英语专业一年级基础训练（14） Part I Vocabulary and Structure 1.Every means ________ but without much result. A) have been tried B) has been tried C) have tried D) has tried 2.She ought to ________ my letter a week ago. But she was busy with her work. A) have answered B) answer C) answering D) be answered 3.The country seems to be moving ____ war. A) for B) against C) over to D) towards 4.You ___ drive carefully. The roads are wet. A) had rather B) would rather C) had better D) would like to 5.I took the medicine but it didn't have any _____. A) effort B) response C) effect D) relation 6.If there ______ a fire, ring the number 119. A) is B) were C) should be D) be 7.Your honesty does you great ________. A) credence B) credibility C) credentials D) credit 8.Statistics _____ that the spread of SARS has been under control. A) show B) shows C) showed D) has shown 9.The laboratory is found _____ modern instruments. A) well equipping with B) well equipped with C) equipped well with D) equipped well for 10.The market was filled with salted fish, ______the worst smell that you can imagine. A) sending off B) giving up C) sending down D) giving off 11.It was because the applicant was too proud______he failed in the interview. A) therefore B) that C) so that D) so 12.Rumor has it ________ you're going to be the next managing director. Is that true? A) that B) which C) such that D) for which 13.Whenever an observant person discovers something unusual, he _____ to study it immediately. A) sets out B) sets down C) sets about D) sets forth 14.A "frozen" brain requires only _____ as one with a normal body temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. A) oxygen half as much B) half oxygen as much C) as half much oxygen D) half as much oxygen 15.His intention had been to ____ the day somehow in the streets. A) stay B) play C) walk D) pass 16.Sally _____ all foolish comments and kept on working. A) excluded B) discharged C) ignored D) denied 17.I still remember the strong emotions _____ in me when I read that piece of news in yesterday's evening paper. A) arose B) raising C) risen D) aroused 18.The fact that space exploration has increased dramatically in the past thirty years _____. A) in an evidence of us wanting to know more of our solar system B) indicates that we are very eager to learn all we can about our solar system C) how we want to learn more about the solar system D) showing our intention to know a lot more about our solar system 19.____ inspected this radio should have put his work permit number on the box. A) Whom B) Whoever C) Who D) Which 20.As far as the style is ____, it leaves very little to be desired. A) involved B) concerned C) related D) connected 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. Noise is common to all earthquakes. It starts 21, increases to considerable amount and then dies away. Sea waves are generated by earthquakes. They are 22 of series of 23 waves which follow one another. The height of the waves in the open ocean is only about one meter. 24, when they reach a coastline the water 25 up to great heights, up to a hundred meters and more. The 26 of an earthquake can be 27 by observing its 28. For example, the earthquake of 3.5 scale causes suspended (悬挂着的) objects to swing slowly and the highest scale 8.1 can cause 29 destruction with objects thrown in air and waves seen on ground surface. Severe earthquakes are 30 certain zones around the world and they are 31 for several causes, such as the erosion (腐蚀) of very high mountains and the movement of continental plates (大陆板块). Earthquakes occur without warning; however, it 32 that some animals can feel earthquakes 33 to onset because of their highly 34 organs. For example, chickens and pigeons would not 35 their cages; cattle would not eat; 36 barked in chorus all over town; rats ran out from their hiding places and 37 fearlessly through houses; some fish leaped out of their 38; horses ran wildly around their fields; and snakes came out from their sleeping holes in winter 39 to freeze to death on winter ice. The unusual behavior by animals has enough 40 to cause people to take them seriously. 21. A) faintly B) firmly C) fairly D) faithfully 22. A) consisted B) contained C) possesses D) composed 23. A) disturbing B) heavy C) dramatic D) vivid 24. A) However B) Moreover C) Furthermore D) Therefore 25. A) pulls B) forces C) picks D) piles 26. A) intensity B) content C) attack D) burst 27. A) calculated B) detected C) estimated D) processed 28. A) efforts B) agents C) affects D) effects 29. A) slight B) total C) different D) firm 30. A) confined to B) confirmed by C) conducted in D) contacted on 31. A) limited B) claimed C) responsible D) determined 32. A) is claimed B) claims C) claimed D) is to claim 33. A) superior B) before C) prior D) solution 34. A) sensitive B) effective C) extensive D) radioactive 35. A) enter B) walk C) flew D) go 36. A) tigers B) foxes C) wolves D) dogs 37. A) strolled B) marched C) jumped D) paced 38. A) ponds B) wells C) nets D) hooks 39. A) hardly B) only C) occasionally D) totally 40. A) excuse B) substance C) threat D) danger Part III Fill in the blanks with the words in the brackets. Change the form where necessary. The chief engineer in charge of the research project said it was too early as yet to ____ any results.(summary) Many people call the age we live in the age of ____.(technique) Last year, the rate of overall industrial ____ was above 8 percent. (grow) Due to exceptionally bad weather, the ship arrived late and the ____ of goods was not on time.(deliver) A _____ is a person who is being trained.(train) Key: Part I Vocabulary and Structure 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. A 14. D 15. D 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. B 20. B Part II Cloze 21.A 22.D 23.A 24.A 25.D 26.A 27.C 28.D 29.B 30.A 31.C 32.A 33.C 34.A 35.A 36.D 37.B 38.A 39.B 40.B Part III 1. summarize 2.technology 3. growth 4.delivery 5. trainee