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Online Exercise 3I. Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1The company can very well _ their vast reserves to pay for the project. a. work off b. derive from c. stick to d. draw on 2Can you spare me some fuel? Ive _ mine. a. got rid of b. sprung up c. done away with d. run out of 3It is quite _ trying to convince such a stubborn man of his mistake. a. futile b. lucrative c. justified d. fertile 4People take different attitudes towards work. Some people think it a pleasure to work, but others think it a(n) _ to work 8 hours a day. a. burden b. honor c. terrorism d. endurance 5He is right _, but I dont quite agree with him. a. in a way b. in the way c. by the way d. in no way 6It was _ a surprise when I saw all of them standing there waiting for me. a. anything of b. nothing but c. something of d. everything of 7At that time, the railroad system was _ so that the factory couldnt get the raw material they needed. a. declined b. paralyzed c. offended d. discouraged 8People who buy cars, furniture, etc. through the rent-purchase system are _ until they have completed their payments. a. in danger b. in effect c. in debt d. in error 9Good fruit is _ just now, and costs a lot. a. abundant b. scarce c. excessive d. sufficient 10Climate is especially important _ articles that are readily affected by moisture. a. in case b. in case of c. in any case d. in the case of 11Mr. Foster tried to get Parliament to approve a new law which would make hunting that consisted of _ a fox across the countryside with a group of specially trained dogs illegal . a. pressing b. pursuing c. persecuting d. provoking 12It was the old-world politeness that _ me to go on with the unbearable conversation with him. a. obliged b. controlled c. strained d. upset 13I like talking to _ customers, informing them of the new products of our factory. a. potential b. physical c. preceding d. productive 14The bad news _ the woman unable to go on working. a. retreated b. resided c. submerged d. rendered 15As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to _ at an increasing rate. a. strike up b. speed up c. spring up d. bring up 16Some experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse; however, some _ experts think the auto is here to stay. a. optimistic b. pessimistic c. beneficial d. terrorist 17Though he could _ the clock _, he couldnt reassemble it. a. break.down b. take.down c. break.up d. take.apart 18I chose to study at a liberal-arts(文科）university with the intention of becoming a technical genius and sensitive humanist（人文学者）all in one. But soon my noble ideals crashed into _. a. reality b. installation c. capacity d. cooperation 19Their demand for a pay raise has not the slightest _ of being met. a. prospect b. priority c. prosperity d. permission 20Bill found out that oil does not _ in water. a. mingle b. blend c. dissolve d. spray II. Cloze Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) . You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.For the past two years, I have been working on students evaluation of classroom teaching. I have kept a record of informal conversations _21_ some 300 students from at _22_ twenty-one colleges and universities. The students were generally _23_ and direct in their comments _24_ how course work could be better _25_. Most of their remarks were kindly _26_ with tolerance rather than bitternessand frequently were softened by the _27_ that the students were speaking _28_ some, not all, instructors. Nevertheless, _29_ the following suggestions and comments indicate, students feel _30_ with things-as-they-are in the classroom.Professors should be _31_ from reading lecture notes. “It makes their _32_ monotonous.”If they are going to read, why not _33_ out copies of the lecture? Then we _34_ need to go to class. Professors should _35_ repeating in lectures material that is in the text-book. “_36_ weve read the material, we want to _37_ it or hear it elaborated on, _38_ repeated.” “A lot of students hate to buy a _39_ text that the professor has written _40_ to have his lectures repeat it.”21. A) involvingB) countingC) coveringD) figuring22. A) bestB) leastC) lengthD) large23. A) reservedB) hard-workingC) politeD) frank24. A) overB) atC) onD) of25. A) presentedB) submittedC) describedD) written26. A) receivedB) addressedC) madeD) taken27. A) occasionB) truthC) caseD) fact28. A) onB) aboutC) atD) with29. A) thoughB) whetherC) asD) if30. A) dissatisfiedB) unsatisfactoryC) satisfiedD) satisfactory31. A) interferedB) interruptedC) discouragedD) disturbed32. A) voicesB) soundsC) pronunciationD) gestures33. A) holdB) leaveC) dropD) give34.