英语专业一年级基础训练（10） Part I Vocabulary and Structure 1.His theory is very difficult, but ________ people understand it. A) a few B) few C) a little D) little 2.Some people say that the need for cars ________ by the year 2003. A) will have doubled B) will be doubling C) has been doubled D) has doubled 3.He drove fast and arrived an hour _____ of schedule. A) in advance B) ahead C) abreast D) in front 4.Our classroom is ____ in the building. A) bigger than any other one B) bigger than every one C) the biggest of all the others D) the biggest than others 5._____ from space, our earth, with water covering 70% of its surface, appears as a "blue planet". A) Seeing B) Seen C) To be seen D) Being seen 6.It is ______ that all candidates must submit three copies of their dissertations. A) laid in B) laid off C) laid down D) laid on 7.If there ______ a fire, ring the number 119. A) is B) were C) should be D) be 8.The public ________ not to leave litter in the park. A) is requesting B) are requesting C) is requested D) are requested 9.The doctor ______ her ______ on account of her critical condition. A) kept ... under observation B) had ... operate C) brought ... under control D) kept ... from knowing 10.The policemen went into action ______ they heard the alarm. A) quickly B) the minute C) long before D) so long as 11.Statistics _____ that the spread of SARS has been under control. A) show B) shows C) showed D) has shown 12.____ the charity of strangers, I wouldn't have gone to a good college. A) As for B) For all C) But for D) Except for 13.To our disappointment, ______ turned out that the method did not work well. A) it B) what C) as D) so 14.I asked Jeniffer about her opinion of my new job. She said, "To be perfectly _____, I don't think you are the woman for the job." A) critical B) virtual C) frank D) valid 15.Although collaborative group work might not always turn out encouraging results, it is certainly a strategy _____ exploring. A) worth B) worthy C) deserves D) liable 16.There are certain _____ when you must interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something. A) occasions B) situations C) conditions D) environments 17.The days _____ you could travel without a passport are a thing of the past. A) in which B) on which C) of which D) at which 18.____, she read through the file again. A) Astonished B) Burst C) Shrilled D) Shamed 19.It's not the beauty so much as the range of his voice that _____ Michael from other singers. A) distracts B) distinguishes C) dominates D) draws 20.In recent years there has been a strong ____ toward the "open classroom" in the elementary schools of the United States. A) assumption B) transition C) bent D) tendency Part II Cloze Directions: There are a number of blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Watch a baby between six and nine months old, and you will observe the basic concepts of geometry being learned. Once the baby has21 the idea that space is three-dimensional, it reaches out and begins 22 various kinds of objects. It is then, from perhaps nine to fifteen months, that the 23 of sets and numbers are 24. So far, so good. But now a bad development takes place. The nerve fibers in the brain prevent themselves 25 that the baby begins to hear sounds very 26. Soon it 27 language, and it is then brought into direct communication with 28. From this point 29, it is usually downhill all the way for mathematics, because the child now becomes 30to all the nonsense words and beliefs of the community 31 which it has been so 32 as to have been born. Nature having done very well by the child to this point, 33 permitted it the luxury of thinking for itself for eighteen months, now abandons 34 to the arbitrary (专横的) conventions and beliefs of society. 35 at least the child knows 36 of geometry and numbers, and it will always keep some memory of the early happy days, 37 what it may suffer later on. The main reservoir (储备) of mathematical talent in any society is thus 38 by children who are about two years old, children who have 39 learned to speak 40. 21. A) heard B) mastered C) been taught D) maintained 22. A) grasping B) raising C) reaching D) choosing 23. A) views B) thoughts C) news D) concepts 24. A) existed B) formed C) came to being D) appeared 25. A) in a way B) on the way C) in such a way D) in the way 26. A) exactly B) practically C) precisely D) loudly 27. A) picks up B) sets up C) puts up D) gets up 28. A) the society B) companions C) adults D) friends 29. A) on B) away C) off D) with 30. A) used B) clever C) open D) exposed 31. A) onto B) of C) into D) from 32. A) happy B) glad C) fortunate D) unfortunate 33. A) being B) having C) of D) which 34. A) itself B) they C) them D) it 35. A) But B) When C) As D) Though 36. A) nothing B) something C) anything D) that 37. A) however B) not to mention C) regardless D) no matter 38. A) possessed B) owned C) remained D) contained 39. A) right B) already C) just D) thus 40. A) quickly B) fluently C) slowly D) nicely Part III Fill in the blanks with the words in the brackets. Change the form where necessary. It is _____ of her to leave the children alone in the house.(responsible) Can you figure out the _____ meaning of his statement? (imply) Peace-loving people all over the world want these ____weapons done away with.(dead) Her ______ is weightier than Mount Tai.(die) If we compare our earth with the moon, we will find that the former ____ from the latter in many ways.(different) Key: Part I Vocabulary and Structure 1. A 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. A 16. A 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. D Part II Cloze 21.B 22.A 23.D 24.B 25.C 26.C 27.A 28.C 29.A 30.D 31.C 32.D 33.B 34.D 35.A 36.B 37.D 38.A 39.C 40.B Part III 1.irresponsible 2.implied 3. deadly 4. death 5. differs