《新视野大学英语1》试卷（B）
I. Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)
Directions: Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. 1. The girl was ___ a shop assistant, but now she is a manager in a large department store.
A. preliminarily B. presumably C. formally D. formerly 2. I gradually became ___ that there was someone in the room. A. aware B. known C. clear D. realize 3. She had no ___ for jokes of any kind. A. tolerant B. way C. tolerance D. feel 4. The boy reached ___ his mother, but failed. A. to B. for C. up D. on
5. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son’s illness had put him under great ___.
A. excitement B. stress C. crisis D. nervousness 6. John is in rather poor health and is ___ to colds. A. subjected B. subjects C. subject D. subjecting 7. At any ___ we can go out when it stops raining. A. ratio B. rate C. proportion D. speed
8. The government hasn’t been too ___ in the way it’s treated unemployment and rising prices.
A. continuous B. consequence C. consistent D. considerate
9. If you hear the fire ___, leave the building at once. A. notice B. alarm C. suggestion D. shouting
10. The young nurse was very nervous when she ___ in her first operation. A. resisted B. insisted C. disease D. assisted
11 It does not alter the fact that he was the man ______for the death of the little girl. A. accounting B. guilty C responsible D. obliged 12When he arrived, he found ______the aged and the sick at home. A none but B. none other than C nothing but D. no other than
13 She attached a stamp ____the envelope and mailed it. A for B. by C in D. to
14 I hate the people who _______the end of film that you have not seen before. A reveal B. rewrite C revise D. reverse
15 He does not know what to ______at the university; he can not make up his mind about his future.
A take in B .take up C take over D. take after
16 Though he is only 7 years old, he has a________ imagination. A furtive B furious C frank D. fertile
17. It is rather ______that we still do not know how many species there are in the world today.
A. misleading B. embarrassing C. boring D. demanding
18.A completely new situation will ______when the exam system comes into existence.
A. arise B. rise C. raise D. arouse 19. Her novels ______most of the students. A. apply on B. appeal to C. apply for D. appeal for
20. However, at times this balance in nature is_______, resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects. A. troubled B. disturbed C. confused D. puzzled II. Cloze
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage.
There are more than forty universities in Britain—nearly twice as many as in 1960.During the 1960s eight completely new ones were founded and ten other new ones were created technologies into universities. In the same period the of students more than doubled, from 70,000 to than 200,000. By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are private institutions. Each has its governing councils, some local businessmen and local politicians as a few academics(大学教师).The state began to give grants to them fifty years , and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its from state grants. Students have to fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs,
including lodging and unless his parents are .Most take jobs in the summer about six weeks, but they do not normally do outside during the academic year. The Department of Education takes for the payment which cover the whole expenditure of the , but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly of academics. 21. A. with B. by C. at D. into
22. A. amount B. quantity C. lot D. number 23. A. more B. much C. less D. fewer 24. A. with B. to C. from D. beyond 25. A. self B. kind C. own D. personal
26. A. making B. consisting C. including D. taking 27. A. good B. long C. little D. well 28. A. ago B. before C. after D. ever
29. A. suggestions B. grades C. profits D. funds 30. A. make B. pay C. change D. delay 31. A. what B. which C. where D. how 32. A. living B. drinking C. food D. shelter 33. A. poor B. generous C. kindhearted D. rich
34. A. professors B. students C. politicians D. businessmen 35. A. at B. since C. with D. for