大学英语每日一练（8-25）

151. After careful research, it was decided that the spaceship should reenter the Earth’s ________.

A. surface

B. air

C. environment

D. atmosphere

【答案】D。

【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：经过仔细研究，决定宇宙飞船应重新进入地球的大气层。atmosphere“大气层”;surface“表面”;air“空气”;environment“环境”。故选D。

152. I will pay a visit to my old friend ________ she comes back from abroad.

A. the time when

B. the moment when

C. the minute

D. on the minute

【答案】C

【解析】the minute 相当于 when或as soon as，引导时间状语从句，一...就。句意：我老朋友一从国外回来，我就去看望她。故选C。

153. If the little boy had been given the best medical care, he ________.

A. could not die

B. have not died

C. would not die

D. would not have died

【答案】D

【解析】if引导的非真实条件句，要用虚拟语气。从句用了had done，表示与过去事实相反，主句要用would/should/might/could+ have done。故选D。

154. In the end, we found the actual cost of this program was much higher than the ________.

A. former plan

B. original observation

C. original estimate

D. former observation

【答案】C

【解析】句意：最后，我们发现这个项目的实际成本远高于最初的估计。original estimate最初的估算(单)。former plan先前计划;original observation原始观察;former observation先前观察，均不合题意。故选C。

155. This plant was severely punished by government for ________ pollutant into water.

A. relieving

B. relaxing

C. releasing

D. recycling

【答案】C

【解析】句意：这家工厂因向水中排放污染物而受到政府的严厉惩罚。release释放、放出;relieve：解除、减轻、缓和(不快或痛苦);relax：放松; recycle：回收利用。故选C。

156. We can’t ________ his plan, for it’s exactly far beyond what we have expected.

A. go along with

B. get on with

C. give in to

D. get out of

【答案】B

【解析】句意：我们不能继续执行他的计划，因为它远远超出了我们的预期。get on with：继续(干某事);go along with：服从、遵守、赞同;give in to：交上、同意、屈服于;get out of：摆脱、逃避。故选B。

157. Our new teacher is not experienced and can’t make himself clearly ________ in class.

A. being understood

B. understood

C. listened to

D. being followed

【答案】B

【解析】and连接两个并列句，and后面的句子已经出现了谓语动词，再出现动词要用非谓语的形式。由于老师和理解之间应该是被动关系，用make/have/let等使役动词+sb./sth.+done结构，故B正确。

158. Whenever the man says something against his wife, she ________ lose her temper.

A. tends to

B. comes to

C. intends to

D. goes to

【答案】A

【解析】句意：每当那个男人说反对他妻子的坏话时，她就会发脾气。tend to“倾向于”， come to “到达，涉及到”，intend to “打算”，go to “去”。故选A。

159. —What’s the response of the children ________?

—Quite a number of them say they are addicted to ________ computer games during the vacation.

A. surveyed; playing

B. surveyed; play

C. surveying; playing

D. surveying; play

【答案】A

【解析】第一空问句里出现了谓语定语is，再出现动词时要用非谓语，孩子和调查之间应该是被动，故排除C、D。第二空，be addicted to中的to是介词，后面用ing形式，故A正确。be addicted to doing，沉迷于……。故选A。

160. All factors ________ into consideration, I insist that it ________ everyone’s duty to observe traffic rules to keep our society in order.

A. taking; is

B. are taken; be

C. taking; be

D. taken; is

【答案】D

【解析】第一空考察非谓语，句子里已经有了谓语动词insist，再出现动词要用非谓语，排除B;事情和考虑之间应为被动关系，故排除A、C。故选D。