新一代大学英语（提高篇）

词汇题（55道）

1. You should carefully think over_____ the manager said at the meeting.

　　A. that     B. which      C. what       D. whose

1.选C,考察宾语从句连接词，主句谓语动词think over后面缺宾语，后面的宾语从句谓语动词said后面也缺少宾语，所以用what引导。

　　2. Last week I wrote to the hotel to book a room, but they _____ yet.

　　A. didn't answer           B. wasn't answering

　　C. hadn't answered         D. haven't answered

2.选D，考察现在完成时用法，常和yet连用，D是完成时态，表示从上周到现在一直没有得到答复，符合题意。

　　3. Diana felt very much upset at _____ to the party as she had longed to go for a long time.

　　A. having not been invited   B. not having been invited

　　C. not to be invited         D. to be not invited

3.选B，考察非谓语动词作介词宾语，非谓语动词invite与主语之间是被动的逻辑关系，因为“没被邀请参加晚会”这个动作发生在谓语felt之前，所以用完成时，否定词not要置于ing前面

　　4. On no account _____ held responsible for the car accident, so he should not be put into prison.

　　A. the driver can be            B. can the driver be

　　C. the driver be               D. be the driver

4.选B，考察倒装句用法，否定词on no account放在句首，句子要倒装，所以只能在B和D中选，但D出现谓语动词be原形不对。

　　5. All the kids are crying now. What _____ makes them so unhappy?

　　A. it is       B. is it       C. it is that    D. is it that

5.选D，考察强调句，it is …that…,这句话还原为陈述句：it is what that makes them so unhappy。

　　6. Unfortunately, the package I was expecting was _____ to the wrong address.

　　A. written      B. given       C. packed     D. delivered

6.选D，考察动词词义，A被写，B被给予，C被包裹，D被送往，只有D答案符合题意

　　7. _____by a large audience, he felt very nervous and didn't know what to say.

　　A. Watching   B. Watch   C. Watched    D. Having watched

7.选C，考察过去分词作原因状语，这里的非谓语动词watch和he之间是被动的逻辑关系，因为被一大群观众看着，他才感到很紧张不知道说什么好。

　　8. I'm very grateful for your help and hope to do something for you_____in the future.

　　A. in exchange      B. instead   C. in return      D. in particular

8.选C，考察差几个短语的意思，A作为交换，B代替，顶替，C作为回报，D特别地，由其。只有C符合题意。

　　9. I can ____you that the animals are well cared for in our zoo, so you needn't worry  about them.

　　A. suppose     B. assume     C. assure      D. grant

9选C，考察几个动词的词义，A。猜想，认为，B假设， 猜想，C使相信； 使确信，D准许； 答应给予。只有C符合题意，assure sb that从句“使某人确信。。。”

　　10. The drowning boy made a _____ attempt to catch the rope  thrown to him.

　　A. dangerous    B. graceful      C. gentle       D. desperate

10选D，考察几个形容词词义，A危险的，B优雅的，C温和的，D拼命的，只有D符合题意。

　　11. If we _____ early tomorrow morning, we will reach the coast before dark.

　　A. take off     B. set off      C. set up      D. take up

11选B，考察几个动词短语的意思，A脱掉，(飞机)起飞，B出发，动身，C建立，建造，，D拿起，占去(时间/空间)，只有B符合题意，

　　12. A lot of people mistake John for Bill because they _____ each other in appearance too much!

　　A. weave      B. utilize      C. reveal      D. resemble

12.选D，考察几个动词的词义，A编， 织； 织成，B利用， 使用，C显示； 露出，D看起来像。只有D符合题意

　　13. When there are cordial relations between the two countries, we mean there exists a_____ relationship between them.

　　A. friendly      B. hostile    C. fertile       D. complicated

13选A，考察几个形容词词义，A友好的，友善的，B怀有敌意的， 不友善的，C多产的， 富饶的，D结构复杂的。只有A符合题意。

　　14. The patient's recovery was very encouraging as he could _____get out of bed without help.

　　A. only        B. almost       C. merely     D. hardly

14选B，考察几个副词的用法和词义，A只，仅仅，B几乎， C仅仅，只是， D几乎不，只有B符合题意。

　　15. At the job interview, Mr. Brown gave a good _____ of himself and finally got a job as a salesman.

　　A. opinion     B. idea        C. cry         D. account

15选D，考察几个名词的意思，A意见，B想法，观点，C哭，喊，D描述，报道，只有D符合题意。

　　16. As is well known, eating too much fat can _____heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

　　A. add to          B. attend to   C. contribute to     D. apply to

16选C，考察几个动词短语的意思，A增加， 加强，B照料， 照顾，C促成，导致，D适用于，用于。只有C符合题意。

　　17. A club is a place to make frequent _____ with friends.

　　A. accounts     B. attempts     C. contents     D. contacts

17.选D，考察固定搭配，make contacts with sb意思是“和某人来往”

　　18. _____the obvious differences in size and population, the states of America have many things_____ common.

　　A. Although; on               B. Though; in

　　C. Despite; in                 D. Because of; on

18选C，考察连词和介词的用法，although和though是连接词，引导让步状语从句，而despite是介词，后面接名词或短语，固定搭配have…in common的意思是“有。。。共同点”

　　19. Scientists say it may be five or six years _____this medicine is tested on human beings.

　　A. since       B. before      C. after       D. when

19选B，考察时间状语的连接词，根据题意是说“科学家们说大概要等5到6年，这种药才会在人类身上试验。”before引导时间状语从句，表示“在。。。之前”

　　20. With larger numbers of graduates than ever before, just having a degree will no longer be enough to make you _____in the crowd.

　　A. stand up     B. stand by     C. stand for    D. stand out

20选D，考察动词stand和介词搭配的词义，A起身，站起来B站在旁边； 袖手旁观，C代表，D 突出， 脱颖而出，只有D符合题意。

　　21. The doctor tried to do an experiment to find out the _____ of the medicine on the mice.

　　A. cause       B. result       C. reason     D. effect

21.选D，考察几个名词词义，A原因， 起因，B结果，C理由，D影响，只有D符合题意

　　22. This is only one of the laundries in the district      modem equipment.

　　A. that have    B. which have   C. that has     D. what has

22.选C，考察定语从句引导词用法，，先行词是是物，所以用that 或which，但当前面有only修饰时，只能用that引导，在后面的定语从句中作主语，因为主语是one of the laundries单数，所以从句的谓语动词也要用单数形式。

　　23. Skating can be good for you _____ correctly.

　　A. though doing     B. though done     C. if done      D. if doing

23.选C，考察省略句的用法，后面的if引导的是条件状语从句，完整的形式是：Skating can be good for you if it is done correctly。后面的it指代的是前面的skating,

　　24. By the end of last week 611 people from 49 countries      to attend the meeting, with nearly half coming from the United States, Germany and Britain.

　　A. had registered              B. have registered

　　C. registered                  D. were registered

24选A，考察过去完成时用法，因为前面出现了by the end of the last week,说明谓语动词动作发生在过去的过去，所以用had registered已经注册

　　25. It was suggested that ____big event like the Year of Russia in China should certainly benefit _____ relationship between the two countries.

　　A. a; the       B. the; a       C. a; /         D. the; /

25选A，考察冠词的用法，不定冠词a表示任何一个，定冠词the 表特指，前面一个空表示任意举出的一个事件event，后面特指中国和而过之间的关系relationship

　　26. Although he knew little about the large amount of work done in the field, he succeeded_____        other more well-informed experimenters failed.

　　A. as          B. unless       C. what        D. where

26.选D，考察定语从句的引导词，固定短语succeed in …表示在。。。方面取得成功，D where=in which。

　　27. Having been praised by the teacher, the little girl ran back home, _____.

　　A. happily and satisfied         B. eager and excitedly

　　C. happy and satisfied          D. anxiously and excitedly

27.选C，形容词做伴随状语，表示the little girl的状态

　　28．—How are their talks going on? Have they reached any  agreement?

　　—They only seemed to have agreed to set another date for __   talks.

　　A. deeper      B. slower      C. further      D. higher

28选C，考察几个形容词比较级的意思，A更深的，更深刻的，B更慢的，C更进一步的，更深层次的，D更高的，只有C符合题意。

　　29. _____ ten minutes earlier, you wouldn't have missed the train.

　　But you were late.

　　A. Had you come              B. Did you come

　　C. Have you come             D. Should you come

29选A，考察省略if的虚拟语气，主句谓语动词是would have done,表示事实与过去作比较，所以从去要用过去完成时had done,省略if后要倒装，把had提前。

　　30. Having been told that her son died in the accident, the old woman

　　appeared very calm, as if nothing _____.

　　A. happened                  B. were happened

　　C. was happened              D. had happened

30.选D，考察as if引导虚拟语气，主句时态是过去时，表示是与过去事实作比较，所以从句用过去完成时had happened，因为happen是不及物动词，所以没有被动语态，只能用主动形式表被动。

31. Great efforts to increase wheat production must be made if bread shortages_____ avoided.

A. will be    B. can be    C. are to be    D. were to be

31.笞案C

[参考译文]要避免面包短缺， 必须更加努力来提高小麦的产量。

[试题分析]此题为语法题,考查时态的用法。

[详细解答] be+不定式表示将来， 含有"按计划，必须"的意思。因此C为正确答案。

32. According to official statistics, retail sales in China rose 10% and12.2% in the first and the second quarter _____ this year.

A. accordingly    B. correspondingly    C. respectively     D. individually

32.答案C

[参考译文]根据官方统计,今年第一-、 二 季度零售业分别增加了10%和12.2%。

[试题分析]此题考查副词词义。

[详细解答] respectively意为 “分别地， 各自地”,最符合题意。individually意为 “个别地,单独地”correspondingly意为 “相应地,对应地”accordingly则作 “相应地，从而讲”.因此C为正确选项。

33. If he _____ on tourists for his business, he would have to close his shop.

A. depends      B. will depend      C. depended      D. has depended

33.答案C

[参考译文]如果他的店单靠做游客的生意,那就得关门。

[试题分析]此题考查虚拟语气。

[详细解答]与现在的事实相反的假设， 从句谓语动词使用一般过去时。因此正确答案为C。

34. The wealth of a nation should be measured _____the health and happiness of its people

as well as the material goods it can produce.

A. in regard with        B. in line with

C. by means of          D. in terms of

34.答案D

[参考译文] 一个国家的财富应以人民的健康和幸福以及生产的物质资料来衡量。

[试题分析]此题考查介词短语的用法。

[详细解答] in terms of意为“根据，..面”而in line with意为...致,按照，符合”;in regard with是一个错误的搭配而by means of作“籍着,靠着,凭借"讲。因此D为正确选项。

35. Because of the complexity of the modern machine, most offices require secretaries_____A. to have specified training    B. specified in training

C. to train specifiedly         D. training specified

35.答案A

[参考译文]由于现代机器很复杂,大多数办公室要求秘书有特定的训练。

[试题分析]此题考查不定式的用法。

[详细解答]动词require后面跟 “宾语+to be”,不定式作宾语补足语。因此A为正确选项。

36. Mrs. Nancy was wakened midnight by the ringing of the phone several hours aftership that her husband was on had been_____.

A. fired    B. decayed    C. wrecked    D. collapsed

36.答案C

[参考译文]在她丈夫乘坐的轮船失事后数小时的午夜,南希夫人被电话铃声吵醒。

[试题分析]此题考查动词词义。

[详细解答] wreck意为 “使遭遇海难”，符合本题题意。collapse意为 "坍陷，倒塌”;decay意为”衰落,腐烂";fire作动词意为"解雇，辞退”。因此C为正确选项。

37. In order to be a good scientist, _____.

mathematics is urgent

B. one should have the mathematics

C. one must understand mathematics

D. mathematics is important to be understood

37.答案C

[参考译文]为了成为出色的科学家,必须懂得数学。[试题分析]此题为语法题。

[详细解答]不定式的逻辑主语通常应该是句子的主语。四个选项中只有B、C的主语是与不定式的逻辑主语一致的， 且职有C最为恰当。因此C为正确选项。

38. We may often be puzzled by ways of expression that the native speaker of Englishdoes not even have to_____ , as English is not our first language.

A. think out     B. think for     C. think over     D. think about

38.答案D

[参考译文]由于英语并非我们的第一语言,我们可能常常为英语本族语者认为理所当然的表达方式而感到迷惑。

[试题分析]此题考查同根词组的用法。

[详细解答] think about意为“考虑，思索”，符合题意。think ou意为"想出，琢磨透,深思熟虑”;think for不是固定搭配:;而think over则作"仔细想”讲。因此D为正确选项。

39. "Did the audience participate in the play" Yes, those actors_____to involve the audience."

A. whom it was the function     B. of whom the function was

C. whose function it was        D. whose were the function

39.答案C

[参考译文] "观众们参加了 演出吗””是的, 那些演员们的作用就是把观众拉进来”。

[试题分析]此题考查定语从句的运用。

[详细解答]在引导定语从句的关系代词中whom在从句中作宾语。whose后面跟所限定的名词，因此.C为正确选项

40. It is a legal_____ for parents to ensure that their children are provided with efficienteducation suitable to their age.

A. sympathy       B. obligation      C. impulse     D. influence

40.答案B.

[参考译文]父母有法律义务确保孩子受到良好的适龄教育。

[试题分析]此题考查名词词义。

[详细解答] obligation此处作 "义务,责任"讲而impulse意为"冲动，刺激’;influence意为“影响，感化”;而sympathy作”同情,同情心”讲。因此B为正确答案。

41. The newly-built principal museum seems_____ enough to last a hundred years.

A. steady      B. substantial     C. sophisticated     D. spacious

41.答案B

[参考译文]新建市政博物馆看上去极为坚固, -百年都不会坏。

[试题分析]此题考查形容词词义。

[详细解答] substantial意为 "牢固的，坚实的”, 符合题意。spacious意为 "广 阔的，宽敞的”;sophisticated意为”复杂的，精密的，错综的”;steady作 "稳定的，牢靠的"讲。因此B为正确答案。

42. Victor certainly talks a lot and he' s never interested in what_____ has to say.

A. anyone else      B. no one     C. nobody else      D. somebody other

42.答案A

[参考译文]维克多的确说的多,他对旁人会怎么说从来都不感兴趣。[试题分析]此题考查不定代词的用法。

[详细解答]-般地说， 凡是some类的不定代词通常用于陈述句，而any类的词用于疑问,啶以吸从句中。因此A为正确答案。

43. The mayor didn' t have time so far to go into it_____ , but he gave as an idea about his plan.

A. in conclusion       B. at hand     C. at length     D. in turn

43.答案C

[参考译文]市长还没来得及详尽地说明，但他向我们透露了该计划的总体构想。

[试题分析]此题考查介词短语的用法。

[详细解答] at length此处意为“详尽地”，最符合题意。而at hand意为"在手边， 即将到来" ;in turn作”依次，轮流”讲; in conclusion意为"总之”。因此正确答案为C。

44. "What can I do for you, sir".   "I want_____

A. a dim’ s worth of candy      B. candy a dime’ s worth

C. a dime worth of candy       D. a dime-worth candy

44. 答案A

[参考译文]“你要买什么， 先生”"我要买十美分的糖果。 "

[试题分析]此题考查worth的用法。

[详细解答] worth of用于表示"某种价钱的份量”。通常的用法是: "币值’ S+worth +of+可数与不可数名词”，这里worth是名词。因此A为正确答案。

45. When traveling, it is possible that you may be advised to take the travelers' checks,which provide a secure_____to carrying your money in cash.

A. selection      B. preference    C. alternative      D. substitute

45.答案C

[参考译文]旅行时可能你会被建议带旅行支票，作为现金的安全替代。

[试题分析]此题考查名词词义和搭配。

[详细解答] alternative意为 “可供选择的对象(或道路);substitute作 "替代物，代用品”讲,常与介词for搭配;selection意为"选择,挑选”;preference作 "优先,偏爱”讲。因此C为正确选项。

46. Old Chinese are not used to buy things on_____and are likely to save as much money as possible.

A. deposit     B. debt     C. credit     D. sale

46.答案C

[参考译文]老- 辈的中国人不习惯赊账，而有存钱的习惯。

[试题分析]此题考查名词词义及搭配。

[详细解答] credit此处意为 "赊欠”，buy sth. on credit是"赊购”的意思;debt意为“债，欠账" . ;deposit作“存款” 讲;sale则意为"(减价)出售"。因此C为正确答案。

47. "Eric nearly always wins the science award." "That’ s because his project are_____”

.A. extremely presented well     B. well presented extremely

C. presented well extremely      D. extremely well presented

47.答案D

[参考译文]“埃里克几乎总赢得科学奖”. “那是因为他的设计表达得极为出色。 ”

[试题分析]此题考查程度副词的运用。

[详细解答]程度副词(almost, nearly, quite just, too, fairly, extremely等)可用来修辞一 个形容词，另-一个副词，它通常放在它修饰的那个词前面。这里extremely是程度副词,修饰副词well。 因此D为正确选项。

48. As the group of persons_____together in a conversational knot, each individual expressed his position in the group by where he stands.

A. squeeze     B. pack     C. pad     D. cluster

48答案D

[参考译文]当群人集结在起议事时，他们各自站在自己己的立场上阐述自己的观点。

[试题分析]此题考直动词词义。pad作不及物动词时，意为 “轻步慢行”;而pack意为“包装，捆扎”:squueze意为“压,挤”●因此正确答案为D.

49. _____ he does his work, I don' t mind what time he arrives at the office.

A. So far as    B. So long as    C. In case    D. Meanwhile

49.答案B

[参考译文]只要他在干工作,他什么时候来办公室我都不在乎。

[试题分析]此题考查引导第牛状语从句的连词的运用。

[洋细解答] so far as表示..说..范围内”;so long as表示.... incase表示“假....;meanwhile表示“与此同时”。因此B为正确答案。

50. In 1776 the United States announced the Declaration of Independence to_____from the

British Empire and became an independent country.

A. pull down     B. break away    C. get off     D. drop off

50.答案B

[参考译文]美国1776年领布独立盲言脱离英帝国的统治而成为一一个独立的国家。

[试题分析]此题考查动词短语词义。

[详细解答) beak. 0a rom为假高.”，符合题意9时of意为“出发,离开”:putdown意为“拆毁，拖垮”:drop<of意为“减低,减少”●

51. The students in the dormitories were forbidden, unless they had special passed _____after 11 pm.

A. staying out      B. stay out   C. from staying out     D. to stay out

51.答案D

[参考译文]除非有特别通行证，住在宿舍里的学学生在晚11点后不得在外逗留。

[试题分析]此题为语法题。

[详细解答]不定式可作宾语补足语;当句子用被动语态时，宾语补足语即变成主主语补足语。因此D为正确选项。

52. Because of the bad food he had eaten, his stomach began to______.

A. pain     В. be hurt    C. ache    D. harm

52.答案C

[参考译文]因为吃了坏了的食物，他的肚子开始疼了。

[试题分析]此题考查近义词的区别。

[详细解答] ache意为 "(肉体)痛”，不及物动词;pain既可指精神上也可指肉体上的痛，但一般作及物动词用;harm意为"伤害, 损害”,也是及物动词;hurt意为.....受伤.....疼痛”，但它通常指感情上受到伤害。因此C为正确选项。

53. While in bed the doctor was telephoned to go back to the hospital because of_____case.

A. a treatment     В. an operation     C. an incident     D. an emergency

53.答案D

[参考译文]由于有急症病例，已上床的医生被电话通知回医院。

[试题分析]此题考查名词词义。

[详细解答] emergency case意为"急症病例”，emergency作 “紧急情况,突发事件"讲;operation意为"操作, 秫”;treatment作”待遇，处理，治疗”讲;incident意为 "事件，事变。”因此D为正确选项。

54. "Who won the election for mayor" "A man_____ to represent every minority group inthe city."

A. claim       B. is claimed    C. claimed      D. claiming

54.答案D

[参考译文]“谁赢得 了市长的竞选呢”"那个自称代表市内每 个少数派的人。”

[试题分析]此题考查后置定语的运用。

[详细解答] ing分词短语作后置定语。 因此D为正确答案。

55. That' s definitely not what I said. You are purposely_____my idea to prove your point.

A. revising       В. distracting    C. distorting      D. contradicting

55.答案C

[参考译文]那绝不是我说的。你故意歪曲我的观点以证明你的观点。

[试题分析]此题考查动词词义。

[详细解答] distort意为 "歪曲，曲解”，符合题意。revise则意为 “修订，修正”;contradict作“反驳，抵触”讲;distract意为”使.... .分心，扰乱”。因此C为正确选项