大学英语每日一练（5-6）

11. When Edison died, it was proposed that the Americans _______ all power in their homes, streets and

factories for several minutes in honor of this great man.

A. turn off B. turned off C. must turn off D. must have turned off

11.【答案】A

【解析】考查虚拟语气。句意：爱迪生去世时，有人建议美国人关掉家中、街道上和工厂里的电力供应来纪念这位伟人。It is/was proposed that其后的从句用虚拟语气，动词形式为“ should+动词原形”, should可省略。

12. ________ are afraid of difficulties; we are all determined.

A. None of us B. Not all of us C. All of us D. All of us not

12.【答案】A

【解析】考查不定代词。句意：我们都下定了决心，没人害怕困难。根据句意及后面的all可知此处应使用表示全部否定的词，故选A。当句中出现never, neither, nothing, none, nobody, nowhere等，就表明全部否定。

13. The authority urged the rebellious party to ________ their arms and come back to the negotiating table.

A. lay over B. lay off C. lay out D. lay down

13.【答案】D

【解析】考查动词短语搭配。句意：当权者强烈要求反抗者放下武器，重新回到谈判桌前。lay over(长途旅行期间)短暂停留;lay off解雇(雇员);lay out展开，铺开，布置;lay down放下，停止使用。根据句意，选D。

14. ________ all of us who are here tonight, I would like to thank Mr. Smith for his speech.

A. On account of B. On behalf of C. For the purpose of D. Instead of

14.【答案】B

【解析】考查介词短语辨析。句意：我谨代表今晚所有到场的人感谢史密斯先生的致辞。on behalf of代表;on account of因为，由于;for the purpose of为了……目的;instead of代替，而不是。

15. You cannot be ________ careful when you drive a car.

A. very B. so C. too D. enough

15.【答案】C

【解析】考查情态动词固定搭配。句意：你开车时越小心越好。“cannot … too+形容词”，表示“无论怎样……也不过分”。

16. It does not alter the fact that he was the man ________ for the death of the little girl.

A. according B. guilty C. responsible D. obliged

16.【答案】C

【解析】考查固定搭配。句意：这并不能改变事实，他就是那个要对小姑娘的死亡负责的人。responsible for... 为……负责;according to 根据，依据;guilty of 犯(某种罪或过失);be obliged to 对……很感激。

17. She tries her best to __________ the changes in fashion.

A. keep up with B. put off C. come up with D. go by

17.【答案】A

【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：她竭尽所能紧跟潮流变迁。keep up with：赶上;put off：推迟;come up with：提出，如come up with a good plan：提出一个好方案;go by：遵照或依据某事物，如Don’t go by that old map别参照那张旧地图。

18. If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get __________.

A. troubled B. mistaken C. confused D. interfered

18.【答案】C

【解析】考查动词辨析。句意：如果你一次学太多东西，你也许会感到困惑。trouble：使烦恼;mistake：弄错，常用于短语mistake ... for ...(把……误当成)中;confuse：使困惑;interfere：干涉，干预，常用于短语 interfere with(妨碍)中，如 The noise interfered with his work.噪音干扰了他的工作。

19. We can __________ with people in most parts of the world by telephone.

A. communicate B. tell C. relate D. connect

19.【答案】A

【解析】本题动词辨析。句意：我们可以使用手机和世上大多数人沟通。communicate：交流，常与with连用;tell：告诉;relate：叙述，如relate a story(讲述一个故事);connect：连接。

20. The book tells us about the author’s life __________ about his writings.

A. also B. as much as C. as well as D. as well

20.【答案】C

【解析】本题考查表示并列的连接词。句意：这本书告诉我们作者的生平和她的作品。as well as可以连接两个并列成分(强调前者)，其他选项均不可。D项 as well与答案项接近，容易混淆，其含义为“也”，相当于also，一般位于句末。