大学英语每日一练（5-31）

21. A _________ person is extremely thin, in a way that you find unattractive.

A. lonely

B. mean

C. brave

D. skinny

【答案】D.

【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。lonely寂寞的，孤独的;mean卑鄙的，低劣的;brave勇敢的;skinny皮包骨的。根据句意，选D。

22. Why is it ___________ the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel?

A. that

B. whether

C. what

D. which

【答案】A.

【解析】考查强调句。其一般句型为“it is/ was+强调部分+that/ who从句”。本题是强调句的疑问句形式。why为原因状语，是本句的被强调部分。故此处应用that。

23. I was now in a relaxed mood and had no desire ___________ the man make a fool of himself.

A. see

B. to see

C.seeing

D.seen

【答案】B.

【解析】考查固定搭配。have no desire to do sth.不想做某事。为固定用法，故选B。

24. Why _________ me to do it _________ you can do it yourself?

A. asking; though

B. ask; when

C. to ask; since

D. asked; while

【答案】B.

【解析】考查连词和句式。疑问句里的动词一般主动式为动词原形，第一空填动词原形，排除A, C, D;根据句意，“当你自己能完成一件事情的时候，为什么还要叫我来做呢?”，第二空选择“在...时候”，为when。故选B。

25. I was too ___________ to ask him for help.

A. embarrassed

B. embarrassing

 C. thrilled

D. thrilling

【答案】A.

【解析】考查词义辨析和非谓语动词。embarrassed，embarrassing(尤指社交场合)尴尬的，窘迫的;thrilled，thrilling兴奋的，惊险的。-ed结尾形容人，-ing结尾形容物，本句修饰“I”，故排除B, D;too...to...太...以至于不能...，根据句意，选A。

26. Over-working can be a ____________.

A. task

B. burden

C. bother

D. weight

【答案】B.

【解析】考查词义辨析。task任务;burden负担;bother麻烦，烦恼;weight重量，重力。根据句意，“过量的工作是一个负担”，故选B。

27. The first soon __________ the whole town.

A. spread through

B. spread down

C. spread over

D. spread out

【答案】A.

【解析】考查相似动词短语辨析。spread through蔓延开来;spread down延伸至;spread over覆盖在，遍布在;spread out展开，打开。只有选项A可以表示“火势蔓延”，且spread的过去式仍为spread，故选A。

28. The accident in which two people were seriously injured resulted ____________ careless driving.

A. in

B. from

C. on

D. of

【答案】B.

【解析】考查相似动词短语辨析。result in导致;result from由于，因...产生;result of是...的结果。根据句意可知。careless driving粗心驾驶，是原因，故选B。

29. Law school doesn’t ___________ as many years as medical school does.

A. take

B. cost

C. spend

D. pay

【答案】A.

【解析】考查意近词词义辨析。take, cost, spend, pay均可作“花费”讲，但用法不尽相同。cost, pay多指花费金钱;spend主语必须是人;take多指花费时间。故选A。

30. It is __________ impossible to work with this noise around.

A. especially

B. absolutely

C. unreasonably

D. unusually

【答案】B.

【解析】考查副词词义辨析。especially特别，尤其;absolutely完全地，绝对地;unreasonably不合理地;unusually非常，异于寻常地。absolutely impossible表示“绝对不可能”。