大英选择题(含答案)

大学英语

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选择题

1.

As people

’

s living standards improve, the health and beauty business is ______ with

more sophisticated products than ever before.

A.

astonishing

B.

flourishing

C.

exaggerating

D.

diminishing

2.

The ______ of older persons is relatively low in developing countries, but it is growing

much faster than in the west.

A.

addition

B.

majority

C.

percentage

D.

statistic

2Makers of consumer electronics will pay for environmental sanitation services to collect

and ______ used refrigerators, computers and televisions under the new rules.

A.

discharge

B.

distribute

C.

Dispose of

D.

deal with

3.

As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ran contrary to the principles of the WTO,

the government decided to ______ them as soon as possible.

A.

Abolish

B.

Accomplish

C.

Distinguish

D.

Establish

4.

As the semester is drawing to an end, the student union is calling on all the students to

______ the temptation to cheat on exams.

A.

refuse

B.

reject

C.

resist

D.

resolve

5.

In the last few years, the Internet and the World Wide Web have become ______ words;

almost everyone has heard of them.

A.

family

B.

home

C.

house

D.

household

6.

Vicki never worried or hesitated about anything, she just ______ it and almost always

got whatever she wanted.

A.

went by

B.

went for

C.

went over

D.

went with

7.

The reason 800 million people go hungry today is not that there isn

’

t enough food in the

world, ____ that these people cannot get the food anyway.

A.

but

B.

despite

C.

even

D.

except

8.

As she matured as an artist, she ______ realize that

“

all artists are a product of their

culture

”

.

A.

came to

B.

kept to

C.

took to

D.

went to

9.

My son failed to come back home last night. This morning the police came to our house

and ______ my worst fears that he was injured in a car accident.

A.

advocated

B.

confirmed

C.

insured

D.

promised

10.

Because of the mad cow disease, the European Union _ a worldwide

Ban on British beef and beef product exports.

A.

challenged

B.

charged

C.

forged

D.

imposed

11.

The exhibition at the Shanghai Science and Technology Center _____ such endangered

animals as the giant panda and the Siberian tiger and describes the work being done to

protect them.

A.

detects

B.

exploits

C.

features

D.

demonstrates

12.

A computer file is a collection of ______ data, used to organize the storage and

processing of data by computer.

A.

electrical

B.

artificial

C.

electronic

D.

genuine

13.

To protect the environment, scientists and engineers are researching ways to _________

electricity more cheaply from such renewable energy sources as the wind and sun.

A.

generate

B.

manufacture

C.

construct

D.

transform

14.

In social dancing, the participants dance for their own pleasure rather than for the

______ of an audience.

A.

appreciation

B.

entertainment

C.

leisure

D.

temptation

15.

Wireless waste from cell phones, pocket PCs, and music players ____ special problems

because they have toxic chemicals in batteries and other components.

A.

expose

B.

commit

C.

pose

D.

transport

16.

Scientists have discovered many planets orbiting distant stars, all are ______ to life.

A.

unlikely

B.

unfriendly

C.

forbidden

D.

vulnerable

17.

A healthy and better-educated new generation is a ______ for sustainable economic and

social development of all countries.

A.

guarantee

B.

security

C.

demand

D.

target

18.

Parks and open spaces are essential to the quality of life in dense ______ areas such as

New York City.

A.

agricultural

B.

rural

C.

suburban

D.

urban

19.

My trip to the small village under the control of the enemy fire was full of delays and

difficulties, but I eventually ______.

A.

got by

B.

turned it over

C.

hit the sack

D.

made it

20.

For traditional Chinese painters, fame and fortune come late, and it is ______ for artists

to hold their first exhibitions when they are over seventy years old.

A.

hardly common

B.

less frequent

C.

not unheard of

D.

just usual

21.

A remote- controlled bomb exploded outside a hotel near the town square yesterday,

______ at least 12 people.

A.

having been injured

B.

having injured

C.

injured

D.

injuring

22.

When energy is converted from one form to another, some energy is always lost as heat.

______, no energy conversion is ever 100% efficient.

A.

In other terms

B.

In other words

C.

In another way

D.

In some way

23.

While freshmen are considered part of the academic elite, some of them appear to lack

common sense ______ following traffic regulations.

A.

coming to

B.

when coming to

C.

when it comes to

D.

when they come to

24.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough ______ a

fair deal afterwards.

A.

being given

B.

been given

C.

given

D.

to be given

25.

NASA

’

s Mars program was set back when two spacecraft failed up reaching Mars, one

______ up in the planet

’

s atmosphere and the other ______ after a software failure.

A.

burned; disappeared

B.

burned; disappearing

C.

burning; disappearing

D.

burning; disappeared

26.

After a very busy schedule in the past two months, Kenneth plans to take things ______

for a while.

A.

at ease

B.

easily

C.

easy

D.

with ease

27.

I just wonder if ____ ever _____ that you could have your own enterprise and run it

yourself when you were still a student.

A.

it

…

occurred

B.

you

…

occurred to it