综合英语三考前复习资料

河南科技大学经贸英语专业

《综合英语三》考前复习资料

一、单项选择题

1. They are teachers and don't realize __A_____ to start and run a company.

A) what it takes B) what takes it C) what they take D) what takes them

2. I didn't mean __A____ anything, but those apples looked so good that I couldn't resist

________ one.

A) to eat ... trying B) to eat ... to try C) eating ... to try D) eating ... trying 3. Although he knew little about the large amounts of work done in the field, he

succeeded __D______ other more well-informed experimenters failed. A) which B) that C) what D) where 4. It was impossible to avoid ___B_____ by the stormy weather.

A) to be much affected B) being much affected

C) having much affected D) to have been much affected

5. In children's minds the Spring Festival is _____D____ with nice food and presents.

A) connected B) joined C) combined D) associated 6. __B_______ table tennis was accepted as a regular part of the Olympic Games.

A) Not until 1986 B) It was not until 1986 that C) It was in 1986 when D) It was until 1986 that 7. The king commanded that enough money _A______ to fund the project.

A) be collected B) must be collected

C) is collected D) can be collected 8. It is not considered ___B_____ to litter in public.

A) respected B) respectable C) respectful D) respective

9. He seemed to have come to a deadlock in solving the puzzles, so he simply

_C_______ whatever came into his head. A) put aside B) put away C) put down D) put back 10. He tried to __B_____ relations with his former wife but he failed.

A) measure B) maintain C) shelter D) reply 11. M ary is too weak to ___D_____ the piano across the room.

A) apply B) appeal C) attract D) drag 12. His opinion ____B_____ that of the minority.

A) retains B) represents C) reports D) requires

13. Dream of the Red Chamber (《红楼梦》) is said _A_________ into dozen of languages

in the last decade.

A) to have been translated B) to translate

C) to be translated D) to have translated 14. New words are constantly added to our vocabulary while some old words go

___A______.

A) out of date B) out of sight C) out of work D) out of touch 15. I need one of you to ___C_____ the examination papers to the class for me.

A) attribute B) contribute C) distribute D) tribute 16. The international situation is very ___C____ in the Middle East.

A) delicious B) perfect C) delicate D) percent 17. The picture _D______ my school days to my mind.

A) reminded B) recollected C) remembered D) recalled

18. ___D_____ might be expected, the response to the question was very mixed.

A) It B) That

C) What D) As

19. People could hardly ___A_____ their anger when they found millions of dollars of

public funds had been used to build luxurious houses for city officials. A) hold back B) draw back C) keep back D) hold up 20. The French pianist who had been praised very highly ____C_____ to be a great

disappointment.

A) turned up B) turned in C) turned out D) turned down 21. We guarantee prompt __A_____ of goods.

A) delivery B) arrival C) carriage D) service

22. The travel company had __C______ three aircraft for their holiday flights.

A) rented B) leased C) chartered D) let 23. I've never been to Paris, but it's the place ___C_______.

A) where I'd like to visit B) in which I'd like to visit C) I most want to visit D) that I want to visit it most

24. Once environmental damage ___D______, it takes many years for the system to

recover.

A) has done B) is to do C) does D) is done 25. Tom's parents returned to find him __A____ a goose over an open fire in the

backyard.

A) roasting B) burning C) baking D) toasting 26. ___C_______ how to operate a switchboard, I had to ask the office supervisor to

show me the correct procedures.

A) Not known B) Not to know

C) Not knowing D) Having not known 27. His ___B____ change very quickly; one moment he is cheerful, and the next he's

complaining about everything.

A) temper B) moods C) feeling D) sense 28. That matter is so ___A____ that it must not be discussed outside this office.

A) confidential B) private C) confident D) mysterious 29. It is strange that you ___B_____ say such a thing.

A) would B) should C) will D) shall

30. I remember __B_____ to help us if we ever got into trouble.

A) once offering B) him once offering C) him to offer D) to offer him

31. ____D______ before we depart tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.

A) Had they arrived B) Would they arrive C) Were they arriving D) Were they to arrive 32. We are __B_____ at the rapid progress Mark has made in this semester.

A) distinguished B) astonished C) annoyed D) scored 33. The oil-tanker is running __D______.

A) to the best of its ability B) of great capacity C) to capacity D) at full capacity 34. The captive was ___B___ in a dungeon.

A) restricted B) confined C) controlled D) restrained

35. If the South had won the war, what is now the United States __D______ divided into

several countries.

A) will be B) must have been C) should be D) might have been 36. We're safer on a train than we would be if we __A____ any other way.

A) traveled B) had traveled C) travel D) have traveled

37. He offered to ___A____ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for her to carry.

A) lend B) help C) grant D) loan 38. She didn't ___A____ me for returning the wallet that I found.

A) so much as thank B) so much as to thank C) as much as thanking D) so much as thanking 39. Without water, ____B_____ no plants or animals.

A) there will be B) there would be C) there have been D) there is