book3第4单元 词汇自测.doc

第四单元 词汇测试Part One Building Up Your Vocabulary and Grammar1. She was told to wear flat shoes, her back problem.A. regardless of B. on account of C. in place of D. instead of 2. Hardy has often been criticized for an excessively view of life.A. optimistic B. indifferent C. pessimistic D. dubious3. He is now retired and a pension.A. with B. on C. at D. for4. Although by polio (小儿麻痹症) during the Second World War, Proctor was also a first-rate helmsman.A. enabled B. disabled C. restricted D. confined5. Now he owned the states largest advertising agency and was a director of the bank with strong influence on the board.A. marshal B. general C. veteran D. admiral6. The cause and effect relationship in nature is often subtle and . A. naked B. marked C. pointed D. complicated7. The color of your coat doesnt seem to fall in with your . A. expression B. complexion C. feature D. appearance8. The twins look so much that it is difficult to distinguish between them. A. alike B. likely C. unlikely D. liking9. Patients will be from other people for between three days and one month after treatment.A. departed B. detained C. alienated D. isolated10Pupils should be helped to a positive approach to the environment.A. digest B. absorb C. adopt D. adapt11Levi is best known for work in a very different from what is to be found here.A. pattern B. style C. mode D. model12Green and yellow lights on the surface of the harbor.A. gleamed B. radiated C. blinked D. sparkled13. Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept service long after it should have been replaced.A. at B. on C. in D. under14. Her approval was of importance.A. supreme B. extreme C. optimum D. maximum15. Shes asked to be but the press photographers follow her everywhere.A. left off B. left behind C. left alone D. left for16. It took five strong men to the statue up a ramp and lower it into place.A. haul B. heave C. pry D. heighten17. She has used her to progress to the position she holds today.A. accessories B. values C. wits D. premises18. He died in hospital after being by a car.A. knocked down B. knocked out C. knocked off D. knocked under19. The explosion sent a of smoke thousands of feet into the air.A. flock B. circle C. bunch D. column20. Brazilians know oil can be a as well as a blessing.A. disaster B. disgrace C. curse D. misfortune21. I accept that the romance may have gone out of the marriage, but surely this is of many couples. A. truthful B. true C. loyal D. faithful22. A school dental service exists , but in practice, there are few dentists to work in it. A. in reality B. in theory C. in essence D. in case23. It was a good concert - I enjoyed the last song in . A. special B. especial C. particular D. peculiar24. Many forms of cancer can be cured if early. A. located B. supervised C. detected D. examined25. Shes in her eighties now and to be a bit forgetful. A. immune B. apt C. subject D. preferable26. In politics Britain has preferred to revolution. A. evolution B. resolution C. solution D. dissolution27. Public worries about accidents are threatening the very of the nuclear power industry. A. resistance B. existence C. persistence D. consistence28. The kitchen is of catering for several hundred people. A. composed B. critical C. capable D. competent29. It seemed impossible that anyone could such pain. A. sustain B. undergo C. tolerate D. endure30. His job is not only to of problems but to meet unexpected challenges. A. disclose B. pose C. dispose D. expose Key: 1-5 BCBBC 6-10 DCADC 11-15 CCCAC 16-20 BCADC21-25 BBCCB 26-30 ABCDC Section B Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.At least 90 percent of UFO sightings can be identified as conventional objects, although time-consuming investigations are often necessary for such 31 . The objects most often mistaken for UFOs are bright planets and stars, aircraft, birds, balloons, kites, aerial flares, peculiar clouds, meteors, and satellites. The remaining sightings most likely can be 32 to other mistaken sightings or to 33 reporting, hoaxes, or delusions, although to disprove all claims made about UFOs is impossible.From 1947 to 1969 the U.S. Air Force investigated UFOs as a possible 34 to national security. A total of 12,618 reports was received, of which 701 reports, or 5.6 percent, were listed as 35 . The air force concluded that “no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any 36 of threat to our national security.” Since 1969 no agency of the U.S. government has had any active program of UFO investigation.In 1997 the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) admitted that the U.S. military had 37 the American public in an effort to hide information about high-altitude spy planes. These planes, the Lockheed U-2A and the Lockheed SR-71, accounted for over half of the UFO reports during the late 1950s and 1960s.Some persons nevertheless believe that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft, even though no scientifically 38 evidence supports that belief. The possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations is not the stumbling block; most scientists grant that intelligent life may well exist elsewhere in the universe. A fully 39 UFO photograph of a craftlike object has yet to be taken, however, and the scientific method requires that highl