of such security measures as closed-circuit television cameras and cell-phone monitoring become evident in reducing crimes.
选项：
A:eclipse
B:elapse
C:elite
D:excellent
答案: 【
第四章 单元测试
1、单选题：
I will conduct a top-to-bottom review of the state departments, agencies, and commissions, and seek to _______ or to eliminate them where appropriate.
选项：
A:consolidate
B:concerned
C:confined
D:concerning
答案: 【】
2、单选题：
To a 10-year-old girl, you need to offer understanding about her wishes and help her ______ between fantasy and reality.
选项：
A:differentiate
B:differentiates
C:different
D:difference
答案: 【】
3、单选题：
When we heard about the _______ suffering of the children and adults, our primary instinct, like millions of others, was to shed tears.
选项：
A:dread
B:drag
C:dreg
D:dreadful
答案: 【】
4、单选题：
It was when we started living together that we found, to our sadness and surprise, that we were ________.
选项：
A:compatible
B:compose
C:complete
D:incompatible
答案: 【】
5、单选题：
It was _______ that he had taken a $50,000 bribe before the project was transferred to another company.
选项：
A:allow
B:alleged
C:across
D:allowing
答案: 【】
6、单选题：
The budget proposal has been described as “______” and “inappropriate” by people objecting to it.
选项：
A: bizarre
B:between
C:become
D:because
答案: 【】
7、单选题：
It seems that what people believe and what researchers have found out about the ______ between wealth and happiness are more different than overlapping.
选项：
A:correlating
B:relating
C:relate
D:correlation
答案: 【】
8、单选题：
Current expenditure in this museum is ______ in comparison with the huge amount which foreign museums of similar standing spend.
选项：
A:negligible
B:neglect
C:needing
D:need
答案: 【】
9、单选题：
The air and rivers in this area are getting cleaner, and attempts to preserve animal species and their______ have been mainly successful.
选项：
A:habits
B:habitats
C:habiting
D:habit
答案: 【】
10、单选题：
If you can provide rational and ______ debates from an unbiased point of view, maybe we will all learn something.
选项：
A:intend
B:irrational
C:intelligible
D:intention
答案: 】
第五章 单元测试
1、单选题：
Although he was not a legal expert, he knew it would not be proper to _______ anything to mislead the public.
选项：
A:sharing
B:fan
C: favorate
D:fabricate
答案: 【】
2、单选题：
He does not work full time there, but he has been the ______ head of the organization’s scholarship program for five years.
选项：
A:name
B:no
C:nominal
D:normal
答案: 【】
3、单选题：
As Mark walked the sites on that initial trip of the migrants, he found some important _____ clues – dated bus tickets, shopping receipts and calendars.
选项：
A:tennis
B:temporal
C:temple
D:table
答案: 【
4、单选题：
In urban planning, it is important to take into consideration the ______ influence between the transportation network and other facilities, for example shopping centers and medical centers.
选项：
A:receive
B:return
C:revive
D:reciprocal
答案: 【】
5、单选题：
The label “Smart Choices” on the front of food packages usually______ products that meet criteria for lower fat, sugar and sodium (钠）content.
选项：
A:denotes
B:detect
C:differ
D:denoting
答案: 【】
6、单选题：
The public high school graduation rates in New Mexico and Arizona have been increasing for three _______ years, thanks to an online program that helps students earn missing credits.
选项：
A:coin
B:consecutive
C:concern
D:consecutively
答案: 【】
7、单选题：
In the accident at the air show last week, a pilot and 10 _______ were killed when a fighter plane crashed into the crowd.
选项：
A: spectators
B:spend
C:spectator
D:spending
答案: 【
8、单选题：
The mother was not sure where the boys went, but she did hear them _______ something about going out for a movie with friends.
选项：
A:butter
B:muttered
C:mutter
D:muttering
答案: 【】
9、单选题：
This newly released portrait of Planet Earth is actually a ______ of several pictures taken earlier this month by a new research satellite.
选项：
A:composive
B:compose
C:companies
D:composite
答案: 【】
10、单选题：
You shouldn’t feel insulted. We can assure you he meant to be friendly and there was nothing impolite or _______ in his words.
选项：
A:malicious
B:molding
C:machine
D:mild
答案: 【
第六章 单元测试
1、单选题：
When I first came to this city, everything was ______ to me. It took me a long time to adjust myself to the new environment.
选项：
A:alien
B:alarm
C:almost
D:always
答案:
2、单选题：
Something growing in her brain caused damage to her ______ nerve, and doctors thought she would never see again.
选项：
A:optic
B:option
C:optimistic
D:opt
答案: 【
3、单选题：
The front side of the house has a(n) ________ arrangement of windows and doors, with the main door in the center, a side door and two windows on each side.
选项：
A:symmetrical
B:same
C:sane
D:symmetry
答案: 【】
4、单选题：
He cleaned the old machine and _______ the moving parts with a little mineral oil, hoping that it could work again.
选项：
A:lubricated
B:lubricate
C:lubricating
D:lubrication
答案: 【】
5、单选题：
We could tell it was a crisp winter night because, overhead, between the shadows of the buildings, a multitude of stars were _______.
选项：
A:twinkle
B:twinkled
C:twinkling
D:twinkles
答案: 【】
6、单选题：
During his work on child protection, he often acts as a ______ between parents and children, making the parents know what they can do and what they cannot do.
选项：
A:medicine
B:mediator
C:meal
D:media
答案: 【】
7、单选题：
Due to safety concerns, the commander ordered his troops to leave their _____ in the mountains and return to their bases in the nearby village.
选项：
A:outposts
B:outgoing
C:output
D:outing
答案: 【】
8、单选题：
It’s exciting to travel to a foreign place, no matter whether you’re ______ the wilds of Africa or just making a weekend trip to the countryside.
选项：
A: traverse
B:traversed
C:traversing
D:traverses
答案: 【】
9、单选题：
In the 1970s, a number of countries passed laws to protect women’s rights, announcing that they would _______ women through education and work.
选项：
A:emancipation
B:emancipating
C:emancipate
D:emancipated
答案: 【】
10、单选题：
The basic idea of ______reasoning 1s that if something is true of a class of things in general, this truth applies to all members of that class.
选项：
A:deductive
B:deducting
C:deduce
D:deduction
答案: 【】
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