东北大学22春学期《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