大学英语4_Quiz_for_Unit_1
时间：2025-07-12
A Quiz for Unit 1 Leisure Activities
Part I Word-building （20分）
Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in the brackets.
1. Tonight’s party is much more ___________.(entertain)
2. In fact, his _________ with American history is pretty limited. (familiar)
3. He was a straight-face, _________ teacher. (humor)
4. He looked shocked, then burst into _________. (laugh)
5. She hired a _________ to find out where her husband was going after work. (detect)
6. Gambling became an ___________, and he eventually lost everything.(obsess)
7. It _________him not to know where she was. (settle)
8. I just had to satisfy my _________, so I opened the parcel. (curious)
9. There was _________ agreement on the issue of education. (universe)
10. We should be very ________ about what we let the children watch on TV. (select)
11.The outcome of these experiments is not always entirely ______.(predict).
12. There’s no ______ of ideas when it comes to improving the education of children.( short)
13. Despite differences in background and outlook, their partnership was based on ______ respect, trust and understanding. (mutuality)
14. Two factors _____ the formation of the new party.( haste)
15. The comedian was not funny, and no one ______. (applaud)
16.He made the ________ that he was to retire the following month.( announce)
17. The ________ was serving a twenty-year sentence. (convict)
18. The company has a ________ organizational structure.(complexity)
19. When the fire alarm rang we _______ outside the emergency exit. (assemble)
20. Someone was dancing ______ on the trestles (搁凳), sending wooden plates flying. (crazy)
Par II Vocabulary and Structure （20分）
21. Nobody could ______ Jim Thorp in track and field events.
A. match
B. contrast
C. compare
D. balance
22. The ______ of poverty forced him to quit his study and look for a job to help support the family.
A. duty
B. influence
C. strength
D. pressure
23. The company directors asked the government to ______ in dispute and prevent a strike.
A. interact
B. interrupt
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C. interfere
D. intervene
24. The cause of the decline of North Africa is popularly ______ to climatic changes.
A. contributed
B. subscribed
C. attributed
D. dedicated
25. Their political action ______ the fall of the government.
A. promoted
B. accelerated
C. hastened
D. advanced
26. “I thought you had planned to practice the piano today.”
“I did nothing but ______ letter all day.”
A. write
B. to write
C. wrote
D. writing
27. He was a much older tennis player but he had the great ______ of experience.
A. interest
B. benefit
C. profit
D. advantage
28. The average wage-earner, who leads a colorless existence, devotes a small percentage of his earnings ______ the dream of achieving some magic change in his life.
A. and keeps alive
B. to keep alive
C. to keep lively
D. to keeping alive
29. Gardeners, finding the root unexpectedly in their flower beds and taken with its unassuming beauty, ______ what it is and when they put it in.
A. trying to recall A.
B. tries to recall
C. try to recall
D. tried recalling
30. A beam of light will not bend round corners unless ______ to do so with the help of a reflecting device.
A. to be made
B. being made
C. made
D. be made
31. None of us had the final say in this matter, and therefore it was recommended that we ______ for the authorities.
A. wait
B. waited
C. would wait
D. must wait
32. I think your sister is old enough to know ______ to spend all her money on fancy goods.
A. other than
B. rather than
C. better than
D. more than
33. It was an empty hut, but at least it offered us ______ for the night.
A. shelter
B. roof
C. screen
D. refuge
34. Although he had looked through all the reference material on the subject, he still found it hard to understand his point and her explanation only ______ to his confusion.
A. extended
B. added
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C. amounted
D. turned
35. When traveling, you are advised to take travelers’ checks, which provide a secure ______ to carrying your money in cash.
A. substitute
B. selection
C. preference
D. alternative
36. He ______ his speech by calling for a vote of th anks for last year’s president.
A. got up
B. wound up
C. stayed up
D. made up
37. He ____ walking until fell over.
A. arranged
B. attempted
C. attacked
D. attracted
38. _____ popular belief that classical music is too complex, it achieves a simplicity that only a genius can create.
A. Subject to
B. Contrary to
C. Familiar to
D. Similar to
39. The prospect of increased prices has already _____ worries.
A. provoked
B. irritated
C. inspired
D. hoisted
40. He could not say no to so many requests because he is a ___ person.
A. soft
B. gentle
C. meek
D. mild
Part III Translation（5分）
1. 他是一个很幽默的人，而且很会讲笑话。
2. 不要让信用卡诱惑你去买一些你负担不起的东西。
3. 这些试验的结果并非完全可以被预知的。
4. 敲错键时，按删除键重新开始就行了。
5. 你签了合同之后就不可能退出了。
Part IV Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition or adverb.
（10题，5分）
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