19秋《大学英语》（一）作业3

试卷总分:100  得分:100

一、单选题 (共 25 道试题,共 100 分)

1.Many people consider Chichester to be one of the greatest ___ of the 20th century.(sail)（用正确形式填空）

A.sailors

B.sailers

2.He used to _____, but he did exercises to make his shoulders straight.

A.stumble

B.stop

C.stoop

D.hand down

3.The students have got many_____to do during their winter vacation.

A.tasks

B.homework

C.duties

D.assignment

4.How can you believe him? He always ___ stories like that.

A.writes

B.says

C.invents

D.expresses

5.They drove to the station very quickly and _____ the train just before it left.

A.hurried

B.grasped

C.got

D.boarded

6.The question came up at the meeting_____ we had enough money for our research.

A.which

B.whether

C.that

D.if

7.He left____ an important detail in his account.

A.over

B.out

C.on

D.off

8.The house was not very old．It _____ knocked down．

A.should not have been

B.ought to have been

C.ought to be

D.ought not have been

9.He _____a belief that his son would rise in the world.

A.thinking

B.is

C.have

D.entertained

10.I’d rather you ___ the book to me now.

A.will return

B.should return

C.returned

D.return

11.Mary, the clothes have already been _____ for you on the table.

A.laid out

B.kept out

C.counted out

D.broken out

12.You ___ drive carefully. The roads are wet.

A.would rather

B.would

C.had better to

D.had better

13.___ more time and experience, he could have done it far better. What a pity.

A.Without

B.With

C.Giving

D.For

14.Young people are not  ___ to stand and look at works of art; they want art they can participate in.

A.glad

B.generous

C.content

D.confident

15.He went over the examination paper _____ there should be some mistakes.

A.so that

B.lest

C.in case of

D.if

16.___ you do, you must do it well.

A.Wherever

B.Whenever

C.Whatever

D.No matter

17.—I thought you women were present at the meeting. —__________.

A.So we were

B.So were we

C.So we did

D.So did we

18.Although he was badly hurt, he ___ explain what had happened.

A.was able to

B.might

C.could not

D.could

19.No sooner had she entered the house ______the telephone rang.

A.while

B.when

C.than

D.as

20.You have nothing to ___ by refusing to listen to our advise.

A.seize

B.grasp

C.gain

D.earn

21.The _____of service has improved.

A.quality

B.method

C.cost

D.attitude

22.The first textbooks ______ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century.

A.to be written

B.having written

C.being written

D.Written

23.If you were older, I ____ you to go there yesterday.

A.would have allowed

B.will allow

C.should allow

D.had allowed

24.They decided to chase the cow away ____ it did more damage.

A.until

B.unless

C.before

D.although

25.This book is expected to_____the best-seller lists.

A.promote

B.prevail

C.dominate

D.discarded