华东理工网络学院大学英语(2)阶段练习1

华东理工大学网络教育学院

大学英语（2）课程阶段练习一

Part I Vocabulary and structure

Directions: Choose the best one from the four choices to complete the sentence and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

1. The family spent three days giving the ______ house a thorough clean.

A. complete B. single C. total D. entire

2. Mark is qualified for the job, but there has never been an occasion for him to ______ his skill.

A. extend B. utter C. demonstrate D. associate

3. Up to now, scientists have not yet come up with any complete picture of the ______ of the earth.

A. source B. basis C. root D. origin

4. The beautiful and complicated patterns ______ the craftsmen s wisdom and superb skills.

A. launch B. admit C. reveal D. tend

5. As he does this more and more, he ______ becomes familiar with the grammar and the structure of the language.

A. naturally B. extremely C. likely D. fluently

6. When introducing a place s culture and customs to others, tourist guides also broaden their own ______.

A. eyesight B. sight C. viewpoint D. horizons

7. No student is allowed to go out during the class without the teacher s ______.

A. expression B. depression C. permission D. section

8. Wherever the soldiers go, they build good relations with the______.

A. messes B. masses C. miss D. minor

9. The Dream of Red Mansion, a Chinese ______ novel, is a masterpiece written in middle of the18th century.

A. classical B. classified C. classy D. classic

10. With that course and a bit of research work in his free time, Sam became a(n) ______ on the subject.

A. power B. authority C. force D. strength

11. Your ______ employer wants to see that you can do the job and work well with colleagues, so you should emphasize this in your resume.

A. respective B. productive C. prospective D. effective

12. My ______ working experience in the field has given me an advantage over the other candidates.

A. former B. previous C. front D. advance

13. Being a lawyer, he always does his best to prove the innocence of his ______.

A. customers B. consumers C. patients D. clients

14. Chinese people tend to ______the red color with celebration and happiness.

A. associate B. attach C. combine D. join

15. Fever is one of the ______ of catching a bad cold.

A. signs B. signals C. syndromes D. symptoms

16. I ve tried quite a few bookstores, but unfortunately some of the books ______ by the teacher

are not available in them.

A. picked B. recommended C. permitted D. commanded

17. Considerable experiences ______ them to work out a correct and practical scheme.

A. made B. let C. enabled D. got

18. As long as you can ______ the answer to the problem all by yourself, it doesn t matter what

method you use.

A. take apart B. work out C. look for D. go over

19. I m going to ______ a few books to send to some friends in my hometown.

A. pick over B. pick on C. pick off D. pick out

20. The boy began to show an interest ______ piano when he was only five years old.

A. in B. on C. to D. for

21. The city has changed so much in the last few years that it is now ______ my recognition.

A. over B. in C. under D. beyond

22. I first met Tim ten years ago. He ______ in a radio factory at that time.

A. had worked B. has worked

C. was working D. has been working

23. What I wanted to find out first ______ how long it was going to take.

A. was B. were C. are D. being

24. The teacher came into the classroom, ______ by his students.

A. following B. to be following

C. followed D. having followed

25. The waves ______ violently against the shore, people couldn t hear them crying for help.

A. beating B. have beaten C. beats D. were beating

26. With all his friends and money ______, he fell into great despair.

A. had gone B. were gone C. gone D. going

27. They expect the students to be responsible for the things they do, just as grown-ups _____.

A. will B. do C. can D. are

28. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ______, of course, made the

others unhappy.

A. who B. which C. this D. what

29. ______ English words you try to learn by heart at a time, ______ you will remember.

A. The more…fewer B. The more…the fewer

C. More…fewer D. The more…fewer

30. Jane didn t follow our advice that she ______ more attention to her pronunciation.

A. be paid B. must pay C. pay D. would pay

31. No wonder you have a lot of pain in your stomach. You ______ ice creams in such cold

weather.

A. can t have eaten B. shouldn t have eaten

C. mustn t have eaten D. might not have eaten

32. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people ______ harm them.

A. more than B. other than C. better than D. rather than

33. ______ environmental damage is done, it takes many years for the ecosystem (生态系统) to

recover.

A. Once B. If only C. While D. Even if

34. ______ meeting with unexpected difficulty at the office today, I shall be home early tonight.

A. If B. When C. After D. Unless

35. Do you consider ______ important for the children to receive a good education?

A. that B. what C. it D. this

Part II Reading Comprehension

Passage 1

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