新编英语教程6练习册选择题

14. As the children were gorging themselves silly after a day’s outing, they did not take in a

single word I was saying to them.

15. Emma would rather not eat too much at the banquet: she is sick of putting on weight. 16. There is no indication that a day of fasting has been in any way detrimental to our health. 17. Nobody could give me a rough estimate of what the feast might cost.

18. Nothing is better than a cup of tea to quench my thirst after playing ping pong for three

hours.

19. Time after time we are told that appetite can keep our expectations alive.

20. Morgan asked me to carry the preservation of appetite to the extent of deliberate fasting but I

turned him down.

UNIT 11

1. Under certain conditions of stress, these people revealed qualities they had never known they possessed.

2. Around Caracas, the fertile farmland of the valley floor, originally used for growing sugar cane and coffee, was soon absorbed by the expansion of the city.

3. The town maintains very many Chinese traditions which are among the highest achievements of those who created the heritage we now enjoy.

4. Many of the newly-built hotels are conveniently situated for sightseeing, business and shopping.

5. The very idea of your taking part in the beauty competition is futile

6. In deploring the time wasted in school by saying the meaningless “er”, the writer used statistics to illustrate his point.

7. Why did the last sentence make a very appropriate ending for the passage?

8. “I can’t only tell you the approximate number of refugees crossing the border at the moment,” the chief of the police department said to me.

9. Our firm regrets to inform you that the world processors you ordered last month are out of 5

stock. 10. The congregation, a few of whom are would-be writers, listened attentively to every word the bishop said in his sermon.

11. Had he realized the consequences of his action, he would never have contemplated throwing her manuscripts away.

12. We believe that the that the importance of the pen-scratched, scissored, yellowed manuscripts will surpass expectations. 13. There is a growing trend nowadays to used word processors in writing.

14. Learning how to used the Apple Writer Program is by far the most rewarding experience I have ever had.

15. To some people in the west, marriage is an ancient institution.

16. Although it is only a small business dealing with computers and microwave ovens, its

turnover is surprisingly high.

17. I am afraid his speech on the increasing simplicity of word processors may have misled you as to his true aims.

18. Prior to the invention of word processors, writers left us manuscripts, a priceless heritage. 19. With time, the memory of childhood quarrels and frictions among family members will fade into oblivion.

20. The UNDP has the obligation to consign funds to the poverty-stricken areas in developing countries.

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