《新视野大学英语》2

《新视野大学英语2》单元测试2

姓名_______________ 班级________________ 学号_________________ 1) It’s not unusual for teenagers to go through a(n) _______ when they feel ashamed of their parents, afraid that they might not live up to their friends’ standard.

A. phrase

B. section

C. moment

D. phase

2) Economists are interested in all the factors that can help to ________ the extent to which a price change will affect supply and demand in the market.

A. prescribe

B. predicate

C. predict

D. predetermine

3) There is more to a woman than her looks, so I ________ the fact that after a woman grows old and loses her looks people stop paying attention to her.

A. agree

B. resent

C. against

D. for

4) Starting Monday, all foods _________ “organic”must be up to th e strict national standards that the government decided to put into effect now.

A. attached

B. tied

C. labeled

D. related

5) After the disaster many people began to suggest that government offices that help with storm preparations ___________ with offices that monitor wide animals.

A. cooperate

B. coexist

C. cohere

D. coincide

6) Speaking of clone, most of the physical differences between originals and copies are so minor that _________ of them would require a sophisticated laboratory.

A. detection

B. dictation

C. distinction

D. definition

7) People who spend more time on the Internet experienced more ________ and loneliness than those who spend less time on the Net.

A. depression

B. impression

C. oppression

D. repression

8) New Zealand’s economy has probably been going through a more ________ revolution recently than that of any other Western countries.

A. optimistic

B. pessimistic

C. dramatic

D. automatic

9) Even though people didn’t expect much, the president’s speech d id little to prevent the ________of people’s confidence in the government.

A. erosion

B. corruption

C. explosion

D. exploration

10) Do not be intimidated by people who think they are smarter than you, and don’t __________when facing competition; inner confidence is important.

A. back off

B. back on

C. step forward

D. step off

11)After his speech, the audience wondered if his good intentions would become realities or whether they would be just __________ promises.

A. shallow

B. narrow

C. hollow

D. follow

12) It is by participating in these activities that students can __________ their special talents, their level of maturity and responsibility and their leadership quality.

A. demonstrate

B. illustrate

C. construct

D. instruct

13) According to what we heard, she was ________ from her country three years ago because of her involvement in the plot against the government.

A. exceeded

B. exposed

C. exported

D. exiled

14) The miner’s strike in July showed only how quickly workers’ discontent can __________ and how efficiently they can take organized action.

A. abrupt

B. interrupt

C. erupt

D. corrupt

15) His first-year learning experiences allowed him to reflect and ____________ his learning methods and schedules and to go deeper in many ways.

A. confine

B. refine

C. define

D. affine

16) It is not economically _________ to design buildings in Birstol to withstand a large earthquake as the chances of an earthquake are very small there.

A. flexible

B. feasible

C. frangible

D. fallible

17) Reasons for changing careers are different in nature, but many people move because they __________ their current jobs and just want a change.

A. are strict with

B. are tired of

C. drift off

D. bond with

18) Just as it is easier to go downhill than to climb uphill, it is always easy to ______________ bad habits unless people have a very strong will.

A. fall into

B. drift off

C. give off

D. fall away

19) The young man had to ___________ the inevitable fact that he would not be able to come back his motherland again.

A. give himself to

B. resign himself to

C. Surrender himself to

D. devote himself to

20) Talking about negotiations, once an agreement is made, the Chinese sometimes ________ the slow pace in which Westerners implement the decision.

A. wonder at

B. wander at

C. wonder to

D. wander to

21) When the police caught up with him, Mr. Foster had to_________ that he’d broken the speed limit.

A. concept

B. conscious

C. confess

D. consume

22) Americans defend the right to obtain a gun, and they ________ been willing to turn a blind eye to the harm that people owing guns have caused.

A. consequences

B. consequently

C. consequent

D. consequence

23) The anger and frustration________ by the local people who do not understand what is happening to them will be a terrible and dangerous force.

A. decorated

B. delayed

C. disabled

D. displayed

24) State governments and the colleges themselves have ________ financial help to students with special abilities and those with financial needs.

A. transported

B. talented

C. granted

D. satisfied

25) He was a greedy person and never felt ________ with what he had, so he could hardly make any close friends.

A. contented

B. contrary

C. popular

D. potential

26) Since parents are usually the major source of social support in early life, a child’s________ of parental love may have important effects on their life. .

A. perception

B. vacation

C. prediction

D. exception

27) After an analysis of his personality, I realized that his stories were a(n) _______ of his desires to rise to higher and higher positions.

A. approve

B. appreciate

C. expose

D. extension

28)________ from public school for drinking and smoking and then failing in a show business as a singer, she joined her father’s business 10 years ago .

A. Disordered

B. Discussed

C. Expelled

D. Exchanged

29) Dogs cannot distinguish the color of traffic lights, so the master must make the decision of when it is safe to________ across the road.

A. procedure

B. program

C. proceed

D. propose

30) As the finance ministry rejected the deal for its “lack of clarify”, it________ a complaint with the European Commission that this deal was against the law. .

A. loaned

B. lodged

C. devotions

D. donations

31)To American politicians, the handshake has long been a way of ________ the intimacy with the voters, and the world record for greeting was probably achieved by Roosevelt at a New Year’s reception in 1907.

A. conveying

B. circulating

C. undergoing

D. kneeling

32) With the financial help from his parents, his business is ________ even during this time of economic recession.

A. thriving

B. classic

C. idle

D. palm

33) We are going to hav e a baby! Let’s start off by calling our families and telling them the good news. I believed our parents are going to be as________ as we are . A. depressed B. thrilled C. pessimistic D. annoyed

34) As three of us were sitting together eating cake, I ________ that it was quite a luxury to be able to spend time with my family.

A. dynamic

B. charmed

C. rejected

D. reckoned

35) After the little girl lost her parents in the traffic accident, she kept ________ all the time and never smiled again.

A. approving

B. frowning

C. preliminary

D. hasty

36) With the downturn of economy, many people are having a hard time controlling their temper and ________ their anger.

A. concerning

B. stealing

C. concealing

D. tempting

37) A happy marriage can only be ________ through years of commitment to caring for and understanding each other.

A. forged

B. disapproved

C. checked

D. exchanged

38) By carrying out a small test, doctors can detect the _________ cells that might cause cancers in time and then treat them easily and simply.

A. initiative

B. abnormal

C. indifferent

D. faithful

39) I have met some interesting people at the golf course, and I can make_________ with them by email when I have time to see them personally.

A. contact

B. conduct

C. whip

D. occasion

40) Play musical instruments shapes the character of self-assurance and has the added bonus of public performance, which helps to ________ the fear of getting up in front of people.

A. gaze

B. deliver

C. conquer

D. confuse

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