15秋奥鹏北语《大学英语》（二）作业1

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北语15秋《大学英语》（二）作业1
试卷总分：100   测试时间：--
一、单选题（共25道试题，共100分。）
1.There is little chance that mankind would ___ a nuclear war.
A. retain
B. edure
C. survive
D. maintain
满分：4分
2.The story that follows ___ two famous characters of the Rocky Mountain gold rush days.
A. concerns
B. states
C. proclaims
D. relates
满分：4分
3.The hymn sung by the congregation ___ the religious ceremony.
A. finished
B. ended
C. concluded
D. terminated
满分：4分
4.Circus tiger, although they have been tamed, can ___ attack their trainer.
A. unexpectedly
B. deliberately
C. reluctantly
D. subsequently
满分：4分
5.They have  ___ baby.
A. a five month old
B. a fifth-month-old
C. a five-month-old
D. a five-months-old
满分：4分
6.He made a ___ with his arm for a left turn.
A. signal
B. sign
C. mark
D. symbol
满分：4分
7.An ___ between parents regarding the rearing of their children often goes on for years.
A. controversy
B. argument
C. debate
D. dispute
满分：4分
8.She speaks in low ___.
A. voice
B. sounds
C. tones
D. volumes
满分：4分
9.The two companies signed a trade ___.
A. agreement
B. deal
C. treaty
D. alliance
满分：4分
10.I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and ___ a quiet neighborhood.
A. all in all
B. above all
C. after all
D. over all
满分：4分
11.There are few electronic appliances ___ to raise fears regarding future employment opportunities than robots.
A. likely
B. more likely
C. most likely
D. much likely
满分：4分
12.The sounds of music grow ___ in the distance.
A. faint
B. fade
C. wane
D. ebb
满分：4分
13.___ man can now create radioactive elements, there is nothing he can do to reduce their radioactivity.
A. As
B. Whether
C. While
D. Now that
满分：4分
14.We seldom ___ about where to stay in Paris.
A. wonder
B. hesitate
C. determine
D. choose
满分：4分
15.They talked in detail about the ___ of setting up an experimental school in which each child works at his or her own pace.
A. suitability
B. possibility
C. probability
D. feasibility
满分：4分
16.Beethoven is my favourite musician. I regard him as ___ other musicians.
A. superior to
B. more superior
C. more superior than
D. superior
满分：4分
17.The final decision is left ___ me to make.
A. to
B. for
C. over
D. at
满分：4分
18.He always tends to go from one ___ to the other.
A. start
B. extreme
C. hand
D. end
满分：4分
19.He fell in love with Mary at the ___ of her.
A. glance
B. gaze
C. sight
D. stare
满分：4分
20.Supporters of gun control have worked for many years to ban the sale of ___ handguns in America.
A. deadly
B. fatal
C. mortal
D. lethal
满分：4分
21.Between the two given choices the former one sounds reasonable while the ___ seems unacceptable to us.
A. second
B. last
C. latter
D. later
满分：4分
22.There is now considerable ___ for their safety.
A. solicitude
B. care
C. concern
D. worry
满分：4分
23.He decided not to attend the funeral ___ there was a security problem.
A. because
B. because of
C. due to
D. owing to
满分：4分
24.He ___ his success to good luck more than to ability.
A. owns
B. gives
C. owes
D. believes
满分：4分
25.We haven’t been able to find out the ___ of the rumour.
A. source
B. cause
C. origin
D. reason
满分：4分