exercises for unit 2
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Exercises for Unit 2. Multiple Choices: 1. Although he has had no formal education, he is one of the _______businessmen in the company. A. shrewdest B. sternestC. nastiestD. alertest 2. Because Edgar was convinced of the accuracy of this fact, he ______ his opinion. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Exercises for Unit 2
Multiple Choices:
1. Although he has had no formal education, he is one of the _______businessmen in the company.
A. shrewdest B. sternest C. nastiest D. alertest
2. Because Edgar was convinced of the accuracy of this fact, he ______ his opinion.
A. struck at B. strove for C. stuck to D. stood for
3. The sick man was _______ to be operated for detachment of the retina (角膜 ).
A. pointed B. poisoned C. poised D. poked
Exercises for Unit 2
4. The person who ______ this type of approach for doing research deserves our praise. A. manufactured B. generated C. originated D. speculated5. With prices _____so much, it is difficult for the school to plan a budget. A. vibrating B. fluctuating C. fluttering D. swinging6. A lot of old people had difficulty in _______ the old currency into the new. A. conveying B. converting C. convicting D.
conversing
Exercises for Unit 2
7. The naïve girl has a _______ personality. A. magic B. magnify C. magnetic D. majestic8. _____, antique oriental rugs are enjoying a wave of worldwide prosperity. A. Presently B. Pricelessly C. Princely D. Principally9. The new factory was built for the ____ of European
furniture. A. manifest B. maneuver C. manual D. manufacture
Exercises for Unit 2
10. Near the marshes the air was filled with a strange-smelling _______.
A. vapid B. vantage C. vapor D. vary
11. They are considering buying the house before the prices ______.
A. start up B. make up C. cut up D. go up
12. The Indonesian government alerted people _____ the danger of another tsunami.
A. of B. at C. to D. for
Exercises for Unit 213. The preacher’s ________ voice put me to sleep.
A. monologue B. monotonous
C. monopoly D. monstrous
14. He made a _____ mistake but refused to admit it.
A. great B. gorgeous C. gigantic D. gross
15. The French pianist who had been praised very highly _______ to be a great disappointment.
A. turned up B. turned in
C. turned out D. turned down
Exercises for Unit 216. The establishment of the People’s Republic of China
begins a new _____ in history.
A. satellite B. sanction C. episode D. epoch
17. When I said goodbye to her, she _______ the door.
A. saw me at B. set me off
C. sent me to D. showed me to
18. Everyone dreams of finding employment with a _______ business.
A. lubricate B. lucrative
C. imaginary D. imaginative
Exercises for Unit 219. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case
you _____ the new carpet.
A. crash B. pollute C. spot D. stain
20. Illness tends to be _______ with a rise in temperature.
A. complied B. conformed
C. correlated D. coincided
21. The government is trying its best to _______ bureaucracy.
A. diminish B. emigrate C. preclude D. eliminate
Exercises for Unit 2
22. The opposition ______ another attack on the government.
A. molded B. mounted C. mopped D. mourned
23. They are going to _______ the new plan with the old.
A. incorporate B. intrigued C. merge D. unify
24. The date of the dinner party is still __________.
A. on the air B. on airs
C. in the air D. in the open air
Exercises for Unit 225. By moving the radar around slowly in circles, we can
________ the surroundings. A. explore B. expose C. exploit D. expand26. These areas rely on agriculture almost ________, having
few mineral resources and a minimum of industrial development.
A. frequently B. respectively C. incredibly D. exclusively27. Drugs opened up the ________ to hopelessness for her A. highway B. highlight C. portal D. mortal
Exercises for Unit 228. The young man came to the party with a large
____ of red roses in his hand.
A. bump B. bunch C. bulk D. burden
29. Both parties promised to ______ the contract to be signed the following day.
A. keep with B. tangle with
C. adhere to D. devote to
30. This street used to be a narrow ________.
A. land B. lane C. line D. limp
Key to Exercises for Unit 2
• 1~5 ACBCB
• 6~10 BCADC
• 11~15 DCBDC
• 16~20 DDBDC
• 21~25 DBACA
• 26~30 DABCB