大学英语每日一练（8-30）

11. Don’t ________ the news to public until you are asked to.

A. release

B. show

C. announce

D. expose

【答案】A

【解析】release意为“发布，公开发表”，可以与news连用。show意为“表明，证明”，announce意为“宣布”，expose意为“暴露，揭露”。需本句意为：除非得到指示，否则不要把这条消息公布给大众。故选A。

12. The only thing now standing ________ of further progress is lack of money.

A. on the way

B. in the way

C. by the way

D. off the way

【答案】B

【解析】on the way“在路上”，in the way“挡路,阻碍”.by the way “顺便说一下”,off the way意为“离开道路”。根据句意,本题答案为in the way。本句意为：现在阻碍进一步发展的唯一一件事情就是缺少资金。故选B。

13.— Mum, it is nice weather. I’ d like to go skating this afternoon.

— Don’t you think the ice on the lake is too thin to _____ your weight?

A. stand

B. catch

C. take

D. support

【答案】D

【解析】解析：考查动词辨析。句意：—妈妈，天气真好。今天下午我想去滑冰。—你不觉得冰太薄而不能支撑你的体重吗?stand忍受，站立;catch赶上，抓住;take取走;support支撑。故选D。

14. ________ the opportunity, everyone of us will be a success.

A. Giving

B. Given

C. Give

D. Gave

【答案】B

【解析】首先该题需要一个非谓语动词，排除CD。其次非谓语动词做状语，其逻辑主语为everyone，分析可知everyone与give之间为被动关系，排除A，故只有B符合题意。

15. When asked by news reporters, the Prime Minister ________ that he would visit France next mouth.

A. discovered

B. confirmed

C. ascertained

D. inquired

【答案】B

【解析】discovered“发现”，confirmed“确认，证实”，ascertained“确定，查明”，inquired“询问，打听”。根据句意选B.

16. What will happen to the children if their parents ________ some day?

A. break out

B. break away

C. break up

D. break off

【答案】C

【解析】break out“爆发”，break away “脱离出去”，break up“破裂，分手”和break off“中断”。根据句意，父母离异应该使用break up。本句意为：如果他们的父母有一天离异，和这些孩子们会怎么样?故选C。

17. Under no ________ should you leave this city.

A. conditions

B. circumstances

C. situations

D. environment

【答案】B

【解析】condition意为“条件;情况”，circumstances意为“情况，情形”，situation意为“局面”，environments意为“环境”。under no circumstances固定搭配，意为“绝不，无论如何都不”。本句意为：在任何情况下，你都不应该离开这座城市。故选B。

18. The road was wet this morning. It ________ last night

A. must be raining

B. By must rain

C. must have rained

D. have been rained

【答案】C

【解析】对过去动作做出肯定推测，需要使用must have done形式。本句意为：今天早上路面是湿的，昨晚一定下雨了。故选C。

19. ________ I was trying to do is to persuade my brother to give up smoking.

A. That

B. Now

C. What

D. Which

【答案】C

【解析】题干中，________ I was trying to do为主语从句，故从句需一个连接词，排除B. 从句中空格上的连接词做do的宾语，故排除A。CD按句意选what, 本句意为：我正在努力做的事情就是说服我哥哥戒烟。故选C。

20. I could tell that he was surprised from the _____ on his face.

A. appearance

B. view

C. sight

D. expression

【答案】D

【解析】考查名词辨析。句意：我能从他脸上的表情看出来他很吃惊。appearance外貌;view视野;sight视力;景象;expression表情。所以选D。