城院BB平台大学英语1QUIZ4

1、 问题 1得 1 分，满分 1 分  Who helped the young woman find her seat on the bus?所选答案： B.  None of the above.   问题 2得 1 分，满分 1 分  Why couldnt Susan take the bus to work when she first lost her sight?所选答案： C.  She was too frightened to get a

2、round the city by herself.   问题 3得 1 分，满分 1 分  Why did Mark decide to stop driving his wife to work and let her start taking the bus again?所选答案： A.  Because the arrangement didnt help her become strong and independent.   问题 4得 1 分，满分 1 分 &#

3、160;How did Susan initially react to Marks suggestion that she go to work alone?所选答案： D.  She was horrified and felt abandoned.   问题 5得 1 分，满分 1 分  Mark helped Susan get accustomed to taking the bus on her own by doing the following EXCEPT _.所选答案： B. 

4、; standing across the corner watching her as she got off the bus.   问题 6得 1 分，满分 1 分  Why did the driver say that he envied Susan, a blind woman?所选答案： C.  Because she is taken good care of and well protected.   问题 7得 1 分，满分 1 分  W

5、hat can you infer from the text?所选答案： C.  At the age of 33 Susan suffered a major blow to her life.   问题 8得 1 分，满分 1 分  Which of the following best summarizes the message conveyed in the text?所选答案： C.  Love is a powerful gift that conquers all.&

6、#160;  问题 9得 1 分，满分 1 分  The Twilight Series have made Robert Pattinson one of the most _ male celebrities (名人) on the screen.所选答案： A.  attractive   问题 10得 1 分，满分 1 分  Hundreds of thousands of people were _ homeless by the earthqu

7、ake.所选答案： D.  rendered   问题 11得 1 分，满分 1 分  Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can _ students math and language skills and improve test scores.所选答案： D.  enhance   问题 12得 1 分，满分 1

8、分  Her employment is _, which gives rise to her financial insecurity.所选答案： A.  temporary   问题 13得 1 分，满分 1 分  _, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.所选答案： C.  Frustration   问

9、题 14得 1 分，满分 1 分  Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, _ will and creative imagination, giving us the ultimate freedom to choose and change.所选答案： B.  independent   问题 15得 1 分，满分 1 分  Michelle Obama left her job at a

10、 law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to _ in their communities.所选答案： C.  volunteer   问题 16得 1 分，满分 1 分  Many of the workers in mining industry work in low-paid, _ conditions.所选答案： A.  insecure 

11、  问题 17得 1 分，满分 1 分  Several incidents of bomb threat alerted the airport and they began to review their security _.所选答案： B.  arrangement   问题 18得 1 分，满分 1 分  Women are not the weaker sex - they may appear _ physically, but not emotionally.

12、所选答案： D.  fragile   问题 19得 1 分，满分 1 分  Paul the “psychic” octopus (章鱼) has become an international phenomenon after successfully _ the results of eight games in the World Cup.所选答案： B.  predicting   问题 20得

13、1 分，满分 1 分  The bloodshed did not force the revolutionists to _ their ideal; on the contrary, it led them to define precisely the conditions for its realization.所选答案： C.  abandon   问题 21得 1 分，满分 1 分  We owe a great debt of _ to the soldiers who have

14、sacrificed much to ensure the freedom of our nation.所选答案： D.  gratitude   问题 22得 1 分，满分 1 分  Children under 14 must be _ by an adult to watch this movie.所选答案： C.  accompanied   问题 23得 1 分，满分 1 分  _ and filial piety

15、(孝顺) are among the core virtues of Confucianism, although they may potentially conflict each other.所选答案： C.  Loyalty   问题 24得 1 分，满分 1 分  Children who _ parents or who don't want to leave home are hindered in their emotional, psychological g

16、rowth.所选答案： C.  cling to   问题 25得 1 分，满分 1 分  Some animals, like the chameleon, have a remarkable ability to change their skin color to _ the changing environments.所选答案： D.  adapt to   问题 26得 1 分，满分 1 分  In the

17、 Small-Commodity Market of Yiwu, one can hardly find any _ goods; the merchants there only deal with wholesalers.所选答案： C.  retail   问题 27得 1 分，满分 1 分  Foxconn Technology Group in Shenzhen pledged to increase the number of psychological _ in response to the sta

18、ffs suicide attempts.所选答案： A.  consultants   问题 28得 1 分，满分 1 分  The British Pavilion at Shanghai Expo is not only an architectural _, but also environmentally friendly.所选答案： C.  novelty   问题 29得 1 分，满分 1 分  Iran ann

19、ounced its progress in the program of enriched uranium, a key _ of nuclear weapons.所选答案： B.  component   问题 30得 1 分，满分 1 分  The Art of War by Sunzi in the Warring states period is the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for military _.所

20、选答案： C.   strategies   问题 31得 10 分，满分 10 分  D         Department stores are in trouble. They face a clear choice: A _ or die,as consumers demand a more interesting and B _ experience while shoppi

21、ng.In the new century, department stores face increasing C _ from specialty retailers and discounters, such as Wal-Mart and Target. Four times as many households visit D _ stores as department stores. What they need, according to retail experts, is to adopt a new E 

22、;_, which will recast the old sleepy style into a new, interesting and different retailing experience.The UK group Selfridges, a typical example of this recast working, F _ more floor space to vendors, allow them to design their own booths and encourage them to be more G _. Their

23、 strategy has brought back excitement and novelty and is really H _ the customers.How to develop in a sector which is essentially not growing is the I _ department stores face. But many industry observers believe if they adapt, they will J _.所选答案：D   

24、0;     Department stores are in trouble. They face a clear choice:  adapt _ or die,as consumers demand a more interesting and  stimulating _ experience while shopping.In the new century, department stores face increasing  competition&#

25、160;_ from specialty retailers and discounters, such as Wal-Mart and Target. Four times as many households visit  discount _ stores as department stores. What they need, according to retail experts, is to adopt a new  approach _, which will recast the old sleepy style i

26、nto a new, interesting and different retailing experience.The UK group Selfridges, a typical example of this recast working,  rent _ more floor space to vendors, allow them to design their own booths and encourage them to be more  creative _. Their strategy has brought

27、back excitement and novelty and is really  seducing_ the customers.How to develop in a sector which is essentially not growing is the  challenge _ department stores face. But many industry observers believe if they adapt, they will  survive _.   

28、;问题 32得 2 分，满分 2 分  Testing has replaced teaching in most public schools. My own childrens school week is focused on pretests, drills, and retests. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any her school textbooks all the way through. And teac

29、hers are often heard to state proudly and openly that they teach to the state test. Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some sensible methods of assessment (评估) to discover whether stu

30、dents have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to reverse the process. First one looks at a test. Then one draws the skills needed not to master, say, reading, but to do well on the test. Finally, the test skills are taught. The ability to read or write or calculate might imply the abi

31、lity to do reasonably well on standard tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparation for a test of a skill with the acquisition of that skill. Too many discussions of basic skills make this fundamenta

32、l confusion because people are test obsessed rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught. Recently many schools have faced with what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple terms, the phenomenon of students with grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read. These students are good at t