2014级单元测试（A卷）（Unit1-Unit2） Ⅰ. Multiple Choices
1.Sara has made up her mind that her leisure interests will never ________ her
career. A.in the way of B. get in the way of C. get in way of D. in way of
2.The rise in interest rate will be disastrous ________ small firms.
A.in case of B. in the case of C. reckon with D. in case
3.He ________ his time until Harvard University offered him a professorship.
A.bided B. equipped C. launched D. engaged
4.By a ________ of good luck, Genelle, who had been buried in the rubble for more
than 26 hours, came out alive. A.struck B. stroke C. stick D. strike
5.If you let yourself ________ bogged down in paper work, you’ll never find time
to deal with the really important issues. A.step B. involve C. get D. set
6.Despite difficulties, the government ________ on with its campaign to eliminate
corruption. A.stressed B. launched C. offended D. pressed
7.These compensation cases have already ________ on for over a year.
A.pressed B. pushed C. dragged D. retreated
8.The local government developed its economy but ________ the environment.
A.in honor of B. at the cost of C. for the sake of D. at a loss
9.How often do you think celebrities ________ charity work out of the goodness of
their heart, not publicity? A.engage in
B. engage on C. engage for D. engage at
10.On October 4, 1957, Soviet scientists ________ the world’s first artificial satellite,
called Sputnik. A.conquered B. started C. launched D. retreated
11.We all have stress, but if you don’t do something to relieve it, sooner or later it
will ________. A.take its role B. pay the cost C. take its toll D. pay the toll
12.He urges potential informants not to ________ the importance of any piece of
information they can gather. A.A. estimate B. overestimate C. underestimate D. overstate
13.In the US, the word 'oriental' is considered ________ to Asians because the term is
based on the geographic relationship of Asia from a Western perspective.
A. defend B. defensive
C. offend D. offensive
14.He said it was important to observe, monitor, ________ and if necessary, correct
those training in care. A. instruct B. engage C. order D. teach
15.The total ________ count may not be particularly high considering China's huge
population. A. death B. wound C. casualty D. casually
16.Greece was no longer in the top ten “Dreamland of holiday” . What’s worse, large
parts of its economy were ________ by strikes. A. pressed ahead B. brought to a halt C. brought to a pause D. brought back
17.Some consumers are taking this APP as an ________ of privacy and refuse to
register it. A. evade B. evasion C. invade D. invasion
18.She said there was a ________ need for up-to-date and reliable equipment if the
company wanted to get more share of the market. A. devastating B. desperate C. raw D. bleak
19.After three-month negotiations, the two companies agreed to form a (n )
________ to market this new product. A. army B. alliance C. campaign D. ally
20.The writer went into ________ to escape political imprisonment after publishing
his second novel. A. escape B. expire C. exclaim
D. exile 21．The biggest ________ in our way was the shortage of water.
A. ambition B. obstacle C. contest D. withstand
22. Our food supplies will only hold ________ for another two weeks.
A. to B. in
C. out D. up to
23. The specially designed shelters are built to ________ ground and air attack.
A. withstand B. withdraw C. retreat D. witness
24. I was pleased to hear about your job offer--- all that hard work has obviously paid ________.
A. back B. for C. of D. off
25. Parents enjoy boasting ________ their children’s achievement.
A. for B. about C. at D. in
26.This could prove to be an environmental boon as well, saving fuel, reducing
traffic jams, decreasing air pollution, and serving as an ____________ to highway expansion.
A.alternate B. alternative C. alter D. alternation
27. Some of them locate a car’s position by correlating the rotations in the steering wheel _______ its position on a map.
A. to B. with C. into D. by
28. They are making further efforts to ________ military spending.
A. lessen B. reduce C. decrease D. diminish
29. She was_______ to challenge for the party leadership A. posed B. poised C. positioned D. proposed
30. When you want to convert back from automatic control to manual control, just press the right button _________ on the steering column.
A. mounted B. mounting C. to mount D.being mounted
31. New ideas will be __________ into the book. A. operated B. incorporated C. corporated D. cooperated
32. Different circumstances____________ different tactics. A. call on B. call off
C. call up D. call for
33. At the beginning of the race, the runners were _________ together on the track, but later some of them got ahead and left the others behind.
A. bunched B. brunched C. branched D. bundled
34. Many illnesses affecting white-collar workers today __________ the category of stress-related illnesses.
A. fall in B. fall into C. fall out D. fall apart
35. We made a _________ business with the German company on the high-speed rail construction.
A. monotonous B. lucrative C. drastic D. desperate
36. The builder gave a(n) _________ cost for fixing the roof. A. approximate B. appropriate C. minimize D. maximize
37. The government approved a new plan to __________illegal construction by the end of the year.
A. prevent B. alert
C. eliminate D. abolish
38. The policeman alerted him ________ the dangers of drunk-driving.
A. to B. from C. of D. for
39. The preacher’s ________ voice put me to sleep. A. monologue B. monotonous C. monopoly D. monstrous
40. Tom’s heavy footsteps upstairs made the old house _______ .
A. shock B. vibrate C. sway D. tremble
41. This radio signal has a _________ of 800,000 cycles per second.
A. efficiency B. vibration C. frequency D. movement
42. Manufactures usually begin by building the _________ of a new model before they set up a factory to make the cars.
A. stereotype B. prototype C. formation
D. format
43. The satellite will send ______ messages from human kind to the other intelligent beings in the universe.
A. back B. out C. away D. for
44. That means vehicles fitted with this new component do not get ________ the mud.
A. stick up B. stick to C. stuck with D. stuck in
45. The monkey suddenly emerged ________ the tree, frightening Lucy into screaming.
A. behind from B. from in C. out behind D. from behind
46. We are trying to _____ and understand how and why climates changes.
A. alert B. calculate C. poise D. detect
47. The refrigerator is too big to be ________ in my kitchen. A. accommodated B. recommended C. composed D. accumulated
48. It may be ________ to clone human beings, but is it ethical? A. triple B. exotic C. feasible D. diverse
49. The clubs work in close ________ with the Football Association.
A. deployment B. prophecy C. perception D. cooperation
50. Let’s go for lunch now. The meeting will be ________ at 2 p.m.
A. reassured B. resumed C. consumed D. refunded Ⅱ. Cloze
Two of the most (1)________ things about driving a car are getting lost and getting stuck in traffic. While the computer revolution is unlikely to (2) ________ these problems, it will have a positive (3) ________. Sensors in your car (4) ________ to radio signals from orbiting satellites can locate your car precisely at any moment and warn of traffic jams. We already have twenty-four Navstar satellites (5) ________ the earth, making up what is called the (6) ________ Positioning System. They make it possible to (7) ________ your location on the earth to within about a hundred feet. At any (8) ________ time, there are several GPS satellites orbiting overhead at a distance of about 11,000 miles. Each satellite contains four “(9) ________ clock,” which vibrate (10) ________ a
precise frequency, according to the laws of the quantum theory.
As satellite passes (11) ________ it sends out a radio signal that can be (12) ________ by a receiver in a car’s computer. The car’s computer can then calculate how far the satellite is (13) ________ measuring how long it took for the signal to arrive. (14) ________ the speed of light is well known, any delay in receiving the satellite’s signal can be (15) ________ into a distance.
(1)frustrating (2)cure (3)impact (4)tuned (5)orbiting (6)Global (7)determine (8)given (9)atomic (10)at
(11)overhead (12)detected (13)by (14)Since (15)converted
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