精读题库二级.doc

精读题库二级 Examination 1: Dictation (10%) II. Vocabulary and Structure (15%) 1. It wasnt so much that I disliked her _________ that I just wasnt interested in the whole business. A. rather B. so C. than D. as 2. The returns in the short _______ may be small, but over a number of years the investment will be well paid. A. interval B. range C. span D. term 3. So involved with their computers _________ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games. A. became the children B. become the children C. had the children become D. do the children become 4. The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that _________ the speakers stopped for refreshments. A. at large B. at intervals C. at ease D. at random 5. He knows little of mathematics, and __________ of chemistry. A. even more B. still less C. no less D. still more 6. Mr. Smith had an unusual ________: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher. A. profession B. occupation C. position D. career 7. We were pleased to note that the early morning delivery didnt _______ to the traffic jam of the busy city. A. aid B. amount C. add D. attribute 8. Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to _______ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself. A. as B. which C. that D. what 9. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat _______. A. disapproval B. rejection C. refusal D. decline 10. Dozens of scientific groups all over the world have been ________ the goal of a practical and economic way to use sunlight to split water molecules. A. pursuing B. chasing C. reaching D. winning 11. We should always keep in mind that _______ decisions often lead to bitter regrets. A. urgent B. hasty C. instant D. prompt 12. The long-awaited Hubble Space Telescope, ________ to orbit the Earth next March, will ob