线上推广第五学期英语精读复习

2021年1月18日发(作者：英语小诗歌)
选择题

1. Pressed for the pros and cons of being the son of one of the famous, Rock
replies:”I think I’m among the most blessed of people who ever died.”
2. Painting is the art of reaching the soul through the eyes, but if the picture
appeals to the eyes and never reach the soul, the painter has fallen far short of
his aim.
3. Under the norms of international law, counties are justified in using military
force abroad to defend their citizens from hostile military action.
4. Statistics are cited to prove the depth of popular misery: falling real wages,
rising unemployment, and a general collapse of living standards.
5. The claim that woman can never be in positions of public responsibility because
of their “raging hormonal imbalances” is thoroughly refuted in this article.
6. Once the problem has been identified, the couple can start appropriate
treatment, and with the right treatment, Mr. Goswamy predicts, many more
infertile couples will conceive.
7. Every few miles his suitcase bounced out the back of the cart and Tock became
annoyed at having to stop and collect it all the time.
8. While I am waiting on the platform, a railway employee shouts across the track
that the 9.49 train is canceled, and that the next train will be at 10.19.
9. The daughter of an Indian laborer, Mrs. Swami was deserted by her husband
and had to support four children on her own.
10. Peter read the letter twice before its meaning sank in.
11. “I might just as well pack up and go if you can’t even listen to things
reasonably! “
12. Mary cursed herself for making the silly mistake and letting the golden
opportunity slip through her fingers.
13. Environmentalists are doing everything within their power to protect the birds
and minimize the impact of the oil spill.
14. But what really distorts the official statistics is that they are based almost
entirely on the state economy.
15. The brutal truth is that some youngsters are so out of control they have to be
detained.
16. Mary admired Max for his wit, although she could not tolerate his philosophy of
life.
17. This is a matter which cannot be too carefully watched since failure to comply
renders you liable to heavy penalties.
18. Their organization neither used nor advocated the use of violence in its struggle
for equality.
19. It may be possible to claim damages against a local authority foe negligently
failing to ensure that construction work complied with the relevant building
regulations.
20. A substantial proportion of educational costs was transferred to local
authorities, although the latter had neither sufficient financial nor
administrative means to carry out their new assignments.
21. These fads for physical fitness invariably lead to two things: a great deal of
unnecessary injury and a lot of profit to the people behind the scheme.
22. Each product manufactured by our company is quality tested at least three
times, depending upon the requirements.
23. Technological innovation is indispensable to the modernization of the economy.
24. The essence of being human consists in the values we place on ourselves in
being human beings.
25. If they are innocent they have nothing to fear, that’s what they always say.
26. It is to be expected that homebuyers will be less inclined to borrow at today’s
high rates.
27. On 6 March he was suffering from skin problems and a dramatic fall in his blood
sugar level resulting from the earlier hunger-strike.
28. Both girls quickly turned their faces away, just in case he would want to take
revenge on them later for having witnessed his humiliation.
29. I had no experience of teaching art to anyone, but the headmaster assured me
that it simply involved giving the boys some paints to play with and then telling
them to get on with it.
30. The hotel’s restaurant enjoys a good reputation, with a lovely first-floor terrace
where on fine days you dine overlooking the lake.
31. In Diana’s words the new invention can provide “disabled people with
freedom from the wheelchair they spend so much of their life in, making them
as mobile as the next gust of wind.”
32. Materialism has until recently been virtually unknown in Confucian societies.
33. Some lawyers say the law of deception must be adjusted to include deception
of machines rather than just people.
34. The building materials industry geared itself to meet the steady predictable
demand of the house- building industry, thus eliminating one of the chief
obstacles to the output of houses.
35. As a general rule vegetable oils are much better for you than fats that
arederived from animals.
36. The critical moment for harvest varies from year to year and from one plant to
the next.
37. If left to reach their natural dimensions, many plant species will eventually take
over a wide area of ground and should be avoided in small gardens.
38. Fame is the most fascinating subject in the world and I’m keenly interested in
speaking to certain people who’ve had fame and then lost it.
39. Interestingly enough, having once entered the profession itself, age ceases to
be a barrier, for actors of any age may easily teach each other something and
share emotions honestly.
40. Another mystery is how the yacht drifted north- west when prevailing
conditions would normally have sent it towards South America.
41. The company is based on a novel concept of direct selling, which involves
representatives knocking on doors selling household goods.
42. It is my experience that many students of English Literature with good A-Level
results dislike poetry, or at least feel baffled by it, and can go through a
three-year degree course without this attitude being radically changed.
43. Aside from the technological requirements of the new system, other important
issues have to be resolved.
44. By the end of this month manufacturing capacity is expected to increase
three-fold, according to sales and marketing director Joe Weston.
45. You may find it surprising that in this country acute labor shortage coexists with
high unemployment.
46. Those present at the meeting expressed interest in all of the organizational
aspects of home care, including nursing, equipment loans and the volunteer
program.
47. In this and succeeding meetings the focus of attention was primarily on the
manpower involved, with some discussion of the public expenditure costs.
48. Other types of skin cancer are associated with continued exposure to the sun
over a long period.

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1. Credulous people might accept that theory, but as for me, I don’t believe one
half of it.
2. Since she didn’t reply yet you shouldfollow up your letter with a phone call.
3. The meeting was late because the speaker talked on and on about his family, his