新编大学英语1综合教程练习unit 9

Additional Exercises(1)

Ⅱvocabulary and structure

1. Don't you know he is an old friend of ______ ?

A) my brother B) my brothers

C) my brother's D) my brother's friend

2. ______ you return those books to the library immediately, you will have to pay a fine.

A) Until B) Unless

C) If D) Provided

3. When you worry you can't sleep and when you can't sleep you worry______.

A) much more B) even more

C) many more D) few more

4. The rive r was high because it ______for several weeks.

A) had been raining B) was mining

C) has been mining D) mined

5. ______the few who have failed their examinations, all the students in the hall are in very high

spirits.

A) Except for B) Besides

C) Due to D) Apart from

6. It ______ a fine day, we went for a walk.

A) is B) be

C) being D) to be

7. You _______ a letter to him. However, you didn't.

A) ought to write B) ought to have written

C) should write D) should be writing

8. You _____ be tired; you have only just begun to work.

A) can not B) should not

C) mustn't D) may not

9. All _____ is a nice meal.

A) what I want B) that I want

C)the thing I wanted D) which I want

10. By the end of June, you _____ here for three months.

A) will have studied B) studies

C) will study D) have studied

11. You ought to go by sea, _____?

A) ought you B) shouldn't you

C) won't you D) don't you

12. If he ______ to come tomorrow, I would tell him everything.

A) was B) is

C) were D) be

13. Bread and butter ______ liked by Westerners.

A) be B) are

C) were D) is

14. We wish you _______ so much.

A) haven't smoked B) aren't smoking

C) don't smoke D ) didn't smoke

15. ______ , everything would have been all right.

A) He had been here B) Here he had been

C) Been here he had D) Had he been here

16. At the beginning of a year, everybody ______ many plans for the coming days.

A) goes over B) talks over

C) comes up with D) sets aside

17. We have enough time to ______ the food and drinks before the guests arrive.

A) lay out B) take over

C) smooth out D) take advantage of

18. The farmers ______ a mysterious object flying over when they made their way home.

A) kept up with B) caught sight of

C) made use of D) pulled into

19. More and more listeners are expected to ______ the phone-in programme on the radio.

A) look into B) hold up

C) be involved in D) break off

20. The manager promised in the letter to ______ the goods to be delivered in no time.

A) arrange for B) result in

C) stick to D) carry out

21. Many things did not _____ quite as satisfactory as we had expected.

A) set out B) come down

C) lay down D) turn out

22. We’ll have to ______ the matter carefully before we can draw any conclusion.

A) find out B) base on

C) look into D) search for

23. He is ____ more hard-working than any of the other boys in the class.

A) by far B) by way of

C) by now D) by and by

24. She _____ a sum of money for her old age.

A) set up B) set aside

C) set in D) set off

25. Try to ______ what had happened just before the accident.

A) talk B) speak

C) say for D) describe

26. The explorer told the boys about his _____ in the African forests.

A) excursion B) voyage

C) flight D) adventures

27. They were rather disappointed _____ the result of the test.

A) in B) on

C) at D) for

28. Do you think this present is _____ for a little girl?

A) sufficient B) qualified

C) suitable D) useful

29. Improvements are increasing ____ number day by day.

A) over B) in

C) for D) on

30. If you feel sympathy _____ them, you'd better try your best to help them.

A) for B) with

C) from D) up

31. I am pleased with _____ you have told me.

A) that B) all that

C) all what D) which

32. Go and get some milk, _____ ?

A) will you B) shan't you

C) don't you D) do you

33. I ____ the novel by next Monday.

A) shall finishing reading B) shall have finished reading

C) shall be finishing reading D) shall have been finishing reading

34. He commanded that she _____ him everything.

A) must tell B) might tell

C) shall tell D) tell

35. ______ conclusion, I shall not accept the invitation.

A) As B) On

C) By D) In

36. When I _____ my breakfast, I shall ring her up.

A) had had B) had

C) have had D) have

37. The world ______ we live is in constant change.

A) where B) which

C) what D) that

38. Ours _____ a great people, _______?

A) are.., aren't they B) are.., aren't we

C) is ... isn't it D) is ... isn't she

39. It's high time you______.

A) stop smoking B) stopped smoking

C) stop to smoke D) will stop to smoke

40. None of the students arrived on time, ______?

A) did he B) didn't he

C) did they D) didn't they

41. _______ the football match started than it began to rain.

A) Hardly B) No sooner

C) Hardly had D) No sooner had

42. I didn't believe _____ he said, ______ annoyed him very much.

A) what ... which B) which ... what

C) that.., how D) that.., what

43. It was decided that the search_______.

A) was ended B) be ending

C) had to be ended D) be ended

44. The reason I didn't go abroad was ______ ill.

A) because I was B) that I was

C) due to being D) because of being

45. ________ succeed.

A) Only by working hard we can B) Only we can by working hard

C) Only by working hard can we D) Only can we by working hard

46. Let's hurry up, _______ ?

A) do we B) didn't we

C) will we D) shall we

47. Our bill in the restaurant ______ $ 500.

A) ran to B) went to

C) arrived at D) came to

48. She was _______ by her aunt.

A) brought up B) grown up

C) taken up D) looked up

49. Her dress was _____ silk.

A) made up B) made of

C) made from D) made in

50. The Second World War _______ in 1939.

A) broke down B) broke into

C) broke out D) broke up

ⅢCET4 vocabulary

1.The arrival of five unexpected guests threw everything into _______.

A) confusion B) conflict

C) concrete D) contrast

2. Biology is_______.

A) science of life B) science of the life

C) the science of life D) the science of the life

3. The Chinese _______ about 22 percent of the world population.

A) account up B) account for

C) make in D) take for

4. "Bob certainly has a low opinion of Sue. " "It can't be any worse than _____ of him."

A) her B) hers

C) she D) she does

5. The population of the village has decreased_______ 150 to 500.

A) in B) at

C) by D) with

6. Many an example _______ illustrated this.

A) is B) were

C) has D) have

7. The woman has not yet _____ the loss of her son.

A) got up B) got by

C) got over D) got round

8. "I'd like to have a look at your cameras before I decide on one. " "We have several models___."

A) for you to choose from B) for your choice

C) for the choice of yours D) for you to choose

9. The business of doctors is to prevent and _____disease.

A) kill B) cure

C) wound D) injure

10. A beam of light will not bend round comers unless ______to do so with the help of a reflecting

device.

A) made B) being made

C) having made D) to be made

11. During the peak hours they were _____by the heavy traffic.

A) held forward B) held backward

C) held down D) held up

12. He denied _____to send out the signal at exactly 8 p.m.

A) having been telling B) being told

C) to be told D) having been told

13. The pupils were amazed at the ____ of the teacher's knowledge.

A) extension B) extend

C) extending D) extent

14. When I leave the school next week, I _____ this class for three years.

A) have taught B) shall have taught

C) have been taught D) shall be teaching

15. Did it ever _____ you that he could be the murderer?

A) occur to B) occur in

C) happen to D) happen with

16. Although he made a foolish mistake, we _____ at him.

A) ought to have laughed B) oughtn't to have laughed

C) ought to laugh D) should not to laugh

17. He _____ from Fudan University in the Class of 1991.

A) graduated B) granted

C) completed D) finished

18. The chairman of the committee moved that the proposal _____ put to the vote.

A) is B) was

C) were D) be

19. Since they could not agree with each other, the dispute was finally ____the United Nations.

A) referred up B) referred to

C) passed on D) passed by

20. He rarely goes to the cinema,_______.

A) so does she B) she doesn't as well

C) neither did she D) nor does she

21. This picture-book is ______for young children.

A) interested B) intended

C) expressed D) meaning

22. He had little idea it was getting so late, _____ ?

A) didn't he B) hadn't he

C) had he D) wasn't he

23. His proposal enjoyed great popularity and he was elected by an absolute_______.

A) number B) figure

C) majority D) minority

24. _______ , he could not cover the whole distance in fifteen minutes.

A) As he ran fast B) If he ran fast

C) Since he ran fast D) Fast as he ran

25. If you are pressed with the time, you may_______ the second section of the book.

A) raise B) lower

C) add D) omit

26. This bottom student managed to pass the difficult exam, _____ surprised all of us.

A) that B) it

C)which D) of which

27. The Pudong New Area has _____a new look.

A) assumed on B) given up

C) taken on D) got up

28. Looking back on the recent failures, I regret ______ your advice.

A) don't having taken B) having not followed

C) not having accepted D) no having taken

29. He was ______ for the army because of his poor eyesight.

A) rejected B) returned

C) accepted D) admitted

30. That fashionable lady _____ to be a thief.

A) proved out B) proved down

C) turned in D) turned out

Ⅳreading comprehension

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

From the beginning rivers have played an important part in the life of man. Primitive man used rivers as a means of travel.

In ancient times, man settled near rivers or on river banks and built up large empires and civilizations. Rome today still stands on both sides of the Tiber. The Menam runs through modem Bangkok, still serving as a great waterway for the transport of goods and people.

Water is Nature's most precious gift to man. Man needs water to irrigate his crops, to cook and to wash. In nations far and wide rivers mean life and wealth. The Irrawaddy, Nile, Ganges and a host of other rivers feed and clothe the nation around them. A shortage of water in heavily populated agricultural areas will cause great hardship and starvation as crops fail.

Water is also a source of energy and power. Man constructs huge dams across rivers to control the water for irrigation and obtain the energy needed to drive generators. The electrical

power is then channelled to homes, cities, factories, television stations and the military.

Man uses billions of litres of water each day. His main source of water comes from reservoirs which in turn obtain their water from the rivers.

1. Rivers have been important to man_______.

A) since Roman times

B) since many years ago

C) since a few hundred years ago

D) for a very long time

2. In ancient times empires and civilizations grew up near_____.

A) the Tiber

B) the Menam

C) rivers

D) the Irrawaddy

3. Rivers bring_______.

A) life and wealth

B) the most precious gifts

C) food and clothes

D) crops

4. A heavily populated agricultural area is one where______.

A) there is a shortage of water

B) there are huge dams

C) there are hardship and starvation

D) there are too many farmers living close to one another

5. Energy is obtained from rivers by_____.

A) controlling the water

B) building dams across them

C) building bridges

D) driving generators

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

Television, the modern wonder of electronics, brings the world into your own home in sight and sound. And the word ' television' means seeing far.

Television works in much the same way as radio. In radio, sound is changed into electromagnetic waves which are sent through the air. Experiments leading to modern television took place more than a hundred years ago. By the 1920s inventors and researchers had turned the early theories into working models. Yet it took another thirty years for TV to become industry.

The influence of TV on the life of the people is incalculable: it can influence their thoughts and their way of life. It can also add to their store of knowledge. Educational TV stations offer teaching in various subjects. Some hospitals use TV for medical students to get close-up views of operations. At first television programs were broadcast in black-and-white. With the development of science and technology, the problem of how to telecast them in full color was solved and by the middle 1960s the national networks were broadcasting most of their programs in color.

The programs that people watch are not only local and national ones. Since the launching of the first communications satellite more and more programs are telecast ' live' from all over the

world. People in San Francisco were able to watch the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. And live telecasts now come from outer space. In 1969, the first astronauts to land on the moon televised their historic 'moon walk 'to viewers on the earth. Since then, astronauts have regularly sent telecast to the earth.

6. The launching of communications satellites made it possible for people in San Francisco to__.

A) get close-up views of operations

B) store knowledge

C) watch the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo

D) watch national programs

7. The development of science and technology made it possible for television programs to____.

A) be telecast in full color

B) be telecast in San Francisco

C) be telecast in Tokyo

D) be telecast in black-and-white

8. The word ' incalculable' means____.

A) easy to tell

B) very great

C) difficult to tell

D) very small

9. Television is said to be the modern wonder of electronics, because_____.

A) it influences people's way of life

B) it makes people see far

C) it brings the world into people's own home in sight and sound

D) it works as radio

10. Television became an industry in____.

A) 1950

B) the 1960s

C) the 1920s

D) the 1950s

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.

The power of words, then, lies in their associations -- the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.

Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey

his meaning in words which sound like music and by their association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.

11. We will make our speech silly if we _____.

A) use words carefully

B) use words in a literary style

C) use words without accuracy

D) use words with caution

12. One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings was

that________.

A) they could express actions and things

B) they could communicate with each other

C) they could agree upon letters

D) they could write and combine them

13. What is true about the words?

A) They are used to express only thoughts and feelings.

B) They are signs.

C) They are simply sounds.

D) They can only be written.

14. Which of the following statements is not true?

A) The more we read and learn, the more the number of words mean something to us.

B) The more we read and learn, the more knowledge we will acquire.

C) The more we read and learn, the more learned we are.

D) The more we read and learn, the more illiterate we become.

15. In expressing their thoughts, great writers are able_____.

A) to move men to tears

B) to be masters

C) to sing

D) to be charming

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or only there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive design is irresistable, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather uninteresting book. You soon become lost in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realise you have spent far too much time there and must hurry to keep some forgotten appointment —without buying a book, of course.

The opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can go to such places as much as you wish. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting: "Can I help you, sir?" You needn't buy anything you don't want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading.

You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. But when he has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

16. The best title for this passage may be_____.

A) The Attraction of Bookshops

B) How To Spend Your Time

C) Bookshops and Their Assistants

D) Buying Books

17. According to the author, the best way to escape the realities of everyday life is_____.

A) to chat with assistants in a bookshop

B) to take a walk in the streets

C) to make some appointment in a bookshop

D) to stay reading books of various kinds in a bookshop

18. In a good bookshop, _____.

A) all the books there are interesting

B) you are satisfied

C) you can find shelter from a shower

D) you need to buy something you don't want

19. An assistant in a bookshop helps you______.

A) on your entering the shop

B) just before you finish reading

C) only when you want to find out where a particular section is

D) when you are reading

20. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A) Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable only for book-lovers.

B) There are only a few places where it is possible to escape the realities of life.

C) People go to bookshops only to buy books.

D) A book with an attractive design must be an interesting one.

Ⅴtranslation

1 在我们学校每10个学生中有7个拥有手机。

2 专家预测，在21世纪通过因特网购物的人将会越来越多。

3 对我们大学生来说，通过参加社会实践来获取知识尤为重要。

4 由于越来越多的人意识到抽烟的危害性，在公共场合禁烟受到欢迎。

5整个教学计划把我吓坏了。我得把全班学生分成三个组，按三种不同的程度轮流给他们上课；想到要教代数和几何这两门我在读书时学得极差的科目，我感到很害怕。更糟糕的也许是星期六下午打板球的安排，因为我的朋友大都会在悠闲地自得其乐。