东北大学21秋学期《大学英语(四)》在线平时作业1
试卷总分:100  得分:100
一、单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 100 分)
1.19. ______ a bad habit is formed, it will not be easy to get rid of it.
A.Since
B.Because
C.While
D.Once
 
2.23. ______ at the airport, Mrs. Robertson felt a great burden taken off her shoulders.
A.Seen her two sisters-in-law off
B.Having seen her two sisters-in law off
C.With her two sisters-in-law seen off
D.By seeing her two sisters-in-law off
 
3.72. The worker's demands are ______; they're asking for only a small increase in their wages.
A.excessive
B.raw
C.super
D.moderate
 
4.16. Frank gambled his money away ______ Jane spent hers all on dresses.
A.for
B.so
C.while
D.so that
 
5.65. On arriving at Singapore, we telephoned to ______ our mother’s uneasiness.
A.cut
B.relieve
C.subtract
D.decrease
 
6.80. I doubt whether he can _______ his efforts much longer as he looks very tired.
A.hold up
B.hold on
C.keep on
D.keep up
 
7.40. I have not found my book yet; in fact, I am not sure ______ I could have done with it.
A.whether
B.where
C.when
D.what
 
8.68. He only ______ the letter I handed to him but signed it anyway.
A.studies
B.scanned
C.saw
D.stared
 
9.62. Not a ______ has been found so far that can help the police find the criminal.
A.crew
B.clue
C.crumb
D.sign
 
10.38. Abraham Lincoln was raised to farm work, ______ he continued until he was twenty-two.
A.since
B.what
C.which
D.that
 
11.49. The teacher wrote his ______ in the margin of the composition.
A.statements
B.comments
C.accounts
D.definition
 
12.24. Even if you disagree with her, she is wroth ______.
A.listening
B.listen to
C.to listen to
D.listening to
 
13.117. This article __________ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.
A.calls for
B.applies for
C.cares for
D.allows for
 
14.59. The information we have got ______ that the area has a hot climate all the year round.
A.directs
B.indicates
C.claims
D.contains
 
15.111. The older New England villages have changed relatively little __________ a gas station or two in recent decades.
A.except
B.besides
C.in addition to
D.except for
 
16.116. All the tasks _____ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.
A.had been fulfilled
B.were fulfilled
C.having been fulfilled
D.been fulfilled
 
17.14. The basic fire insurance policy covers losses ______ damage or destruction by fire or lightning.
A.resulting directly from
B.resulted directly in
C.resulting directly in
D.resulted directly from
 
18.17. We have not seen our next-door neighbors for weeks. They ______ somewhere for holiday.
A.should have gone
B.need have gone
C.ought to have gone
D.must have gone
 
19.61. A strike began late in September in protest against a ______ of wages.
A.limit
B.raise
C.increase
D.reduction
 
20.36. He had not remembered my name ______ after he greeted me. A) when B) until C) as D) while
A.when
B.until
C.as
D.while