北语网院 21秋《大学英语(三)》作业1

21秋《大学英语（三）》练习_1

一、单选题

1. As the busiest woman there, she made ______________ her duty to look after all the other

people’s affairs in that town

A. this

B. that

C. one

D. it

答案D V：shenzhoucun

2. He served in the army for only _______ before he was sent back.

A. one and a half year

B. one year and a half

C. a year and a half

D. a year and half

答案B

3. Professor Taylor’s talk has indicated that science has a very strong _______ on the everyday life of non-scientists as well as scientists.

A. motivation

B. perspective

C. impression

D. impact

答案D

4. The trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’loudness ______ by his lack of talent.

A. more than

B. than

C. so much as

t bothered by his

D. as

答案C

5. Tom, what did you do with my documents? I have never seen such a______and disorder!

A. mass

B. mess

C. guess

D. bus

答案B

6. Eggs, though rich in nourishments, have ________ of fat.

A. a large number

B. the large number

C. a large amount

D. the large amount

7. Although punctual himself,the professor was quite used ______late for his lecture.

A. to have students

B. for students' being

C. for students to be

D. to students' being

8. No sooner ____ than it started to rain.

A. had they arrived home

B. they had arrived home

C. did they arrive home

D. arrived they home

9. I don’t think it advisable that Tim _______ to the job since he has no experience.

A. is assigned

B. will be assigned

C. be assigned

D. has been assigned

10. The soldier was_______of running away when the enemy attacked.

A. scolded

B. charged

C. accused

D. punished

11. The manager spoke highly of such ______ as loyalty, courage truthfulness shown by his employees.

A. virtue

B. features

C. properties

D. characteristics

and

12. Would you like something ______________?

A. drink

B. to drink

C. drinking

D. for drinking

13. _______ my return, I learned that Professor Smith had been at the Museum and would not be back for several hours.

A. At

B. With

C. On

D. During

14. You have nothing to ______ by refusing to listen to our advice.

A. gain

B. grasp

C. seize

D. earn

15. A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial _______.

A. mark

B. feature

C. trace

D. appearance

16. It was at a dinner party ____ Mary met her would-be husband.

A. where

B. when

C. that

D. so

17. As the bus came round the corner, it ran ___________ a big tree by the roadside.

A. into

B. on

C. over

D. up

18. Harry, who had failed in the final exam, had a great worry ________ his mind.

A. on

B. in

C. with

D. at

19. Since the matter was extremely ______ , we dealt with it immediately.

A. tough

B. tense

C. urgent

D. instant

20. I’ve sorted out all my old letters and filed them alphabetically (按字母排列) – isn’t that ____ of me?

A. efficient

B. effective

C. advisable

D. active

21. As I was just getting familiar with this job, I had ___ to ask my boss.

A. many

B. most

C. more

D. much

22. When people become unemployed, it is _____ which is often worse than lack of wages.

A. laziness

B. poverty

C. idleness

D. inability

23. _______ the calculation is right, scientists can never be sure that they have included all variables and modeled them accurately.

A. If only

B. So long as

C. Even if

D. As far as

24. He came back late, _______ which time all the guests had already left.

A. after

B. by

C. at

D. during

25. Although he knew little about the large amount of work done in the field, he

succeeded ______ other more well informed experimenters failed.

A. which

B. that

C. what

D. where