18春《阅读》（III）作业1-0001 试卷总分:100 得分:0 一、 单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 100 分) 1.Although the traffic is not busy, he likes to drive at a _______ speed. A.spare B.fast C.moderate D.moral 2.The newspaper did
18春《阅读》（III）作业1-0001
试卷总分:100 得分:0
一、 单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 100 分)
1.Although the traffic is not busy, he likes to drive at a _______ speed.
A.spare
B.fast
C.moderate
D.moral
2.The newspaper did not mention the _______ of the damage caused by the fire.
A.range
B.level
C.extent
D.quantity
3.The last half of the nineteenth century _______ the steady improvment in the means of travel.
A.has witnessed
B.was witnessed
C.witnessed
D.is witnessed
4.However, at times this balance in nature is _______, resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.
A.troubled
B.disturbed
C.confused
D.puzzled
5.Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus found it ______ in Cuba.
A.being cultivated
B.been cultivated
C.having cultivated
D.cultivating
6.He gives people the impression _______ all his life abroad.
A.of having spent
B.to have spent
C.of being spent
D.to spend
7.The old couple decided to ________ a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own.
A.adapt
B.bring
C.receive
D.adopt
8.In the Big Woods the snow was beginning to thaw.（选择与划线词意思相近的词）
A.melt
B.sink
C.fall
D.glow
9.The woods were dark, but there was a gray light on the snowy path, and in the sky there were a few faint stars.（选择与划线词意思相近的词）
A.not bright
B.not warm
C.not big
D.not near
10.The man in the corner confessed to _______ a lie to the manager of the company.
A.have told
B.be told
C.being told
D.having told
11.The government is trying to do something to _______ better understanding between the two countries.
A.raise
B.promote
C.heighten
D.increase
12.Your hair wants _______. You＇d better have it done tomorrow.
A.cut
B.to cut
C.cutting
D.being cut
13.Niagara Falls is a great tourist ______ drawing millions of visitors every year.
A.attention
B.attraction
C.appointment
D.arrangement
14.Wouldn＇t you rather your child _______ to bed early?
A.go
B.went
C.would go
D.goes
15.Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage _______.
A.relatively
B.actually
C.annually
D.comparatively
16.The _______ is nearly dead, so I can not start the car again.
A.bean
B.beam
C.bake
D.battery
17.When he arrived, he found _______ the aged and the sick at home.
A.none but
B.none other than
C.nothing but
D.no other than
18.Mike＇s uncle insists ______ in this hotel.
A.staying not
B.not to stay
C.that he would not stay
D.that he not stay
19.At noon all the big icicles along the eaves of the little house quivered and sparkled in the sunshine, and drops of water hung trembling at their tips.（选择与划线词意思相近的词）
A.shone
B.worked
C.weakened
D.trembled
20.Ann never dreams of _______ for her to be sent abroad very soon.
A.there being a chance.
B.there to be a chance
C.there be a chance
D.being a chance
