201大学英语(IV) 平时测验 Quiz B-3-3
问题 1
What is the author trying to tell us?
A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.
B. One must know how to attain happiness.
C. It is important to make commitments.
D. It is pain that leads to happiness.
问题 2
Do you have the kind of football skills that make your friends __________ in amazement?
A. creep
B. take
C. run
D. gasp
问题 3
I should have gone there and sat there and waited but I was a bit too __________ in those days and I thought, “Well, I don’t want to cause any more trouble.”
A. outgoing
B. pessimistic
C. timid
D. optimistic
问题 4
I didn’t give a second thought as the snow __________ my clothes. “Let’s stop work and get home now!”
A. melted away
B. melted into
C. dissolved away
D. melted
问题 5
I live in __________ and silence in a small Lincolnshire village and have taken a vow to stay here for the rest of my life.
A. alone
B. lonely
C. lone
D. solitude
问题 6
If you plan your time in this way, you can focus your effort and energy productively and __________ towards reaching your goal.
A. take steps
B. take up
C. take in
D. take over
问题 7
If you do not own friendship, please grasp the opportunity in front of you. If you already possess it, please cherish it, never letting it __________ quietly.
A. fade away
B. slip away
C. take away
D. turn away
问题 8
These civil and social laws are __________ by God to protect the honor and right of both the parties.
A. put down
B. written down
C. taken down
D. laid down
问题 9
118 Russian sailors died when the supposedly __________ Kursk submarine sank in 2000.
A. indestructible
B. destructible
C. vulnerable
D. sensible
.
问题 10
Your child may __________ in adults such as grandparents or aunts and uncles, leaving you feeling left out and even jealous.
A. creep
B. fade
C. elude
D. confide
.
问题 11
Incredibly, as all hope of finding them began to __________, they were discovered alive, accidentally, by the police.
A. chatter
B. fade
C. appear
D. emerge
.
问题 12
The fastest learners are those who are __________ curious about different cultures and make the effort to go out and meet people and get involved.
A. genuinely
B. generously
C. generally
D. genetically
.
问题 13
I was fully prepared for the lecture to be dull and boring, but to my __________, I found it very enjoyable.
A. delight
B. relief
C. astonishment
D. disgust
.
问题 14
I’ve been to Scotland with my family twice, and we did enjoy the __________ landscapes there.
A. popular
B. unforgettable
C. splendid
D. usual
.
问题 15
I grabbed the nearest bat and quietly __________down the stairs only to find that the voices were from the TV. I thought I had turned it off.
A. ran
B. walked
C. rushed
D. crept
问题 16
In my opinion, if you want to find an ideal marriage partner, don’t __________ to invest in at least 3 years! Because it takes time to find out your partner’s merits or demerits.
A. elude
B. gasp
C. hesitate
D. schedule
.
问题17
Eriksson’s __________ attitude has made him more friends than enemies, both inside and outside the game.
A. respective
B. respectable
C. respectful
D. respected
.
问题 18
One glance at the pyramid can leave the viewer __________ its beauty and splendor.
A. in awe of
B. in respect of
C. in regard to
D. in reward of
.
问题 19
After criticizing our proposal in every detail, the director went on to __________ us that there was nothing personal in his comments.
A. reassure
B. ensure
C. insure
D. sure
.
问题 20
Even though lovesick people can look very funny or ridiculous from other people’s point of view, their __________ confusion sometimes attracts me, reminding me of old pain.
A. sympathetic
B. pathetic
C. desolate
D. bleak
.
问题 21
Traditionally, we Chinese people are reluctant to show off what we are good at. We always value highly being __________.
A. immodest
B. modest
C. careful
D. cautious
.
问题 22
if marriage is a journey a couple takes together, perhaps it is fitting for that journey to begin on the move—literally. If you choose to enter the next phase in your life on a scenic cable car, your big day can be truly unforgettable.
A British expatriate couple had made double New Zealand history by getting married on the capital city cable car in what’s thought to be the country’s shortest marriage ceremony. Nicola Tod and Macolm Stuart tied the knot in just four and a half minutes while the Wellington cable car completed its scheduled six-minute journey. The cable car is one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions and runs from Lambton Quay in the commercial heart of the city up to the botanic gardens with panaramic views of the CBD, harbor, and surrounding districts.
Asked why they chose to marry on the cable car, Ms. Tod, a journalism student, said she wanted something that would be a bit more fun. When a friend suggested cable car the couple agreed and said planning the event had been remarkably stress-free.
问题 23
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness,
if fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment（承担的义务）, self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor（单身汉）why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
问题 24
According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because __________.
A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
.
问题 25
Raising children, in the author’s opinion, is ___________.
A. a moral duty
B. a thankless job
C. a rewarding task
D. a source of inevitable pain
.
问题 26
From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ___________.
A. hatred
B. misunderstanding
C. prejudice
D. ignorance
.
问题 27
To understand what true happiness is one must ___________.
A. have as much run as possible during one’s lifetime
B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
C. put up with pain under all circumstances
D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun
.
