新标准大学英语综合教程单元测试第1单元答案

1. Leave it to Carlos to think of a(n) solution to our most difficult problem! Your answer Correct answer   ingenious ingenious         2. For me, the biggest   to becoming an astronaut is my poor math skills. Your answer Correct answer   obstacle obstacle         3. I have no idea how much time   since she left—I fell asleep. Your answer Correct answer   elapsed elapsed         4. After college, I travelled through Europe, and the most   thing I saw was the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Your answer Correct answer   impressive impressive         5. , which of the following events happened first? Your answer Correct answer   Chronologically Chronologically         6. Steve is one of the most   people I know; he wants to own his own business by the time he's 25. Your answer Correct answer   ambitious ambitious         7. Jack still acts like a(n)   and thinks everything is a game. Your answer Correct answer   adolescent adolescent         8. A newspaper reader can select what he is interested in and   what he thinks is boring. Your answer Correct answer   skip skip         9. After his plane landed, the prime minister gave a(n)   speech about global warming. Your answer Correct answer   impromptu impromptu         10. I told my parents I wanted to take a year off before going to college, and my suggestion surprisingly met with little  . Your answer Correct answer   resistance resistance         11. The world was shocked by the   death of the young singer. Your answer Correct answer   untimely untimely         12. "How dare you   a direct order? You're a soldier now!" Your answer Correct answer   defy defy         13. She was   disfigured by the fire, but it soon came to represent her determination to succeed in life. Your answer Correct answer   permanently permanently         14. During the World Cup,   in class was down because everyone stayed at home to watch television. Your answer Correct answer   attendance attendance         15. I had five exams last week—it was like one long,   nightmare. Your answer Correct answer   continuous continuous         16. Normally, we   one vote to each member, but this is a special case. Your answer Correct answer   allot allot         17. I can remember feeling very insecure when I was young; I was desperate for my classmates'  . Your answer Correct answer   acceptance acceptance         18. Her final year of school was marked by considerable   as she tried to figure out what to do next. Your answer Correct answer   uncertainty uncertainty         19. I've tried working in the morning, but I find that I'm most   late at night. Your answer Correct answer   productive productive         20. Ernie is a really decent guy; he would never try to   his beliefs on someone else. Your answer Correct answer   impose impose             Section B: Complete each sentence with a suitable word. 21. We don't have the budget to do everything, so I'm afraid your plan will have to go the back burner. Your answer Correct answer   on on         22. All I need is some peace and quiet, and I'll be able to figure   a solution. Your answer Correct answer   out out         23. Brace yourself   some bad news, this doesn't look good. Your answer Correct answer   for for         24. It's all down   you! Don't let us down! Your answer Correct answer   to to         25. The new evidence creates a lot of uncertainty   who really reached America first. Your answer Correct answer   that about         26. I'm only a law school student—I'm hardly   any position to help you with your legal problems. Your answer Correct answer   in in         27. In the back   my mind, I have my doubts about whether he's right for the job. Your answer Correct answer   of of         28. He is having a shot   cooking his own dinner. Your answer Correct answer   at at         29. Jessica had her life mapped   since she was a little girl: college, marriage, children, career. Your answer Correct answer   out out         30. Quick, cram the bag   the bed! Your answer Correct answer   into under             Part II: Banked Cloze Questions 31 to 40 are based on the following passage. For ten years, I lived in the city and loved it. Everything was stable, and I didn't have many worries. Then, within one month, I got a(31) at work and my girlfriend and I decided to get married. Suddenly, my life was in(32) with big changes ahead! The new position at work was wonderful. I was no longer relegated to the(33) . My boss was starting to notice all of my hard work! After a(34) speech about my new responsibilities, my boss took me to my new private office. Fantastic! I didn't have to sit in the(35) of the office anymore, behind the copy machine. I loved my job already. My girlfriend also suggested that we move out of the city and buy a house in the suburbs. We had been city(36) for so long that it was a difficult decision for us to make. On top of that, I was worried about taking out a(37) for the house. My new job paid better, but our resources were still(38) . Finding a down payment would be tough. In the end, we decided to go for it. There's no time like the present, right? With the new job, I could honestly say that I had a(39) career, so it felt right to take the plunge and buy a house. After all these changes, we'd be ready to just relax and enjoy life. So, we took on a honeymoon to the(40) California. Your answer Correct answer (31) promotion promotion (32) transition transition (33) rear sidelines (34) lengthy lengthy (35) sidelines rear (36) dwellers dwellers (37) mortgage mortgage (38) finite finite (39) budding budding (40) coastal coastal           Part III: Reading Comprehension Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage. It would be a fairly accurate statement to say that, when I was in elementary school and high school, I was a painfully shy child. I usually kept to myself, had only a few friends, and rarely spoke in class. My parents were always very busy, so they never pushed me to become more involved in activities and meet more people. I was perfectly happy by myself. I spent much of my time with my nose buried in a book. The only times that I ventured away from the comforts of my bedroom were when I explored the seemingly endless aisles of stocked bookshelves at my favourite bookstore. In retrospect, it was no surprise that I read with such an incredible appetite. Reading was my escape. My favourite books were adventure and travel stories—stories that brought the readers to exotic, unexplored, or dangerous places. These were places I longed to go, and they were adventures I yearned to experience, but I knew it was all just a fantasy. I had a hard time working up the nerve to talk to a fellow classmate, I knew there was no way I could travel around the world and live out one of these adventures. Therefore, I read. I read every book I could find that promised adventure, excitement, or escape. By the time I graduated from high school, I had probably read more books than our school had in its library. It was quite an achievement, but no one knew about it except for me. I told no one because I had no one to tell. My only friend was Justin, and that relationship only existed because we had been next-door neighbours for fifteen years. Like most of my classmates, I applied to college and eventually worked up the courage to go. It wasn't easy. I had lived at home with my parents my whole life, and I rarely ever thought about leaving. However, it had finally become inevitable; I couldn't stay with them forever. I attended a local college and moved out to live in a dormitory with a roommate. It would be an understatement to say that I was nervous. I was terrified. My roommate's name was Greg, and the first few weeks of school were very awkward. He kept trying to start conversations and be friendly. I was able to answer his questions, of course, but I found it difficult to keep the conversation going. I just wasn't used to it—I had no practice at this sort of thing. Then one day I returned from an afternoon class and found him reading a Jack London book. Suddenly, I found that I had a hundred questions to ask Greg. Did he like Jack London? Which was his favourite book? Did he read a lot? What other authors did he like? The list was endless. To my surprise, Greg was also in love with adventure and travel books. One of his dreams was to travel around the world and follow in the footsteps of some of history's greatest explorers. There must have been magic at work that day. It was as if my shyness suddenly disappeared. Greg and I talked for hours about our favourite books and dreams of travel. I also found it easier to talk to other people at school and make friends since that day. I felt like the world opened up to me. So many things suddenly seemed possible. In fact, Greg and I are planning a great adventure for this summer! It may have taken me a while, but I finally found a way to break out of my shell and start enjoying life.   41. Which of the following is a rite of passage that helped the writer to become less shy?     A. Attending high school.       B. Reading many books.     C. Attending college.       D. Planning a great adventure.   42. In which paragraph does the author compare his desire to read to hunger?     A. Paragraph 1.     B. Paragraph 2.       C. Paragraph 4.       D. Paragraph 5.   43. Which of the following would make the best title for this passage?     A.A Painfully Shy Child       B.My College Life       C.Travels with Greg     D.Breaking Out of My Shell   44. "It would be an understatement to say that I was nervous. I was terrified." What does the writer mean by this statement?     A. He wasn't nervous at all.       B. He was mildly nervous.       C. He was as nervous as usual.     D. He was extraordinarily nervous.   45. Which of the following statements can you infer from the passage?   A. Jack London wrote exciting stories.       B. Jack London wrote dull stories.       C. Jack London wasn't a famous writer.       D. Jack London was the writer's favourite writer.