大学英语(3)选择题
1. As people’s living standards improve, the health and beauty business is
______ with more sophisticated products than ever before. A. astonishing B. flourishing C. exaggerating D. diminishing
2. The ______ of older persons is relatively low in developing countries, but
it is growing much faster than in the west.
A. addition B. majority C. percentage D. statistic
2Makers of consumer electronics will pay for environmental sanitation services to collect and ______ used refrigerators, computers and televisions under the new rules. A. discharge B. distribute C. Dispose of D. deal with
3. As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ran contrary to the
principles of the WTO, the government decided to ______ them as soon as possible.
A. Abolish B. Accomplish C. Distinguish D. Establish
4. As the semester is drawing to an end, the student union is calling on all
the students to ______ the temptation to cheat on exams.
A. refuse B. reject C. resist
D. resolve
5. In the last few years, the Internet and the World Wide Web have become
______ words; almost everyone has heard of them.
A. family B. home C. house D. household
6. Vicki never worried or hesitated about anything, she just ______ it and
almost always got whatever she wanted.
A. went by B. went for C. went over D. went with
7. The reason 800 million people go hungry today is not that there isn’t
enough food in the world, ____ that these people cannot get the food anyway.
A. but B. despite C. even D. except
8. As she matured as an artist, she ______ realize that “all artists are a
product of their culture”.
A. came to B. kept to C. took to D. went to
9. My son failed to come back home last night. This morning the police came to
our house and ______ my worst fears that he was injured in a car accident.
A. advocated B. confirmed C. insured D. promised
10. Because of the mad cow disease, the European Union _ a worldwide
Ban on British beef and beef product exports. A. challenged B. charged C. forged D. imposed
11. The exhibition at the Shanghai Science and Technology Center _____ such
endangered animals as the giant panda and the Siberian tiger and describes the work being done to protect them.
A. detects B. exploits C. features D. demonstrates
12. A computer file is a collection of ______ data, used to organize the
storage and processing of data by computer.
A. electrical B. artificial C. electronic D. genuine
13. To protect the environment, scientists and engineers are researching ways
to _________ electricity more cheaply from such renewable energy sources as the wind and sun.
A. generate B. manufacture C. construct D. transform
14. In social dancing, the participants dance for their own pleasure rather
than for the ______ of an audience.
A. appreciation B. entertainment C. leisure D. temptation
15. Wireless waste from cell phones, pocket PCs, and music players ____ special
problems because they have toxic chemicals in batteries and other components.
A. expose B. commit C. pose D. transport
16. Scientists have discovered many planets orbiting distant stars, all are
______ to life.
A. unlikely B. unfriendly C. forbidden D. vulnerable
17. A healthy and better-educated new generation is a ______ for sustainable
economic and social development of all countries.
A. guarantee B. security C. demand D. target
18. Parks and open spaces are essential to the quality of life in dense ______
areas such as New York City.
A. agricultural B. rural C. suburban D. urban
19. My trip to the small village under the control of the enemy fire was full
of delays and difficulties, but I eventually ______.
A. got by
B. turned it over C. hit the sack D. made it
20. For traditional Chinese painters, fame and fortune come late, and it is
______ for artists to hold their first exhibitions when they are over seventy years old.
A. hardly common B. less frequent C. not unheard of D. just usual
21. A remote-controlled bomb exploded outside a hotel near the town square
yesterday, ______ at least 12 people.
A. having been injured B. having injured C. injured D. injuring
22. When energy is converted from one form to another, some energy is always
lost as heat. ______, no energy conversion is ever 100% efficient.
A. In other terms B. In other words C. In another way D. In some way
23. While freshmen are considered part of the academic elite, some of them
appear to lack common sense ______ following traffic regulations.
A. coming to B. when coming to C. when it comes to D. when they come to
24. A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough
______ a fair deal afterwards.
A. being given B. been given C. given D. to be given
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