英语专业一年级基础训练(3) Part I Vocabulary and Structure 1. I didn't hear ________ because there was too much noise where I was sitting. A) what did he say B) what he said C) what was he saying D) what for him to say 2.Does he speak English or Russian? ---He doesn't speak ________. A) either B) neither C) all D) none 3.John's score on the test is the highest in class; he ________ last night. A) must have studied B) had studied C) must study D) studied 4.The United States ______ a population of over 200 million. A) had had B) have C) is having D) has 5.I wish I _____ English fluently. A) can speak B) could speak C) speak D) might speak 6.According to ____ they have told me, they should return in about three weeks. A) that B) what C) any D) which 7.He ________ $2,000 on the final score of the game. A) bent B) bettered C) bet D) beset 8.I managed to ________ in a few jokes. A) slip B) slit C) slick D) sling 9.I am sorry that he __________ the offer. A) should refuse B) has refuse C) refuses D) should have refused 10.I haven't decided which hotel _________. A) to stay B) is to stay at C) to stay at D) is for staying 11.For the past two decades, there has been a ______ in the number of single-parent families because of the ever-rising divorce rate in the country. A) off and on growth B) steady rise C) increase D) reduction 12.The leading group of three continued to ____ the rest of the runners and were soon half a mile clear of them. A) gain in B) gain on C) gain over D) gain up 13.______ it is you've found, you must give it back to the owner. A) That B) What C) Whatever D) Though 14.Never before ______so highly successful in changing his surroundings. A) man has been B) man is C) has man been D) is man 15.It was a typical Monday morning and people were ______their business. A) ready for B) busy with C) keen on D) preparing for 16.Please ______ that no one comes in without identification. A) take care B) look after C) make sure D) look out 17.Some scientists believe that HIV virus may have been present for centuries in a relatively harmless form and only recently _____ into a more damaging one. A) involved B) emerged C) evolved D) faded 18. Figures and ____ facts prove that there are already too many people. A) numerable B) numerous C) numeral D) number 19.Mrs. Jones sat by the window _____ the hole in her coat. A) mingling B) healing C) patching D) curing 20.In 1859, August Lindbergh, a man of pioneering instincts and liberal sympathies, came to America to ____ new opportunities and greater freedom. A) seek B) search C) explore D) survey Part II Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Scientists know that there are two basic approaches to prolonging life. One approach is the __1___ of the diseases that generally ____2_older people -- diseases such as cancer, heart attack and strokes. __3___ is the delay of the process of growing old and the___4__ of the body. In recent years scientific researches have __5_ much time in the study of the process of aging. They believe that ___6__ several years, they will develop the knowledge and the ___7__ to delay the aging process for ten to fifteen years. The ___8_ will be that more people will live longer, and more people will have healthful lives. At____9_ scientists believe that ___10__ the right food, exercise, medical __11___, and mental attitude, many people can live to ___12__ one hundred years old. Doctors who __13___ in studies of problems of growing old are investigating __14___body cells (细胞) slow down and ___15__die. They feel that delaying this slowing down process could help put ___16__death. In a number of American universities, scientists are ___17__ the activity of cells, the effects of food and internal body temperature __18___aging. If their studies are ___19__, the result should help to improve the quality of life for people in the next few years as _20____ as increase the life duration of the next generation. Part III Fill in the blanks with the words in the brackets. Change the form where necessary. For women lawyers in the United States, their _______ earnings are on the average nearly 300 dollars less than those of male lawyers.(week) It’s ____ that so few attended the concert.(disappoint) He had a great sense of _____ when he finished writing the book.(fulfill) Statistics show that the gap between poverty and wealth has ______ over the years.(wide) Over the years the women’s liberation movement has grown both in strength and in ______.(determine) Key: Part I Vocabulary and Structure 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C 11. B 12. B 13. C 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. C 18. B 19. C 20. A Part II Cloze 21.elimination 22.affect 23.The other 24.weakening 25.spent 26.within 27.ability 28.result 29.present 30.with 31.advice 32.be 33.specilize 34.why 35.finally 36.off 37.studying 38.on 39.successful 40.well Part III 1.weekly 2.disappointing 3.fullment 4.widened 5.determination