英语：unit4 making the news单元同步测试

时间：2025-04-29

Unit4 Making the news 单元同步测试

I. 单项选择

1. It is reported that some journalists from certain presses got themselves _______false reporting the mine disaster and they are_______ accepting hush money

A. involved in; accused of B. involved with; charged of

C. to be involved in; charged with D. involved in; accused with

2. The newspaper photographer ______ great delight in taking photos of famous people; whenever he has taken an unusual photo of a great person, he _______ feel delighted.

A. takes; would B. has; will C. takes; will D. makes; always

3. The modeling profession is really _______ on the surface because Once you become a professional model, you will be famous, make a lot of money and live a good life but not everybody knows the sufferings you have to _______ before and after becoming professional

A. enjoyable; get through B. comfortable; pass C. attractive; experience with D. admirable; go through

4. Everybody around the neighborhood believes the pretty little girl will _____ a good professional actress.

A. turn B. make C. acquire D. grow up

5. Once a reporter receives his assignment from the chief-editor, he has to ______ on his work and tries his best to work on it until the chief-editor ______ it.

A. fix his attention; approves B. focus; proves of C. concentrate; approves of D. get down; approves

6. _______ avoid possible embarrassment, Tom ______ignores her former girlfriend whenever he sees her.

A. In order to; deliberately B. As to; intentionally C. So as to; purposely D. So that to; on purpose

7. In the murder case, the suspect ______ all the charges against him, so the police had to collect new evidence and ______ new strategies to prove that he was guilty of the crime.

A. refused; employ B. rejected; apply C. denied; employ D. turned down ; use

8. Reporters are _______ to get all facts straight, present their stories fairly and never give opinions that are objective.

A. believed B. supposed C. thought D. considered

9. The idea of your article is quite original but the language needs _______ a little.

A. being polished B. to be rewritten C. rewriting D. to be polished

10. If you want to start your own photographing company, you’d employ someone who knows _______, which can contribute to the success of your business.

A. the tricks of the trade B. the trades of the trick C. the tricks of trade D. tricks of the trade

11. I once worked in the English Department in the university but I got laid off because I _____ the courses required for further education. Meanwhile my colleagues were still there, ______ easy money.

A. hadn’t taken; making B. didn’t take; making C. hadn’t taken; made D. didn’t take; made

12. Experiment after experiment, they tried to acquire the _____evidence and ______ data

needed to solve the technical problem.

A. concise; accurate B. precise; concise C. adequate; accurate D. enough; concrete

13. The police were _______ what the boy had confessed because _______ he couldn’t have committed the crime all by himself.

A. doubtful about; as he was strong B. in doubt of; strong though he was

C. curious about; though he was young D. skeptical of; young as he was

14. The work of professional sectaries is so ______ that few people like to apply for it; it demands of not only high working efficiency bust also ______ available all the time. As a result, they are ______ great demand.

A. demanding; being; in B. demanded; being; in C. demanding; be; in D. tiring; being; of

15. The quality of a processed food largely ______ the raw material and the way it _______.

A. relies on; processes B. depends on; processes C. depends on; is processed D. decides on; is processed

16. The fifth edition of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language _______six months ______ the time previously set.

A. published; a head of B. was published; advanced C. came out; in front of D. came out; ahead of

17. Hardly had we got the project completed before the deadline when I _______ that a group of experts would come to _______ it. But to my disappointment, the so-called experts seemed to be totally amateurs to me.

A. was informed of; assess B. was informed; inspect C. was told; value D. became informed; see

18. If you want to be engaged in the security section of our department, you will have to ______ your freedom limited to some degree. If you agree to the terms, you can ______ your application form to the personnel office.

A. submit to have; send B. bear to make; carry C. tolerate to have; take D. submit to having; submit

19. The only son of the family was put in a _______ as to whether to stay with his parents or _______ with his sweetheart.

A. dilemma; run away B. position; get away C. situation; put up D. difficulty; break away

20. Just a few months before the examination the lazy bone studied day and night _______ that he should fail.

A. in case B. so long as C. for fear D. on condition

21. As is often the _______, the housewife gives the house a thorough cleaning ________.

A. matter; every two days B. situation; each second day C. same; each two days D. case; every second day

22. Not until you told me what had happened, ________.

A. didn’t I know anything about it B. I knew nothing about it

C. did I know anything about it D. had not I known anything about it

23. Only when _______ in 1941, _______ to get back to his research again.

A. was the war over; was he able B. the war was over; did he able