专八单选整理

（一）

1. Their happiness was very____.

A.

crisp

B. brittle

C. delicate

D. Fragile

2. I was awfully tired when I got home from work, but a half hour nap ____me.

d

B. released

C. Relieved

D. recovered

3. We should always keep in mind that____decisions often lead to bitter regrets.

B. instant

C. prompt

4.

Information

and

opinion

gap

exercises

have

to

have

some

content

____talking

about.

A. Worthwhile

B. worthily

C. worth

D. worthy

5. “If we fail to act now,”said Tom, “We’ll find ourselves ____in action later on.”

back

B. paid for

up

off

6.

The new washing machines are __ at the rate of fifty a day.

A turned up

B turned down

C turned out

D turned in

7. The newly- built Science Building seems__

enough to last a hundred years.

A spacious

B sophisticated

C substantial

D steady

is

nothing

in

physical

structure,

the

brain

or

the

internal

organs

to_

a

difference.

A display

B indicate

C demonstrate

D appear

new technological revolution in American newspapers has brought increased_

a wider range of publications and an expansion of newspaper job.

A circulation

B reproduction

C manipulation

D penetration

10. The scene is so beautiful that it__ my power of description.

A transports

B transfers

C transcends

D transforms

答案

DAACA

CCBAC

(

二

)

1. The team has been working overtime on the research project ____.

A. lately

now

C. late

D. long ago

2. Because of the economic crisis, industrial output in the region remained

A. motionless

B. inactive

C. stagnant

D. immobile

3.

The

police

had

difficulty

in

____

the

fans

fi'om

rushing

on

to

the

stage

to

take

photos with the singer.

A. limiting

B. restraining

C. confining

D. restricting

4. Joan is in the dorm, putting the final ____ to her speech.

A. details

B. remarks

C. comments

D. touches

5. His_____ in gambling has eventually brought about his ruin.

A. indulgence

B. habit

C. action

D. engagement

6. The teacher told the students to stay in the classroom and they did _____.

A. absolutely

B. accidentally

C. accordingly

D. accurately

7. As there was no road, the travelers ____ up a rocky slope on their way back.

A. ran

B. hurried

C. scrambled

D. crawled

8. The scientists have made an _____ study of the viruses that cause the disease.

A. exhausted B. exhausting C. exhaustive D. exhaustion

9. The drink was packaged in champagne bottles and was being _____ as the real stuff.

A. passed out B. passed by C. passed over D. passed off

10. The young employee has a(n)______ quality - he is totally honest.

A. respectable B. admirable C. decent D. approachable

答案：

1. A

2. C

3. D

4. D

5. A

6. C

7. C

8.C

9.D

10.C

（三）

1

、

Televisions enable us to see things happen almost at the exact moment____.

A. which they are happening

B. they are happening

C. which they happen

D. they have happened

2

、

Milk is sold ____bottle nearly everywhere in China.

A. by the

B. with a

C. in a

D. in the

3

、

His honesty is ____ nobody can doubt it.

A. in question

B. out of question

C. beside the question

D. without question

4

、

Fred doesn’t like white coffee, nor does he like to put

cream on his

strawberries, because he prefers them ____.

A. plain

B. simple

C. natural

D. ordinary

5

、

He was totally not aware when the thief ____ his wallet from him.

A. tricked B. stole C. robbed D. deceived

6

、

He was ____ with the power of acute observation.

A. conferred

B. endowed

C. equipped

D. bestowed

7

、

Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.

A. block

B. prevent

C. hamper

D. stop

8

、

Little is known of his childhood ____ at a factory at the early age of ten.

A. to begin to work

B. beginning to work

C. save that he began to work

D. about that he worked

9

、

There is a general understanding among the members of the Board of Directors that

chief attention ____to the undertaking that is expected to bring highest profit.

A. is given

B. gives

C. should be given

D. must be given

10

、

____for a long time; the fields are all dried up.

A. There has been no rain

B. Having no rain

C. There having been no rain

D. There being no Rain

参考答案

1

、

B)

【句意】

电视使我们能够在事情 发生的那一瞬间就看到它们是如何发生的。

【难点】

moment

后接的是省略关系副词

when< /p>

的定语从句。

B)

符合题意要求。

2

、

A)

【句意】

在中国差不多所有地方，牛奶都以瓶出售。

【难点】

sell by the bottle , pay by the hour, die by the hundred

等短语属习惯性搭配。

3

、

D)

【句意】

他的诚实是无可怀疑的，没有人能怀疑这一点。

【难点】

without question

意为“无可怀疑的”

。

in question

意为

“在考虑中的，

在议论中的”

。

out

of

question

意为

“不成问题”

。

beside

the

question

无此搭配。

4

、

A)

【句意】

弗莱得不喜欢加牛奶的咖啡 ，也不喜欢在草莓上加奶油，因为

他喜欢清淡的食物。

【难点】

plain

意为“

（食物等）素净的 ，清淡的”

；

simple

意为“ 简朴

的，朴素的”

；

natural

意为

“自然的，天然的”

；

ordinary

意为“普遍

的，惯常的”

。

5

、

B)

【句意】

当小偷偷了他钱包时，他完全没有察觉。

【难点】

steal

sth.

from

sb.

符合句子搭配，

其它三个词的搭配是：

trick

sb.

out of sth

骗去某人的东西；

rob sb. of sth

抢劫某人的东西；

deceive sb.

into doing sth.

骗某人做某事。

6

、

B)

【句意】

他具有敏锐的观察力。

【难点】

endow

意为“赋予”

，后接

with; confer

?

on

意为“授予，给

予?”

;equip

?

with< /p>

意为

“装备，

配备?”

< br>;bestow

?

on

意为

“授予，

赠予”

。

7

、

C)

【句意】

他们两人都看不起他，并在工作中妨碍他。

【难点】

block

意为

“阻挡，