20春《大学英语（二）》作业1

试卷总分:100  得分:100

一、单选题 (共 25 道试题,共 100 分)

1.___ man can now create radioactive elements, there is nothing he can do to reduce their radioactivity.

A.As

B.Whether

C.While

D.Now that

2.There was once an ___ idea that the earth was flat and motionless.

A.absurd

B.intrinsic

C.eternal

D.offensive

3.I worked at the hospital as a ___.

A.residency

B.residence

C.resident

D.residential

4.The inquiry was ___ of her work.

A.criticize

B.critic

C.critical

D.criterion

5.They have  ___ baby.

A.a five month old

B.a fifth-month-old

C.a five-month-old

D.a five-months-old

6.A man was ___ with suspicion of having murdered the mayor.

A.charged

B.arrested

C.accused

D.suspected

7.Supporters of gun control have worked for many years to ban the sale of ___ handguns in America.

A.deadly

B.legal

C.mortal

D.lethal

8.We don’t need air conditioning, ___.

A.nor can we afford it

B.and nor we can afford it

C.neither can afford it

D.and we can neither afford it

9.The ___ in this stamp makes it less valuable.

A.error

B.mistake

C.fault

D.flaw

10.Let us ___ to the next item on the agenda.

A.continue

B.proceed

C.keep

D.stop

11.There is now considerable ___ for their safety.

A.solicitude

B.care

C.concern

D.worry

12.He fell in love with Mary at the ___ of her.

A.glance

B.gaze

C.sight

D.stare

13.He ___ his success to good luck more than to ability.

A.owns

B.gives

C.owes

D.believes

14.He was ___ into a life of crime by greed and laziness.

A.dragged

B.tempted

C.attracted

D.inspired

15.The sounds of music grow ___ in the distance.

A.faint

B.fade

C.wane

D.ebb

16.That can't be happenning to me.(选择最恰当的译文)

A.这不可能落到我头上啊

B.这不会落到我头上。

17.Man must stop ___ the earth’s atmosphere.

A.polluting

B.filling

C.emitting

D.wasting

18.Meat, vegetables, milk and fruit ___ a balance diet.

A.constitute

B.consist of

C.are composed of

D.include

19.Don’t ___ to let me know if there is anything I can do for you.

A.reject

B.prevent

C.hesitate

D.refuse

20.In Australia the Asians make their influnce ___ in business large and small.

A.feeling

B.feel

C.felt

D.to be felt

21.The ancient Egyptians are supposed ___ rockets to the moon.

A.to send

B.to be sending

C.to have sent

D.to have been sending

22.This is the first draft of the book. Please feel perfectly free to ___ it.

A.cope with

B.comment on

C.complain

D.confirm

23.The chair can also ___ a bed.

A.forms

B.works in

C.function as

D.behaved as

24.Most people (A) work to earn a living (B) and they produce goods and services(C). Services are such things like (D) education, medicine, and commerce. (选择有误的一项)

A.Most people

B.a living

C.goods and services

D.such things like

25.No one has yet succeeded in explaining the ___ of how life began.

A.problem

B.cause

C.puzzle

D.logic