试卷详情
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词汇与结构(三)
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[单项选择]The arguments among the staff don’t ______ a good atmosphere in the office.
A. make for
B. get at
C. head for
D. build to
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[单项选择]When I got back, they had eaten the whole cake and just a few ______ were left on the plate.
A. grains
B. crumbs
C. drops
D. shreds
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[单项选择]There are no trips that will make it possible for the tourists to stop everywhere and see ______ they want.
A. all what
B. everything that
C. everything what
D. all which
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[单项选择]More and more people are signing up for yoga classes nowadays, ______ advantage of the health and relaxation benefits.
A. taking
B. to have taken
C. having taken
D. having been taken
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[单项选择]More and more people are becoming aware of the dangers facing our planet.(), we still have a lot of work to do before our environment is safe again.
A. Consequently
B. In spite of the fact that
C. Because of that
D. Despite that
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[单项选择]He can only blame himself for failing the exam. He()harder during the year, but he seemed to go out with a different girl every weekend.
A. would have worked
B. should have worked
C. must work
D. ought to work
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[单项选择]The pilot spoke to the passengers to ______ their fears when the plane was hit by a storm.
A. choke
B. strike
C. deter
D. allay
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[单项选择]He appeared to be serious, but the truth is that for one reason or another, he didn’t get his joke ______ very effectively.
A. down
B. around
C. across
D. out
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[单项选择]In adults similar symptoms of scurvy develop in people ______ who have been deprived of fresh food for a long time.
A. such as sailors or the other
B. as sailors or other
C. such as sailors or another
D. like sailors or others
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[单项选择]Doctor: Morning, Mr. White. Come in. And what can I do for you today
Patient: Well, doctor, ______ I often wake up at 3: 00 in the moming and I just can’t get back to sleep.
Doctor: I see and how long has this been going on
Patient: Oh, about a month now. I wonder if you could prescribe something.
A. I’m having difficulty sleeping.
B. I’m watching TV every night.
C. I’m getting too much sleep.
D. I’m eating too much.
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[单项选择]Military music may have ______ from attempts to get people ready for ______ by using fast music with drumming to stimulate their hearts to beat faster.
A. expanded; confrontation
B. advanced; struggle
C. evolved; battle
D. elevated; strife
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[单项选择]Westinghouse is close to completing its transformation into ______ with the sale of its powergeneration business to Siemens of Germany for $1.53 billion.
A. a media company
B. the company’s media
C. the company media
D. mass media’s company
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[单项选择]You have managed to bungle every task I’ve given you so far. ______, I am prepared to give you one last chance.
A. Overall
B. Regardless
C. Nevertheless
D. Furthermore
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[单项选择]Although they had only been invited for lunch they ______ till suppertime.
A. stayed out
B. stayed on
C. stayed up
D. stayed off
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[单项选择]______ if anyone wants to grab the Radio Grayblog graphic for the purpose of linking, go fight ahead.
A. Incidentally
B. Consequently
C. Subsequently
D. Accidentally
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[单项选择]The people around him kept saying ()the drowned man but he went on doing artificial respiration.
A. it was useless reviving
B. there was no use reviving
C. there was no use to try to revive
D. it was no use trying to revive
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[单项选择]Ray: Have you met the new boss yet
David: No, tell me-what’s he like
Ray: Well, I met him this morning and my first impression was very positive. ______, and I hear he’s got a great sense of humor.
David: That’s great!
A. He came across as very pleasant
B. He has a large office
C. He seems very unfriendly
D. He’s not very sharp
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[单项选择]Many old houses are being demolished to ______ new buildings and parking lots.
A. give rise to
B. bring forth
C. provide for
D. make room for
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[单项选择]It was only when I felt the aircraft leave the runway, and saw Manhattan ______ into the distance beneath and behind me, that I finally began to relax.
A. receding
B. retreating
C. removing
D. reversing
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[单项选择]His father came home to dinner every night, and ______ in his life Jack felt that they were a real family.
A. for the first time
B. firstly
C. at first time
D. at first
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[单项选择]It is certain that no food is as good as ______ eamed by one’s own labor, whether physical or mental.
A. such
B. that
C. what
D. one
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[单项选择]People carry out much of their commerce here, ______ selling vegetables, serving locals meals or running a hair salon.
A. was it
B. it is
C. it being
D. be it
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[单项选择]______ we have the official list of participants, we can make the final arrangements accordingly.
A. Until
B. Even though
C. Now that
D. Unless
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[单项选择]There seemed little hope that the explorers, ()in the rainforest, would find their way out.
A. having deserted
B. to have been deserted
C. to be deserted
D. having been deserted
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[单项选择]In the same area (), with a circular church-so that the devil couldn’t find a corner to conceal himself in, or so the locals say.
A. a village of Bowmore is
B. there is a village of Bowmore
C. is the village of Bowmore
D. the Bowmore’s village is
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[单项选择]Although the victim had a testing device that()the problem, he continued to replace the fuses. This led to the disruption of the grounding path and the creation of a hazardous situation.
A. would have identified
B. would identify
C. will have identified
D. will identify
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[单项选择]Man: I’m afraid I got stopped by the police for speeding today, dear.
Woman: Oh no, David. You didn’t, did you!
Man: ______
Woman: That’s dreadful. We can’t afford that. You really should drive more slowly!
A. No, I met a friend on my way home.
B. No, I had to pay a lot of money for parking.
C. Yes, I was caught by a policeman.
D. Yes, I got an on the spot fine of $280.00.
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[单项选择]He can’t ______ ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happening in his own department.
A. insist
B. refer
C. plead
D. defend
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[单项选择]After the robbery, the shop installed a sophisticated alarm system as an insurance ______ further losses.
A. towards
B. for
C. from
D. against
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[单项选择]______ the neighboring street, it would have had to pass through the station barriers, where a collector is always standing.
A. Had it not been pulled down
B. But for bringing it up
C. Should it not have been carried down from
D. Had it not been carried down from
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[单项选择]Ben: Look at this poster. Two of the women who were on the polar expedition to Antarctica are giving a talk in the Town Hall next month!
Gina: Oh, I’d really like to hear more about that. ______
Ben: Just a minute. I’ll have a look. It doesn’t say. Shall I phone the Town Hall and find out
Gina: ______ They’re not open now though, so you’ll have to ring tomorrow.
A. Would you like to go with me; No, you needn’t.
B. What date are they coming; Yes, good idea!
C. I’m so fascinated with Antarctica!; Yes, go ahead.
D. Does it give any details; No, thanks, I can do that myself.
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[单项选择]Because of his poor health, it took him a long time to ______ his bad cold.
A. throw over
B. throw away
C. throw down
D. throw off
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[单项选择]The issue in ______ is whether Congress should preserve a concept called"net neutrality".
A. case
B. mind
C. contradiction
D. question
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[单项选择]Your correspondence and relations with Walter are known to me;()connected with the disappearance of Mr. Barlow.
A. so are the circumstances
B. as well as the circumstances
C. the circumstances are as well
D. as well are the circumstances
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[单项选择]Although they usually did their own painting and papering, on this occasion they brought in a firm of ______ decorators.
A. inside
B. inward
C. interior
D. internal
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[单项选择]Cinger, pepper, cinnamon and some other aromatic flavours might be used for seasoning meat and fish ______ was particularly important when there were no refrigerators.
A. that
B. what
C. there
D. which
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[单项选择]Female: It’s always so hard to know ______.
Male: I know. I mean, the only thing he likes doing is going fishing, and he buys all that stuff himself. And clothes... he’s got so many already.
Female: Well, how about a new fishing rod
Male: ______ I mean, he’s so particular.
A. how to make Dad happy; Sure.
B. when Dad goes out; Give it a try.
C. what to get for Dad; I wouldn’t dare.
D. where Dad buys his stuff; Not bad.
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[单项选择]The bones, tendons and cartilages require a small amount of blood, ______ such organs as the kidneys and brain need large amounts of blood.
A. as
B. while
C. because
D. so that
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Customer: I think I’ll have the tomato soup to start. ()
Waiter: Right. And would you like croutons in your soup
Customer: No, thank you.
Waiter: How would you like your steak Hare, medium or well done
A. And I’d like some tea.
B. And I’d also like a steak.
C. And perhaps some orange juice.
D. And I’d like to order now.
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[单项选择]The elephant had some ______ relatives called mammoths, which lived during the Stone Age.
A. remote
B. distant
C. relevant
D. distinct
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[单项选择]I want the light fittings to be ______ the ceiling.
A. flat on
B. flush with
C. parallel to
D. level in
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[单项选择]______ various internal and external sources of finance that a business can employ when seeking to fund its operations.
A. It exists
B. There exist
C. There is
D. It does
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[单项选择]Occasionally serious crimes are committed there but they are ______ incidents, not part of a widespread problem.
A. detached
B. solitary
C. isolated
D. separated
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[单项选择]When he heard how well the new company was doing, he took a calculated ______ and invested all his money in it.
A. risk
B. opportunity
C. danger
D. venture
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[单项选择]Astronomers have leamed that the spectacular tails of comets are extremely tenuous bodies, ()particles that the pressure of light can bend them.
A. comprising the least
B. composed of such minute
C. composed of very large
D. having so small number of