seagull怎么读大学英语2习题5

2021年1月19日发(作者：squirt)

Unit 5
I.

Write the English words or expressions according to the following definitions.
1.

too pleased with one
’
s own abilities or looks
2.

strong feeling, esp. of love
3.

the most important part
4.

prove that (sth.) is true
5.

quality of being smooth and elegant, esp. in movement or structure
6.

come or happen again
7.

every other or second; happening by turns
8.

worry or nervousness
9.

happen at the same time; be in agreement
10.

nothing more than

II. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the following :
intensity


passions





anxieties







recurs


bear out

core





stretched out


coincided with


vain



Tension.

1.

Then he ______ his arms and embraced me tightly.

2.

Our first meeting often ______ to my mind.
3.

They began to work with greater ______.
4.

Her arrival ______ our departure.
5.

6.

7.

8.

I
’
m afraid that the results ______ my earlier suspicions.
______ were running high at the meeting.
I tried in ______ to sleep.
This concept is at the very ______ of his theory.
9.

The doctor
’
s report removed all their ______.
10.

______ is a major cause of heart disease.

III. Choose the most suitable answer.
1.

We especially enjoy the ______ with which a ballerina leaps into the air.
A. passion
a
te

B. vault


C. eruption


D. grace
2.

His _____ for detective stories and computer games made him blind to everything else.



A. preparation

B. tension

C. anxiety


D. passion
3.

It is not strange that her taste in music _____ with her husband
’
s.
A. coincides

B. communicates

C. outruns


D. bears out
4.

During the election year, the candidate appeal to our _____ rather than to our minds.



A. emotions

B. excitement

C. feelings


D. passionate
5.

Since he is so conceited and stubborn, you are in the _____ hope of persuading him.

A. hardcore






B. effortless

C. vain



D. deaf
6.

He takes it for granted that learning to drive is a _____, a piece of cake.
A. intensity

B. breeze

C.

anxiety


D. take-off
7. They could _____themselves on having done a good job.




A. stretch out

B. congratulate
C. dedicate


D. dismiss
8. The king ruled his kingdom by _____kindness and cruelty. The first view of him filled everyone


with awe.



A. coinciding

B. alternating

C. intensifying


D. along with
9. Our first meeting on Saint V
alentine Day often _____ to my mind.
A. holds on






B. occurs

C. recurs


D. inclines

10. I explained the problem to him several times but it didn
’
t seem to _____.



A. penetrate

B. pierce

C. understand


D. optimism
11. This year they are going to plant trees and flowers in the _____ between the houses.

A. breaks


B. traits


C. intervals



D. ground
12. One of his less attractive _____ is criticizing his wife in public.



A. acts


B. responses

C. reactions


D. traits
13. The incident has further increased the _____ between the two countries.


A. tension


B. friendship

C. relationship

D. communication
14. He had a surprised look on his face, for the sudden noise in the bushes _____his horse.


A. stunned


B. startled

C. astonished


D. shocked
15. The jury did not believe him, as the other witnesses would not _____ what he had said.


A. believe


B. bring back to earth

C. bear out

D. be in favor of
16. I am _____ to believe that the radical fellow is really opposed to the plan.
A. mere


B. alternative



C. inclined

D. eruptive
17. These days we are occupied in_____ ourselves to starting our own business.


A. setting



B. causing



C. intensifying



D. dedicating
18. Psychologists believe that daydreaming
is good to our health, but we young men should not
indulge ourselves in the world of _____.
A. dream








B. realists




C. fantasy







D. mind eyes
19. The enemy forces _____ heavy casualties by their own admission.



A. suffered

B. confess



C. acknowledge


D. admit
20. The hurricane flung nearly everything.

We heard the shutters _____ the wall in the wind.
A. cracked

B. thumped



C. destroyed

D. broke up


IV
. Complete the sentences with the words given in their proper forms.
1.

The head of the section _____himself last night by drinking too much. (grace)
2.

The _____named band have just completed their first album. (fantasy)
3.

She has sometimes been criticized for her _____ opposition to abortion. (passion)
4.

More care in the future will prevent ______ of the mistake. (recur)
5.

It might have been planned or it might have been a pure ____. (coincide)
6.

The _____ is almost unbearable as the play approaches its climax. (tense)
7.

There is no reason to be _____about the result. (anxiety)
8.

The military government has shown little _____ to restore democracy. (incline)

9.

There is often a _____loss of sight in old age. (progress)
10.

I remain _____ that a peaceful settlement of the dispute can be achieved. (optimism)

V
. Cloze
When
dawn
came,
they
realized
that
the
entire
boat
was
incased
in
ice.
The
captain

1_
asleep but the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him. He took a small axe and with great care__2

a
hole
in the deck, he began to knock the ice away. From time to time a wave burst over the boat