新编大学英语1综合教程练习unit 3

Unit 3

Understanding Science

I.

Key words & phrases

accurate

amount

attitude

audience

background

basis

brief

challenge

civilization

competition

concept

conclusion

contact

convey

element

ensure

entertain

evaluate

evidence

expert

failure

fiction

frustrate

gradual

grasp

hence

initiative

inquire

minority

moreover

nuclear

outcome

precise

process

professional

proportion

propose

rate

series

steady

sufficient

technology

tend

weapon

yield

genetic

suppress

at the moment

bring about

cut off

do without

fit into

in terms of

lie in

in the form of

in two minds

make sense

put across

put the clock back

slow down

wear down

Additional Vocabulary

Great minds think alike

英雄所见略同

To get ahead you will have to work long hours and take short vacations.

要出头，就要多流汗，

少享受

Don

’

t bury your head in the sand.

不要逃避现实

Opportunity knocks at the door but once.

机不可失，时不再来

Set a thief to catch a thief.

以毒攻毒

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

犯错误是人之常情，宽恕是超凡脱俗

Tomorrow never comes.

明日复明日，明日何其多

If you insist.

恭敬不如从命

Genetic engineering

基因工程

Maternity and child care

妇幼保健

Attach importance to the problem of population aging

重视老龄化问题

Be geared to international standards; be brought in line with international practice

与国际接轨

A

small proportion of the population

一小部分人

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. Vocabulary & Structure

he failed to pay his bill, the company ____ his electricity.

A. cut off

B. cut in

C. cut out

D. cut down

2. We secured the contrast in the face of ___ from several foreign films.

A. composition

B. competition

C. comparison

D. comprehension

3. People

’

s _______ towards the skyscrapers varies widely.

A. feeling

B. attitude

C. opinion

D. idea

4. Education should not be considered to be a(n) ____ in a modern society.

A. dominion

B. power

C. authority

D. privilege

5. They _____ whether he would care to take the position of teacher of physics in a high school.

A. instructed

B. inspired

C. inquired

D. inspected

6. Personal _____ and private enterprise has been more and more stressed.

A. indication

B. income

C. initiative

D. incline

7. Coal miners get stomach cancer at a _____ 40 percent higher than the general public.

A. rate

B. speed

C. price

D. amount

8. These factors must be adjusted rapidly to _____ high efficiency.

A. ensure

B. encourage

C. endure

D. engage

9. He returned to the room and _____ Mary of his decision.

A. reported

B. informed

C. told

D. said

10. Y

ou must hold the gun ____ when shooting.

A. straight

B. stiff

C. sticky

D. steady

are trying to ____ the sun

’

s rays as a source of energy

.

A. control

B. master

C. take

D. harness

12. _____ money they

’

re quite rich, but they are not happy in marriage.

A. In terms of

B.

A

ccording to

C. On the basis of

D. In accordance

13. He is always _____ in what he says and does.

A. accustomed

B. accidental

C. accurate

D. actual

14. The audience could not ____ what he was trying to explain.

A. gather

B. grasp

C. gaze

D. generate

15. They have with them _____ equipment for a small laboratory.

A. subsequent

B. sufficient

C. sophisticated

D. stable

16. If my letter _____ the impression that I was indifferent, please forgive me.

A. conveyed

B. transported

C. carried

D. concluded

17. He may

be

a very clever research worker, but he

’

s very poor at ______ the stuff to a class.

A. putting into

B. putting down

C. putting aside

D. putting across

18. I have had to take the whole _______ for everything, to decide on every step.

A. command

B. order

C. responsibility

D. charge

I came into ____ with some of the finest craftsman I have ever met.

A. link

B. communication

C. contact

D. connection

20. His _____ in life was to graduate from medical school and become a great surgeon.

A. purse

B. purpose

C. proposal

D. pupil

21. The only thing _____ is that you consult your lawyer about it.

A. which can suggest

B. that can suggest

C. which I can suggest

D. that I suggest

22. For ten years he did not see her _____ to her.

A. nor having written

B. nor write

C. or write

D. or to write

23. _______ she has got her own car she doesn

’

t get much exercise as she used to.

A. For

B. Now that

C. While

D. Just that

24. He feels _____ to be a sales manager in such a large enterprise.

A. it challenged

B. challenging

C. that challenging

D. it challenging

25. Americans eat ______ as they actually need everyday.

A. twice protein as much

B. twice as much

protein

C. protein as much twice

D. protein as

twice much

26. Mother always encourages her whenever she has trouble ____ something important to her.

A. learning

B. for learning

C. having learnt

D. to learn

27. With a face __ a pudding she behaves ____ she were a queen.

A. like

…

.as

B. as

…

like

C. like

…

as if

D. as

…

as if

28. Only by shouting at the top of her voice ______.

A. she was able to make herself heard

B .was she able to make herself heard

C. was she able to make herself hear

D .she was able to make herself hear

29. He must have had something wrong, or he _____ then.

A. would have been here

B. should be here

C. had been here

D. would be here

30. ______, we

’

d better not disturb him.

A. Tired as he is

B. As is he tired

C. Tired as is he

D. As tired as he is

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. CET 4 Vocabulary

31. Don

’

t get into the bad ___ of smoking or drinking.

A. habit

B. custom

C. hobby

D. profession

32. I like your method of teaching and shall ____ them in my teaching.

A. absorb

B. adopt

C. acquire

D. afford

33. Feeling tired all the time is a _____ that you may be sick.

A. mark

B. sight

C. sign

D. trace

34. I take this medicine twice a day; it should ______ my cold.

A. care

B. cure

C. restore

D. recover

35. Music often ____ us of events in the past.

A. remembers

B. memorizes

C. reminds

D. reflects

is well-known that retired workers in our country are ___ free medical care.

A. entitled to

B. involved in

C. associated with

D. engaged in

37. The two boys _____ each other in that they both have reddish hair and a round face.

A. like

B. resemble

C. similar to

D. refer to

38. There is not much time left, so I will tell you about it ____.

A. in detail

B. in brief

C. in short

D. in all

39. Large passenger planes often carry weather instruments with which to _____ storm.

A. broadcast

B. predict

C. inform

D. investigate

40. How many radios will this factory _____ this year?

A. multiply

B. measure

C. manufacture

D. publish

41. Tom told me that he would have to ____ her invitation to the party.

A. avoid

B. refuse

C. deny

D. ignore

42. Many new ____ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.

A. opportunities

B. necessities

C. realities

D. probabilities

43. The rain was heavy and ____ the land was flooded.

A. consequently

B. continuously

C. constantly

D. conversely

44. Children who are over protected by their parents may become _____.

A. hurt

B. damaged

C. spoiled

D. harmed

45. The police are ____ the road accident that occurred last night.

A. looking up

B. looking on

C. looking out

D. looking into

46. Important people don

’

t often have much free time as their work ______ almost all their time.

A. takes away

B. takes over

C. takes up

D. takes in

47. V

ery few scientists ____ with completely new answers to the world

’

s problems.

A. come round

B. come in

C. come up

D. come on

48. The _____ edition of the dictionary is far better than the previous ones.

A. late

B. last

C. lasting

D. latest

49. I have been _____ to try these pills for seasickness.

A. advised

B. admitted

C. recalled

D. suggested

50. We did not send you an invitation, as we took it for _____ you would be coming.

A. granted

B. sure

C. positive

D. known

51. ____ the 1500

’

s ___ the first Europeans explored the coast of California.

A. It was not until

…

. Then

B. It is until

…

that

C. It is not until

…

when

D. It was not

until

…

that

52. The teacher was very strict and requested that we ____ TV on weekdays.

A. not to watch

B. did not watch

C. not watch

D. must not watch

53. I will not read that book _____ who recommends it.

A. no matter

B. for

C. as

D. since

54. No one lives in the room _____ windows are broken.

A. its

B. which

C. whose

D. of those

55. During our visit to the factory

, we ____ all the different ways of making whisky.

A. showed

B. were shown

C. had shown

D. had been shown

56.

Only

about

one

in

twelve

of

the

young

men

and

women

of

this

country

____

a

college

education.

A. receives

B. is received

C. are received

D. receive

57. _____ to speak when the audience interrupted him.

A. Hardly had he begun

B. No sooner had he begun

C. Not until he began

D. Scarcely

did he begin

58. Mr. Smith _____ be in the bookstore because I saw him in his office a moment ago.