大一上综英词汇小测单选

1.

“Don’t touch the electric wire,” she

screamed at

her son.

A. wept

B. cried out

C. sighed

D insisted

2.

They stop by to see us now and then.

A. often

B. usually

C. once in a while

D. more often than not

3.

A group of kids stood by and watched the school bully beat up a smaller boy.

A. a person who threatens the weaker

B. a person who deceives others

C. a gangster

D. an activist

4.

The soil is not difficult to till when there is a lot of rain.

A. weed

B. cultivate

C. sow

D. reap

5.

He went to school in spite of the heavy rain.

A. regardless of

B. concerning

C. with respect to

D. despite of

6. I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but I really don't need any help.

A. gratitude

B. thankless

C. disgraceful

D. unreasonable

7.____ Napoleon once said, attack is the best method of defence.

A. Like

B. Such as

C. What

D. As

8. The destruction of rainforests has been ____ as a disaster for the environment.

A. condemned

B. condensed

C. contradicted

D. congested

9.

My father used to smoke more than ____ was good for his health.

A. what

B. which

C. that

D. this

10.

Coffeehouses

at

that

time

were

____

by

the

thousands,

and

they

were

usually

men-only

establishments.

A. springing out of

B. springing up

C. sprung up

D. sprung on

11. Most people were fast asleep when the hurricane ____ at 4:05 pm.

A. stuck

B. striked

C. stricken

D. struck

12. There is a ____

of vegetable garden behind the house.

A. pane

B. slip

C. strip

D. stripe

children do ____ a woman ____.

A

. tie… up

B

. tie… down

C

. tie… in

D

. tie… off

is cheap. Land is also available. ____ money, we can borrow from the bank.

A. As from

B. As for

C. As of

D. As against

looked out across the ____ water of lagoon.

A. shining

B. gleaming

C. shimmering

D. blazing

16The ____ of wheat was caused by the draught.

A. scarcity

B. scarcely

C. scare

D. scanty

was the tennis tournament ____? Bad weather, I suppose.

A. called off

B. called back

C. called on

D. called up

18.

Marking homework ____ a great deal of time.

A. takes away

B. takes off

C. takes up

D. takes down

19.

She caught the flu and ____ it on to her child.

A. past

B. surpassed

C. passes

D. passed

20.

Since glass dishes are ____, handle them carefully.

A. breaking

B. breakable

C. broken

D. breakably

21.

No one can ____ to waste so much time.

A. provide

B. afford

C. supply

D. equip

a sound body can house a sound ____.

A. brain

B. head

C. mind

did

n’t ____ to me that you would

object.

A. recur

B. incur

C. occur

D. concur

24. Many people like to watch ____ film.

A. a pleased

B. a delighted

C. an exciting

D. an interested

25. The house was very quiet, ____ as it was on the side of a mountain.

A. isolated

B. isolating

C. being isolated

D. having been isolated

26.

Having no money but ____ to know, Tom simply said he would go without dinner.

A. not to want anyone

B. not wanting anyone

C. wanted no one

D. to want no one

er ___ to that singer you used to like so much?

A. occurred

B. took place

C. happened

D. was happened

28. Who is the authority ___ the subject?

A. in

B. of

C. over

D. on

cheque was only ___ yesterday, so it

hasn’t been cleared yet.

A. deserted

B. pledged

C. deposited

D. deprived

D. wit

have no rights to interfere ___ the internal affairs of other countries.

A. in

B. with

C. against

D. to

31. The US government threatened that it would ___ all its investment from

that country

if the

country

didn’t reduce the

custom duties.

A. take

B. move

C. withdraw

D. draw

32.

“Anne acts quite unfriendly.” “I think she’s

__

___ unfriendly.”

A. more shy than

B. shyer than

C. more shyer than

D. shy more than

33.

I’d

___

hi

s

reputation

with

other

farmers

and

business

people

in

the

community,

and

then

make a decision about whether or not to approve a loan.

A. take into account

B. account for

C. make up for

D. make out

34. The company director decided to ask the government to __ in the dispute and prevent a strike.

A. interact

B. interrupt

C. interfere

D. intervene

35. In no country ___ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a

single day.

A. other than

B. more than

C. better than

D. rather than

36. Melting snow ___ the regular spring floods in this area.

A. shelters from

B. accounts for

C. consists in

D. brings forth

37. He is a responsible man. He never puts his family____although he is adventuresome.

A. in the risk

the risk

risk

risk

38. You ___ him so closely; you should have kept your distance.

A.

shouldn’t follow

B.

mustn’t follow

C.

couldn’t have been following

D.

shouldn’t have been following

39. When we reached the pier, the ferry had not arrived, so we ___.

A.

needn’t have hurried

B. needed not worry

C.

didn’t need to hurry

D.

need not to have worried

40.

—

Don't forget to come to my birthday party tomorrow.

—

______.

A. I don't

B.I won't

C.I can't

D.I haven't

41.

In

international

matches,

prestige

is

so

important

that

the

only

thing

that

matters

is

to

avoid____.

being beaten

beaten

g

be beaten

42. He resented ____ to wait. He expected the minister ____ him at once.

be asked, to see

asked, to see

be asked, seeing

asked, seeing

43. This missile is designed so that once_____nothing can be done to retrieve it.

A. fired

fired

fired

fired

. Brown is supposed _____ for Italy last week.

have left

be leaving

have been left

leave

apologized for _____ the party.

not being able to attend

being not able to attend

being able not to attend

her being able to attend

gh h

e couldn’t ____

my success, he____ me that he would give whatever help I needed.

A. be ensured, assured

d, ensured

, ensured

, assured

situation _____ immediate action.

up

for

over

out

ists hope they can _______ in cloning.

a breakthrough

a fuss

a backbreaking

a faith

fetched the bricks four_____ in order to save time.

A. in time

a time

time

the same time

50. Only in a few countries ____ enjoy a reasonable standard of living.

whole of the population

the whole population

the whole of the population

the whole population

you _____ that problem?

A. work for

out

over

in

52. I am _____ of that college.

A. on the staff

the staff

the staff

the staff

53. That is the robber ______ arrest a reward was offered.

whom

whose

whom

whose

54. Even as a child, she had admired her acting, especially __ she demonstrated her role's courage.

the way

the way

way

way

55. Kelly is ___________ than Jeff.

experienced a driver

B.a more experienced driver

an experienced driver

experienced driver

56. Unfortunately, ____ they are giving us so much pleasure, cars are also poisoning us.

57

.

Naturally,

we

don’

t

like_______in

the

dark

about

anything

that

has

a

great

deal

to

do

with

ourselves.

kept

be kept

kept

kept

58. The ball hit her ____ the head.

A. in

59. As soon as the class was over, the students began to speak____.

along

all

along

agreement has been kept______, but not on yours.

our part

our part

our part

out part

number of the employees______ in this company.

doubled

doubled

doubled

doubled

62. The new washing-machine has been______.

us trouble

g us trouble

us trouble

g for us trouble

63. In the first half, we had the advantage _____the opposing team.

C. over

64. His ____ of the basic structure is good but his vocabulary is limited.

e

65. I ____ your office on my way to work.

at

for

in

on

rock has to be _______ in order to build a road.

d

ed

ined

67. He did not go to the party last night, which _______ her feelings deeply.

d

B. injured

C. hurt

D. injury

they returned to the river, they found that the boat had _______ away.

A. framed

B. frosted

C. frowned

D. floated