西南交《大学英语III》在线作业二

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Although the heavy rain stopped, it was at least an hour later that the flood began to ______.
A:retire
B:recede
C:recline
D:retreat

If you ______ tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
A:share
B:shed
C:urge
D:devote

______ the biscuit in a strong box, or it will get smashed in the delivery.
A:Lift
B:Split
C:Sweep
D:Pack

He is preparing for a lecture on stock ______.
A:estate
B:exchange
C:plague
D:situation

Clark felt that his _____ in one of the most dramatic medical experiments of all time was worth the suffering he underwent.
A:apprehension
B:appreciation
C:presentation
D:participation

Did I say “a lot of dime“? I’m sorry, I meant to say “a lot of time”. It’s a ______ of tongue.
A:slip
B:throne
C:leap
D:fall

I ______ an old school friend in Oxford Street this morning.
A:come into
B:come across
C:come out
D:come off

He talked about the ______ experience they had on the trip.
A:amusing
B:amazing
C:amused
D:missing

Don’t let the child play with scissors ____________ he cuts himself.
A:so that
B:now that
C:in case
D:only if

_______ had he gone to sleep, than the telephone rang once again.
A:Hardly
B:Scarcely
C:Just
D:No sooner

No ____________ woman would go alone to a bar like that one.
A:respectful
B:respecting
C:respectable
D:respective

I became a teacher because I _____ books to business.
A:wanted
B:liked
C:preferred
D:had

For centuries, the Atlantic Ocean kept the America from ____________ by the people of Europe.
A:discovering
B:being discovering
C:being discovered
D:discovered

Now that Bob is sharing child-raising and ______ tasks with his wife.
A:household
B:houseful
C:house
D:householder

He was ______ with the fear of poverty, so he robbed the bank.
A:obsessing
B:been obsessed
C:obsessed
D:being obsessed

I try to _____ a few dollars each month in order to buy a new bike.
A:set up
B:set out
C:set off
D:set aside

She has a _____ interest in everything around her.
A:lively
B:alive
C:live
D:living

I haven’t much ______ his honesty.
A:believe in
B:believe for
C:belief in
D:belief for

Look! Here ______ the famous player.
A:comes
B:come
C:had come
D:coming

Missing school to watch the football match is _____.
A:out of question
B:out of the question
C:out of a question
D:out question

Her husband died in 1992, ____________.
A:left her with two children
B:being left her with two children
C:leaving her with two children
D:being leaving her with two children

I felt somewhat disappointed and _______, until something occurred which attracted my attention.
A:leaving
B:was about to leave
C:left
D:had been leaving

In the old days, the children ____________ by the mother because she did not work outside the house.
A:took care of
B:were taking care of
C:taken care of
D:were taken care of

He actually enjoys his new hair style and likes _______ to everybody.
A:showing up
B:showing off
C:showing out
D:showing of

A healthy life is frequently thought to be _____ with the open countryside and home growth food.
A:tied
B:bound
C:involved
D:associated

Beijing is well _____ its beautiful scenery and the Great Wall.
A:known as
B:known to
C:known with
D:known for

Reducing the gap between rich and poor is one of the main _______ facing the government.
A:chances
B:challenges
C:chains
D:changes

Many people are struggling at the ______ line, short of food and shelter.
A:poverty
B:poor
C:hunger
D:hungry

He bought a _____ carpet yesterday.
A:large beautiful green Chinese
B:Chinese beautiful large green
C:beautiful large green Chinese
D:Chinese green beautiful large

I showed him the pictures I ______ of the animals the day before, and told him the stories.
A:was taking
B:had taken
C:have taken
D:was taken

Cost as a ______ in supply is very important.
A:way
B:method
C:factor
D:fact

She is too shy to feel _____ at such a party.
A:at the ease
B:on her ease
C:for ease of her
D:at ease

She ______ soon after dark and arrived home an hour later.
A:had set out
B:set out
C:have set out
D:had been set out

Over a third of the population was estimated to have no _____ to the health service.
A:assessment
B:assignment
C:exception
D:access

____________, Newton was thinking and thinking.
A:He lied under the apple tree
B:Laying under the apple tree
C:He laid under the apple tree
D:Lying under the apple tree

I had ______ in my secretary; she would do the right thing.
A:dependence
B:confidence
C:knowledge
D:responsibility

It was in the factory ______ produced TV sets ______ our friends were murdered.
A:which; which
B:that; which
C:that; that
D:where; that

Ms. Wright demanded that the urgent report ____________ on her desk by 5 p.m. today.
A:should put
B:will be put
C:is put
D:be put

David’s story gives us a (an) _______ of the information war.
A:pack
B:pile
C:episode
D:parcel

Don’t blame the youth. I think the young generation is _____ of trust.
A:worth
B:worthy
C:worthless
D:worthwhile