《新视野英语2》

《新视野英语2》单元测试（1）

姓名_____________ 班级________________ 学号______________

1.The mayor decided to _____ his speech in order to leave enough time for his audience to raise questions.

A. confront

B. condense

C. confuse

D. contend

2.Too much _____ to dirty air can cause people to suffer from allergies and diseases that will eventually affect people’s health.

A. exposure

B. excess

C. execution

D. expanse

3.In regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, _____ is very important when parents teach their children.

A. condense

B. competence

C. confirmation

D. consistency

4. A few years later, Franklin got married, started his own printing shop, and was ____ a successful young businessman.

A. looked in

B. looked upon as

C. looked down on

D. looked after

5.Television reporters argue that television can ____ a news event more vividly and completely than newspapers can.

A. conform

B. inform

C. depict

D. confer

6. When you ____a friend that you haven’t seen for a long time and have a good chat with him, you may feel very happy and delighted.

A. run into

B. run over

C. run out of

D. run around

7. It doesn’t ____ to buy that expensive coat wh en these cheaper ones are just as good.

A. make up

B. make sense

C. make use of

D. made to

8. If you live in India or West Africa, where there is a long ____of speaking English, you would tend to acquire a variety of pronunciation.

A. tradition B . habit C. custom D. hobby

9. Many traffic accidents were attributed to drivers’ _______of traffic rules or careless and drunken driving.

A. ignorant

B. ignorance

C. ignore

D. ignorantly

10. _____the giants of high tech in this era, people would immediately mention Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and some other influential companies.

A. Speaker

B. Speech

C. Speaking of

D. Speaking for

11.Being able to determine the main idea of a passage id one of the most useful skills that can _____any kind of reading.

A. apply for

B. application

C. apply on

D. apply

12.The climate has changed too much and too quickly: this is why wild animal _____is becoming more and more difficult every year.

A. survivor

B.survival

C. survive

D. surviving

13._______in painting John didn’t notice evening approaching.

A. To absorb

B. To be absorbed

C. Absorbed

D. Absorbing

14. Cancellation of the flight __many passengers to spend the night at the airport.

A. obliged

B. demanded

C. resulted

D. recommended

15. With the help of the textbook, you’ll possibly speak read and write English with fluency and _

A.accurate

B. correct

C. accurately

D. accuracy

16.I want a broad deduction that would provide me with great insight and critical thinking skill to help open my eyes and _____my horizons.

A.expand

B. extend

C. tend

D. trend

17.If you feel ____or incomplete, don’t wait for what you think you need from other people or the outside world.

A. confident

B. inadequate

C. inappropriate

D. improper

18. The California state government has already ____the households to make greater efforts to conserve water for the future.

A. appealed to

B. appealed for

C. appealed against

D. appealed

19. Julie ___that she and her freshman-year roommate hadn’t communicated with each other throughout the year since they were uncomfortable with each other.

A. recovered

B. referred

C. recalled

D. reminded

20. In short, participation in sports is extremely ______for college students not only physically but also emotionally and socially.

A. profit

B. benefit

C. profitable

D. beneficial

21. The woman has made up her mind again to go on a diet to get rid of the __________of her weight, though she failed several times in the past.

A. exposure

B. excess

C. execution

D. expanse

22.With more overseas companies trying to obtain the big project recently open to the public, the competition in this market is bound to_________.

A. intensify

B. intend

C. extend

D. contend

23.It was difficult to make a decision, but now that we have made the decision, we may _________the scheme as previously agreed.

A. exceed

B. exchange

C. excel

D. execute

24. Research into the human experience helps to __________ our knowledge about our world.

A. boast

B. boom

C. booth

D. boost

25. It is by participating in these activities that students can ________their special talents, their level of maturity and responsibility, and their leadership qualities.

A. delay

B. depict

C. demonstrate

D. deliver

26. It is the development strategy of the company to _________ its overseas expansion in order to take a slice of the world market.

A. account

B. accelerate

C. accuse

D. access

27. The new movie to be shown this summer is a(n) _______ one; it is likely to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time.

A. prompt

B. available

C. feasible

D. promising

28. While going over the document, please make sure that there are no provisions in the treaty that would__________ either side from taking part in it.

A. exclude

B. exceed

C. exchange

D. excel

29.Because women often restrict their diet in an effort to control weight, they may not consume

enough iron-rich food and ___________ experience an iron deficiency.

A. are potential for

B. are liable to

C. are bound to

D. are inferior to

30. Plato was a superb writer, and his works are part of the world's great literature. Most of his existing work is _________dialog and letters.

A. in the form of

B. in consequence of

C. in contrast with

D. in demand

31. Now you've got an interview! Be sure to call the day before to _______ it. Meanwhile, prepare yourself and get ready for it.

A. conform

B. inform

C. confirm

D. confer

32. The number of adult smokers may be ________ , but smokers between the ages of 13 and

23 have actually increased by 10 percent over the last 10 years.

A. sheltering

B. shrugging

C. shrinking

D. shutting

33. Judy's father was the manager of a store in a large supermarket chain, so he could receive a modest but __________ pension from the company when he retired.

A. surpass

B. sufficient

C. supreme

D. survival

34.When they__________ volunteers to help with their work, they pay particular attention to the volunteers' ability to solve problems.

A. reclaim

B. recognize

C. reflect

D. recruit

35.What makes these websites stand out is the amount of in-depth information that _________ parents, teachers, and kids.

A. is obliged to

B. is allergic to

C. is available to

D. is bound to

36. Social funding to relieve poverty is slow in coming, and some farmers have been ________sell land as they could no longer endure poverty.

A. compelled to

B. adapted to

C. afforded to

D. attained to

37. Churchill accepted the gift. He described the painting as "a(an) ________ example of modern art", which drew loud laughter.

A. relevant

B. respectable

C. rough

D. remarkable

38.The school____________ the educationally disadvantaged students to creative, enriching educational experiences for a period of five years.

A. exposed

B. excelled

C. excluded

D. executed

39. Perhaps the best argument in favor of the humanities is the ________ of possibilities that are widely open to us.

A. scope

B. section

C. scenery

D. scrap

40. If we include studying the humanities, we can make breakthroughs on many _________ and are limited only by our effort and imagination.

A. bandages

B. barrels

C. barriers

D. basis