新世纪大学英语二级 U6 带答案

Unit 6 Part 15 Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: For each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete each sentence.

1.  The senior librarian at the circulation desk promised to get the book for me __________ she should remember who last borrowed it.

  A. ever since

  B. if only

  C. much as

  D. even though

Correct answer: B

2.  As is known to us, human behavior is mostly a product of learning, __________ the behavior of animals depends mainly on instinct.

  A. whenever

  B. whether

  C. whichever

  D. whereas

Correct answer: D

3.  For him to be reelected in the election year, what is essential is not whether his policy works but whether the public believe that it __________.

  A. does

  B. is

  C. do

  D. are

Correct answer: A

4.  I got a terrible headache today, and my pain __________ apparent, for the moment I walked into my office this morning, the first man I met asked sympathetically.

  A. must be

  B. had to be

  C. had been

  D. must have been

Correct answer: D

5.  According to the contract, if the building project __________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.

  A. being completed

  B. is completed

  C. to be completed

  D. completed

Correct answer: C

6.  Many economists believe that advertising helps increase competition, __________ leads to lower price, thus benefiting consumers and the economy as a whole.

  A. what

  B. that

  C. which

  D. when

Correct answer: C

7.  According to the economist, industrial management __________ the most prominent business management in China for the past few decades.

  A. has been

  B. had been

  C. was

  D. be

Correct answer: A

8.  Many educators feel that __________ students gain more confidence in themselves and their abilities, they are less likely to cheat on exams.

  A. least

  B. so

  C. hence

  D. as

Correct answer: D

9.  The salesperson said to the client, "Your new product __________ so well but for a lot of advertisements we put on the television and the Internet."

  A. should not sell

  B. had not sold

  C. should not be sold

  D. would not have been sold

Correct answer: D

10.  We did not know it was a small casual party only with our friends; if we did, we __________ so formally as we usually do when going to a formal one.

  A. needn't have dressed up

  B. needn't dress up

  C. did not need have to dress up

  D. did not need dress up

Correct answer: A

11.  To live in a family __________ native language is English is the ideal way to further improve one's English and to gain insight into a new culture.

  A. what

  B. that

  C. which

  D. whose

Correct answer: D

12.  The report stated that __________ a result of environmental tobacco smoke, thousands of nonsmokers die of lung cancer each year and thousands more suffer from a lot of illnesses.

  A. to

  B. with

  C. as

  D. for

Correct answer: C

13.  According to this understanding of love and family, individuals try to go through a series of different romantic relationships, pursuing __________.

  A. as great happiness as possible

  B. as great as happiness possible

  C. as great happiness as is possible

  D. as great happiness as possible is

Correct answer: A

14.  __________ somewhat ambitious as well as naive, they decided to extend their graduate education by attending a prestigious university in New York City.

  A. To be

  B. Were

  C. Being

  D. Be

Correct answer: C

15.  The future of this company is __________ as many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable IT business.

  A. at odds

  B. at stake

  C. in suspicion

  D. in vain

Correct answer: B

16.  The police got the order to fire tear gas into the crowd to __________ the protectors; in addition they had arrested some of the radicals.

  A. scatter

  B. attribute

  C. spread

  D. stretch

Correct answer: A

17.  After her appointment __________ this important position, she had to work in the office until late in the evening and had no time for her former friends.

  A. with

  B. at

  C. over

  D. to

Correct answer: D

18.  Mike's strong desire to __________ his elder sister and win a Christmas prize from their father was the driving force for him to do well in school.

  A. overcome

  B. overlook

  C. overtake

  D. overwhelm

Correct answer: C

19.  One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships __________ follow traffic rules in the busy harbors.

  A. randomly

  B. dutifully

  C. faithfully

  D. respectfully

Correct answer: B

20.  There are often bitter quarrels between the two, but the husband and wife can always __________ each other's demands to live together with ardent love.

  A. reconcile

  B. adjust

  C. modify

  D. vary

Correct answer: A

21.  Jack doesn't know what to __________ after the university as he just cannot make up his mind; besides jobs are rare in the economic recession.

  A. take in

  B. take over

  C. take after

  D. take up

Correct answer: D

22.  I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a __________ character, which had a hidden intension in whatever he did or said.

  A. suspicious

  B. conscious

  C. skeptical

  D. envious

Correct answer: A

23.  Ricky's embarrassment when he met his teachers was __________; his ears turned bright red and he kept looking down on the ground.

  A. obvious

  B. acute

  C. keen

  D. severe

Correct answer: A

24.  When I __________ my senses after the earthquake, I found myself wrapped up in bed in a little room, with my colleagues and family bending over me.

  A. took to

  B. woke up

  C. came to

  D. picked up

Correct answer: C

25.  It was a shock to me that the chairman of the board should __________ me to dismiss the good employees the firm can no longer afford to employ.

  A. press

  B. compel

  C. impose

  D. pose

Correct answer: B

26.  Stella held her ground against several attempts to __________ her as secretary of the club, insisting that no one could have done the job better than her.

  A. transmit

  B. shift

  C. remove

  D. cancel

Correct answer: C

27.  It is through learning and accumulated experience that the individual __________ many appropriate ways of reacting to different situations.

  A. acquires

  B. retains

  C. preserves

  D. achieves

Correct answer: A

28.  These areas rely on agriculture almost __________, having few mineral resources and a minimum of industrial development.

  A. respectively

  B. separately

  C. extraordinarily

  D. exclusively

Correct answer: D

29.  The goal of the university is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable __________ his financial conditions.

  A. in terms of

  B. regardless of

  C. with respect to

  D. in accordance with

Correct answer: B

30.  Roy was too polite to laugh in anyone's face so he did his utmost to __________ his laughter at his friend's inappropriate remarks.

  A. suppress

  B. distress

  C. oppress

  D. impress

Correct answer: A

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