Quiz for Unit 1

Quiz for Unit 1

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Part I. Complete each of the following sentences with the most appropriate word

2. Her interests are very __________ from those of other girls.

3. Large price increases could __________ demands for even larger wage increases.

4. There are some __________ differences between them, which makes one more appropriate for certain types of problems than others.

5. She’s so __________ that she always eats cake with a little fork.

6. If you have other criteria that you would like to see included in this table, or need more __________, please e-mail me.

7. Competitive success is commonly seen as the American __________ to social rank based on family background.

8. According to the author, if your letter is thrown into some “letter-to-be-read”file, it __________ be neglected.

9. It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers usually read a newspaper ______.

10. I wanted to show women’s __________ with glamour and fashion.

11. She lost her husband and only child in a car accident. Later she devoted herself to kinds of

activities to __________ in the sand.

12. At the end, his audience rose to __________ for his wonderful performance.

13. Kissing is one of the most __________ act of lov e——almost everyone does it at some point.

14. Stay away from the things that __________ you.

15. I actually want to begin by going back to Freud and talking about a few __________ last class. Part II In this part there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best

completes the sentence.

16. He fell in love with her at the first sight, and affection is __________.

A. ritual

B. neutral

C. mutual

D. riddle

17. __________ with database systems would be an advantage for you to apply for this job.

A. Formality

B. Familiarity

C. Fascination

D. Feasibility

18. She believes that fine food and wine are beyond taste of the __________.

A. entertainment

B. temptation

C. humor

D. vulgar

19. The poor girl __________ fear in her eyes at the attacker.

A. sparked

B. flashed

C. burst

D. explode

20. The administrative __________ helps quicken the speed of the economic development.

A. setin

B. setdown

C. setback

D. setup

21. We hired a magician to __________ the children at the party.

A. enrich

B. entertain

C. assemble

D. construct

22. Computer games are so irresistible a(n) __________ that a lot of teenagers yield to it.

A. temptation

B. riddle

C. attempt

D. clarificaiton

23. Bill is an example of a severely disabled person who has become __________ at many

survival sills.

A. proficient

B. persistent

C. consistent

D. sufficient

24. He was __________ of selling state secrets and arrested last month.

A. doubted

B. suspected

C. respected

D. inspected

25. Be __________, you can’t expect her to do all the work on her own.

A. logical

B. honest

C. reasonable

D. sincere

26. The beauty of the house __________ its simplicity.

A. lies in

B. lies about

C. lies with

D. lies down

27. Fans are fascinated by watching football games because the outcome of the matches often are

not so __________.

A. enjoyable

B. incredible

C. believable

D. predictable

28. What a __________ that you met a classmate of Wuhan University in Paris!

A. accident

B. accidence

C. incidence

D. coincidence

29. ----Chinese football team won the World Cup?

----__________!

A. Fat team

B. Fat chance

C. Thick team

D. Thick chance

30. Police are worried that many crimes go __________.

A. to report

B. reporting

C. unreported

D. to unreport

31. __________ that all the students are so keen on the film?

A. Which is it

B. Why is it

C. When is it

D. Where is it

32. People __________ her because she wears such strange hats.

A. make up

B. make from

C. make fun of

D. make over

33. ----__________ you didn’t come to the party?

----Sorry, I had a cold.

A. How come

B. What

C. Why

D. Where

34. __________ he had lived to finish it.

A. Could that

B. Should that

C. Would that

D. Might that

35. To master a foreign language, __________.

A. a lot of practice is needed

B. it needs a lot of practice

C. one needs a lot of practice

D. practice is in need of

36. None of us had the final say in this matter, and therefore it was recommended that we

__________ for the authorities.

A. wait

B. waited

C. would wait

D. must wait

37. The boy spent as much time watching TV as he __________ studying.

A. does

B. had

C. was

D. did

38. The mother didn’t know who __________ for the broken glass.

A. blamed

B. be blamed

C. to blame

D. would blame

39. The football game comes to you __________ from New York.

A. lively

B. alive

C. live

D. living

40. Investigators agreed that passengers on the airliners __________ at the very moment of the

crash.

A. should have died

B. must be dying

C. must have died

D. ought to die

Part III Translation: Complete the following sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

41. _________________________________ (我们需要努力打下坚实的基础) if we want to

smoothly achieve satisfactory scores in CET-4.

42.The idea of camping __________________________________(我向来不感兴趣).

43. She is __________________________ (一样活跃) than she used to be.

44. They stole the jewels ______________________________(就在那些警卫的眼皮底下).

45. The theory of relativity is so challenging that it is _________________________________(大

多数人不能理解它).

Part IV Writing: Write a paragraph about leisure activities, using at least 8 words or phrases in your writing from the list below.

46. make an attempt to do something 努力……，试图……

47. a labor of love 心甘情愿做的工作

48. make fun of somebody 取笑某人

49. range from...to... 在……和……之间变化

50. have a better sense of humor 更有幽默感

51. be likely to do something 有可能会……

52. beyond the reach of somebody 在某人伸手够不着的地方

53. for example 例如

54. in other words 也就是说，换句话说

55. selectively 有选择地

56. laugh to fall out of one’s chair 笑得前仰后合

57. appeal to something 对某人有吸引力

58. instinct 本能，天性，直觉

59. in no time 立即，马上，不一会

60. familiarity 熟悉，通晓