第一章 单元测试

1、单选题:
As the gender barriers ________, the number of women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid-20th century.
选项:
A:crumbled
B:crushed
C:crush
D:crumbling
答案: 【crumbled

2、单选题:
With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop can _____ customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance.
选项:
A:discern
B:concern
C:discerning
D:consider
答案: 【discern

3、单选题:
His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to _______ his personal goals.
选项:
A:surpass
B:surpassed
C:surprise
D:surpassing
答案: 【surpass

4、单选题:
He is a man with a(n) ______ business sense. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.
选项:
A:show
B:shrewd
C:shine
D:showing
答案: 【shrewd

5、单选题:
The ______ of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s.
选项:
A:conversation
B:converse
C:considerate
D:conversion
答案: 【conversion

6、单选题:
I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to _______ the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled.
选项:
A:distort
B:distorted
C:distorting
D:discuss
答案: 【distort

7、单选题:
Sixty-two and blessed with his mother's skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as ______ as a man in his forties.
选项:
A:radiate
B:radiant
C:radiation
D:radiating
答案: 【radiant

8、单选题:
French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but _______ code which has had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind.
选项:
A:ingenious
B:incident
C:inside
D:incent
答案: 【ingenious

9、单选题:
The senators didn't expect us to ask such tough questions, and when we finally did, they got ______ and didn't know what to say.
选项:
A:stumping
B:stamp
C:stumped
D:stump
答案: 【stumped

10、单选题:
This newly established university supports the ______ that a more diverse higher education system is desirable since it would enhance opportunities for lifelong learning.
选项:
A:posing
B:proposition
C:position
D:pose
答案: 【proposition

第二章 单元测试

1、单选题:
We need to improve the quality of education so that our children will not leave school _______ in literary and reasoning skills.
选项:
A:deficiency
B:deprive
C:deficient
D:deprived
答案: 【deficient

2、单选题:
In a society governed by the rule of law, every citizen is subject to possible ______ if he violates the law.
选项:
A:prospect
B:prosecution
C:prosecute
D:prosecuting
答案: 【prosecution

3、单选题:
The pay gap between average workers and top corporate officers has led to public ______ as executives receive large packages despite falling share prices.
选项:
A:outrage
B:outstanding
C:outing
D:outrun
答案: 【outrage

4、单选题:
The delicious meal ________ our hunger and made us feel warm again after having walked in the snow all day.
选项:
A:appeasing
B:pleasing
C:appeased
D:please
答案: 【appeased

5、单选题:
The military insists on ________ in many areas, for example, dress and haircut, with the primary objective of promoting group unity.
选项:
A:conform
B:connect
C:conformity
D:conforming
答案: 【conformity

6、单选题:
My daughter used to play with the dog by taking a(n) _______ of its hair and then spending a long time rubbing, combing and twisting it.
选项:
A:standing
B:stand
C:strand
D:stood
答案: 【strand

7、单选题:
When she left for the party, she took great care to make her necklace and shoes _______ her dress.
选项:
A:complement
B:complete
C:completing
D:compliment
答案: 【complement

8、单选题:
It was necessary to provide living places for _______ immigrants passing through the area on their way to more permanent dwellings.
选项:
A:transmitting
B:transcend
C:transmit
D:transient
答案: 【transient

9、单选题:
They had just moved in, so they needed to buy a number of kitchen _______, including a microwave oven, a toaster, and a coffee maker.
选项:
A:appliance
B:appearance
C:apply
D:appliances
答案: 【appliances

10、单选题:
She wanted a beautiful and elegant _______ to attend the wedding of a friend, but couldn't find anything satisfactory in the nearby shops.
选项:
A:outing
B:outside
C:outgoing
D:outfit
答案: 【outfit

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