第一章 单元测试
1、单选题：As the gender barriers ________, the number of women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid-20th century.
A:crumbling
B:crush
C:crushed
D:crumbled
正确答案:【crumbled 】
2、单选题：With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop can _____ customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance.
A:discerning
B:consider
C:discern
D:concern
正确答案:【discern 】
3、单选题：His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to _______ his personal goals.
A:surpassing
B:surpass
C:surprise
D:surpassed
正确答案:【surpass 】
4、单选题：He is a man with a(n) ______ business sense. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.
A:shrewd
B:shine
C:showing
D:show
正确答案:【shrewd 】
5、单选题：The ______ of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s.
A:conversion
B:converse
C:conversation
D:considerate
正确答案:【conversion 】
6、单选题：I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to _______ the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled.
A:discuss
B:distorting
C:distort
D:distorted
正确答案:【distort 】
7、单选题：Sixty-two and blessed with his mother’s skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as ______ as a man in his forties.
A:radiant
B:radiate
C:radiating
D:radiation
正确答案:【radiant 】
8、单选题：French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but _______ code which has had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind.
A:incent
B:inside
C:incident
D:ingenious
正确答案:【ingenious】
9、单选题：The senators didn’t expect us to ask such tough questions, and when we finally did, they got ______ and didn’t know what to say.
A:stump
B:stamp
C:stumping
D:stumped
正确答案:【stumped 】
10、单选题：This newly established university supports the ______ that a more diverse higher education system is desirable since it would enhance opportunities for lifelong learning.
A:pose
B:posing
C:position
D:proposition
正确答案:【proposition 】
第二章 单元测试
1、单选题：We need to improve the quality of education so that our children will not leave school _______ in literary and reasoning skills.
A:deprive
B:deficiency
C:deficient
D:deprived
正确答案:【deficient 】
2、单选题：In a society governed by the rule of law, every citizen is subject to possible ______ if he violates the law.
A:prosecute
B:prosecuting
C:prosecution
D:prospect
正确答案:【prosecution 】
3、单选题：The pay gap between average workers and top corporate officers has led to public ______ as executives receive large packages despite falling share prices.
A:outstanding
B:outing
C:outrun
D:outrage
正确答案:【outrage 】
4、单选题：The delicious meal ________ our hunger and made us feel warm again after having walked in the snow all day.
A:appeased
B:appeasing
C:please
D:pleasing
正确答案:【appeased 】
5、单选题：The military insists on ________ in many areas, for example, dress and haircut, with the primary objective of promoting group unity.
A:conformity
B:conform
C:connect
D:conforming
正确答案:【conformity 】
6、单选题：My daughter used to play with the dog by taking a(n) _______ of its hair and then spending a long time rubbing, combing and twisting it.
A:standing
B:strand
C:stood
D:stand
正确答案:【strand 】
7、单选题：When she left for the party, she took great care to make her necklace and shoes _______ her dress.
A:compliment
B:completing
C:complement
D:complete
正确答案:【complement 】
8、单选题：It was necessary to provide living places for _______ immigrants passing through the area on their way to more permanent dwellings.
A:transmitting
B:transcend
C:transient
D:transmit
正确答案:【transient 】
9、单选题：They had just moved in, so they needed to buy a number of kitchen _______, including a microwave oven, a toaster, and a coffee maker.
A:appliances
B:appliance
C:apply
D:appearance
正确答案:【appliances 】
10、单选题：She wanted a beautiful and elegant _______ to attend the wedding of a friend, but couldn’t find anything satisfactory in the nearby shops.
A:outing
B:outfit
C:outside
D:outgoing
正确答案:【outfit 】
第三章 单元测试
1、单选题：The curtains changed the atmosphere of the house completely and made it into a place of _________ beauty.
A:exquisite
B:exquisitely
C:exceeds
D:extend
正确答案:【exquisite】
2、单选题：As the sun ________ the clouds, we enjoyed our afternoon of playing cards in the forest under the clear sky and observing the most spectacular view I have ever seen in my life.
A:disperse
B:dispersed
C:disappear
D:exquisite
正确答案:【dispersed】
3、单选题：The big company ________ their operations last year and opened several regional offices in the country to meet the needs of the market.
A:decentralized
B:detect
C:distance
D:decentralize
正确答案:【decentralized】
4、单选题：It is not easy to ________ a trend of growth from the available facts since they are quite scarce and not that convincing.
A:detected
B:deduction
C:deduce
D:decentralize
正确答案:【deduce】
5、单选题：Formerly found only in large industrial applications, microwave ovens now have become a standard ________ of most modern kitchens.
A:fix
B:fixture
C:future
D:fixing
正确答案:【fixture】
6、单选题：He calls on the public to save in everyday life and believes that ________ is the key to battling a culture that rewards mindless consumption.
A:frustrated
B:frugal
C:frugality
D:frustrates
正确答案:【frugality】
7、单选题：He is suitable for the position as he is young enough to understand what the teenagers think but old enough to ________ their programs.
A:administrate
B:admires
C:administrating
D: administrates
正确答案:【administrate】
8、单选题：When asked about her whereabouts at 9 o’clock that night, she gave a rather ______ response, which caught the detective’s attention.
A:disappear
B:distance
C:disjointed
D:disjoint
正确答案:【disjointed】
9、单选题：_______ the stalled economy and sticking to promises to bring the deficit down next year is proving to be the principal test for the new president.
A:Reviving
B:revive
C:receive
D:Revise
正确答案:【Reviving】
10、单选题：A considerable period of time has to _______ before the effects of such security measures as closed-circuit television cameras and cell-phone monitoring become evident in reducing crimes.
A:eclipse
B:elapse
C:elite
D:excellent
正确答案:【elapse】
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