中石油职称英语新60课练习题.docVIP

提示：练习题中有下划线的词或词组也要给予重视。 Lesson 1 English Is a Crazy Language English muffins weren’t invented in England _______ French fries in France. A. while B. not C. either D. nor muffin，n.松饼 2. Sweetmeats are candies ______ sweetbread, which aren’t sweet, are meat. A. what B. as C. which D. while 3. We take English for _______. A. ground B. great C. granted D. grant grant vt.同意, 准予, 承认(某事为真)～，授权，准许，确认，授予资格 take it for granted 认为理所当然 grant(ing) that ...(=granted that ...) 假定..., 即使... 我们理所当然地接受了英语的一切 4. But if we explore its ________, we find that quicksand can work slowly. A. parade B. paraphrases C. paragraphs D. Paradoxes parade n.游行, 炫耀, 阅兵, 检阅, 阅兵场v.游行, 炫耀, 夸耀, (使)列队行进 paraphrase v.解释n.解释 paragraph n.(文章)段, 节, 段落 paradox n.似非而是的论点, 自相矛盾的话 quicksand n.流沙, 敏捷, 危险而捉摸不定的事物 但是如果我们分析一下英语中似是而非的情况，我们马上就会发现“快的沙子”（quicksand，流沙，也指陷阱，困境）往往走得很慢 5. Did you make ______ to Tom for his loss? A. mend B. mind C. amends D. amend amend v.修正, 改进, 改正 amends n.(对毁坏, 损坏的)赔偿, 赔礼 6. You can _______ through the annals of history. A. combine B. comb C. tomb D. combat combine v.(使)联合, (使)结合n.联合企业, 联合收割机 comb n.梳子, 梳, 鸡冠, 蜂巢 vi.梳(发), 搜索 你可以梳理历史的编年史 7. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of _____________of them, what do you call it? A. one but all B. all only one C. all but one D. all besides one odds and ends n.零碎的东西 all but adv.几乎, 差一点 如果你有一堆麻烦，那么在你把其他的都解决了只剩下一个的时候该怎么说呢 8. Sometimes I think all the English speakers should ___________ to an asylum for verbally insane. A. be permitted B. be omitted C. vomited D. be committed asylum n.庇护, 收容所, 救济院, 精神病院 verbally adv.用言辞地, 口头地 insane adj.患精神病的, 精神病患者的, 极愚蠢的，n.精神病患者 permit n.通行证, 许可证, 执照；v.许可, 允许, 准许 omit vt.省略, 疏忽, 遗漏 vomit n.呕吐, 呕吐物, 催吐剂 vi.呕吐, 大量喷出 vt.吐出, 呕吐 commit vt.犯(错误), 干(坏事), 把...交托给, 提交, 答应负责 有时候我觉得根据英国人说话时疯狂的用词可以将他们送进精神病院 9. How can the _________ be hot as hell one day and cold as hell