Quiz 1
I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, choose the word from the list that best completes each of the sentences.
battle mess terminal argue danger rock coax define difference culture down loneliness tedious request quarter killing disaffection breaths major generation responsibility duties protested gasp
Between Elvis and Alice, __1__ critics say, a number of rock stars have helped our society __2__ its beliefs and attitudes. Bob Dylan touched a nerve of __3__. He spoke of civil rights, nuclear fallout, and __4__. He spoke of change and of the bewilderment of an older __5__.
When I was graduating from college, my generation also found the world in a __6__. The economic machinery had broken __7__ almost everywhere: In this country nearly a __8__ of the population was out of work. A __9__ war seemed all too likely. As a college newspaper editor at that time, I __10__ against this just as vehemently as student activists are protesting today.
Even her expression hadn’t changed. Her __11__, however, were coming faster and faster. Then the __12__ began. I had to do it. I had to have a throat __13__ for her own protection. But first I told the parents that it was entirely up to them. I explained the __14__ but said that I would not insist on a throat examination so long as they would take the __15__.
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Many doctors working on the battlefield of __16__ suffering think that only squeamishness demands a firm __17__ between passive and active euthanasia on __18__. Their argument for killing goes like this: one of a doctor’s __19__ is to prevent suffering; sometimes that is all there is left for him to do, and __20__is the only way to do it.
II. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence.
1. He ([A]sprinkled [B]threw) ashes on the icy sidewalk.
2. I hear you are looking for an office. This place would be ([A]idealistic [B]ideal).
3. Topics for conversation should be ([A]relevant [B]relative) to the experiences and interests of the students.
4. Most people couldn't ([A]imagine [B]conceive) of living without a telephone.
5. Scientists have studied the ([A]migration [B]immigration) of fish from one part of the ocean to another over long distance.
6. The motorist was ([A]bewildered [B]surprised) by the conflicting road signs.
7. Someone has ([A]jumbled [B]mixed) the files, and now I can’t find anything.
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8. The judge rejected the prisoner’s ([A]appeal [B]attraction) for a new trial.
9. They have a desire to see what steps shall be taken to ([A]compensate [B]remedy) the existing weakness.
10. The warrior managed to ([A]evade [B]dodge) the arrow that came flying through the air.
11. The United States has ([A]spent [B]expended) vast sums to strengthen her allies.
12. Every citizen in a democratic country may ([A]claim [B]demand) the protection of the law.
13.1 was unwilling to ([A]invade [B]intrude) upon them so late at night.
14. Use your library to learn which animals ([A]live [B]inhabit) the desert.
15. I wish he’d ([A]desist [B]resist) from entertaining his friend at all hours of the day and night.
16. Summoned by the boss, he approached his office full of ([A]apprehension [B]distrust).
17. He thought their behavior was ([A]contemptuous [B]contemptible), but he didn't say
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anything in front of the host.
18. The ([A]omission [B]exclusion) of a full stop at the end of the sentence is a deliberate act by the writer.
19. Whether or not he is the best person for the promotion is ([A]debatable [B]arguable).
20. If you see him please give my ([A]excuses [B]apologies) for not having written to him.
答案
(I) 课文填空
1. rock 2. define 3. disaffection 4. loneliness 5.generation
6. mess 7. down 8. quarter 9. major 10. protest
11. breaths 12. battle 13. culture 14. danger 15. responsibility
16. terminal 17. difference 18. request 19. duties 20. killing
(II) 单词选择
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1-5 ABABA 6-10 AAABB 11-15 BABBA 16-20 ABABB
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