高二英语练习题(十四)UnitThree & Four
I 单项选择
1. The mayor was charged with ______ his power for personal benefits.
A. applying B. abusing C. taking D. spending
2. Please get prepared. The guests are _______ to arrive in half an hour.
A. decided B. planned C. believed D supposed
3. ______ his drunk driving, he was _______ from driving for two years.
A. Thanks to; stopped B. Due to; kept C. Owing to; banned D. Because of; forbidden
4. Many of the one-family children are so accustomed to ______ that they react violently when they hear something different. A. be praised B. praise C. praising D. being praised 5. Once you get _______ something, it is very hard to ________. A. addicted to; rid yourself of it B. used to; rid yourself of it C. accustomed to; be got rid of it D. addicted to; get away with it 6. You must repay the loan, and any interest that is _____ on it. A. over B. beyond C. due D. account
7. You should have felt ______yourself for not helping the boy who was
struggling desperately for life in the water. .
A. shameful of B. shame with C. ashamed of D. shamed with 8. ---What would you like ______ this Sunday? How about hiking in he mountains?
---I don’t feel like ______in the mountains. I like ______ something else. A. doing; hiking; doing B. to do; to hike; to do C. to do; hiking ; to do D. doing; to hike; to do
9. ________ the trouble they were in, they still managed to help us with
some money.
A. In spite of B. Despite of C. In terms of D. In sight of 10. It is your own matter if you want to take ______of losing your freedom to get rich by illegal means but you shouldn’t put our lives ______. A. a risk; at a risk B. risks;at risk C. the risk; at risk D. risk; at risk
11. Nobody knows for sure what effect the global warming have ______ our environment in the long term. A. of B. with C. for D. on
12. People wondered how such a silly and careless mistakes _______. A. came about B. came out C. was happened D. was brought
13. Every year _____ money and energy is spent on environment protection. A. large quantities of B. a large number of C. a large quantity of D. a plenty of
14. Children growing up in a single parent family ______ to be aggressive and ill-tempered.
A. try B. tend C. attempt D. mean
15. It is reported that the death number ______careless and drunk driving is on the increase in recent years.
A. resulted in B. resulted from C. resulting in D. resulting from 16. I am afraid that our plan won’t be passed at the meeting because the
majority of the board members are said to _______it.
A. against B. oppose to C.be opposed to D.be objected to 17. The past fives years have seen a _______ growth in economy in China. A. still B. steady C. stable D. secret
18. There is a growing _______ among young girls that they choose not to marry. A. idea B. belief C. concept D. tendency
19. People _____ are kind and honest but Tom is not such kind of person ______. A. in general; on the whole B. on the whole; in general C. on the whole; in all D. all in all; in general
20. Eventually, the husband could no longer ______ his wife’s complaints about his inability to make much money, and he divorced her.
A. come up with B. put up with C. stand up with D. bear up with 21. ________ we don’t lose hope, there is still a chance for us to survive the snowstorm.
A. So far as B. for fear that C. So long as D. As soon as 22. I am not appealing for myself. I am appealing ________ the millions and millions of fresh college graduates.
A. on behalf of B. in the opinion of C. with a view of D. in terms of
23. I don’t think the color of the curtains ______ the color of your room perfectly.
A. fixes B. fits C. suits D. appropriates
24. Hearing that he had been appointed _____ general manger of the company, he felt a wave of excitement flooding through his body. A. X B. a C. the D. as the
25. Varieties of household goods are sold here, ________from babies’ toys to old men’s walking sticks.
A. changing B. varying C. ranging D. classifying II.完形填空:
“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,”said our science teacher, Mr. Baker.“You can work alone or with a partner.”
My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects 26 .