大学英语4uiz1-7选择题集锦.docVIP

Unit1 Par II Vocabulary and Structure （20分）1. Nobody could ______ Jim Thorp in track and field events. A. match B. contrast C. compare D. balance 22. The ______ of poverty forced him to quit his study and look for a job to help support the family. A. duty B. influence C. strength D. pressure 23. The company directors asked the government to ______ in dispute and prevent a strike. A. interact B. interrupt C. interfere D. intervene 24. The cause of the decline of North Africa is popularly ______ to climatic changes. A. contributed B. subscribed C. attributed D. dedicated 25. Their political action ______ the fall of the government. A. promoted B. accelerated C. hastened D. advanced 26. “I thought you had planned to practice the piano today.” “I did nothing but ______ letter all day.” A. write B. to write C. wrote D. writing 27. He was a much older tennis player but he had the great ______ of experience. A. interest B. benefit C. profit D. advantage 28. The average wage-earner, who leads a colorless existence, devotes a small percentage of his earnings ______ the dream of achieving some magic change in his life. A. and keeps alive B. to keep alive C. to keep lively D. to keeping alive 29. Gardeners, finding the root unexpectedly in their flower beds and taken with its unassuming beauty, ______ what it is and when they put it in. A. trying to recall B. tries to recall C. try to recall D. tried recalling 30. A beam of light will not bend round corners unless ______ to do so with the help of a reflecting device. A. to be made B. being made C. made D. be made 31. None of us had the final say in this matter, and therefore it was recommended that we ______ for the authorities. A. wait B. waited C. would wait D. must wait 32. I think your sister is old enough to know ______ to spend all her money on fancy goods. A. other than B. rather than C. better than D. more than 33. It was an empty hut, but at least it offered us ______ for the nigh