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《大学英语精读预备级》综合练习册
第一部分
单项选择（1）
I. Multiple choice.
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. There are about 15 hundred languages in the world, but only ____ of them are very important. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
2. He went to his father and asked ___ some money. A. of B. in C. to D. for
3. ____ is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign language. A. This B. That C. It D. As
4. If he, ____ accident, knocks someone, he says “I’m sorry”. A. in B. by C. for D. with
5. ____ different the manners are, people agree that good manners really mean to be kind. A. No matter how B. How C. No matter however D. No matter 6. We ____ for Beijing next week.
A. leave B. leaves C. are leaving D. were leaving 7. I told you ____ trouble me any more.
A to not B. not to C. don’t to D. to don’t 8. I gave him ____ I usually give to a porter.
A. as twice much as B. as much twice as C. as much as twice D. twice as much as
9. It all depends ____ whether or not we have enough money. A. on B. in C. at D. for 10. ____ a waste! When you finish reading the book, you just throw it away. A. How B. Which C. What D. So 11. This is the old kind of school ____ years ago.
A. a hundred of B. hundred of C. hundreds D. hundreds of 12. He ____ up early every morning, but he ____ up late yesterday. A. get…get B. got… got C. gets… got D. got …gets 13. He was hardly inside the door ____ the shopkeeper greeted him. A. when B. than C. as soon as D. if 14. Everybody seemed to turn a ____ eye to him. A. deaf B. mute C. broken D. blind 15. Do you think the tall hat ____ any good to the little man? A. did B. made C. took D. had
16. These odds and ends shouldn’t ____.
A. look forward to B. be looked forward to C. look down upon D. be looked down upon 17. You must ____ good use of your time. A. make B. take C. do D. have 18. She can’t do her exercises ____ she has left her book in the classroom. A. when B. while C. because D. as soon as 19. He had to let ____ his anger somewhere by shouting. A. in B. out C. up D. down 20. We never made ____ progress up the social ladder. A. much C. many C. a great many D. a number of 21. She ____ go to work by bus.
A. used B. used to C. is used to D. use to 22. I found a place, ____ myself, and reached for the menu. A. seat B. seating C. seated D. to seat 23. Do you enjoy ____ beside me? A. to sit B. sat C. sitting D. sit 24. It isn’t white, such a color needs ____.
A. cleaning B. being cleaned C. cleaned D. to clean 25. They seem to be never satisfied ____ they can gain the whole world. A. because B. if C. unless D. once 26. The beggar was ____ excited ____ he could hardly wait. A. such…as B. such…that C. so… as D. so…that 27. Tom writes well; Mary writes ____; but Mike writes ____.
A. well…better B. well… best C. better…better D. better…best 28. ____ poor and unemployed were forced to leave for America. A. A B. The C. These D. Some 29. The people’s government has set ____ a number of colleges in the countryside. A. off B. out C. up D. in 30. Tommy was very poor. He ____ not go to school. A. can B. could C. may D. might 31. The bottle of soap bubble liquid ____ 57 cents. A. spent B. cost C. took D. paid 32. I ____ wrong before.
A. must count B. must have counted C. must be counting D. must be counted 33. He kept the bag ____ so that his sister couldn’t see the modest gift. A. close B. closing C. closed D. to close 34. He was dressed very well, ____ to me.
A. to compare B. compared C. comparing D. compare
35. Such a company collects ____ information about men and women. A. a great deal of B. many C. a great number of D. a few 36. I regretted ____ in my Sunday best.
A. not dressed B. having not dressed C. dressed not D. not having dressed 37. We ____ separate and say good-bye to each other sooner or later. A. bound B. bound to C. are bound to D. are bound 38. It’s impossible ____ us to go on living like this any more. A. of B. to C. about D. for 39. The room is comfortable ____.
A. to live B. to live in C. living D. living in 40. I command that all spindles in my kingdom ____
A. burn B. must burn C. be burned D. must be burned 41. We have learned 500 new words ____.
A. at all B. in all C. for all D. after all
42. He ____ English for six years before he came to our university.
A. studied B. studies C. has studied D. had studied 43. She was tired ____ doing the same thing day after day.
A. of B. for C. at D. in
44. She begged the old woman to allow her to have ____ try.
A. one B. once C. first D. a
45. The two, hand ____ hand, walked into a new world.
A. in B. by C. to D. with
46. People kept on ____ themselves in along the walls or on each other.
A. push B. pushing C. pushed D. to push 47. If Joe Louis lost, my race was ____ help.
A. for B. without C. in D. beyond
48. God Himself hated us and forced us to be ____ of wood and ____ of water.
A. hewers… drawers B. drawers…hewers C. hewers…hewers D. drawers…drawers
49. The only language ____ seems easy to learn is the mother tongue.
A. which B. that C. who D. as 50. Don’t talk or laugh loudly ____ public.
A. in B. on C. at D. for
51. He often helps us ____ our pronunciation.
A. for B. with C. in D. on 52. He made up ____ mind to go at once.
A. him B. himself C. his D. he
53. The odds and ends ____ when the main thing is produced.
A. leave over B. are left over C. leave out D. are left out 54. I am thankful none of us children ever blamed our parents ____ this.
A. of B. about C. with D. for 55. She spent ____ hours reading the story.
A. a piece of B. a pair of C. a couple of D. a bunch of
56. The United States ____ a great advanced country without the labor of those new comers.
A. could not become B. can not become
C. could not have become D. can not have become 57. I went on looking through the papers, and so ____.
A. she did B. did she C. she does D. does she
58. It is bad to be ashamed of one’s own work or to ____ someone else’s.
A. look forward to B. look back on C. look down upon D. look for 59. She had to do all the odd jobs ____ her husband was at war.
A. because B. as soon as C. if D. that 60. She is ill all the year ____.
A. up B. round C. about D. over 61. The bike ____ he bought has been lost.
A. who B. which C. as D. where 62. The news came to my ears quite ____ chance.
A. by B. at C. in D. on
63. The doctor asked what ____ do for us.
A. he could B. could he C. he can D. can he 64. The book cost me only one dollar but it was really ____.
A. worth to read B. worthy reading C. worth reading D. worthy to read
65. The more often a fish is nearly caught, ____ difficult it will be to interest it next time.
A. the B. the more C. more D. the most 66. Are you ready to do ____ the people want us to do?
A. that B. which C. when D. what
67. The Great Wall was so wide that armies could march ____ it.
A. at top of B. on top of C. at the top of D. on the top of
68. Sometimes they spoke lovingly of the country ____ the Flowery Land.
A. as B. like C. for D. of
69. His mother’s life has been so hard that she had finally ____ mad.
A. turn B. come C. gone D. seemed 70. Let’s stop ____ and hand in the paper.
A. writing B. to write C. write D. written
71. Money from the aid program will be used to ____ farmers ____ necessary tools.
A. offer…for B. offer with C. provide… for D. provide…with 72. He mistake is ____ her carelessness.
A. because B. because of C. due to D. cause by
73. A great misfortune ____ the town and everything began to change.
A. creep over B. crept over C. creep on D. crept on
74. There are quite a few books ____ on the subject.
A. write B. writing C. written D. wrote
75. His father ____ say that his aunt brought no glory to the family.
A. is used to B. was used to C. use to D. used to
76. I’ve belonged ____ the union ever since I started working here.
A. in B. on C. to D. at
77. Is it kind to want his aunt to live ____.
A. any longer B. any long C. any more D. any much 78. They consider ____ necessary to change the plan.
A. this B. it C. that things
79. The natives just aren’t ____ the super material.
A. worth B. worthy of C. worth of D. worthy 80. ____ January is the first month of the year.
A. The B. A C. An D. \\
81. ____ happiness may be, it is neither in having nothing or in having more, but in changing.
A. What B. Whatever C. No matter D. No matter whatever 82. Why aren’t there any ____ on the moon?
A. woman astronaut B. woman astronauts C. women astronaut D. women astronauts 83. I made a lot of mistakes in my exercises and the teacher accused me ____.
A. carelessness B. of carelessness C. for carelessness D. in carelessness 84. This pen has not yet ____ its usefulness.
A. overlived B. overweighed C. overloaded D. overpraised
85. These two questions are indeed closely linked with each other, because they have much ____
common.
A. at B. in C. on D. of
86. He always avoids ____ to me in public.
A. talk B. talking C. to talk D. talked 87. I think we ought to ____ the bus to the station.
A. have B. get C. make D. take
88. They have for ____ thought that they can solve all the problems of society.
A. some time B. sometime C. some times D. sometimes
89. On ____ hand, if all the farmers were uneducated, there production would remain low.
A. another B. the other C. others D. the others 90. She is becoming ____ active in sports.
A. much and much B. more and more C. most and most D. the more and more 91. She had carried home her babies who were ____ sleepy to walk.
A. very B. so C. too D. enough
92. I don’t like those envelopes. I like white ____.
A. one B. ones C. that D. those
93. They beat it away or pat the fat ____ it becomes firm.
《大学英语精读预备级》综合练习册,附答案
