现代大学英语第二版精读2词汇题

Lesson1

_____ useful knowledge of the English by careful study.

A. acquired

B. gained

C. sacrificed

D. earned

2. Their ____ that their project under way was something entirely new proved to be

untrue.

A. belief

B. assumption

C. faith

D. suggestion

3. The class has a/an ____ of 27 students.

A. enrollment

B. register

C. staff

D. record

4. Fifty dollars will ____ for my needs.

A. fill

B. satisfy

C. content

D. suffice

5. They had a/an ____ agreement not to raise the touchy subject.

A. obvious

B. complacent

C. implicit

D. explicit

6. The lecture provided ____ insight into foreign affairs.

A. penetrating

B. pendular

C. pensive

D. penal

7. The popularity of the film shows that the revi

ewers’ fears were completely _____.

A. unjustified

B. unjust

C. misguided

D. unaccepted

8.

The

head

of

the

museum

was

_____and

let

us

actually

examine

the

ancient

manuscripts.

A. promising

B. agreeing

C. pleasing

D. obliging

9.

North

American

fur

trade

___

in

the

early

1800’s

mainly

due

to

the

diminishing

number of fur- bearing animals.

A. ceased

B. staggered

C. waned

D. collapsed

10. The place did not seem to be popular, for it was completely deserted, and in any

case _____ to traffic.

A. inaccessible

B. inadequate

C. insignificant

D. incompatible

11. Mary hopes to be ___ from hospital next week.

A. dismissed

B. discharged

C. expelled

D. resigned

12. Once a picture is proved to be a forgery, it becomes quite ___.

A. invaluable

B. priceless

C. unworthy

D. worthless

13. We have been hearing ______ accounts of your work.

A. favoured

B. favourable

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C. favorite

D. favouring

14.

Drive

straight

ahead,

and

then

you

will

see

a

___to

the

Shanghai-Nanjing

Expressway.

A. sign

B. mark

C. signal

D. board

15.

A

well- written

composition

____

good

choice

of

words

and

clear

organization

among other things.

A. calls for

B. calls on

C. calls up

D. calls off

16. It’s a mistake to think of Florida only __ its

tourist attractions.

A. by means of

B. in terms of

C. in connection with

D. by way of

17. As it turned out to be a small house party, we___ so formally.

A. need not have dressed up

B. must not have dressed up

C. did not need to dress up

D. must not dress up

18.

I’d just as soon ___ to me.

A. that you won’t listen

B. you didn’t listen

C. your not listening

D. you not listening

19. Windstorms have recently established a record which meteorologists hope will not

be equaled for many years ___.

A. that will come

B. that are coming

C. to come

D. coming

20. He said it was impossible for ___ a

mistake in a

computer’s calculation, so we

can rely on that.

A. there being

B. there would be

C. there to be

D. there was

1. A degree in English does not ______ you to teach English. (quality)

2. You must realize that it is _________ that has cramped your progress. (arrogant)

3. The hostess bustled about with an __________of authority. (assume)

4. After the election, the coalition __________.(fragment)

5. The man has ________ income for a comfortable retirement. (suffice)

6. He __________ when he saw the dead animal.(shudder)

7. I am ________ that a good deal more is still to be done. (sense)

8. He nearly died of ________ on the cold mountain. (expose)

Lesson2

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感觉被逼上绝路

2.

精力充沛地投入工作

3.

应该相信

4.

讨好，

奉承

5.

帮助

2

6.

匆忙得出结论

7.

最好做

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8.

正处于

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快速（翻阅）

10.

诉诸

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1. The

company

has

now

introduced

a

policy

____

pay

rises

are

related

to

performance at work.

(96)

A. which

B. where

C. whether

D. what

2. The physicist has

made a discovery, ____ of

great

importance to

the

progress

of

science and technology.

(97)

A. I think which is

B. that I think is

C. which I think is

D. which I think it is

3. ____, he is ready to accept suggestions from different sources.

(97)

A. Instead of his contributions

B. For all his notable contributions

C. His making notable contributions

D. However his notable contributions

4. The team can handle whatever ____.

(97)

A. that needs handling

B. which needs handling

C. it needs handling

D. needs to be handled

5. Come and see me whenever ____.

(97)

A. you are

convenient

B. you will be convenient

C. it is convenient to you

D. it will be convenient to you

6. I was to have made a speech if ____.

(97)

A. I was not called away

B. nobody would have called me away

C. I had not been called away

D. nobody called me away

7. She

remembered

several

occasions

in

the

past

__

she

had

experienced

a

similar

feeling.

(98)

A. which

B. before

C. that

D. when

8.

Language

belongs

to

each

member

of

the

society,

to

the

cleaner

____

to

the

professor.

(98)

A. as far as

B. the same as

C. as much as

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D. as long as

9.

The Clarks haven’t decided yet which hotel ___.

(98)

A. to stay

B. is to stay

C. to stay at

D. is for staying

____

seemed

an

endless

wait,

it

was

her

turn

to

enter

the

personnel

manager’s office. (99)

A. that

B. there

C. what

D. it

11.

Fat can’t change into muscle ____muscle changes into fat.

(99)

A. any more than

B. no more than

C. no less than

D. much more than

12. It is not so much the language ____the cultural background that makes the book

difficult to understand.

(99)

A. but

B. nor

C. as

D. like

13. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing than

____in the public mind today.

(99)

A. exists

B. exist

C. existing

D. to exist

14. I’ve never been to Lhasa, but that’s the city____.

(99)

A. I’d most like to visit

B. which I like to visit mostly

C. where I like to visit

D. I’d like much to visit

15. He ____ unwisely, but he was at least trying to do something helpful.

(99)

A. may have acted

B. must have acted

C. should act

D. would act

16. If you have really been studying English for so long, it’s about time you ____able

to write letters in English.

(99)

A. should be

B. were

C. must be

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