北京中医药大学《英语3》平时作业3

试卷总分:100  得分:100

一、单选题 (共 100 道试题,共 100 分)

1.I can not afford the car. It is too ________.

A.dear

B.precious

C.previous

D.valuable

2.She _______ with the officer not to give her a ticket.

A.appealed

B.begged

C.pleaded

D.prayed

3.The ________ temperature of the human body is about 37 degree.

A.natural

B.normal

C.common

D.ordinary

4.There is no ________ about the matter. Take your time.

A.emergency

B.urgency

C.use

D.point

5.It is ______ the corner of the room near the window.

A.on

B.for

C.under

D.in

6.He is exhausted _______ the two-hour trip through the mud.

A.from

B.by

C.of

D.with

7.Your composition is quite good ________ some spelling mistakes.

A.beside

B.besides

C.except

D.except for

8.______ the weather was fine, I opened all the windows.

A.As

B.For

C.So

D.Why

9.She asked me _______.

A.whether or not I had finished the job

B.did I finish the job

C.is the job finished or not

D.if or not I have finished the job

10.No sooner had I reached the top of the hill ______ I sat down to rest.

A.when

B.then

C.than

D.until

11.Poor food and lack of exercise _______ the boy is poor health.

A.led to

B.improved

C.contributed to

D.resulted from

12.After a long and hard work, he finally ________ his goal.

A.acquired

B.gained

C.obtained

D.attained

13.You must not let pleasure ________ with your study.

A.interpret

B.interfere

C.interrupt

D.disturb

14.Give them an inch, ________ they will take a mile.

A.then

B.before

C.and

D.but

15.It is hard to ________ her from her sister; they look so alike.

A.say

B.talk

C.tell

D.separate

16.I wrote to ask him how he was getting along ________ his colleagues.

A.with

B.to

C.in

D.on

17.The drought of this spring _________ the crops.

A.effected

B.affected

C.influenced

D.interfered

18.The teacher recommended Jack ________ monitor.

A.for

B.to

C.with

D.as

19.He is so careless that he often ________ to bring his book to class.

A.neglects

B.ignores

C.remembers

D.refuses

20.Enough care should be taken to _______ the express way.

A.retain

B.repair

C.maintain

D.mend

21.The child is still young, so it is hard to say what he will _______ to.

A.become

B.lead

C.change

D.amount

22.You will get a ticket if you ________ the speed limit.

A.excel

B.go beyond

C.go about

D.expand

23.The engine was out of control and now the boat was ________.

A.moving

B.sailing

C.drifting

D.rowing

24.We are _______ our holiday pictures onto a screen so that lots of people can see them clearly at the same time.

A.projecting

B.reproducing

C.developing

D.designing

25.I had some trouble ________ the letter. The boy is handwriting was so poor.

A.to read

B.at reading

C.read

D.reading

26.It is by no ________ easy to finish the work in half an hour.

A.ways

B.means

C.manners

D.methods

27.A word of praise will have a great ________ on a child.

A.emphasis

B.attraction

C.control

D.effect

28.Please ________ your telephone message in writing.

A.justify

B.modify

C.confirm

D.confuse

29.The money is to be used for the _________ of the disabled.

A.benefit

B.profit

C.merit

D.advantage

30.The boy kept bothering me with questions and I could not ________ on what I was reading.

A.decide

B.concentrate

C.comment

D.depend

31.From the hotel there is a good _______ of the mountain.

A.view

B.scene

C.scenery

D.sight

32.People buy insurance in order to ________ a small certain loss for a large uncertain one.

A.replace

B.displace

C.substitute

D.subscribe

33.A good teacher helps _______ a childs character.

A.shapes

B.shape

C.educates

D.educate

34.Do not eat all the cakes now. ________ some for tomorrow.

A.Maintain

B.Preserve

C.Save

D.Conserve

35.Attitudes ______ daydreaming have been changing.

A.towards

B.in

C.over

D.for

36.The girl did not go to sleep ______ her parents came home.

A.until

B.unless

C.when

D.as

37.You will fail in the examination ______ you study harder.

A.unless

B.when

C.if

D.as soon as

38.I like watching TV _______ to the cinema.

A.more than to go

B.rather than to go

C.than going

D.more than going

39.Take an umbrella ______ it rains.

A.in any case

B.in case

C.because

D.for

40.Nothing he did was wrong, ______?

A.was it

B.was not it

C.were they

D.were not they

41.War destroys everything and should be _______ at all costs.

A.avoided

B.ignored

C.defeated

D.conquered

42.Her display of bad temper completely _______ the party.

A.harmed

B.damaged

C.hurt

D.spoilt

43.Young people often desire to ________ from their parents.

A.prevent

B.escape

C.avoid

D.keep

44.The play was very long, but there were two _______.

A.intervals

B.rests

C.spaces

D.spells

45.Microbiology has passed _______ a new phase.

A.away

B.into

C.by

D.out

46.It is three years to _______ since I met you for the first time.

A.this day

B.one day

C.today

D.the day

47.They will be here in 10 minutes. In the ________, we will have some coffee.

A.meantime

B.meanwhile

C.same time

D.future

48.________ he has not come, we will begin our class without him.

A.Now that

B.That

C.Since

D.Once

49.The truck _______ the coal on the ground.

A.poured

B.dumped

C.damped

D.dropped

50.The heat of summer reached its _________ yesterday.

A.climate

B.point

C.best

D.climax

51.When they reach a certain age, army officers ________ from active service.

A.retire

B.retreat

C.reverse

D.remain

52._______ everyone expected, Tom did the best in the competition.

A.Which

B.That

C.As

D.What

53.Shall I give a chocolate to each of the children? It is better ______.

A.not

B.not to

C.not to do

D.not do

54.As a teacher, you should always dress in ________ clothes.

A.beautiful

B.shabby

C.decent

D.bright

55.She _______ music once a week at a middle school.

A.instructs

B.institutes

C.installs

D.insists

56.These slum children were ________ to lives of poverty.

A.determined

B.sure

C.sentenced

D.doomed

57.The noise is _________ until Mary could not stand it any longer.

A.keeping up

B.building up

C.turning up

D.setting up

58.The swimmer ________ from the water and climbed onto the raft.

A.floated

B.arose

C.raised

D.emerged

59.She can not afford a new coat and so will have to ________ the old one.

A.make do with

B.do with

C.be done with

D.do without

60.To our ________, Georges illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.

A.surprised

B.contented

C.relief

D.anxiety

61.It was several months ago that the new TV sets _______ in this shop.

A.emerged

B.offered

C.appeared

D.arose

62.Some students are completely struck down by the ________ of the examination.

A.pressure

B.stress

C.tension

D.influence

63.They are conducting experiments with a dozen _______ monkeys.

A.lively

B.living

C.alive

D.live

64.He would not _______ us into the house.

A.allow

B.permit

C.let

D.ask

65.We are doing all we can to ________ the accident rate.

A.cut off

B.cut down

C.break off

D.break down

66.Somebody borrowed my coat yesterday, ______?

A.did they

B.did not they

C.did he

D.did not he

67.It is known to all ______ metals are mostly used in the form of alloys.

A.for

B.what

C.that

D.because

68.The reason I did not go to France was _______ a new job.

A.because I got

B.due to

C.because of going

D.that I got

69._______ the girls came on the trip.

A.Neither

B.Nobody of

C.None of

D.No one of

70.______ child will find his own personal road to success.

A.Every

B.Each

C.Some

D.The

71.So quickly _______ that we could not catch up with him.

A.he ran

B.did he run

C.he would run

D.ran he

72.________ is of no concern to me.

A.He comes or not

B.If he comes or not

C.Whether he comes or not

D.he will come

73.He was fined because he ________ the speed limit.

A.exceeded

B.excelled

C.hastened

D.overtook

74.A wonderful idea suddenly _______.

A.happened to

B.occurred to

C.stuck to

D.faced up to

75.He said he had not the slightest ________ to accept your invitation.

A.tendency

B.trend

C.tend

D.inclination

76.Some have little power to do good, and have _______ little strength to resist evil.

A.likely

B.otherwise

C.likewise

D.like

77.They very name of Siberia _______ images of exile and bitter hardship.

A.gave up

B.appeared

C.reminded

D.conjured up

78.In studying American English, we must get familiar with the pronunciation and usage ofwords ________ of American.

A.characteristic

B.essential

C.different

D.unique

79.The remote village can not be _______ by telephone.

A.achieved

B.arrived

C.attained

D.reached

80.________ the mother sacrificed almost everything for her son.

A.Such great love she was

B.So great was her love that

C.So great her love that

D.Such great was her love that

81.He ________ the directions contained in the guide-book.

A.went on

B.went beyond

C.went by

D.went forth

82.Travelling between time zones may result in ________ disturbances in normal sleep patterns and body rhythms.

A.dangerous

B.important

C.obvious

D.impressive

83.There was no sleeping accommodation ________ to us for the night.

A.available

B.sufficient

C.probable

D.possible

84.Whatever weather it is, we will ________ this test.

A.carry away

B.carry out

C.carry off

D.carry over

85.He said that the demonstration would go on ________.

A.as planning

B.like planning

C.as it planned

D.as planned

86.Their mother could not afford to ________ them on meat and fish every day.

A.supply

B.feed

C.support

D.buy

87.It was not until 1777 ________ it was threatened with invasion that Vermont declared itself an independent commonwealth.

A.when

B.that

C.which

D.then

88.When I entered the room, I noticed a _______ look come over her face.

A.surprising

B.surprise

C.surprised

D.surprisingly

89.Even if we _______ our expenses to the minimum, we still can not afford to buy a house in less than two years.

A.shorten

B.reduce

C.lower

D.drop

90.It _______ that I picked up the key he had lost.

A.by chance

B.took place

C.occurred

D.happened

91.The bike shows no ________ of having been used.

A.signs

B.signals

C.symbols

D.sighs

92.What ________ did the plane reach?

A.height

B.attitude

C.altitude

D.weight

93.When he heard her name, his heart would _________.

A.accelerate

B.hasten

C.quicken

D.speed

94.The machine was said to have been put out of _______.

A.operate

B.operation

C.effect

D.affect

95.The teachers remarks _______ loud laughter.

A.made

B.generated

C.led

D.took

96.______ mistake he has made!

A.A what silly

B.A silly what

C.What a silly

D.what silly a

97.We had a party last month, and we shall have ______ one this month.

A.another

B.more

C.the other

D.other

98.The engineer with ______ I am working is good at playing chess.

A.who

B.which

C.whom

D.that

99.I have an English book, ______ is about how to read fast.

A.which

B.that

C.as

D.whose

100.We are late. Look, _______!

A.there goes the bus

B.there the bus goes

C.the bus there goes

D.the bus goes there