Unit 11 练习题

 

一、单项选择题

1. Losing a bus in London _____ for another hour.
A. mean waiting   
B. mean to wait  
C. means waiting    
D. means to wait

2.In every major city there are more____apartments than there homeless people.
A. blank
B. vacant
C. empty
D. bare

3.We have a_____experience of continued living than any society that has preceded us anywhere.
A．very more greater   
B．very many greater
C．much more greater   
D．very much greater

4.Can rayon(人造丝)____silk?
A．substitute  
B．substitute for
C．instead of
D．instead

5.The children____themselves____their parents.
A．identify  with   
B．identify  as
C．identifyed as
D．is identified with

6.When it____research into heart disease and its effects on the body．we do not have adequate substitutes for the use of animals．
A．comes to
B．enters into
C．runs after
D．holds on

7.If he ever said so-____that I ever heard him say so-he was mistaken.
A．so   
B．but
C．such
D．not 

8.If thalidomide were invented today, it would never be____for human use．   
A．released   
B．revealed
C．relieved
D．relaxed  

9.There was only two____of SARS yesterday in the whole country．
A．situation   
B．occasions
C．cases
D．circumstances

10.Will you please bring____the meaning of the paragraph?
A．in   
B．out
C．off
D．up

二、阅读理解

1.  How much living space does a person need? What happens when his space requirements are not adequately met{Sociologists and psychologists are conducting experiments on rats to try to determine the effects of overcrowded conditions on mall．Recent studies have shown that the behavior of rats is greatly affected by space．If rats have adequate living space，they eat well sleep well，and reproduce well. However, if their living conditions become too crowded, their behavior paterns and even their health perceptibly change. They cannot sleep and eat well, and signs of fear and tension become obvious. The more crowded they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus for rats, population and violence are directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as well? Is adequate space not only desirable, but essential for human survival?

(1).This passage is mainly about____.
A. living space and behavior 
B. population and living conditions
C. interesting experiments on rats
D. a natural law for human society

(2).What is the purpose of the experiments described in the passage?
A. To determine how much living space a rat needs.
B. To see what happens when rats live in a limited space.
C. To know the likely effects of inadequate living space on human beings.
D. To find out the relationship between population and living condition.

(3).Which is NOT a result of being too crowded for rats?
A. They become nervous.
B. They cannot get enough rest.
C. They eat less.
D. They become less active.

(4).The passage suggests that overcrowded conditions____.
A. are directly related with population
B. may cause an increase in violence
C. may lead to high birth rate
D. may bring about pollution problems

(5).The author seems to imply that____.
A. human society is very similar to that of rats
B. birth control is essential for a  better  life
C. efforts  should be made to improve living conditions
D. rats are not social animals

三、填空题。

1.With all this done, I____(free) from all troubles and responsibilities.

2.____(seize) Jane by the collar, they dragged her out of the vehicle and locded her up in the dark room.

3.Many other new techniques are available that enable more research ____(do) in the test tube.

4.Little did they realize that they____(make) an important discovery in science.

5.As research techniques become more advanced, the number of animals used in experiments may decrease, but stopping____(test) on animals altogether is a long way away.

四、汉译英。

1.他一点都不清楚自己想过什么样的生活。

2.他正在研究吸烟所产生的影响。

3.据说，早期的定居者遭受了巨大的苦难。

4.乔治接任爱德华成为新船长。

5.你刚才说的话不切题。

五、英译汉。

1.Formality has always characterized their relationship.

2.The people most immediately affected by the drought are the farmers themselves.

3.This is the last place where I expected to meet you.

4.The government gave us a grant to build another classroom.

5.Life is full of overwhelming odds. You cant really eliminate the negatives but you can diminish them.

答案部分

 

一、单项选择题

1.
【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】 句意：在伦敦错过一班车意味着再等一个小时。mean doing意味着。V-ing短语作主语，谓语需用单数。

2.
【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 译文：在每个大城市，空着的旅店比无家可归的人多。本题考查词义区分，A.空着，未填入的；B. 未被占用的；C. 内容空虚的；D. （表面）光秃秃的。

3.
【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】 译文：与以前社会的人相比，我们有更好的在任何地方继续生存的经验。此题考查形容词比较级的用法。great是单音节词，其比较级只需加er即可，而不能再用more修饰，可以用much修饰。

4.
【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 此题考查的是substitute for词组的用法。substitute for代替。不能选instead of，因为句中缺少谓语。

5.
【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 此题考查的是identify的词组的辨析。identify  with 把…联系起来，把…和…等同起来；identify  as把…看成;确认、证明…为。译文：这些孩子把自己和他们的父母联系起来。

6.
【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 此题考查的词组的辨析。come to达到, 继承，想起,共计；enter into进入, 参加, 成为...一部分, 研讨；run after追捕, 追求, 跟踪；hold on继续, 不挂断, 停止。

7.
【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】 译文：如果他曾经这样说-不是我曾经听他说过的那样-那么他就被误解了。so that 以至于，such 是个形容词，不可用such that +从句。只有not 符合句意。

8.
【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 此题考查的是题意辨析。release释放, 解放, 放弃, 让与；revealed显示,透露；relieve减轻, 解除, 援救, 救济；relaxed不严格的, 不拘束的。

9.
【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】 

译文：昨天全国只有两例SARS 病例。表示几例病例要用case。

10.
【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 此题考查的是bring词组的用法。bring in生产, 挣得, 介绍引进；bring out使显示, 出版, 生产, 说出；bring off救出, 完成；bring up教育, 培养, 提出, (军队等)调上来。译文：你能说出这段话的意思吗？

二、阅读理解

1.

(1).

【正确答案】 A

(2).

【正确答案】 C

(3).

【正确答案】 D

(4).

【正确答案】 B

(5).

【正确答案】 C

三、填空题。

(1).

【正确答案】 have been freed

【答案解析】 根据all this done可以判断后面应用完成时态，综合起来，此空应为完成时态的被动语态。译文：所有这些所做的使我从所有的麻烦和责任中解脱出来。

(2).

【正确答案】 seizing

【答案解析】 译文：抓住Jone的衣领，他们从车里把她拽出来，然后把她锁进一间黑房里。应用分词短语作伴随状语。

(3).

【正确答案】 to be done

【答案解析】 译文：许多新的技巧使在试管里进行更多方面的研究成为可能。此题考查不定式的被动式。research与do在逻辑上是被动关系，所以空白处要用不定式的被动式。

(4).

【正确答案】 had made

【答案解析】 译文：他们一点也没意识到，他们创造了科学的巨大发现。此题考查过去完成时的用法。从句的动作发生在主句谓语动词之前，所以空白处要用过去完成时。

(5).

【正确答案】 testing

【答案解析】 译文；由于研究技术越来越发达，用于研究的动物数量或许会减少，但完全停止用动物做试验还会需要很长时间。此题考查stop的用法。stop doing sth．表示“停止做某事”，例如：The students stopped talking when the teacher came in．老师进来时，学生们停止了说话。stop to do sth．意为“停下来去做某事”，例如：They stopped to have a rest．他们停下来休息一下。

四、汉译英。

(1).

【正确答案】 He isnt at all clear about what he wants to do with his life.（汉语动词转为英语形容词）

(2).

【正确答案】 He is researching into the effects of cigarette smoking.

(3).

【正确答案】 It’s said that the early settlers underwent great hardship.

(4).

【正确答案】 George replaced Edward as the new captain.

(5).

【正确答案】 What you have just said is irrelevant to the subject.

五、英译汉。

(1).

【正确答案】 他们之间的关系，有一个特点，就是以礼相待。（英语中很多由名词派生的动词，以及由名词转用的动词，在汉语中往往不易找到相应的动词，这时可将其转译成汉语名词。）

(2).

【正确答案】 遭受这次干旱最直接影响的是农民们。（英语动词译成汉语名词时，修饰该动词的副词往转译成形容词）

(3).

【正确答案】 我怎么也没料到会在这个地方见到你。（翻译时，需要根据上下文的联系以及词在句中的搭配关系来选择和确定词义）

(4).

【正确答案】 政府给了我们一笔补助，用来盖另外一间教室。

(5).

【正确答案】 生活充满了无法抵挡的机会，你不可能真正地消灭那些消极的因素，但是你能削弱他们。