新视野大学英语三级题库单选148.doc

UNIT TWO
1. The police still hadn’t enough ______ to prove him guilty so they set him free in the end. (3---2A#)
A) conclusion B) approach
C) sincerity D) evidence
2. The president made a _______ speech at the opening ceremony of the sports meeting, which encouraged the sportsmen greatly. (3---2B#)
A) vigorous B) tedious
C) flat D) harsh
3. Careless drivers are _______ to meet with accidents. (3---2A#)
A) like B) liable
C) feasible D) flexible
4. The workers’ demands are ______ ; they are asking for only a small increase in their wages. (3---2A#)
A) particular B) moderate
C) intermediate D) numerous
5. This disease is caused by a(n) _______ of vitamin C. (3---2A#)
A) endurance B)formation
C) deficiency D) phenomenon
6. The first, second, and third prizes went to James, John, and Tom _______. (3---2A#)
A) respectably B) respectfully
C) respected D) respectively
7. Power in business is derived _______ confidence. (3---2A#)
A) from B) in
C) of D) by
8. His relationship with Smith _______ four stages. (3---2B#)
A) went through B) went by
C) went over D) went out
9. I’m old enough not to let my troubles _______ with my work. (3---2A#)
A) trouble B) bother
C) interfere D) disturb
10. In Britain people _______ four million tons of potatoes every year. (3---2A#)
A) swallow B) dispose
C) consume D)exhaust
11. The government took over the railways, hoping to ________ confusion and inefficiency. (3---2A#)
A) select B) adopt
C) stem D) remedy
12. A healthy life is frequently thought to be _______ with the open countryside and homegrown food. (3---2A#)
A) tied B) bound
C) involved D) associated
13. The rain was heavy and _______ the land was flooded. (3---2B#)
A) consequently B) continuously
C) constantly D) consistently
14. After running to the bus stop, he was almost out of _______ . (3---2A#)
A) fatigue B) breath
C) tie D) exhaustion
15. The court considers a financial ______ to be an appropriate way of punishing him. (3---2B#)
A) payment B) obligation
C) option D) penalty
16. Meals also have to be ______ so that they will have a beneficial effect on the body. (3---2A*)
A) bound B) modified
C) adopted D) derived
17. The employment problem tends to be a city ______. (3---2A#)
A) shortcomings B) efficiency
C) phenomenon D) interaction
18. The considerations mentioned above may be _______ in a few words. (3---2A#)
A) resulted in B) led to
C) summed up D) absorbed in
19. Many English words are ______ from French and Latin words. (3---2A#)
A) obtained B) generated
C) stem D) derived
20. The European Union countries were worried that they would not have _____ supplies of petroleum. (3---2A#)
A) proficient B) efficient
C) potential D) sufficient
21. Not having a good command of English can be a serious _______ preventing you from achieving your goals. (3---2B#)
A) obstacle B) fault
C) offense D) distress
22. This range of computers is very fast but their _____ will be even faster. (3---2B#)
A) concession B) depression
C) succession D) confession
23. Although she was disappointed about not getting the job, Jane soon _______. (3---2A#)
A) took in B) bounced back
C) threw up D) checked on
24. Their economy has expanded enormously in the past five years, whereas ours, _______ , has declined. (3---2B#)
A) in general B) in contrast
C) in case D) in addition
25. The new generation would be more intelligent, enjoy better health and ______ more energy. (3---2B*)
A) reuse B) speculate
C) possess D) imply
26. Success in one area made them have confidence in ______ other challenges. (3---2B#)
A) tackling B) disposing
C) dealing D) exhibiting
27. The doctor have ______ the cause of the illness _____ an unknown virus. (3---2B#)
A) contributed ; to B) attributed ; to
C) concentrated ; on D) resulted ; in
28. Scientific discoveries are often applied ____ industrial production methods. (3---2B#)
A) for B) by
C) to D) with
29. Share prices were _______ by reports of the president’s recovery. (3---2B#)
A) neglected B) implied
C) boosted D) provided
30. This article, though very useful and informative, is much too ______ for the average reader. (3---2B#)
A) logical B) academic
C) primary D) beneficial

UNIT THREE
1. It is suggested that students should take an active part in social events ______ those event do not interfere with their studies. (3---3B#)
A) lest B) though
C) unless D) provided
2. There was once a town in this country where all life seemed to live in ________ with its surroundings. (3---3B#)
A) coincidence B) harmony
C) uniform D) alliance
3. When we are together there is no competition; neither of us feel better than or ________ to the other. (3---3B#)
A) interior B) internal
C) inherit D) inferior
4. The author introduced an entirely different ________ to language teaching. (3---3A#)
A) approach B) admission
C) entrance D) access
5. Professor Wang has been ________ a lot of pressure on me to change my mind. (3---3B#)
A) contributing B) exerting
C) demonstrating D) tolerating
6. As all the members of the committee except the chairman were in favor of the suggestion, he
was in a ______ of one. (3---3A#)
A) community B) society
C) majority D) minority
7. Education should aim to _______ children’s mind to its utmost potential. (3---3A*)
A) cultivate B) calculate
C) consult D) circulate
8. The president said his government had the right to acquire any _____ weapons from abroad to defend the country. (3---3B#)
A) extreme B) discarded
C) sophisticated D) moral
9. Some scientists believe that language has a great impact ______ people’s thinking. (3---3B*)
A) to B) on
C) of D) with
10. In Japan the western deadline approach is secondary _______ a thorough job. (3---3B*)
A) to B) of
C) with D) by
11. Professor Taylor’s talk has indicated that science has a very strong ______ on the everyday life of non-scientists as well as scientists. (3---3B#)
A) motivation B) perspective
C) impression D) impact
12. I wouldn’t think it _______ to ask him to join the club——he will only refuse. (3---3A#)
A) worthwhile B) worthless
C) worth D) worthy
13. The value of the industrial _______ dropped from about 70 billion dollars to slightly more than 31 billion. (3---3A#)
A) outcome B) output
C) outlook D) outset
14. However, _______ weight is not an inevitable part of getting older. (3---3A*)
A) obtaining B) gaining
C) getting D) developing
15. They must know how to make use of and when necessary to discard the old ______ rules. (3---3A*)
A) conventional B) conditional
C) flexible D) feasible
16. Originally the play was _______ for October 2004, but had to be cancelled. (3---3A#)
A) convinced B) scheduled
C) suspended D) enrolled
17. One of Magritte’s paintings is of a man with his hat ______ in mid-air above his head. (3---3A#)
A) prepared B) participated
C) operated D) suspended
18. The problem is so difficult that we cannot ______ it _____ without the help of our teacher. (3---3A#)
A) work ; out B) work ; at
C) operate ; at D) agree ; to
19. Today the most difficult and ________ questions about the economic crisis of the late 1990s concern its deeper causes, both domestic and international. (3---3A#)
A) preliminary B) controversial
C) fruitful D) capable
20. We have to do our ______ to make the process as simply as possible. (3---3A#)
A) utmost B) outset
C) outlook D) strain
21. We have tried to make the questions simple but _______ so that it won’t take many minutes to fill in but your answers will give us a good idea of what is wanted and what is not. (3---3A#)
A) complicated B) comprehensive
C) controversial D) preliminary
22. The lord mayor has ______ a fund for the victims of the disaster. (3---3A*)
A) set up B) set out
C) set aside D) set in
23. The building became ______ a fish market, a cheap restaurant, a small hotel and finally a supermarket. (3---3B#)
A) continuously B) continually
C) successively D) fundamentally
24. She _______ all her old clothes when she moved to a new city. (3---3B*)
A) dismissed B) disposed
C) discarded D) displaced
25. From my point of view this approach is _______ to that one. (3---3B*)
A) better B) worse
C) superior D) best
26. Unless they get the right approach they would _______, and their competitors are already years ahead of them. (3---3B#)
A) feel behind B) feel through
C) lag behind D) lag through
27. Finally the murder case was dismissed ________ to lack of evidence. (3---3B#)
A) because B) as
C) thereby D) owing
28. I realized what I was doing and decided to have this problem ________, and I traced it back to when I was in hospital as a child. (3---3B*)
A) different B) consulted
C) reformed D) analysed
29. The course was cancelled although over the students’ _______. (3---3A*)
A) arguments B) quarrels
C) protests D) conflicts
30. Held up in a traffic jam, we ______ the planners for not having the foresight to have built a five-lane motorway. (3---3A#)
A) strained B) attended
C) achieved D) cursed
31. With a standard bulb, only 5% of the electricity is ______ to light —— the rest is wasted away as heat. (3---3B#)
A) compressed B) converted
C) exhausted D) confined
32. Colour-blind people often find it difficult to _______ between blue and green. (3---3B#)
A) separate B) distinguish
C) compare D) contrast
33. We welcome rain, but a(n) ______ large amount of rainfall will cause floods. (3---3B#)
A) constantly B) extensively
C) specially D) extremely
34. Being a pop star can be quite a hard life, with a lot of traveling ______ heavy schedules. (3---3B#)
A) with regard to B) as to
C) in relation to D) owing to
35. Henry’s news report covering the conference was so ______ that nothing had been omitted. (3---3A#)
A) clear B) moderate
C) comprehensive D) understandable
36. He is ______ about his chances of winning a good medal in the Olympics next year. (3---3A#)
A) optimistic B) optional
C) outstanding D) obvious
37. During the process, great care has to be taken to protect ______ silk from damage. (3---3B#)
A) sensitive B) tender
C) delicate D) sensible
UNIT FOUR
1. The bridge was named _______ the hero who gave his life for the cause of the people. (3---4A#)
A) after B) with
C) by D) from
2. Lewis had a(n) ______ manner of lecturing, which was not greatly changed over the years. (3---4B*)
A) statistic B) critical
C) distinctive D) delicate
3. The committee did not _______ of the plan to build a new bridge over the river. (3---4A*)
A) agree B) grant
C) permit D) approve
4. The pupils love the bright, colourful ______ in their books. (3---4B#)
A) illustrations B) demonstrations
C) identifications D) conventions
5. The “New Army” was ______ volunteers only, who poured into recruiting stations in their thousands. (3---4B*)
A) consisted B) insisted
C) comprised D) compromised
6. I applied for the job but they _______ me _____ because I didn’t know German. (3---4B#)
A) turned ; in B) turned ; down
C) turned ; on D) turned ; off
7. In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe ______ Europe into a great war. (3---4B#)
A) inserted B) imposed
C) pitched D) plunged
8. His application for a position with that company was _______. (3---4B#)
A) turned on B) turned down
C) turned off D) turned up
9. Very few experts _______ with completely new answers to the world’s economic problems. (3---4A#)
A) come to B) come round
C) come up D) come on
10. Bernard has _______ admiration and affection at Westminster with his good humor. (3---4A*)
A) made B) taken
C) earned D) followed
11. Wright is correct to see Paisley’s _______ of liberty as a development of this view. (3---4A*)
A) int