第二部分 复习思考题 一．单选题：

1. Computers are ____B____ unless they are given clear and accurate instructions and information.

A. used B. useless C. useful D. uselessly 2. Active ___B_ __ for engineers often begins before the student?s last year in the university. A. employ B. recruiting C. hire D. firing

3. For the student who is preparing to become a _____C___ engineer, these specialized courses may deal with such subjects as geodetic surveying, soil mechanics.

A. computer B. social C. civil D. chemical

4. The civil engineer may work in research, design, construction, ____B____, maintenance, or even in sales.

A. analysis B. supervision C. plan D. fee 5. Civil engineers work on many different kinds of C .

A. buildings B. projects C. structures D. roads

6. In designing buildings, civil engineers often work as ____B____ to architectural or construction firms.

A. workers B. consultants C. employees D. students 7. Dams, bridges and other large projects ordinarily employ several engineers whose work is coordinated by a _____D___ engineer who is in charge of the entire project. A. main B. chief C. master D. systems 8. Construction is a ____B____ process on almost all engineering projects.

A. simple B. complicated C. easy D. likely 9. In compression, the material is ___C_____ together.

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A. stretched B. apart C. pushed D. tense 10. When a saw cuts easily through a piece of wood, the wood is A . A. in tension B. in compression C. in press D. in push 11. We defined ___D_____ as the tendency of a material to fracture along the lines of stress. A. tension B. compression C. push D. shear 12. The principal construction materials of earlier times were wood and ____C____, stone, or tile, and similar materials.

A. steel B. aluminum C. masonry brick D. plastic 13. Modern cement is a mixture of B . A. bricks B. limestone and clay C. wood and ash D. plastic 14. Concrete is very D .

A. constant B. the same C. definite D. versatile 15. Steel has great tensile strength while concrete has great compressive strength, thus, the two substances _____C___ each other.

A. counteract B. offset C. complement D. nullify 16. One system that helps ____A____ concrete weight to some extent uses polymers. A. cut B. accelerate C. add D. keep

17. The retention money serves to insure _____D___ against any defects that may arise in the work.

A. the manager B. the contractor C. the carrier D. the employer 18. The civil engineering work must be completed to the satisfaction of the employer, or his D . A. wife B. friend C. lawyer D. representative 19. For moderate and longer hauls, self-loading scrapers pulled by rubber-tired hauling units and push-loaded by tractors offer _____B___ cost.

A. higher B. lower C. the same D. different 20. Highway maintenance activities can be grouped and classified according __D______the

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purpose of the treatment.

A. with B. for C. forward D. to

21. Engineering is a profession, which means that an engineer must have a specialized _____D_ education.

A. elementary school B．high school C．middle school D．university 22. In most cases, the tender may be ___B___ at any time until it has been accepted. A．confirmed B．withdrawn C．admitted D. continued

23. Current trend is to require students to take courses in the __C____ science and the language arts.

A．computer B．chemical C．social D．biology

24. The law relating to contracts imposes on each party to a contract __D____ to perform.

A. an irksome task B. an easy experiment C. a good plan D. a legal obligation

25. Indeed, the civil engineer?s choice is __C___ and varied.

A. small B. fine C. large D. tiny

26. Roadbeds ____B__ highway pavement structures and the ballast and track on which trains

move.

A. lie above B. underlie C. lie left D. lie right

27. Construction can be very A .

A. dangerous B. safe C. easy D. secure

28. Where material is moved less than about 60m or steeply downhill, drifting with a track or

wheel type bulldozer is A . A. cheapest B. expensive C. unknown D. the same

29. Thrust is the pressure exerted by each part of a structure on A .

A. its other part B. itself C. the wall D. the ground

30. The weight of all the people, cars, furniture, and machines and so on that the structure will support when it is in use is B .

A. dead load B. live load C. impact D. safety factor

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31. In tension, the material is B .

A. pressed B. pulled apart C. pushed D. compressed

32. In fills constructed by end dumping or by placing in thick layers, material, density, and

moisture content could ____C__ greatly from one spot to another.

A. be the same B. be alike C. vary D. be equal

33. Both ____A__, the two most important construction materials of modern times, were

introduced in the nineteenth century.

A. steel and cement B. wood and brick C. stone and tile D. ash and plastic

34. The total station is used to measure angles in both vertical and horizontal planes, and the level to measure C . A. distances B. central angles C. elevation difference D. length

35. The ___B___ vehicle is a creator of accidents.

A. advantage B. defective C. merit D. failure

36. Prestressed concrete is an ___B___ form of reinforcement.

A. original B. improved C. same D. low

37.A simple contract consists of an agreement entered into by D . A. engineers B. one party

C. company D. two or more parties

38.___B___ change would result in differential settlement or swell between adjacent areas. A. Weight B. Volume C. Area D. No

39. There are two basic procedures for controlling the embankment density: ?manner and method? and ? A ?.

A. result B. combination C. layer thickness D. moisture control

40.A main source of accidents, the problem of ___C___ driving is the most serious of all. A. drink B. drinking C. drunken D. drank

41. Computer programming is now included in almost all engineering __B____.

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