(带答案)-新版大学英语2练习题

(带答案)-新版大学英语2练习题

Unit 1 Ways of Learning

Part I. Vocabulary & Structure

1. To use the machine, first__________the correct coins, then select the drink you want and press the button.

A. inside

B. insert

C. concert

D. insist

2. __________, it was the wrong time to open a new data processing center in his city.

A. In retrospect

B. In due course

C. In service

D. In need

3. The little girl did ______ seem to be ____________frightened of being left by herself in the house.

A. not…at most

B. not…at best

C. not… in the least

D. not…at worst

4. When the moon ________from behind the clouds I made out a figure moving in the distance.

A. urged

B. appear

C. emerged

D. encouraged

5. Make sure the label is firmly ____________ to the parcel before you mail it.

A. enclosed

B. matched

C. made

D. attached

6. My __________reaction to the news was relief, but as I thought more about it I began to feel angry.

A. only

B. initial

C. foremost

D. beginning

7. I have had ____________problems with this computer ever since I borrowed it from a friend.

A. continuous

B. continual

C. continue

D. continued

8. Complaints from the students began arriving at the __________’s office.

A. principle

B. prince

C. principal

D. print

9. We have often made that mistake ____________.

A. himself

B. herself

C. themselves

D. ourselves

10. Did you fix the computer ______________?

A. on her own

B. on his own

C. on your own

D. on our own

11. My boyfriend bought me dinner to __________ being late the day before.

A. make up for

B. make of

C. make from

D. make it

12. The WTO is intended to ________trade among its member state.

A. reduce

B. promote

C. decrease

D. deduce

13. A full understanding of math is sufficient to explain a wide variety of natural ________.

A. scenes

B. situations

C. phenomena

D. occasions

14. The committee __________ a decision from the head office before it takes any action.

A. are waiting

B. is waited

C. are waited

D. is waiting

15. Professor Smith translated not only from the English but also, __________, from the Chinese.

A. on occasion

B. on the rise

C. one the increase

D. on the one hand

16. I am _____ disappointed because I failed in the final exam.

A. excessively

B. extremely

C. extraordinarily

D. finally

17. He accepted all the responsibilities _____ the mistake.

A. with

B. of

C. to

D. for

18.Some people cannot be trusted to work without ______.

A. supervision

B. superpower

C. supervise

D. superstition

19.His parents employed a _____ to teach him Spanish.

A. consultant

B. coach

C. tutor

D.

supervisor

20.He could not produce any evidence _____ his statement.

A. in fear of

B. in support of

C. in favor of

D. in case of

21._____, women can bear pain better than men.

A. At large

B. As large

C. As the large

D. By and

large

22.He was a much older tennis player but he had the great _____ of experience.

A. interest

B. benefit

C. advantage

D. profit

23.During the graduation _____, the president gave a wonderful speech.

A. ceremony

B. process

C. procedure

D. success

24.The football player is hoping to _____ to another team soon.

A. transport

B. transfer

C. transform

D.

transplant

25The schoolmaster _____ the girl’s bravery in his opening speech.

A. granted

B. acknowledged

C. applauded

D.

cancelled

26.At the age of 40, you are in your prime and full of _____ and passion.

A. vigorous

B. urge

C. inspiration

D. vigor

27.Don’t let the child play with scissors _____ he cuts himself.

A. in case

B. now that

C. so that

D. only if

28.Have you a _____ or ownership for this car?

A. diploma

B. diplomat

C. certificate

D.

diplomacy

29.Many customers come to the restaurant in that sea food is ______ of it.

A. distinguished

B. instinct

C. distinct

D. distinctive

30.He was a man of _____ great enterprise and was promoted soon.

A. /

B. the

C. an

D. a

Part II. Translation

1.Tom is bold enough to _______________________.(在大庭广众面前上台表

演。（to give a performance in front of a large audience.）

2.Assuming that this painting is a masterpiece, do you think

__________________________? (值得购买吗?)(it’s worthwhile to buy/purchase it?)

3. To improve our English, ________________________________.( 关键是多读、多写、多听、多说。) (it is critical/ important to do more reading, writing, listening and speaking.）

4. ________________________what’s wrong with my English learning. (我想知道)（I want to figure out）

5. __________________________to say “I love you” to the girl I love. (需要很大的勇气)。(It takes an enormous /amount of courage)

6. Before _________________(申请奖学金)，please make sure that you are eligible to receive it. (applying for scholarship)

7. He was extremely embarrassed when he was ___________________(被点名批评)。（criticized by name）

8. Persistent people begin their success where others ___________.(以失败告终)。（end in failure.）

9. She returned to her desk and ______________(埋头工作)。(lost herself in work.)

10. If you are playing football in the rainy weather you can ________________(别算上我)。(count me out )

Unti2 A Life Full of Riches

Part I. Vocabulary & Structure

1. Prof. Williams says that my composition is good except for the ending which seems too __________.

A. sudden

B. abrupt

C. abrupted

D. erupt

2. The insurance policy does cover damage to the goods caused by normal ___________.

A. wear and tear

B. tear and swear

C. tear and wear

D. wore and tore

3. The old economic beliefs are widely regarded as too _________to be useful in solving the problems now emerging in our economy.

A. date

B. dated

C. dating

D. out-date

4. You are free to say what you think, buy as a responsible individual you should also be prepared to face the _________what you say.

A. sequent

B. consequent

C. consequence

D. sequence

5. ________is the most powerful driving force in one’s pursuit of knowledge.

A. curiosity

B. curious

C. curiously

D. curio

6. Donations from alumni are an important source of the university’s income. But research funds are _______from the government.

A. primary

B. main

C. primly

D. primarily

7. I regret __________you that you failed the text.

A. telling

B. to tell

C. to ask

D. ask

8. Stop _______around here. You’d better go home and finish your homework.

A. to hang

B. hang

C. hanging

D. handing

9. I started toward her, entirely forgetting __________ that she was not wearing a rose.

A. notice

B. to notice

C. noticing

D. noticed

10. It can not _______that we have made great improvement in our work.

A. deny

B. denying

C. denied

D. be denied

11. Please __________ the from and hand it in tomorrow.

A. fill in

B. fill with

C. fill out

D. fill into

12. Prices are going down. However this ________welcome change may bring about other problems in the economy.

A. seems

B. seeming

C. seemed

D. seemingly

13. Should judges consider popular _____ before deciding cases?

A. feelings

B. emotions

C. affections

D. sentiments

14. When you _______ with more than one problem, try to solve the easiest one first.

A. are confronted

B. are confronting

C. meeting

D. are meted

15. You must remember _______to the railway station to meet her tonight.

A. going

B. to go

C. to arrive

D. arriving

16.Things might have been much worse if the mother _____ on her right to keep

the baby.

A. has been insisting

B. had insisted

C. would insisted

D. insisted

17.It is essential that these application forms _____ back as early as possible.

A. must be sent

B. are sent

C. will be sent

D. be sent

18.______ for my illness, I would have lent him a helping hand.

A. Had it not been

B. Not being

C. Without being

D. Not having been

19.Look at the situation I’m in! If only I _____ your advice.

A. follow

B. had followed

C. would follow

D. have

followed

20.The mad man was put in the soft-padded cell lest he ____ himself.

A. injure

B. injured

C. had injured

D. would

injure

Part II. Translation

1. _______________________that its donation has a commercial purpose. (该公司否认) （The company denied）

2. ___________________________, he lost his job and thus had to go through a difficult period of time. (康复后不久)（Shortly after he recovered）

3. Our parents are poor, but they have always tried hard _____________.(满足我们最起码的要求。)（to meet our minimal needs.）

4. Whenever he was angry, ______________________.(他说话就有一点结巴。)（he would begin to stammer slightly.）

5. _____________________until they have lost it. (人们不珍惜自己的拥有。)（People never cherish what they have）

6. When I was young, _________________________.(我面临许多学习上的问题。)

(I was confronted with a lot of/ many/ numerous learning problems.)

7. 教育是我们家庭最看重的传统。（Education is the most cherished tradition in our family.）

8. water is ________________________.(对各种生命的存在至关重要。)（vital to the existence of all forms of life.）

9. As a person of simple living habits, he needs _________________and an apartment to be happy. (只需要一份工作) （nothing more than a job）

10. ____________________among the students about what to do after class. (有学生困惑) （There is still some confusion）

Unit 5 True Height

Part I. Vocabulary & Structure

1. He was _______by the sound of the back door opening at night.

A. started

B. startling

C. startled

D. starting

2. He had tried to put the unpleasant scene out of his mind, but it kept on_________ to him, especially in dreams.

A. appearing

B. happening

C. recurring

D. showing

3. There is nothing serious about the damage; it is a ________scratch on the door of his car.

A. only

B. merely

C. rarely

D. dearly

4. _________, she remains a little girl of six although she’s actually a grown woman now.

A. In my mind’s eye

B. To my mind’s eye

C. Out of my mind’s eye

D. From my mind’s eye

5. Mom was singing a song to my baby sister while rocking her with a gentle backward and forwards _______.

A. emotion

B. act

C. motion

D. behavior

6. She ought to ______________ herself for talking to her guests in such a rude way.

A. be shameful of

B. be shamed of

C. be ashamed of

D. be shameless of

7. Lucy tends to be driven by her ________—she rarely considers the consequences of her actions.

A. motions

B. emotions

C. affections

D. senses

8. Young children often feel a lot of _____about their first day at school, and refuse to go to school again.

A. anxious

B. curious

C. curiosity

D. anxiety

9. Although he tried hard to set up his own company, he failed in the end and all his efforts were ________.

A. in use

B. in vain

C. in practice

D. in fact

10. I ____________in the gym one hour every morning.

A. work with

B. work for

C. work at

D. work out

11. _____________, the new plan does not work well.

A. To my happiness

B. To my disappointment

C. To my pleasure

D. To my sorrow

12. Mike, a Green, made the _______that a large park be built near the community.

A. idea

B. advice

C. suggestion

D. notion

13. Nobody believed his claim that he was _________.

A. honesty

B. innocence

C. dishonesty

D. innocent

14. Anxiety can _________the notion that life is unfair to us.

A. result in

B. arrive from

C. result from

D. arrive in

15. The prices of clothes and shoes _________ in the past 6 months.

A. have jumped

B. have soared

C. have rise

D. has went up

16. The profit-sharing plan is designed to _____ the staff to work hard.

A. estimate

B. advertise

C. motivate

D. recruit

17. Thousands of soldiers are working to ______ food and blankets to the refugees.

A. distribute

B. attribute

C. contribute

D. stimulate

18. Many people like white color as it is a _____ of purity.

A. sign

B. signal

C. symbol

D. symptom

19. We have planned an exciting publicity ______ with our advertisers.

A. struggle

B. battle

C. conflict

D. campaign

20. _____ is more surprising is the fact _____ all of us are correct.

A. That … that

B. What … that

C. Which … that

D.

Which … what

21. We don’t need air-conditioning, ______.

A nor can we afford it

B so can we afford it

C. neither can afford it

D. and we can neither afford it

22. Everyone should be ______ to a decent standard of living and an opportunity to be educated.

A. distributed

B. entitled

C. identified

D. testified

23. His wife is constantly finding _____ with him, which makes him very angry.

A. errors

B. shortcomings

C. disadvantages

D. faults

24. Don’t _____ the confidence they have placed in you.

A. amuse

B. accuse

C. amaze

D. abuse

25. The old couple decided to _____ the orphan though they had three children of their own.

A. adapt

B. bring

C. adopt

D. receive

Part II. Translation

1.______________________that turned the program into an interesting one. (是

学生的创造力) （It is the creativity of the students）

2. We plan to ______________(重新粉刷这幢办公楼的上面几层。) (repaint the upper floors of the office building.)

3.His success shows that ____________________(流行和艺术有时候是一致的。)

（popularity and artistic merit sometimes coincide。）

4.I didn’t want to see my beloved grandmother ______________ (躺在病床上痛

苦呻吟。)(lying in hospital bed and groaning painfully.)

5.You don’t have to ______________.(为哭而感到害羞。)（be ashamed of

crying.）

6. It was tears that____________________(将我带回了现实之中) and helped me survive the crisis.（brought me back to earth

7. ____________, I did not pass the exam thought it was easy. (我很失望) （To my disappointment）

8. He was very careless. __________, it wan not until he got home that it occurred to him that he left his keys at office. (有一次) （on one occasion）

9. Mom scolded my sister not to __________in front of guests. (伸腿) （stretch out her legs straight）

10. It has been a week of ____________. (一会晴天，一会下雨。)（alternate sunshine and rain.）

Unit6 A Woman can Learn Anything a Man Can

Part I. Vocabulary & Structure

1. A ___________garden takes little space but adds much beauty to the landscape.

A. mini

B.miniature

C. minimum

D.maximum

2. Persistent headache can be a(n)_________ of a serious problem, so do not hesitate to contact your doctor.

A. cue

B. signal

C. sign

D. indication

3. It is more than a little ________that some insurance company can’t even ensure their own survival.

A. ironic

B. irony

C. iron

D. sarcasm

4. Bob knows little about European art and he is a prudent guy. I don’t think he is going to take a ___________in the dark.

A. jump

B. bounce

C. leap

D. stride

5. The spokesperson read the statement by the White House in a dry ________tone.

A. mechanic

B. technique

C. technical

D. mechanical

6. Help! A bee is ___________in my ear.

A. buzz

B. buzzed

C. buzzing

D. buzzes

7. Some experts say the __________weather recently experienced by China was caused by El Nino.

A. normal

B. abnormal

C. norm

D. immoral

8. You will be ______________if you can not speak English at an job interview.

A. at a disadvantage

B. on a disadvantage

C. for a disadvantage

D. in a disadvantage

9. Nancy, _________, was alarmed by the violence.

A. also

B. as well

C. too

D. as well as

10. The police are trying to find out the ________of the women killed in the traffic accident.

A. status

B. evidence

C. recognition

D. identity

11. We finally managed to __________the committee’s approval of our plan.

A. secure

B. achieve

C. arouse

D. execute

12. He hoped the firm would ________him to the Paris branch.

A. exchange

B. transit

C. transfer

D. remove

13. The hopes, goals, fears and desires __________widely between men and women, between the rich and the poor.

A. alter

B. shift

C. transfer

D. vary

14. Mary did not say that she was going abroad, but she certainly __________that she was.

A. indicated

B. implied

C. showed

D. conveyed

15. Everyone is entitled to a(n) ____________standard of living.

A. decent

B. polite

C. significant

D. important

16. Could we ________the small bedroom into a second bathroom?

A. translate

B. transform

C. convert

D. alter

17. Not until the game had begun _____ at the sports ground.

A. should he have arrived

B. did he arrive

C. had he arrived

D. would he had arrived

18. All things ______, the planned trip will have to be called off.

A. considered

B. be considered

C. was considered

D. considering

19. So many directors _____, the board meeting had to be put off.

A. were absent

B. been absent

C. had been absent

D. being absent

20. All the tasks ______ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.

A. been fulfilled

B. were fulfilled

C. having been fulfilled

D. had been fulfilled

21. ______ men have learned much from the behavior of animals is hardly new.

A. Those

B. That

C. What

D. Whether

Part II. Translation

1._________________(我已受够了)——there are limits even for the patience of

a saint. (I’ve had enough)

2.I figured that ________________________________.(她对做饭一窍不通。)

（she didn’t know the first thing about cooking）

3._________________________for allowing me to work at home. (我非常感激

公司) （I am grateful to my company）

4.He is a man of few words, but ________________________, he is far too

clever for his classmates. (但要说起玩电脑)（when it comes to playing computer games）

5.I find it ironic that _____________________.(汤姆的记忆是有选择性的。)

（Tom has a selective memory）

6.___________________________________if he had studied harder. (他就不会

考试不及格。)（He would not have failed the exam）

7.As a woman, _________________________________. (她不能不注意到男女间

的不平等。)（she could not help noticing the inequality between men and women. ）

8.There is no way to obtain a loan, ____________________and sell my car. (我

只得咬紧牙关。)（I’ll just have to grit my teeth）

9.I knew ___________________________________.(我不能对自己失去信心。)

（I could not afford to lose confidence in myself.）

10.A woman can learn anything a man can, but first she needs to know that she

can do it, and that ______________________.(需要有敢冒风险而为的精神。) （takes a leap of faith）

Unit 7 The Glorious Messiness of English

Part I. Vocabulary & Structure

1. __________, he is not the right person for the job.

A. Strict speaking

B. Abstractly speaking

C. Strictly speaking

D. abstract speaking

2. After the Spring Festival, millions of young people ______from the countryside to the cities to look for work.

A. have been drifted

B. drifted

C. are drifted

D. drifts

3. Medical scientists expect it will be many years before cancer __________.

A. was conquered

B. was overcome

C. is overcome

D. is conquered

4. It is obvious that Tom __________his father both in appearance and in character.

A. resemblance

B. resembles

C. remember

D. resembles like

5. After working for his father for about ten years, he decided to _______on his own.

A. strike out

B. strike in

C. strike with

D. strike by

6. I don’t want my daughter to marry a ______drinker.

A. habit

B. habitation

C. habitual

D. cohabitate

7. Tourism, which is a major ________of income for the city, has been seriously affected by the attacks.

A. source

B.resource

C. sorting

D. resort

8. These ideas descend ______ those of ancient philosophers.

A. down

B. from

C. to

D. on

9. His ________on modern art is immeasurable.

A. effect

B. affect

C. significance

D. influence

10. The school authorities plan to ________the school regulations.

A. modify

B. alter

C. change

D. transform

11. The _______wedding drew large crowds from across the country.

A. loyal

B. royal

C. laurel

D. king

12. Check out the __________before deciding whether to go to a nearby college.

A. alternates

B. alternations

C. alternatives

D. alters

13. You can not _________corn here. The climate is not right for it.

A. rear

B. harvest

C. plow

D. raise

14. When did India gain its independence and become a________country.

A. kingly

B. sovereign

C. royal

D.modern

15. The economy in that country _______ deeper and deeper into crisis.

A. shrank

B. thank

C. sank

D. extended

16. They decided to close the museum ____ and simply because it cost too much to run.

A. actually

B. automatically

C. extremely

D. purely

17. The idea sounds fine, but we still need to ____ it _____ in practice.

A. try … for

B. try … on

C. try … out

D.

try … to

18. As an actor he could communicate a whole _____ of emotions.

A. fame

B. range

C. number

D. scale

19. ______ that he wasn’t happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.

A. Perceiving

B. Receiving

C. Deceiving

D. Conceiving

20. He was such a ______ speaker that he held our attention every minute of the three-hour lecture.

A. scientific

B. heroic

C. dynamic

D. automatic

21. Because the company was doing more business, it was necessary to ____ the factory.

A. broaden

B. extend

C. increase

D. intend

22. To be honest, I’ve never _____ been to a horror film.

A. actually

B. truly

C. genuinely

D. evidently

23. Wine and song are appropriate _____ the occasion.

A. at

B. to

C. on

D. by

24. I’m _____ enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams.

A. realistic

B. aware

C. radical

D. conscious

25. For more than 20 years, we’ve been supporting educational programs that _____ from kindergartens to colleges.

A. move

B. shift

C. range

D. spread

26. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable _____.

A. ability

B. future

C. possibility

D. opportunity

27. The frequent border incidents would _____ lead these two countries to a war.

A. consistently

B. persistently

C. reasonably

D. inevitably

28. All her energies are _____ on her children and she seems to have little time for anything else.

A. guided

B. focused

C. aimed

D. directed

29. I am most _____ to John for bringing the books.

A. regretful

B. beneficial

C. grateful

D. humble

30. Not having a good command of English can be a serious ______ preventing you from achieving your goals.

A. distress

B. fault

C. offense

D. obstacle Part II. Translation

1.很多小企业在新疆涌现出来。(Many small businesses have sprung up in

Xinjiang. )

2. On hearing the news, she smiled briefly, and then_____________.(然后便又习惯性地皱起眉头。)（returned to her habitual frown.）

3. The addition of a concert hall to the school will help it _____________.(培养年轻的音乐人才。)（nourish young musical talents.）

6.You must be mistaken. __________(就我所知)，Steve did not make those

document. (To my knowledge)

7.______________(我们没有实现目标)。This, however, does not mean that our

efforts have been wasted. ( We did not achieve our goal.)

8.Through systemic research, __________________________(科学家发明了许

多种药物) to help us live longer. (scientists have invented many drugs)

9.To settle the controversy, _________________________(我们必须理论联系实

际)to see which one works better. (we have to put theory into practice.)

10.很明显他长得像他的父亲。

It is obvious that he resembles his father.

11.How the English language came into being _____________.(对许多人而言依

然是个秘。)（remains a mystery to many people. ）

Unit8 Protecting Our Environment

Part I. Vocabulary & Structure

1.She found him _________of his usual friends.

A. in the mid of

B. in the midst of

C. on the middle of

D. with the midst of

2. He managed to get a beautiful apartment in the _________city center.

A. prosperous

B. prosper

C. prosperity

D. prosperously

3. Fall leaves make the Japanese mad, just like the cherry ______in the spring.

A. boom

B. bloom

C. blossom

D. broom

4. A _________visitor had again put three roses on the tomb of Edgar Ellen Poe, this time on his 200th birthday.

A. myth

B. mysteriously

C. mystery

D. mysterious

5. As a thick fog settled _________the ground, it became too dark to play outside.

A. on

B. down

C. with

D. for

6. The war went on and more villages _______________.

A. deserted

B. are deserted

C. were disserted

D. were deserted

7. Don’t get scared. A __________dog does not bite.

A. bark

B. barking

C. barked

D. barks

8. Our hen is still brooding and no chicken has been _______.

A. produced

B. created

C. invented

D. hatched

9. Both sides should _______down arms before peace talks begin.

A. lie

B. lay

C. lain

D. lying

10. In summer, all sorts of flowers ___________.

A. come in bloom

B. come into being

C. come into existence

D. come into blossom

11. I don’t think that he is _____ of learning English in three months.

A. capable

B. able

C. talented

D. efficient

12. This company has lived through a financial _____.

A. difficult

B. danger

C. crisis

D. prosperity

13. Who would you rather _____ with, George or me?

A. going

B. to go

C. have gone

D. went

14. Not until the game had begun ______ at the sports ground.

A. had he arrived

B. would he have arrived

C. did he arrive

D. should he have arrived

15. ______ she realized it was too late to go home.

A. No sooner it grew dark than

B. Hardly did it grow dark that

C. Scarcely had it grown dark than

D. It was not until dark that

16. I felt disgusted and wondered how I could ever have been so _____.

A. unaware

B. unimpressive

C. gross

D. inclined

17. You have to be _____ to be able to do this hard job and not despair.

A. pessimistic

B. pessimist

C. optimist

D. optimistic

18. Her speech failed to _____ her colleagues into supporting the plan.

A. discourage

B. adjust

C. tease

D. sway

19. I very much look forward to ______ you again soon.

A. see

B. have seen

C. seeing

D. having seen

20. After Wenchuan earthquake, this area needs a ______.

A. recovery

B. reconstruction

C. review

D. remark

21. We helped him in the farming, ______, he taught our children.

A. in return

B. in advance

C. in debt

D. in vain

22. In order to get the heritage, the whole family members _____ the worst in them.

A. brought out

B. turned out

C. gave out

D. took out

23. These young men are not only the pride of the school but also the _____ of the state in the time coming.

A. pillar

B. pole

C. column

D. pet

24. A bicycle and a motorcycle are built on the same _____, though they use different types of power.

A. process

B. principal

C. principle

D. rule

25. The lane_____________ with residents who came to witness the wedding ceremony.

A. was lined with

B. was occupied

C. was scattered

D. was spared

Part II. Translation

1._______________________(每天许多游客前来)to search for

ancient coins. (Scores of visitors come here)

2.________________________(天气暖和的时候，成群的鸟飞到灌木

丛中)by the roadside and fed on the berries. (On warm days flocks of birds came to the bushes)

3.___________________________(街道两边站满了人)who came to

welcome the distinguished foreign guests. (The street was lined with people)

4.Wrapped in a raincoat and wearing a pair of sun glasses,

_______________________.(影星走过去竟没人注意到。)(the famous movie star passed the crowd unnoticed.)

5.The unexpected appearance of the boss _________________.(突然

使办公室里活跃的谈话停了下来。)(silenced all lively conversation in the office. )

6.The disease spread fast and ______________________.(许多人都

被传染了。)(many people were stricken with it.)

7.The shops were all closed and __________________.(小镇似乎人

去楼空。)（the town looked deserted. ）

8.Generally speaking, ___________________.三四月份樱花会全部

盛开。（cherry will come into full bloom in March and April.）

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