上海电力学院大学英语1第8单元试题及答案

上海电力学院 大学英语1 第8单元 试题及答案

Unit 8

Section A

同步自测 (附答案)

1.He is eight years…..me.

A. junior to B. junior than C. more junior to D. more junior than

2.He is really an…..child.

A. intellectual B intelligent C. clever D. capable

3.They seemed…..to finish the work in time.

A. improbable B. impossible C. unlikely D. incapable

4.If we had had adequate time to prepare, the result…..much better.

A. were B. had been C. would be D. would have been

5.The doctor showed the new nurse…..to do.

A. what B. that C. how D. as

6.She pretends she’s…..praise.

A. different to B. indifferent to C. different from D. indifferent from

7.If you…..in breaking the law, you’ll go to prison.

A. resist B. insist C. persist D. consist

8.I telephoned the station to make…..of the time of the train.

A. real B. true C. tight D. sure

9.She is running about as if she…..mad.

A. were B. was C. had been D. is

10.Please keep me…..of your latest whereabouts.

A. inform B. informed C. informing D. to be informed

11.You must reach out to the people and…..your message if you want to win the election.

A. throw up B. take over C. drive home D. figure out

12.There were several…..on the frontier last month.

A. issues B. matters C. accidents D. incidents

13.I could not watch the football game broadcast live last night because my TV set……

A. broke down B. broke off C. broke out D. broke up

上海电力学院 大学英语1 第8单元 试题及答案

14.How to create enough jobs for the lid-off workers is a(n)…..problem for which there is no simple solution.

A. emergency B. complex C. delicate D. internal

15.I take pride in being an independent thinker in full possession of my critical……

A. judgement B. function C. faculty D. ability

16.The director seems to have…..new ideas. His recent productions are nothing but copies of his

old films.

A. fallen short of B. come up with C. lost touch with D. run out of

17.Unfortunately, those who…..the accident cannot recall what happened.

A. survived B. abandoned C. escaped D. spotted

18.Over the years I have gradually…..a collection of ancient coins.

A. accelerated B. accumulated C. absorbed D. gripped

19.It won’t take long to…..the situation. But I need some more time before I come up with a plan to

solve the problem.

A. sum up B. wipe out C. size up D. figure out

20.My transistor radio is out of work. It……

A. need repair B. needs to repair C. is needed repairing D. needs repairing

21.Stand…..the doors of the train.

A. clean of B. clean off C. clear of D. clear off

22.If you have anything to do, go and do it; if not, for heaven’s sake, get……

A. something done B. in your own way C. out of the way D. in the way

23.All manner of opportunities will come your way, but you must…..for them.

A. send out B. cross out C. hand out D. reach out

24.I…..the house all day because it rained.

A. got around B. brought around C. came around D. messed around

25.A heated argument can be settled if both sides…..first.

A. cut down B. hand down C. take down D. cool down

26.I’m hoping I may…..a scholarship to Oxford.

A. pull on B. pull up C. pull in D. pull off

上海电力学院 大学英语1 第8单元 试题及答案

27.She…..the intruder till help came.

A. played with B. touched with C. struggled with D. contrasted with

28.In this poor country, survival is still the leading industry; all else is……(CET-6/98/1 )

A. luxury B. accommodation C. entertainment D. refreshment

29.This is the…..piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.(CET-6/98/1 )

A. true B. original C. real D. genuine

30.Many of the scientists and engineers re judged…..how great their achievements are.(CET-6/98/1 )

A. in spite of B. in ways of C. in favor of D. in terms of

Key: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.D

9.A 10.B

11.C 12.D 13.A 14. B 15.C 16.D 17.A 18.B

19.C 20.D

21.C 22.C 23.D 24. D 25.D 26.D 27.C 28.A

29.B 30.D

Section B

同步自测 (附答案)

1.Under the “most-favored-nation clause” they immediately claimed the extra…..extorted by the

Americans.

A. benefits B. beans C. bays D. battles

2.This is our…..proposal, and no other change will be considered.

A. transparent B. tremendous C. underlying D. ultimate

3.The president of the college together with the deans…..to be present.

A. have agreed B. has agreed C. have been agreed D. are agreeing

4.This is the kind of appeal to which most people will be glad to……

A. distribute B. attribute C. contribute D. continue

5.After everyone was seated the chairman…..to announce his plans.

A. processed B. professed C. proceeded D. profiled

6.Many scientists urged nuclear energy…..to peaceful uses.

上海电力学院 大学英语1 第8单元 试题及答案

A. is put B. was put C. would be put D. be put

7.She…..that the ring was stolen, not lost.

A. spoke B. claimed C. clashed D. sheered

8.I have to admit that she is a highly…..secretary.

A. effective B. gossip C. competent D. comprehensive

9.Is there anyone who…..the plans put forward by the committee?

A. opposes B. refuses C. differs D. disagrees

10.Your wok was….., if not better than, ours.

A. as good as B. as well as C. as better as D. not so good as

11.The collision was for a few moments the….. of attention.

A. composition B. compound C. folk D. focus

12.Frankly speaking, you know nothing of the…..characteristics of life.

A. erect B. essential C. subtle D. subsequent

13.It requires background information to read…..the line.

A. between B. on C. of D. in

14.He tries to…..on his clinical research at the hospital.

A. cancel B. cancer C. conceal D. concentrate

15.Tell me about whatever is troubling you. I’ll help you…..it.

A. secure B. screw C. solve D. scrub

16.The laser beam is also different from ordinary light beams in the way……

A. by which it travels B. it travels C. on that travels D. though which it travels

17.You have to pledge your word to spend the money in the most…..way.

A. elaborate B. elastic C. efficient D. effective

18.It distressed and…..her that the boys should not come to her.

A. compromised B. comprised C. confused D. consented

19.I’d just as soon…..to her house tonight.

A. not go B. not going C. not to go D. that I won’t

20.The book is…..to give a quite wrong idea of the facts.

A. such written as B. so written as C. such written that D. so written that

上海电力学院 大学英语1 第8单元 试题及答案

Key: 1.A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.C

9. A 10.A

11.D 12.B 13.A 14.D 15.C 16.B 17.D 18.C

19.A 20.B

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