13春福建师范大学《英美文学选读》在线作业二

福师《英美文学选读》在线作业二
试卷总分：100
单选题
一、单选题（共 50 道试题，共 100 分。英美文学选读作业策略）
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1. She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would ________ her long effort.
A. justify
B. testify
C. rectify
D. verify
满分：2 分
2. It is clear that lack of education will greatly ____ the laid-off workers from getting a job again.
A. hamper
B. confuse
C. perplex
D. reverse
满分：2 分
3. His talent is quite ____.
A. mere
B. unique
C. single
D. only
满分：2 分
4. We realized that he was under great _________, so we took no notice of his bad temper.
A. excitement
B. stress
C. crisis
D. nervousness
满分：2 分
5. The chairman was blamed for letting his secretary ________too much work last week.
A. take away
B. take out
C. take to
D. take on
此题选: D 满分：2 分
6. Our TV license will ____ next month, so we shall then need a new one.
A. abolish
B. amend
C. expire
D. constrain
满分：2 分
7. My grandfather had always taken a _______interest in my work, and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time.
A. weighty
B. keen
C. vague
D. splendid
满分：2 分
8. When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them ________.
A. off
B. aside
C. out
D. down
满分：2 分
9. We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be _______and go another day.
A. probable
B. reliable
C. flexible
D. feasible
满分：2 分
10. Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will ________ down the economy.
A. put
B. settle
C. drag
D. knock
满分：2 分
11. The very ____ of justice lies in the right of every man to a fair trial.
A. content
B. essence
C. threshold
D. texture
满分：2 分
12. The ____ from childhood to manhood is often a difficult time for a young man.
A. transition
B. transformation
C. transfer
D. transmission
满分：2 分
13. Equipment not______ official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.
A. conforming to
B. consistent with
C. predominant over
D. providing for
满分：2 分
14. As he failed to win the first prize in the badminton match, he had to ____ the second.
A. settle in
B. settle for
C. settle up
D. settle with
满分：2 分
15. His contribution to the program was ____ because 99 percent of the work was completed by his colleagues.
A. invisible
B. negligible
C. appreciable
D. considerable
满分：2 分
16. Mr.Smith asked his secretary to ______a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.
A. invade
B. install
C. insert
D. inject
满分：2 分
17. An increasing proportion of our population ,unable to live without advanced medical ______ ,will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.
A. interference
B. interruption
C. intervention
D. interaction
满分：2 分
18. I can’t ________ what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly picked this morning.
A. figure out
B. draw out
C. look out
D. work out
满分：2 分
19. That was not the first time he ________ us. I think it’s high time we ________ strong actions against him.
A. betrayed…take
B. had betrayed…took
C. has betrayed…took
D. has betrayed…take
满分：2 分
20. .________quantities of water are being used nowadays with the rapid development of industry and agriculture.
A. Extreme
B. Exclusive
C. Extensive
D. Excessive
此题选: D 满分：2 分
21. The Timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in two eastern states in which it once______ .
A. thrived
B. swelled
C. prospered
D. flourished
满分：2 分
22. If you know what the trouble is, why don’t you help them to ________ the situation?
A. simplify
B. modify
C. verify
D. rectify
此题选: D 满分：2 分
23. If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he ________ able to advise you much better than I can.
A. would be
B. will have been
C. was
D. were
满分：2 分
24. If you don’t like to swim, you _____as well stay at home.
A. may
B. can
C. would
D. should
满分：2 分
25. The ____ of the sun almost blinded them.
A. glitter
B. flare
C. sparks
D. glare
此题选: D 满分：2 分
26. Mr. Jackson feels very happy that he has derived a good deal of benefit ____ the investment in the city.
A. with
B. of
C. from
D. upon
满分：2 分
27. Politically these nations tend to be ______,with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy.
A. unsteady
B. unstable
C. rational
D. reluctant
满分：2 分
28. Preliminary estimation puts the figure at around $110 billion, _____ the $160 billion the President is struggling to get through the Congress.
A. in proportion to
B. in reply to
C. in relation to
D. in contrast to
此题选: D 满分：2 分
29. The London Marathon is a difficult race._______, thousands of runners participate every year.
A. Therefore
B. Accordingly
C. Nevertheless
D. Furthermore
满分：2 分
30. A square is a flat area having four sides, any adjacent two sides of which ____ a right angle.
A. make
B. advocate
C. adjoin
D. shape
满分：2 分
31. Radio reception wasn’t very good because of a disturbance in the atmosphere; the announcer’s voice sounded very ____.
A. disputed
B. discarded
C. dismissed
D. distorted
此题选: D 满分：2 分
32. We are quite sure that we can ______our present difficulties and finish the task according to schedule.
A. get away
B. get across
C. get off
D. get over
此题选: D 满分：2 分
33. He is planning another tour abroad ,yet his passport will ______ at the end of this month.
A. expire
B. exceed
C. terminate
D. cease
满分：2 分
34. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4,1826,the fiftieth_ ______of American Independence.
A. ceremony
B. anniversary
C. occasion
D. occurrence
满分：2 分
35. Their marriage came to an end because they were simply not ____ with each other.
A. comparable
B. compatible
C. competitive
D. complacent
满分：2 分
36. The bank refused to ______him any money, so he had to postpone buying a house.
A. loan
B. borrow
C. lease
D. credit
满分：2 分
37. For the new country to survive, ________ for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required.
A. to name a few
B. let alone
C. not to speak
D. let’s say
满分：2 分
38. Yor can hire a bicycle in many places. Usually you‘ll have to pay a _________.
A. deposit
B. deal
C. fare
D. fond
满分：2 分
39. The mayor is a woman with great _______ and therefore deserves our political and financial support.
A. intention
B. instinct
C. integrity
D. intensity
满分：2 分
40. James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _________ until yesterday.
A. will come
B. was coming
C. had been coming
D. came
满分：2 分
41. The director tried to get the actors to _________ to the next scene by hand signals.
A. move on
B. move off
C. move out
D. move along
满分：2 分
42. The portion of the total income of China’s railways which comes from carrying cargo is____80 percent.
A. consequently
B. roughly
C. comparatively
D. incidentally
满分：2 分
43. There are several possible explanations for the greater job____ in Japan in contrast to the great job mobility in the United States.
A. creativity
B. security
C. sensitivity
D. stability
此题选: D 满分：2 分
44. He promised to put ____ a word for me.
A. out
B. down
C. forward
D. in
此题选: D 满分：2 分
45. Astronomers were happy to know that their ____ about stars in the universe were correct.
A. philosophy
B. assumptions
C. descriptions
D. consumptions
满分：2 分
46. Poverty is not ______ in most cities although ,perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas , it is more visible there.
A. rare
B. temporary
C. prevalent
D. segmental
满分：2 分
47. I know he failed his last test, but really he’s _________ stupid.
A. something but
B. anything but
C. nothing but
D. not but
满分：2 分
48. I don’t know if the story is true, but I’ll try to ____ it.
A. verify
B. reinforce
C. identify
D. conform
满分：2 分
49. Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have to install _________ solar heating device in our home.
A. some type of
B. some types of a
C. some type of a
D. some types of
满分：2 分
50. An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by ____ buyers.
A. perspective
B. prospective
C. prosperous
D. profitable
满分：2 分