大学英语读写三题库.doc

第三版《新视野大学英语读写教程》第三册词汇同步练习

Unit 1 , Book 3 The way to success
1. The Qin triumphed ______six rival states and emerged as the only power poised to unify China. (U1----A)
A. of B. over C. to D. against
2. I would like to ______you for the support you give with your excellent articles to rural artists and craftspeople. (U1----A)
A. commend B. commit C. command D. comment
3. She ______all her efforts on the care of home and children. (U1----A)
A. expanded B. expended C. extended D. spent
4. He was hospitalized last week, the next day after he was appointed ______ the finance ministry. (U1----A)
A. as B. in C. to D. on
5.After the earthquake happened, foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the ______ areas. (U1----B)
A. strike B. stricken C. stroke D. stroked
6. Remains of plants on the ground serve ______ a natural fertilizer and help support the roots of future crops. (U1----B)
A. of B. to C. as D. for
7. Military intervention will only ______ the conflict even further. (U1----B)
A. exaggerate B. aggravate C. alleviate D. deviate
8. What brings us together is that we have common interests which ______ those differences. (U1----A)
A. ascend B. descend C. transcend D. resend
9. If it's a sales position, go all out to show how well-spoken and ______ you are. (U1----B)
A. persuasive B. prospective C. persuaded D. protective
10. Those who have a life compass in their mind will never ______ from the correct course. (U1----A)
A. deviate B. derive C. alleviate D. pursue
11. The bad cold ______him ______ attending the meeting. (U1----A)
A. included...in B. concluded...from C. precluded...from D. excluded...away
12. He feels that he was ______become a musician of top class. (U1----B)
A. alert to B. doomed to C. intended to D. destined to
13. This strict supervision of their activities will make them less decisive and may ______from giving orders or taking charge of the situation. (U1----A)
A. inhabit B. exhibit C. inhibit D. prohibit
14. It is said that they wrote their marriage______.(U1----A)
A. off B. back C. of D. on
15. She moved to London in pursuit of ______ and fortune. (U1----A)
A. fame B. renown C. prestige D. reputation
16. A bird had been locked in and was by now quite______.(U1----B)
A. fantastic B. fantasy C. frantic D. freak
17. The best way to learn to see a world of possibilities is to______ people that spend most of their time actively creating things. (U1----B)
A. go out with B. hang out with C. find out with D. hung out with
18.The company is ______ extra staff to cope with the growing work load due to increasing demand for their products. (U1----B)
A. taking on B. working on C. firing off D. dismissing of
19. The government will offer incentives to people with ______ in technology to go working in these underdeveloped regions. (U1----B)
A. professional B. skill C. expertise D. experts
20. The discovery of gold ______ wealth and immigration in this region. (U1----A)
A. spurred B. precluded C. upheld D. adored

Unit 2, Book 3 Beat your fear
1. With the passage of time, my unhappy memories of that place________. (U2-A)
A. conceded B. receded C. preceded D. exceeded
2. My car broke down, but luckily someone gave me a _________. (U2-A)
A. tow B. tide C. toe D. toll
3. The police have been involved but are reluctant to ________in family conflicts. (U2-A)
A. interact B. interface C. interfere D. intervene
4. If you want to know how much this old painting is worth, have it ________ by an art dealer. (U2-A)
A. appraised B. assessed C. evaluated D. estimated
5. She had a special VIP pass and plowed ________ the waiting crowd in front of the theater. (U2-A)
A. from B. in C. through D. off
6. The air thins as we _________ high to the top of the mountain. (U2-A)
A. descend B. ascend C. transcend D. resend
7. People who are not properly prepared for climbing very high mountains can suffer from “_________ sickness”. (U2-B)
A. attitude B. aptitude C. latitude D. altitude
8. Small fish are vulnerable ______ predators. (U2-B)
A. against B. to C. of D. in
9. Despite the circumstance, there was no angry emotion or tension in her voice, and this calm voice _____ a calm in me that quieted some of my fear. (U2-B)
A. evoked B. paralyzed C. dismayed D. dreaded
10. I was paralyzed _____ fear, but I forced myself to move toward with this impromptu resuce. (U2-A)
A. to B. in C. with D. on
11. Nothing scares me ________ speaking English in public. (U2-B)
A. As many as B. as much as C. as big as D. as large as
12. No one is immune ______ his immense charm. (U2-B)
A. to B. by C. from D. of
13. The harsh weather conditions, the bridge swept away and the water levels being so high forced the scientific expedition to ______ the plan. (U2-B)
A. commend B. evoke C. abort D. evaporate
14. The whole world looked to her as a symbol of triumph ________ evil. (U2-B)
A. against B. over C. of D. for
15. ________ the event of rain, the game will be postponed. We had a lot of wine, but we didn’t drink enough to black _____. (U2-A)
A. In B. At C. Under D. Within
16. One should not ________ the consequences of the world’s population explosion. (U2-A)
A. estimate B. overestimate C. underestimate D. underline
17. This was a wicked crime that was particularly _______ and brutal. (U2-A)
A. virtual B. virtuous C. vicious D. vital
18. The country was _______ the brink of a constitutional crisis. (U2-A)
A. by B. at C. against D. on
19. By the time the police arrived, the victim had become_______. (U2-B)
A. pathetic B. hysterical C. notorious D. rebellious
20. I will never know ______ sure whether I was encouraging or discouraging my son’s interest in technical work by my example. (U2-B)
A. within B. under C. with D. for

Unit 3, Book 3 Life stories
1. In spite of the widespread international terrorism, the president still urges the soldiers not to ______ peace efforts. (U3---A)
A. give in B. give away C. give off D. give up on
2. The UN flag was raised at the airport yesterday to ______ that control has passed into its hands. (U3---A)
A. intensify B. classify C. signify D. qualify
3. Her friends and neighbors watched her ______ from a shy local girl to a famous movie star. (U3---A)
A. transcend B. transform C. transfer D. transport
4. The captain decided to ______ the terrible news even from his senior officers. (U3---B)
A. withstand B. withdraw C. withhold D. uphold
5. Since then he lived alone and immersed himself ______ his career. (U3---B)
A. on B. at C. in D. of
6. The monitor is a source of encouragement to others and always ready to ______ by example . (U3---B)
A. set B. take C. lead D. carry
7. He told his supporters to ______ over the next few vital days and continued to vote for him. (U3---A)
A. stand fast B. stand out C. stand by D. stand for
8. Comrade Lei Feng passed away in 1962, but his spirit of social responsibility and dedication still ______. (U3---A)
A. lives up B. lives down C. lives on D. lives with
9. For several decades Italy has been ______ by political corruption. (U3---A)
A. affluent B. inflicted C. conflicted D. afflicted
10. The President is focusing on nuclear energy now because he needs to ______ public attention from his economic record. (U3---B)
A. revert B. divert C. convert D. invert
11. The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate ______ many people of job opportunities.
A. deprives B. strives C. contrives D. drives
12. The whole world looked to her as a symbol of good triumphing ______ evil. (U3---A)
A. at B. on C. in D. over
13. I don’t think it’s a(n) ______ that three of the leading men we’ve talked about today all have tremendous stage experience.(U3---B)
A. coincidence B. occurrence C. incidence D. incident
14. Governments in rich countries now accept that their pension and health-care promises will soon become unaffordable, and many of them have ______ on radical economic reforms. (U3---A)
A. initiated B. embarked C. commenced D. established
15. My light-hearted temperament makes me able to greet and also to ______ each day ______ a smile. (U3---B)
A. end ... up B. end … by C. end … with D. end … in
16. To ____someone on their appearance , for example , a new hairstyle , you can say : I like your hairstyle (U3---A)
A. compliment B. complement C. comprise D. complain
17. He and his wife left their motherland and arrived in London as rich ______ and led a happy life together. (U3---A)
A. emigrants B. immigrants C. migrants D. migrations
18. Nothing can ______ a willing heart from achieving success. (U3---A)
A. preclude B. include C. exclude D. conclude
19. Right now there is no evidence that those flu viruses that ______ our pets are contagious to us. (U3—B)
A. effected B. affected C. infected D. injected
20. China will inevitably retrogress into semi-feudalism and semi-colonialism if we ______ from socialism. (U3---A)
A. alleviate B. aggravate C. deviate D. simulate

Unit 4, Book 3 Let’s go
1. He the problem before making a final decision.(U4-A)
A. contaminated B. contemplated C. thought D. reckoned
2. I used to be one of the most and impatient individuals on the planet; I quit my job to travel.(U4-A)
A. fortunate B. stubborn C. illicit D. finite
3. They tried to the old woman whose daughter died in an air crash. (U4-A)
A. saturate B. irritate C. console D. encourage
4. You must go; it’s and you will be fined if you don’t.(U4-A)
A. compulsive B. compulsory C. complimentary D. complicate
5. A translation is not always the closest to the original meaning.(U4-A)
A. literal B. literate C. illiterate D. literary
6. As a psychologist, professor Li tried to study the way people think.(U4-A)
A. inductive B. cognitive C. primitive D. instructive
7. He was for 18 months on charge of theft.(U4-A)
A. impressed B. improved C. imprisoned D. prison
8. Mangoes from Thailand and other fruits sell good in our country.(U4-A)
A. exotic B. toxic C. pathetic D. domestic
9. Nature has her with beauty and intelligence.(U4-A)
A. conferred B. endowed C. equipped D. bestowed
10. In the middle to high rainfall has risen steadily over the last 20--30 years.(U4-A)
A. longitudes B. latitudes C. attitudes D. altitudes
11. He takes his sprayer in his hand, appreciating the garden’s beauty and .(U4-B)
A. fragrance B. fragment C. fracture D. fraction
12. That lady, a very famous writer, my grandmother, lived with us in Port of Spain, in Woodbrook. (U4-B)
A. vulnerable B. voluntary C. various D. venerable
13. Officials in Shanghai are urging eligible couples to have two children amid concerns over an aging population. This is the first time in decades that Chinese has encouraged couples to .(U4-B)
A. conceal B. concede C. conceive D. conclude
14. He finally looked at her, and his glance was sharp and full of .(U4-B)
A. misery B. sympathy C. affection D. menace
15. The rebellion against the government has been by the government troops.(U4-B)
A. compressed B. suppressed C. oppressed D. depressed
16. Family commitments and low expectations often women from engaging in a challenging career.(U4-B)
A. constrain B. restrain C. refrain D. confine
17. Strategically we should all our enemies, but tactically we should take them all seriously.(U4-B)
A. ignore B. neglect C. despise D. leave out
18. The _______ news report didn't have much effect on them .(U4-B)
A. sensitive B. sensible C. sensational D. sentimental
19. From the way they talked I them to be married.(U4-B)
A. consumed B. assured C. resumed D. presumed
20. Staying in an American family is a good way to improve your English and have a rare insight _______ American culture. (U4-B)
A. off B. into C. to D. toward

Unit 5, Book 3 When work is a pleasure
1. The examination supervisor warned students not to ______ themselves by cheating on the exam. (U5-A)
A. dedicate B. contemplate C. degrade C. upgrade
2. The city has a few modern buildings in the central area which do not ______ with the style of the city’s overall character. (U5-A)
A. confirm B. confront C. conform D. confine
3. Every decision is made of a person’s free will, and is ______, unless it is effected by compulsion. (U5-A)
A. voluntary B. extraordinary  C. contrary D. contemporary
4. Rising temperatures and the associated earlier spring snowmelt ______ with increasing amounts and size of wildfires in the western United States. (U5-A)
A. connect B. correlate C. cooperate D. designate
5. The newspaper ______ three whole pages to pictures of the princess. (U5-A)
A. alleviate B. addicted C. designate D. dedicated
6. To improve the ______ of gene testing, scientists needed to spell out the actual DNA sequence of disease-fostering genes. (U5-A)
A. decision B. precision C. revision D. vision
7. My girlfriend’s interest in my job gave me an ______, so I worked twice as hard. (U5-A)
A. inventive B. incentive C. intensive D. creative