Assignment Three
1.????? I don’t know how old he is, but he looks ______B_____ over fifty.
A) very???????? B) well???????????? C) quite?????????? D) rather
2.????? As he was speaking a regional(區(qū)域) dialect(方言), I couldn’t _____B_________ what he wanted to know.
A) put out?????? B) make out(了解)???????? C) come out(顯露)?????? D) think out(仔細(xì)考慮)
3.????? Don’t disturb(打擾) him. He is _____C________ in his academic(學(xué)術(shù)) problem.
A) thinking????? B ) attracted(吸引)??????? C) absorbed(吸收)??????? D) blooming(開花)
4.????? As far as I can see, their behavior actually ______C_______ their keen desire(渴望) to succeed.
A) adjusted????? B) intended(打算)????????? C) reflected(反映)??????? D) presented
5.????? They complained because one of the _______A_______ events, climbing the mountain, had been canceled by the travel agency for no reason.
A) scheduled(日程)??????? B) dated??????? C) interested?????? D) margined(邊緣)
6.????? His ill-intended joke made us ______C_________ angry(發(fā)怒). We left the hall immediately.
A) any more????????????????????????????? B) not any more
C) more than a little??????????????????????? D) no more
7.????? He beat the other runners by a _____D_______ of ten seconds.
A) gap(缺口)??????????? B) blank??????? C) time?????????? D) margin(余地)
8.????? Behind him ______B_______, of full figure and fine presence(出席), with hair still brown.
A) did a tall woman come in?????????????? B) came in a tall woman
C) a tall woman came in????????????????? D) in came a tall woman
9.????? His pale(蒼白的) face and dry lips(嘴唇) suggested that he ______C_______ anything for a few days.
A) has not eaten?? ??????????????????????B) not eat
C) had not eaten???????????????????????? D) should have eaten
10.? The little girl ran towards us, her hair ____A_______ about in the breeze(輕風(fēng)).
A) moving?????? B) moved??????? C) move???????? D) was moving
11.? The early settlers(調(diào)停) of the American continent(大陸) _____C______ copper(銅幣) __________ corn with the Indians.
A) mixed…with(混合)???????????????????? B) referred…to
C) traded…for(貿(mào)易)????????????????????? D) attached…to(連接)??????
12.? I was trying to ______B____ him _________, but failed because he didn’t fit into any type I knew.
A) check…through?????????????????? B) size…up(估計(jì),判斷)
C) pick…out(挑出)??????????????????????? D) note…down(記下)
13. No artificial(人工的) light can ___D______ daylight for general use.
?? A) make up for(彌補(bǔ))?? ?B) do with(想要)?? C) stand for(代表,主張)??? D) compare with
14. It was truly a miracle(奇跡) that the little girl ___B_____ the flood(洪水) by climbing onto a tree.
?? A) explored??????? B) survived(幸存)??????? C) captivated(迷住)??????? D) relieved(緩解)
15. The army is reported to be ____C_____ considerable(相當(dāng)多的) resistance(反抗) in some remote rural(農(nóng)村) areas.
?? A) companioning(伴侶)????????????????????? B) discarding(拋棄)
?? C) encountering(遇到)?????????????????????? D) embracing(擁抱,包圍)
16. The Princess’(公主) biography(傳記?) ____B____ that her marriage was not as satisfactory(令人滿意的) as was once believed.
?? A) explored???? B) revealed(展示)?????? C) identified(標(biāo)識(shí))?????? D) inquired(打聽)
17. Farmers mistrusted(不信任) speculative（投機(jī)的）grain(少量) selling through Grain Exchange. It happened too often that they sold their wheat soon after harvest ___A_____ see prices rising and speculators getting rich.
?? A) only to??? B) so as to(為了,以便)????? C) in order to(為了做某事)?????? D) in attempts to
18. _____C_____ I fully understand your point of view on what makes a marriage perfect, I do also have some sympathy(同情心) with your parents’.
?? A) Since??????? B) That????????? C) While?????????? D) When
19. I actually don’t want to drag you away from your key pal(伙伴) but I’m only acting _____D____ your best interest.
?? A) on??????? B) with???????? C) for?????????? D) in
20. To my despair(絕望), I eat _____A_____ I want and I still don’t seem to put on any weight.
?? A) whatever????? B) however???? C) whichever????? D) whenever