大学英语精读英语(二).doc

艺体、专科 《大学英语》《精读英语》(二) Part One：Vocabulary and Grammar Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.（20 marks） 1. The driver stopped at the crossroad as the traffic lights flashed red. A. pulled off B. pulled up C. pulled away D. pulled around2. The other houses nearby got old and shabby, and that reduced the value of his house. A. cut out B. cut up C. cut into D. cut off3. Foreigners can change their money into the local currency at his bank. A. transform B. vary C. alter D. convert 4. There is less crime now than there used to be. It seems that there is a fall in the crime rate. A. slope B. incline C. descend D. decline 5. Can you make______ of this poem? A. idea B. sense C. meaning D. view 6. He took great ____ to please his boss. A. pain B. effort C. pains D. efforts 7.To speed up the _____ of letters, the Post Office introduced automatic sorting. A. treatment B. delivery C. transmission D. departure 8. Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ______ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.A. inject B. install C. invade D. insert 9. There is a whole ____ bills waiting to be paid. A. stock B. stack C. number D. sequence 10. The new colleague ______ to have worked in several big corporations before he joined our company. A. confesses B. declares C. claims D. confirms 11. This agreement will _____ the newspaper from government interference. A. safeguard B. prevent C. guard D. avoid 12. My cases are too heavy and the airline charged me for 40 dollars for _____ baggage A. exceeding B. excess C. excessive D. exclusive 13. We’d like to _____ a table for five for dinner this evening. A. preserve B. sustain C. retain D. reserve. 14. Scientists first _____ the idea of the atom bomb in the 1930s. A. imagined B. conceived C. considered D. acknowledged15. Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major