外研社，新编大学英语综合教程4
Unit1 Leisure Activities
In-Class Reading
Quiz
1. Choose the most appropriate word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
1. The children ______ at the end of the song.
A. congratulated
B. collected
C. assembled
D. resmbled
2. He plays a Russian spy in the comedy _______ "Sleepers".
A. drama
B. fiction
C. opera
D. script
3. The guides _____ the tourists together at the hotel gate.
A. accumulated
B. concentrated
C. gathered
D. collected
4. The little boy's crying _____ his parents.
A. thrilled
B. shattered
C. broke
D. embarrassed
5. The murderer was _____ and sent to jail.
A. charged
B. convicted
C. accused
D. committed
6. The boy often imagined himself ______ before a clapping audience.
A. perform
B. to perform
C. performing
D. performed
7. It is for this reason _____ so many readers like to bury their heads in an old fashioned detective
story with a safe and predictable ending.
A. why
B. for which
C. that
D. for that
8. Agatha Christie's world is not quite a real world, _____ is one of the reasons why her books have
not become dated.
A. that
B. it
C. in which
D. which
9. Contemporary crime writers explore a world of crime that is much darker than _____ imagined by
Agatha Christie.
A. wherever
B. whichever
C. anything
D. nothing
10. When you're the boss you can _____ your own rules.
A. make out
B. make up
C. make for
D. make off
11. Why do you _________ interrupting me when I have repeatedly asked you to stop?
A. take on
B. subject to
C. persist in
D. submit to
12. Collins was so seriously injured that he was unable to _____ his career.
A. assume
B. detect
C. consume
D. resume
2. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in the brackets.
13.
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familiarity familiarity
14.
The little boy's fascination with bees developed into an
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obsession obsession
15.
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shortage shortage
16.
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laughable laughable
17.
They used to be so rich that they had a driver, a cook and a
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gardener gardener
18.
The
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popularity popularity
19.
I knew you were going to say that—
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predictable predictable
20.
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detection detection
21.
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selective selective
22.
The latest bomb attacks served as a reminder of the
conducted for political purposes. (universe)
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universal universal
3. Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate preposition or adverb.
23.
In his article, he compared the parks of London
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to to
24.
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with with
25.
appearance.
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on on
26.
You'll catch
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on on
27.
The old lady slipped and fell
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on on
28.
He was driving a luxurious car complete
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with with
29.
The idea of living in the countryside didn't appeal
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to to
30.
than doing the same thing in public.
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with with
31.
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from from
32.
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under under。