大学英语湖北工程学院期末考试重点习题集和答案

6. In general, if you ignore the amount of iron you take in and do not pay attention to warning signs before iron reserves are gone, you will be in trouble.

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Unit3 Vocabulary

publicity comprehensive worthwhile suspend controversial insulted cultivate

1. Education should aim to __________ a child’s mind to its utmost potential.

2. We have tried to make the test simple but _________ so that it will give us a basic idea of what you do and do not understand.

3. This _________ book was both praised and criticized, but whether it was read by artists I have to further research.

4. Three independent daily newspapers have been ordered to ________ publication. 5. They offered me only $5 for a whole day’s work—I felt really _________.

9. One of the things many of us hope for is a chance to contribute something ________ to the world.

10. The reports have attracted considerable ____________ although only a tiny proportion of the reports have been debated in the House. Close

(A)intensify (B)improve (C)cultivating (D)comprehensive (E)impossible (F)academic (G)beneficial (H)enjoyable (I)alike (J)confine (K)concentrated (L)equipped (M)penalties (N)sanctions (O)obstacles

While many private schools are focusing more on values, public schools are moving toward testing standards. The national government demands _______ success and tests are taken as a key measurement for a school’s performance. Schools with low test scores face ______ such as a reduction in money to run their schools. And, even individual teacher are being graded on how they ‘re preparing their students for these tests.

“We have ______ too much on teaching the kids how to take these tests,” commented one elementary school teacher. “We should be providing a more _______ curriculum to these kids. We should be ________leader-ship and curiosity. Unfortunately, there is never time.”

One school principal remarked, “It’s true that it would be_______ to our kids if they were getting better scores on the subjects being tested. The trouble is that in poorer areas of the city like ours, kids start school less______ to perform well. We have many ______ to overcome before we can teach them basic subjects. All schools are not _______, so they shouldn’t be tested that way.”

“The goal is to __________ performance in schools that are not providing their students

with tools for success,” said one government official. He admits, however, that he is having a hard time convincing faculty and teachers this pan will work.

Translation

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2.教师一旦同意接受新的教学计划，他们就得面对新计划所带给他们的压力。(Use “once” as a conjunction with the meaning “from the moment that”)

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3. 从长远看，大学毕业后继续深造而不是直接参加工作是值得的。(in the long run, worthwhile)

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4.由于这所学院的办学宗旨是品德第一，所以道德观和学习成绩受到同样的重视。(operate on)

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E-C

1. As in France, during the 1960s in the United States there was a cultural revolution.

_______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Once he made up his mind to do something, there was no stopping him.

_______________________________________________________________________________ 3. The school stresses the idea that it is worthwhile for parents to participate in school activities together with their children.

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Unit 4 Vocabulary

universal versions dedicated

recruit solemn evolved approved

4. Police had trouble understanding who was responsible for the accident, because everyone who saw it made different ______ of what happened.

5. It is an almost_______ truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it. 6. His appointment has not been formally ____yet.

7. it’s getting more and more difficult to ______ experienced staff.

8. He insisted that the idea ______ out of work done by British scientists.

9. They are the ordinary citizens for whom the honor system was designed-----people who have ____their lives to duty.

10. His expression became very _______solemn when we told him what had happened.

Translation

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1.从各方面考虑，这座城市都是世界上最令人激动的城市。（Use an absolute structure） __________________________________________________________________________ 2.尽管没有得到父母的赞同，他还是继续他的计划出国学习。（Use the structure of “conjunction+ prepositional phrase”; go ahead）

_______________________________________________________________________________ 3.这座桥是以一位英雄的名字命名的，这位英雄为人民的事业献出了生命。（name after） _______________________________________________________________________________

E-C

4. Although some people did not approve of it, the city leaders decided to go ahead with the plan to build two five-star hotels by the lake to attract more visitors.

_______________________________________________________________________________ 5. The famous painter died, and his wife, who used to be a model posing for his drawings, immediately came in as the general manager of his decoration company.

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6. At the party, all of them were richly dressed, but it was their way of talking that captured may attention so much that I felt inclined to talk with them.

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Unit5

Vocabulary

slid preceding loose decay

shallow secured

switch

1. A very promising football player back home, Kamet decided to _____ to golf and turned professional in 2002.

2. The cabbages have already started to ______ and we have to throw them away.

3. Many elderly people feel more ________ knowing that if they need help, there is always someone with them, caring for them.

4. The Toyota Matrix that we were driving was shaking vigorously, and some of its screws were getting ______________.

5. They went up to the gate, which _____ open at the push of a button.

9. I knew that he had been in Cuba the _______ year because he constantly mentioned Havana. 10. If he is only interested in your looks, that just shows how___________ he is.

Translation

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4. There is a swell of emotion within me for this old man who is dying, his dark yellow skin hanging loosely around exaggerated bones, his sunken chest rising and falling with the uneven breaths.

_______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Did you read about the famous painter in the newspaper? He actually worked himself to death for his ambition of becoming a master of visual art.

_______________________________________________________________________________ 6. There had been hints that the old lady wanted to die alone, sparing her family an episode that perhaps they were not equipped to handle.

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