大学英语湖北工程学院期末考试重点习题集和答案.doc

英语复习题

Unit1
Vocabulary

drain whistles restrain pledge beneath disguised grasp

1. With his index finger, Patterson pointed toward a plain color-coded box____________
a long wooden table.
2．He________ himself as a waiter and watched what was going on around.
3. He often________ a tune during the morning tea break when his boss is not around.
4. And again she shouted in a high-pitched voice, word by word, with no attempt to ______
________ herself, “I cannot stand any more.”
5. There were certain people in that room like Peter and John, who had failed to _____ what I was saying.
9. These developers _______ to build low-income housing units when the supply of affordable housing for poor people continues to shrink.
10. People have been mobilized to build defenses and ________ flooded land as heavy rains continue to fall.

Close
(A)underneath (B)undertook (C)engaged (D)resources (E)assets (F)glimpse
(G)rescued (H)delivered (I)appreciated (J)identified (K)uttered (L)scattered
(M)separated (N)presented (O)restrain
When I think of people in this world who have really made a difference, I think of my parents. They were truly saints among ordinary people.
I was one of the ten children my parents adopted. They ______each of us from a life of poverty and loneliness. They were hardly able to __________ themselves from bringing home more children to care for. If they had had the _______, they certainly would have.
Most people do not realize how much they _______ someone until they pass away. My sisters and brothers and I did not want this to happen before we _____ the words “Thank you ”to our parents.
Although we have all grown up and _______ about the country, we got back together to thank our parents. My brother Tom _______ the task of organizing the event. Every Friday night ,Mon and Dad have had the ham dinner special at the same restaurant for the last twenty years. That is where we waited without their knowing. When we first caught a _______ of them coming across the street, we all hid ________ a big table. When they entered, we leapt out and shouted, “Thank you, Mon and Dad.” My brother Tom _____ them with a card and we all hugged. My dad pretended that he had known we were under the table all along.

Translation

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1. 无论你是多么富有经验的演说家，无论你做了多么充分的准备，你都很难再这样嘈杂的招待会上发表演讲。(no matter how)

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2. 就像吉米妹妹的朋友都关系吉米一样，吉米也关心他们。(just as)

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3.汽车生产商在新车的几处都印有汽车识别号码，以便帮助找回被盗的车辆。(track down)

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4. The girl, whose life revolved around her brother, had no difficulty working out what she should do to please him.

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5. If you don’t know what you want, you might end up getting something you don’t want.

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6. Jimmy had his sister to help him get through the painful days alone without his father.

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Unit2
Vocabulary

modified advisable remedy sufficient
evidence impact calculate restricted

3. I don’t think it _________ that Tim be assigned the job since he has no experience.
4. Meals also have to be _______ from their original state so that they will have a beneficial effect on the body.
5. His face was very red, which was a clear ______ of his fever.
6. Families with children tend to be ________ as to when they can take their vacations.
7. They ______ that the aging population is adding one percent yearly to health service costs.
8. In the case of a polluted river, the _____ lies in the hands of the national government.
9. The change in leadership will have a huge _____ on government policy.
10. Given ______ time, with other things remaining unchanged, prices and wages would eventually be adjusted and full employment may be achieved.

Close
(A) remedy (B)heal (C)store (D)process (E )confess (F)acknowledge
(G) moderate (H )modest (I)advisable (J)absorbed (K)endurance
(L)persistence (M)number (N)allowance (O)supplements
Women who exercise regularly need to be careful with what they eat. Researchers have found evidence that even ____ exercise can result in losing iron. They said that women who exercise regularly, especially in _____ activities, typically lose iron. In those women consume more meat or take________ to replace the iron lost. Those who do bother to get plentiful amounts of iron may begin to feel weak and tired. ”If you can get the recommended daily _______ of iron in your diet, you will probably perform better,” said one diet specialist. “One shortcoming of taking iron pills is that the pill form is not well_______ and can sometimes make you sick. It is preferable that you try to ______ the deficiency by getting more iron-rich meats in your diet.”
There are ways to help your body______ away the iron it takes in. By getting plenty of Vitamin C, your body is able to ______ or use, the iron better. Researchers______ that everyone’s body is different and the problem will be less serious for some. Because it is impossible to decide whether or not this could be a problem for you, health specialists say it is_______ to check your iron levels. Even when you can’t feel it, you may still have a problem.

Translation
C-E

4.考虑到那个地区受欢迎程度，提前订旅馆是明智的。(advisable)
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5.服药后若有呕吐感，请立即停止服用并尽快咨询医生。(throw up)

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6.总结这次讨论时，他说双方都要好好考虑怎样以最有效的方法来解决这一个问题。(sum up)

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4. According to the sports medicine expert, it is advisable for those who suffer from fatigue and poor performance to eat red meat, which contains the most easily absorbed from of iron.

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5. People with low iron reserves should consult a physician to see if the deficiency should be corrected by modifying their diet or by taking supplements.

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6. In general, if you ignore the amount of iron you take in and do not pay attention to warning signs before iron reserves are gone, you will be in trouble.

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Unit3
Vocabulary
publicity comprehensive worthwhile
suspend controversial insulted cultivate

1. Education should aim to __________ a child’s mind to its utmost potential.
2. We have tried to make the test simple but _________ so that it will give us a basic idea of what you do and do not understand.
3. This _________ book was both praised and criticized, but whether it was read by artists I have to further research.
4. Three independent daily newspapers have been ordered to ________ publication.
5. They offered me only $5 for a whole day’s work—I felt really _________.
9. One of the things many of us hope for is a chance to contribute something ________ to the world.
10. The reports have attracted considerable ____________ although only a tiny proportion of the reports have been debated in the House.

Close
(A)intensify (B)improve (C)cultivating (D)comprehensive (E)impossible (F)academic
(G)beneficial (H)enjoyable (I)alike (J)confine (K)concentrated (L)equipped
(M)penalties (N)sanctions (O)obstacles
While many private schools are focusing more on values, public schools are moving toward testing standards. The national government demands _______ success and tests are taken as a key measurement for a school’s performance. Schools with low test scores face ______ such as a reduction in money to run their schools. And, even individual teacher are being graded on how they ‘re preparing their students for these tests.
“We have ______ too much on teaching the kids how to take these tests,” commented one elementary school teacher. “We should be providing a more _______ curriculum to these kids. We should be ________leader-ship and curiosity. Unfortunately, there is never time.”
One school principal remarked, “It’s true that it would be_______ to our kids if they were getting better scores on the subjects being tested. The trouble is that in poorer areas of the city like ours, kids start school less______ to perform well. We have many ______ to overcome before we can teach them basic subjects. All schools are not _______, so they shouldn’t be tested that way.”
“The goal is to __________ performance in schools that are not providing their students with tools for success,” said one government official. He admits, however, that he is having a hard time convincing faculty and teachers this pan will work.

Translation
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2.教师一旦同意接受新的教学计划，他们就得面对新计划所带给他们的压力。(Use “once” as a conjunction with the meaning “from the moment that”)
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3. 从长远看，大学毕业后继续深造而不是直接参加工作是值得的。(in the long run, worthwhile)

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4.由于这所学院的办学宗旨是品德第一，所以道德观和学习成绩受到同样的重视。(operate on)

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1. As in France, during the 1960s in the United States there was a cultural revolution.
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2. Once he made up his mind to do something, there was no stopping him.
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3 The school stresses the idea that it is worthwhile for parents to participate in school activities together with their children.
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Unit 4
Vocabulary
universal versions dedicated
recruit solemn evolved approved

4. Police had trouble understanding who was responsible for the accident, because everyone who saw it made different ______ of what happened.
5. It is an almost_______ truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it.
6. His appointment has not been formally ____yet.
7. it’s getting more and more difficult to ______ experienced staff.
8. He insisted that the idea ______ out of work done by British scientists.
9. They are the ordinary citizens for whom the honor system was designed-----people who have ____their lives to duty.
10. His expression became very _______solemn when we told him what had happened.

Translation
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1.从各方面考虑，这座城市都是世界上最令人激动的城市。（Use an absolute structure）
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2.尽管没有得到父母的赞同，他还是继续他的计划出国学习。（Use the structure of “conjunction+ prepositional phrase”; go ahead）
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3.这座桥是以一位英雄的名字命名的，这位英雄为人民的事业献出了生命。（name after）
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4. Although some people did not approve of it, the city leaders decided to go ahead with the plan to build two five-star hotels by the lake to attract more visitors.
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5. The famous painter died, and his wife, who used to be a model posing for his drawings, immediately came in as the general manager of his decoration company.
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6. At the party, all of them were richly dressed, but it was their way of talking that captured may attention so much that I felt inclined to talk with them.
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Unit5

Vocabulary
    slid     preceding   shallow
    loose     decay  secured  switch   

1. A very promising football player back home, Kamet decided to _____ to golf and turned professional in 2002
2. The cabbages have already started to ______ and we have to throw them away.
3. Many elderly people feel more ________ knowing that if they need help, there is always someone with them, caring for them.
4. The Toyota Matrix that we were driving was shaking vigorously, and some of its screws were getting ______________.
5. They went up to the gate, which _____ open at the push of a button.
9. I knew that he had been in Cuba the _______ year because he constantly mentioned Havana.
10. If he is only interested in your looks, that just shows how___________ he is.

Translation
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4. There is a swell of emotion within me for this old man who is dying, his dark yellow skin hanging loosely around exaggerated bones, his sunken chest rising and falling with the uneven breaths.
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5. Did you read about the famous painter in the newspaper? He actually worked himself to death for his ambition of becoming a master of visual art.
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6. There had been hints that the old lady wanted to die alone, sparing her family an episode that perhaps they were not equipped to handle.
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参考答案

Unit 1
III
1 beneath 2 disguised 3 whistles 4 restrain 5 grasp
9 pledge 10 drain

G O D I K L B F A N
XI
1. No matter how experienced a speaker you are, and how well you have prepared your speech, you will have difficulty making a speech at such a noisy reception.
2. Just as all his sister’s friends cared about him, Jimmy cared about them.
3. Car manufacturers stamp a vehicle identification number at several places on new cars to help track down stolen vehicles.
XII
4．这个女孩的生活天天围着哥哥转，完全明白该做什么来使哥哥高兴。
5．如果你不知道自己想要什么，你最终得到的可能都是自己不想要的。
6．吉米有他妹妹帮助他度过那些没有父亲的艰难日子。

Unit2
III
3 advisable 4 modified 5 evidence 6restricted 7 calculate
8 remedy 9 impact
V
G K O N J A C D F I
XI
4. Taking the popularity of the region into consideration, it is advisable to book hotels in advance.
5. If you have a feeling of wanting to throw up aftertaking this drug, stop taking it immediately and consult your doctors as 
soon as possible.
6. Summing up the discussion, he said both parties should consider the most effective way to solve the problem.
XII
4．这位运动医学专家认为，感到劳累、工作效率差的人，最好食用牛肉、羊肉，它们含有最易被吸收的铁质。
5．铁质储量低的人应该去咨询医生，看看是否应通过调整饮食或服用铁质补剂来校正不足。
6．一般说来，如果你忽视自己摄入的铁质含量，不在铁质储备失去之前注意警告信号，你会有危险。

Unit 3
III
1 cultivate 2 comprehensive 3 controversial 4 suspend 5insulted
9 worthwhile 10 publicity
V
F M K D C G L O I B
XI
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