新世纪综合单元测试——Unit 2 Book 4 Test A
Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that
best completes the sentence. (60 points)
31. The doctor told him that his mother's condition was serious and required _____.
A. survey B. suspicion C. surgery D. surprise 正确答案：C
32. She entered the room quietly so as not to _____ the sleeping baby. A. bother B. annoy C. disturb D. interrupt 正确答案：C
33. Your arguments are rather ____ to criticism. A. sensitive B. vulnerable C. opposed D. exposed 正确答案：B
34. There are no students who really know how to make use of their time to its best _____. A. advantage B. value C. benefit D. profit 正确答案：A
35. There are now so many tourists that the area has become a ________ of its own success. A. opponent B. witness C. victim D. innocent 正确答案：C
36. Great as Newton was, many of his ideas ____________ today and are being modified by the
work of scientists of our time. A. are to challenge B. may be challenged C. are challenging
D. have been challenged 正确答案：D
37. Polar explorers have to be extremely _____ to endure the climate and other hardships. A. rough
B. giant
C. progressive D. tough 正确答案：D
38. Life depends on the _________ between the heat received from the sun and the heat lost to
cooler surroundings. A. relationship B. contrast C. exchange D. balance 正确答案：D
39. American consumers prefer white eggs; _________, British buyers like brown eggs. A. additionally B. moreover C. conversely D. comparatively 正确答案：C
40. Your failure in the final examination is due to the fact that you didn't ______ enough
importance to your English. A. attend B. attack C. attach D. obtain 正确答案：C
41. If you want to _______ that you get the diploma, you have to work harder and take all these
courses and pass them. A. assure B. insure C. ensure D. reassure 正确答案：C
42. The team's attempt to win the game was _____ by the opposing goalkeeper. A. shocked B. frustrated C. given up D. caught up 正确答案：B
43. After he was accused of theft, John collected all the evidence and hired a lawyer to ______
him.
A. offend B. prove C. defend D. argue 正确答案：C
44. The house was very quiet, ___________ as it was on the side of a mountain. A. isolated B. isolating
C. being isolated
D. having been isolated 正确答案：A
45. Mr. Bloom is not __________ now, but he will be famous someday. A. significant B. prominent C. magnificent D. dominant 正确答案：B
46. It _______ me to think about the consequence of your action because it would cause a
disaster. A. terrified B. annoyed C. feared
D. disappointed 正确答案：A
47. Parents take a great interest in the _______ questions raised by their children. A. nasty B. naive C. obscure D. offensive 正确答案：B
48. He got down from the jeep and walked into the villa, his shirt crumpled, and his footsteps
____. A. weary B. faint C. weak D. fragile 正确答案：A
49. This research has attracted wide ______ coverage and has featured on BBC television's
Tomorrow's World. A. message B. information C. media D. data
正确答案：C
50. I'm ______ enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three
strong teams. A. realistic B. radical C. aware
D. conscious 正确答案：D
51. Clark felt that his _____ in one of the most dramatic medical experiments of all time was
worth the suffering he underwent. A. appreciation B. participation C. presentation D. apprehension 正确答案：B
52. By _______computation, he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost him a
thousand dollars. A. coarse B. rude C. rough D. crude 正确答案：C
53. A ___ woman wouldn't weep just because her husband had forgotten her birthday. A. reasonable B. rational
C. unreasonable D. irrational 正确答案：B
54. Agriculture was a step in human progress _______ which subsequently there was not
anything comparable until our own machine age. A. in B. for C. to D. from
正确答案：C
55. In Britain people _____________ four million tons of potatoes every year. A. consume B. dispose C. swallow D. exhaust 正确答案：A
56. He picked up a stick to ____ him _____ the dog. A. defend, with B. defend, from C. pretend, from D. defend, for 正确答案：B
57. I suffered from mental ______ because of stress from my job. A. release B. relief
