基础综合英语填空题

填空题Unit 1 1.This research seems to lend some validityto the theory that the drug might cause cancer . 2.In a number of developing countries , war has been an additional impediment to progress . 3.Anthea was about to play her trump card : without her signature none of the money could be released . 4.I flunked my second year exams and was lucky not to be thrown out of college . 5.I didn't want to lose my composure in front of her . 6.The management did not seem to consider office safety to be a priority. 7.For three hours a committee of state senators listened to a parade of local residents giving their opinions. 8.Thousands of lives will be at stakeif emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon. 9.Brierley's book has the meritof being both informative and readable . 10.I think there was a conspiracyto keep me out of the committee . Unit 2 1.It is not easy for Chinese people to respond properly to others' compliments and equally difficult for them to accept criticisms gracefully. 2.We should be truly thankful to Mr Deng XiaoPing for taking the plungeand initiating the economic reform in china . 3.Unfortunately ,television studio are strangely designed and dressing -rooms are often miles away from the studios ,so we had to find a place where she and her entouragecould relax in comfort without the need to climb stairs . 4.What is the use of whining aboutyou bad luck ?It is more important to find the real cause of your misfortune . 5.The rising real estate prices thwarted(阻碍)his ambition of owning a house of his own in the big city. Disappointed, he returned to his hometown . 6.The old women sat silently beside her collapsed house ,her eyes brimming with tears and hatred . 7.He writes clearly and lightheartedly about the 100 best rivers and gives his expert advice on how to navigatetheir reaches . 8.Outside the forest the snow was already six inches deep and growing steadily , relentlesslydeeper . 9.There is no doubt that his duty extends to informing his patient ,if asked ,of the nature of his illness and its likely prognosis. 10.Those who are climbing the career ladder fast may use alcohol as a booster to help them to achieve,and those who recognize that that they have failed to reach the top may also turn to alcohol ,in an attempt to bolstertheir failing self-image. 11.A typically Chinese countryside house is one whose eaves protrude over the wall. 12.The ship came back from the region that had just been attacked by a strange disease.Thus the health officials placed all its crew in quarantine. Unit 3 1.Given the sophistication of modern machines, there is little that requires manual labor . 2.After the police released their report ,John was exonerated from all responsibility for the accident . 3.The world constructed by online games seems to many youngsters a reasonable surrogatefor "real life ",although what they see is not real in the least . 4.In a speech at the Congress ,the president extolled(赞美)the virtues of free enterprise andexpressed his distaste for the blatant hegemony in IT industry . 5.He soon became notorious because he enjoyed deriving perversesatisfaction from embarrassing people . 6.I endorseeverything that has been said from both side of the House in support and admiration of him and of the courage and fortitude that he and his family have displayed. 7.The opposition members of the parliament deridedthe government 's response to the crisis . 8.The poor women was defraudedof her money by a dishonest accountant . 9.The other guests were stunned into silence as h began swinging into the gaggle of giggling photographers and kicking at them frantically . 10.Back to the us,the sly businessman was faced with racketeeringcharges that may send him to life imprisonment . Unit 4 1.It is certainly undemocratic ,and many people are beginning to feel that it borders on the unconstitutional . 2.Traditionally ,organizations are constructed pyramidally; with a hierarchymost powerful at the top and progressively less so as the pyramid spreads downwards . 3."No theory explains everything ,"she remarks . Yet it is just the desire to explain everything which is the spur of theory . 4.The archaeologist in the film knew that there was a curseupon anyone who entered the pyramid . 5.I have always believed tourism has an important part to play in the spreading of understanding between countries ,as well as being a catalyst for economic development . 6.Her body looked diminished,almost shriveled in the huge chair ,and her hands on the arms began very gently to shake . 7.The talks will not be easy and the fundamental differences between the parties remain as potentially irreconcilableas ever . 8.A real love song is infinitely more appropriate for Christmas than a trashy song cooked up as a commercial gimmick . 9.A local builder offered to knock down the remain of the house in exchange for the materials he could salvage. 10.Edward now wore the manic look of some animal transferred into the wrong environment ,as though he might run amok,or bite . 11.Alan attempted to read every press clipping ,interview anyone who ever knew the movie star ,and cobble togethera book out of it . 12.Some sociologists tend to bemoanthe loss of community in the face of modern urbanism ;there is a wistful longing for the past in their analysis of the modern word . Unit 5 1."You just can't escape the fact that we're in a transformationalperiod,"Cole said,"The old way is not survivable.Investors,managers and laborers all have accepted that big things have to be done." 2.I think you've just put your finger on the biggest problem facing the Conservative party in this election. 3.The great conundrumof my life is that my public career continues to flourish and expand even at a time when the music I love,the music I write ,the music Ichampion,the music on which I am the world's leading expert,is utterly out of fashion in every segment of musical society. 4. Flummoxedby the surreality of history and the mind boggling changes unleashed in the 60s,many writers in that era becameminimalists,withdrawing,turtlelike,inside their own homes and heads. 5.Hannah Arendt's clear message is directed at the citizens of democratic societies that the raison d'etre of politics is freedom. 6.According to a survey of college graduates recently released by the government's Council of Labor Affairs(CLA),the average starting monthly salary for college graduates in 2006 decreased,which reveals stagnation in economy. 7.Financial incentives are said to exist where an agent can expect some form of material reward-especially money-in exchange for acting in a particular way. 8.Girls from dalit families,the lowest in the caste hierarchy in India have the yearning for formal school education. 9.The heated argument is getting out of control,And it must be admitted thatChallenger is provocativein the last degree,but Summerlee has an acid tongue,which makes matters worse. 10.Malaiseis a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness,an “out of sorts ”feeling,often the first indication of an infection or other disease. Unit6 1.In the following week,the question reiterated itself in his mind ,but he was incapable of answering it. 2.We were very rapidly using up a certain kind of irreplaceable asset, namely the tolerance margins which our benignnature always provides. 3.A disruptiveinnovation is a technological innovation, product, or service that eventually overturns the existing dominant technology or status quo product in the market. 4.The fiscalincome of Tibet Autonomous Region hit 1.06 billion yuan in the first six months of 2007, an increase of 26.7 percent year-on-year, according to sources with the region’s statistics bureau. 5.We apologize for the sluggishnessof Type Pad-powered sites this morning,and we’re working to resolve the hardware problem that’s causing it. 6.The office boy tried to dissipatethe smoke by opening a window of the meeting room. 7.The concept that people are born equal is embodiedin the American Constitution. 8.Victoria Beckham hasn’t quite picked up on all US custom, and incurred the wrath of a waitress for allegedly failing to leave a tip. 9.He complains about his own staff as well, those who are not subduedinto silence. 10, Speeches or statements made in pubic that vilifypeople because of their race, homosexuality, transgender status or HIV or AIDS status in this state are against the laws. Unit7 1.Brenda rose to stardom as an actress last year, which shocked Hollywood. 2.Mr. Bush ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly. 3.It is ludicrous to suggest that I was driving under the influence of alcohol. 4.The professor trashed Conservative's proposals as well as Liberal's. 5.A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on a list of topsellers. 6.Politicians are always pontificating about education. 7.Out of the public's expectation, President declared that he had no intention to publish his memoirs. 8.He was asked to be the overseerof the project. 9.Unsatisfied with the ruling, he had a squabble with the referee. 10.He hurled a chair across the set, smashing the lamp and vases. Unit8 1.We must give tribute to all those who helped make this a free country. 2.The new residential blocks were skillfully integrated with the rest of the College to form a pleasing ,self-contained whole. 3.His wife's encouragement was the spur he needed to succeed. 4.This article is an eulogy to the royal family. 5.The Washington Monument was built to perpetuate the memory of a great man. 6.No one knew what might happen to him.There was an ominous silence in the room. 7.The painting glowed with beautiful autumn tints. 8.The psychiatrist was charged with violating professional ethics by talking about his patients. 9.Is this an accepted moral code in your country? 10.She shouted “hello”,and listened for the echo.