1.Vocabulary
1 Complete the following sentences with appropriate phrases. Change the form if necessary.
1 bring about bring back bring down bring in bring up
A They were threatening to ______ the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition.
B Harsh anti-trade union laws were ______ in the early 1980s.
C Few politicians are in favor of ______ the death penalty.
D The only way they can ______ political change is by putting pressure on the country.
E He ______ a subjectrarely raised during the course of this campaign.
正确答案:
(1) bring down
(2) brought in
(3) bringing back
(4) bring about
(5) brought up
2.
2 go about go around go by go down go off
A ______ what Tim said, we should be thereby mid-afternoon.
B This neighborhood has really ______ in the last few years.
C The whole conference ______ just as we had planned.
D I want to learn German but I don’t know the best way to ______it.
E There’s a story ______ the office that you’re thinking of leaving.
正确答案:
(1) Going by
(2) gone down
(3)went off
(4) go about
(5) going around
3.
3 make for make of make out make up make up for
A I don’t know what to ______ it, and even the police seem baffled.
B She doesn’t have a natural talent but she ______ it with hard work.
C For Halloween, the children ______ stories about wolves and witches.
D He rose from his seat and ______ the door.
E I heard the voices, but couldn’t ______ what they were saying.
正确答案:
(1) make of
(2) makes up for
(3) made up
(4) made for
(5) make out
4.
4 think better of think badly of think highly of think nothing of think twice about
A When I was younger, I ______ cycling 50 miles in a day.
B A previous divorce can make you ______ getting married again.
C Originally we were going to buy John’s old car, but we ______it.
D Most of the women were college graduates, ______ Smith, and were pleased that this stranger was so smart.
E I could easily go in and request part-time work, and no one would ______ me.
正确答案:
(1) thought nothing of
(2) think twice about
(3) thought better of
(4) thought highly of
(5) think badly of
5.
5 by all accounts on account of on no account on this / that account take account of
A I studied her carefully ______ my special relationship with her son, Sylvester.
B ______ should the soldiers be blamed for what happened.
C She was divorced, and ______ alone my mother disliked her.
D Urban planners in practice have to ______ many interest groups in society.
E She was, ______ an accomplished, entertaining, and witty story teller.
正确答案:
(1) on account of
(2) On no account
(3) on this account
(4) take account of
(5) by all accounts
6.
Complete the following passage by filling in the missing words. There might be more than one acceptable answer for some of the blanks.
Asimov met Gertrude Blugerman on a blind date on Valentine’s Day, 1942, and they were 1) ______ five and a half months 2) ______, July 26, 1942. They had a son David and a daughter Robyn Joan. They 3) ______in 1970 and their divorce became 4) ______on November 16, 1973.
Asimov first met Janet Opal Jeppson when he 5) ______an autograph for her at an SF convention on September 2, 1956. He was 6) ______badly (and silently)from a kidney stone at the time, 7) ______ gave her the impression that he was an unpleasant person. He later 8) ______ to have absolutely no recollection of that first 9) ______. They next met on May1, 1959, when Janet 10) ______a mystery writers’banquet as a guest of Veronica Parker Johnson and was 11) ______with Asimov. That time the mutual 12) ______was immediate. When Asimov and Gertrude 13) ______separated in 1970, he moved in with Janet 14) ______at once, and they were married at Janet’s home 15) ______ an official of the Ethical Culture
Society on November 30, 1973. Asimov had no children by his second marriage.
正确答案:
(1) married
(2) later
(3) separated
(4) effective
(5) signed
(6) suffering
(7)which
(8) claimed
(9)meeting
(10) attended
(11) seated
(12) attraction
(13) finally
(14) almost
(15) by
其他正确答案：
9. encounter；11. sitting; 12. affection
7.
Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets into English.
1 I think I’d like to work for one of the major companies, ______ (或者也许会在出版业找到一份工作).
2 He said ______ (在巴黎学习时装设计是不错的), but we should think about how we could support ourselves during the time.
3 She has never seen lion and dragon dances before; now I think ______ (她会非常高兴) when I take her to see them.
4 You have to meet and visit people,and move around in busy streets, or in other words, ______ (你得习惯大城市的生活).
5 It will be necessary for you to seek help and advice from ______ (某位一直研究阿西莫夫著作和生平的人).
6 Last year ______ (我的计算机总给我惹麻烦)—it often crashed and I didn’t know what was wrong with it until my friend found a cure.
7 He ______ (报名上了一门烹饪课) so that he could provide Chinese food for his family and friends on weekends.
8 They are not just patients with the disease, and ______ (他们也急于发现) more about the condition sand ways they can be helped.
正确答案:
(1) or maybe get a job in publishing
(2) it was all right to study fashion design in Paris
(3) she'll go mad with joy
(4) you have to het used to the life in a big city
(5) someone who has been studying Asimov's works and life
(6) I constantly had trouble with my computer
(7) had enrolled in a cookery class
(8) they are also eager to find out
8
Match the word in Column A with the word in Column B. (You should write down the letters in front of each word in Column B to match the number in column A)
1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6.______
7.______8.______9.______10.______ 11.______ 12.______13.______
填空题 (13 分) 13 分 (请按题目中的空缺顺序依次填写答案)
正确答案:
(1) D
(2) M
(3) F
(4) L
(5) I
(6) B
(7) C
(8) E
(9) H
(10) K
(11) J
(12) A
(13) G
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