外研社，新编大学英语综合教程4
Unit9 Science and Technology
Quiz
1. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences.
1. A package holiday is a holiday where a travel ________ books your travel and accommodation
for you.
A. agency
B. organization
C. foundation
D. company
2. People all over the world ________ Mother Teresa in high regard.
A. pay
B. hold
C. take
D. give
3. Children everywhere love to have stories ________ to them.
A. to be read
B. being read
C. read
D. to read
4. There is a ________ to the amount of time I'm prepared to spend on this.
A. restriction
B. extent
C. limit
D. limitation
5. Such is his confidence in his daughter ________ he believes she will be a great pianist
one day.
A. as
B. that
C. so that
D. in that
6. Our lives have changed ________ a considerable degree.
A. at
B. within
C. to
D. by
7. Many people believe that our species ________ threatened with extinction.
A. is
B. are
C. are to be
D. used to be
8. A customer claimed ________ the old lady stealing a Christmas card.
A. seeing
B. to see
C. to have seen
D. having seen
9. They hoped to be able to move into the new building at the end of the month, but things
did not ________ as they had expected.
A. work up
B. work on
C. work off
D. work out
10. Have you ________ the photographs that you'd like to have?
A. picked up
B. picked out
C. picked on
D. picked off
11. I don't care when you mow the lawn. It is ________ you.
A. settled by
B. all for
C. up to
D. all by
12. Nobody knows whom Mr. Johnson ________ for the job.
A. bear in mind
B. has in mind
C. has a mind to
D. sets his mind on
13. He remembers his mother ________ him home all alone when she went to work.
A. to leave
B. left
C. to have left
D. leaving
14. Don't leave your bicycle where it will get ________ of pedestrians.
A. in the way
B. on the way
C. out of the way
D. by the way
15. There was a colorful ________ of vegetables on the market stall.
A. batch
B. series
C. array
D. arrangement
16. Maria proposed that we ________ a party to celebrate the victory of our baseball team.
A. held
B. hold
C. would hold
D. holding
2. Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word or phrase in
the box. Change the form when necessary.
Outline convert dawn storage assimilate disastrous requirement
skeptical substitute on the grounds of
17. The U.S. today is a nation in search of a common culture, trying to be a universal society
Your answer Correct answer
assimilates assimilates
18.
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dawning dawning
19.
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substituted substituted
20.
Candidates who fail to meet not be admitted to the University.
Your answer Correct answer
requirements requirements
21.
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convert convert
22.
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on the grounds of on the grounds of
23.
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skeptical skeptical
24.
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outlined outlined
25.
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disastrous disastrous
26.
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storage storage
3. Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate proposition or adverb.
27.
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of of
28.
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to to
29.
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in in
30.
In order to reach the camp on time, they rate of 6 kilometers an hour.
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at at
31.
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to to
32.
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from from
33.
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in in
34.
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in in
35.
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to to
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on on。